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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



booklet of systematically arranged information 

 pertaining broadly to fluid meters, instruments, 

 or controllers. 



Membership: Active, 353, those engaged in 

 the measurement and control of fluids other 

 than the design, manufacture, or sale thereof ; 

 Associate, 148, those connected with the design, 

 manufacture, or sale of fluid meters, regulators, 

 or any equipment pertaining to the measure- 

 ment or control of fluids ; Sustaining, 69, any 

 firm, company, or corporation which employs 

 individuals who are members ; Affiliated, any 

 person interested in the measurement and con- 

 trols of fluids. Total membership 564. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



14 16. Southern California Psychiatric Society. 



427 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif. 

 President: Jack B. Lomas. Term expires May 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Diana Howard. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Formed 1953 as a District Branch 

 of the American Psychiatric Association, cover- 

 ing Los Angeles, San Diego, San Bernardino, 

 Riverside, and Ventura counties ; technical and 

 scientific committees, including liaison with the 

 general practice sections of local medical asso- 

 ciations, and with paramedical professions asso- 

 ciated with psychiatric need, care, and treatment 

 of patients. 



Purpose: To further the study of subjects 

 pertaining to the nature, treatment, and pre- 

 vention of mental disorders ; to further the inter- 

 ests, maintenance, and advancement of standards 

 of hospitals for mental disorders, of out-patient 

 clinics, and all other agencies concerned with the 

 medical, social, and legal aspects of these dis- 

 orders ; to further psychiatric education and 

 research ; to apply psychiatric knowledge to 

 other branches of medicine, to other sciences, 

 and to public welfare ; and to serve the Ameri- 

 can Psychiatric Association as a District Branch, 

 and to implement the work of the American 

 Psychiatric Association in Southern California. 



Membership: Open to members of the Ameri- 

 can Psychiatric Association and resident in the 

 geographical area, with active practice or re- 

 tired status in the specialty of psychiatry. Total 

 membership approximately 500. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Publications: News, monthly, current volume : 

 6, $2 to non-members, free to members. Editor : 

 Eugene Pumpian-Mindlin. 



1417. Southern California Public Health Asso- 

 ciation. President: Gerald A. Heidbreder, 241 

 North Figueria Street, Los Angeles 12, Calif. 

 Term expires December 1960. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Dorothea Hanson, 111 East First 

 Street, Los Angeles 12, Calif. Term expires 

 December 1960. 



History: Organized 1917, affiliated with the 

 American Public Health Association; covers 

 the ten southern counties of California. 



Purpose: To assist in the protection and pro- 

 motion of public health ; and to provide for the 

 scientific advancement of members. 



Membership: Open to those with an interest 

 in public health. Total membership 150. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1418. Southern Electroencephalographic Socie- 

 ty. President: Donald S. Bickers, 710 Peach- 

 tree Street, N. E., Atlanta 8, Ga. Term expires 

 November 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Simon 

 E. Markovich, Jackson Memorial Hospital. 

 Miami 36, Fla. Term expires November 1960. 



History: Organized December 1948; incor- 

 porated April 1949. 



Purpose: To promote scientific advancement 

 in the field of electroencephalography and the 

 developments in this field in the southern area; 

 to encourage the development and maintenance 

 of high scientific standards in electroencephalo- 

 graphic laboratories in the South ; to provide 

 information on electroencephalography. 



Membership: Full Members, 133, doctors of 

 medicine; Associate, 91, technicians. Total mem- 

 bership 224. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1419. Southern Medical Association. President: 

 Edwin Hugh Lawson, 2700 Napoleon Avenue, 

 New Orleans 15, La. Term expires November 

 1960. Executive Secretary: Robert F. Butts, 

 2601 Highland Avenue, Birmingham 5, Ala. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized at Chattanooga, Tennes- 

 see, October 1906. Draws membership from Ala- 

 bama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, 

 Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mis- 

 sissippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, 

 South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and 

 West Virginia. 



Purpose: To develop and foster scientific 

 medicine. 



Membership: Open to those individuals who 

 are members of both their county and state so- 

 cieties. Total membership approximately 14,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Southern Medical Journal, 

 monthly, current volume: 53, $10. Editor: R. H. 

 Kampmeier. 



1420. Southern Minnesota Medical Association. 



President: Charles G. Sheppard, Hutchinson, 

 Minn. Term expires October 1, 1961. Execu- 

 tive Secretary: John J. Eustermann, Man- 

 kato, Minn. Term expires October 1, 1961. 



