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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



advance medical science; to become more useful 

 to the public in preventing and curing disease, 

 and in prolonging and adding comfort to life. 



Membership: Active Members, licensed in 

 West Virginia and elected by county medical 

 society; Honorary Members, 152. Total mem- 

 bership 1,467. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: West Virginia Medical Journal, 

 monthly, current volume : 56, $3.50, free to 

 members. Editor : Walter E. Vest, Huntington, 

 W. Va. 



1543. West Virginia State Pharmaceutical As- 

 sociation. Appalachian Building, Oak Hill, 

 W. Va. President: Minter B. Ralston, 

 Weston, W. Va. Term expires August 1961. 

 Secretary-Manager: William J. Dixon, Box 

 119, Oak Hill, W. Va. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1906; incorporated 1907. 



Purpose: To improve the art and science of 

 pharmacy ; to restrict its practice to qualified 

 persons ; to encourage better relations among 

 pharmacists, physicians, dentists, and the people 

 at large ; to maintain a high standard of pro- 

 fessional honesty. 



Membership: Active Members, 609, registered 

 pharmacists; Life Members, 17; Ladies Aux- 

 iliary, 237; Ti-avelers Auxiliary, 123. Total 

 membership 986. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: West Virginia Pharmacist, 

 monthly, current volume : 13, $5. Editor : 

 William J. Dixon. 



1544. West Virginia State Society of Medical 

 Technologists, Inc. 28 Oakwood Road, 

 Fairmont, W. Va. President: Miss Esther 

 Levine. Term expires June 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: Miss Marie Garrett, Cabell-Hunt- 

 ington Hospital, Huntington, W. Va. Term 

 expires June 1961. 



History: Incorporated on March 17, 1948 as 

 an affiliate society of the American Society of 

 Medical Technologists. 



Purpose: To promote higher standards in 

 clinical laboratory methods and research ; to 

 elevate the status of those specializing in medical 

 laboratory techniques ; to create mutual under- 

 standing and cooperation between the medical 

 technologists and physicians and all others who 

 are employed in the interest of individual or 

 public health ; to promote the mutual aid and 

 benefit of its members. 



Membership : Registered and in good standing 

 with the Registry of Medical Technologists of 

 American Society of Clinical Pathologists. 

 Active, 95 ; Affiliate, 5 ; Associate, 7 ; Student, 

 11. Total membership 118. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Active recruitment 

 program including essay contests. Recently 

 formed scholarship committee. 



Publications: West Virginia Microscoop, 

 quarterly, current volume : 12, $0.25. Editor : 

 Miss Nancy Yeager. 



1545. West Virginia Veterinary Medical Asso- 

 ciation, Inc. President: Leo J. Meyer, Mar- 

 tinsburg, W. Va. Term expires October 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : Harry J. Fallon, 200 

 Fifth Street West, Huntington, W. Va. Term 

 expires October 1961. 



History: Organized 1903. 



Purpose: Mutual improvement of members, 

 cultivation of fellowship among the veterinary 

 profession, and the advancement of veterinary 

 medicine. 



Membership: Open to graduate veterinarians. 

 Total membership 80. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



1546. Westchester County District Branch of 

 the American Psychiatric Association. Presi- 

 dent: John P. Lambert, Four Winds, Katonah, 

 N. Y. Term expires May 1962. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: Minette Davis, 1255 North Avenue, 

 New Rochelle, N. Y. Term expires May 

 1962. 



History: Organized as the Psychiatric Branch 

 of the Westchester County Medical Society ; 

 became a District Branch of the American 

 Psychiatric Association in 1955. 



Purpose: To provide an organization for local 

 psychiatrists and liaison with the national 

 society. 



Membership: Limited to individuals who hold 

 membership in the Westchester Academy of 

 Medicine and in the American Psychiatric Asso- 

 ciation. Total membership 140. 



Meetings: Five times a year. 



1547. Westchester Radiological Society. Pur- 

 chase, N. Y. President: Clifford C. Baker, 

 212 Harwood Building, Scarsdale, N. Y. 

 Term expires May 1961. Secretary: Richard 

 P. Avonda. Term expires May 1961. 



History: Organized May 1951. 



Purpose: To advance the science of radiology 

 and to maintain it as a specialty in medicine ; to 

 encourage all activities that improve the quality 

 of specialist's care in radiology. 



Membership: Members of County Medical 

 Society, diplomates of American Board of Radi- 

 ology. Total membership 31. 



Meetings: Annual. 



