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ponent society of the Industrial Medical Associ- 

 ation. 



Purpose: To promote the art and science of 

 industrial medicine and surgery ; to encourage 

 conservation and improvement of health of 

 employees ; to encourage research. 



Membership: Degree of Doctor of Medicine, 

 member of county medical society, three 

 years experience in the practice of medicine and 

 two years practice in industrial medicine and 

 surgery. 



Meetings: Twice per year. 



1467. Texas Medical Association. 1801 North 

 Lamar Boulevard, Austin, Tex. President: 

 May Owen, P. O. Box 1719, Fort Worth, 

 Tex. Term expires April 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: C. Lincoln Williston, 1801 North 

 Lamar Boulevard, Austin, Tex. Term in- 

 definite. 



History: Organized 1853; reorganized 1904. 

 Chartered by the State of Texas 1901, extended 

 for fifty years effective May 1951. 115 com- 

 ponent county medical societies. Councils : 

 Annual Session, Constitution and By-Laws, 

 Medical Education and Hospitals, Medical 

 Jurisprudence, Medical Service and Insurance, 

 Public Relations and Public Service, Scientific 

 Advancement. 



Purpose: To federate and bring into one 

 compact organization the entire medical pro- 

 fession of the State of Texas, and to unite with 

 similar associations of other states to form the 

 American Medical Association ; to extend medi- 

 cal knowledge and to advance medical science; 

 to elevate the standard of medical education ; to 

 secure the enactment and enforcement of just 

 medical laws. 



Membership: Open to physicians legally regis- 

 tered to practice medicine in the State of Texas. 

 Total membership 8,206. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Sam E. Thompson, 

 M.D. Fund for loans to needy and deserving 

 medical students at the University of Texas 

 Medical Branch at Galveston. Anson Jones 

 Award for outstanding lay medical reporting 

 in Texas. 



Publications: Texas State Journal of Medi- 

 cine, monthly, current volume : 56, $6. Managing 

 Editor : Harriet Cunningham. 



Library: 30,000 medical volumes. 



1468. Texas Neuropsychiatric Association. 



President: Clarence S. Hoekstra, 8215 West- 

 chester, Dallas, Tex. Term expires May 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer: E. Ivan Bruce, Jr., 1014 

 Strand, Galveston, Tex. Term expires May 

 1961. 



History: Organized October 19, 1928 as the 

 Texas Neurological Society ; name changed to 

 present title November 1944. 



Purpose: To advance scientific knowledge 

 among the membership in the fields of psychi- 

 atry, neurology, and neurosurgery. 



Membership: Physicians eligible for member- 

 ship in the American Medical Association, who 

 confine their practice strictly to neurology 

 and/or psychiatry, neurosurgery, neuroanatomy, 

 or neurophysiology. Total membership 266. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1469. Texas Pharmaceutical Association. Austin 



Savings Building, Austin 1, Tex. President: 

 R. L. Brusenhan, c/o Prescription Laboratory, 

 500 Navarro Street, San Antonio, Tex. Term 

 expires July 1961. Executive Secretary: C. J. 

 M. Roesch, Austin Savings Building, Austin 

 1, Tex. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1879 in Dallas. 



Purpose: To attain the highest standards for 

 professional pharmacy ; to improve the quality 

 of drug store merchandising; and to promote 

 greater consumer acceptance of the drug store as 

 the dependable outlet for all drug products in 

 Texas. 



Membership: Open to any registered pharma- 

 cist in State of Texas, owner or corporation 

 in the retail drug business employing registered 

 pharmacists, of good moral character and pro- 

 fessional standing, who shall have attained the 

 age of twenty-one. Total membership 4,000. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Pharmacist of Year 

 Award, DSA Award, Scholarships for phar- 

 macy students. 



Publications: Texas Pharmacy, monthly, cur- 

 rent volume: 90, $3. Editor: C. J. M. Roesch. 



1470. Texas Psychological Association. Presi- 

 dent: Ruth Hubbard, Veterans Administration 

 Hospital, Waco, Tex. Term expires Decem- 

 ber 1960. Secretary-Treasurer: Gladys Guy 

 Brown, 3520 Cedar Springs Road, Dallas 19, 

 Tex. Term expires December 1961. 



History: Organized 1947. Committees: Con- 

 stitutional Revision, Ethics, Legislation, Mem- 

 bership, Nominations and Elections, Program, 

 Public Relations, Publications, Relationships 

 with Educational Agencies. 



Purpose: To advance psychology as a science, 

 profession, and means of promoting human 

 welfare. 



Membership: Requires membership in Ameri- 

 can Psychological Association. Total member- 

 ship 250. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Newsletter, quarterly, current 

 volume; 3, free to members. 



