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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Honorary, 92 ; Members in Military Service, 

 16. Total membership 12,889. 



Meetings: Annual Convention and Exhibit; 

 Regional Technical Conferences ; Monthly 

 Technical Chapter Meetings. 



Professional activities: Major research proj- 

 ects conducted on various aspects of the 

 foundry industry at colleges and institutions in 

 the United States, and by technical committees 

 with the research work contributed by mem- 

 bers of the Association in their plants and 

 laboratories. Charles Edgar Hoyt Memorial 

 Lecture, presented at the Annual Convention. 

 Capital of $50,000 for scholarship purposes at 

 the secondary school level. The Society carries 

 on educational programs at the secondary level, 

 and in-plant programs, through its Training 

 and Research Institute, to improve foundry 

 teaching facilities, upgrading and technical ad- 

 vancement of in-plant personnel, and recruit- 

 ing ; conducts safety, hygiene, and air pollution 

 control program for the castings industry ; de- 

 velops engineering data for improving plant con- 

 ditions. Award of Scientific Merit, for in- 

 dividuals who have done some singularly out- 

 standing work. Service Citation, for continued 

 and dedicated service to the industry and to the 

 Society. 



Publications: Transactions, annual, current 

 volume: 67, $15 clothbound, free to Company 

 and Sustaining members, $8 to $10 to members. 

 Modern Castings, monthly, $5, free to members. 

 Editor : Jack H. Schaum. 



Library: 2,000 volumes. 



180. American Fracture Association. President: 

 Irvin H. Scott, Scott Medical Building, Sulli- 

 van, Ind. Term expires December 31, 1960. 

 Secretary-General: H. W. Wellmerling, 610 

 Gricsheim Building, Bloomington, 111. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1941 ; incorporated in 

 Illinois. 



Purpose: To advance medical science through 

 the study, investigation, and development of the 

 various accepted types of treatment of fractures 

 of bones. 



Membership: Any person entitled to practice 

 medicine in the territory in which he resides, 

 and who is a member of his county and State 

 medical society and The American Medical 

 Association, or the equivalent thereof. Members, 

 331 ; Honorary, 19 ; Emeritus, 10. Total mem- 

 bership 360. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Postgraduate course 

 in care and treatment of fractures. Sponsor and 

 finance numerous research projects. 



Publications: Clinical Orthopedics, biannual, 

 current volume : 40, $7.50 per volume. Editor : 

 Anthony F. DePalma. 



181. American Gastroenterological Association. 



President: Hugh Butt, Mayo Clinic, Roches- 

 ter, Minn. Term expires May 27, 1961. Secre- 

 tary: Wade Volwiler, Department of Medi- 

 cine, University of Washington, Seattle 5, 

 \\ ash. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1897; incorporated. Com- 

 mittees : Hemorrhage ; Peptic Ulcer ; Surgical 

 Methods for Peptic Ulcer ; Postgraduate Facili- 

 ties for Training in Gastroenterology ; Liver 

 Biopsy Registry. 



Purpose: Study of normal and abnormal con- 

 ditions of digestive organs, and of problems 

 connected with metabolism. 



Membership: Active members, restricted to 

 American and Canadian investigators and prac- 

 titioners of medicine and surgery who have 

 published meritorious work on subjects pertain- 

 ing to the digestive system or on problems con- 

 nected with metabolism ; Associate ; Senior ; 

 Honorary. Total membership 316. 



Meetings: x^nnual. 



Professional activities: Julius Friedenwakl 

 Medal, awarded annually for distinguished ser- 

 vice in gastroenterology. 



Publications: Gastroenterology, monthly, cur- 

 rent volume : 42-43, $7, free to members. Editor : 

 A. H. Aaron, 40 West North Street, Buffalo, 

 N. Y. Transactions, annual, current volume : 

 64. American Journal of Digestive Diseases, 

 monthly, current volume : 27, $6, free to Active 

 and Associate members. 



182. American Gastroscopic Society. Chicago, 

 111. President: Paul L. Shallenberger, Guthrie 

 Clinic, Sayre, Pa. Term expires May 24, 

 1961. Secretary: Arthur M. Olsen, Mayo 

 Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Term expires May 

 24, 1961. 



History: Organized in 1941 by Dr. Rudolf 

 Schindler. 



Purpose: The development of the gastroscopic 

 method, and in recent years to esophagoscopy 

 and other methods of gastro-intestinal endo- 

 scopy. 



Membership: Must have Board certification, 

 usually Internal Medicine or Surgery, or must 

 be qualified for same. Must have had adequate 

 training in gastroscopy and esophagoscopy and 

 have submitted a paper suitable for publication 

 in the Journal of the Society, or have submitted 

 50 case protocols of gastroscopic and esophago- 

 scopic examinations. Total membership, 216. 



Meetings: Annual. 



