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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



History: Incorporated 1900 as British Colum- 

 bia Medical Association ; affiliated 1930 with 

 Canadian Medical Association and recognized as 

 a division of that body. Geographic divisions 

 within province for purposes of self-government. 

 Sections : anaesthesia ; dermatology, eye, ear, 

 nose and throat ; internal medicine ; general 

 practice ; general surgery ; orthopaedics ; neur- 

 ology and psychiatry; physicians in public ser- 

 vice ; psychiatrists in private practice ; radiology ; 

 pathology ; urology ; obstetrics and gynaecology. 



Purpose: To advance scientific, educational, 

 professional and economic welfare of all mem- 

 bers of medical profession in British Columbia ; 

 to serve and further interests of Canadian Medi- 

 cal Association in British Columbia; to act as 

 agent or trustee or otherwise for members of 

 medical profession, or some of them, in con- 

 nection with pension or retirement savings or 

 disability plans, or other forms of insurance ; 

 to act for members of the medical profession, or 

 some of them, as an agent in collective bar- 

 gaining in respect to conditions of medical ser- 

 vice and remuneration ; to collect fees and receive 

 donations ; to expend monies to defray expenses 

 of association and to promote and further any 

 of its objects; promotion of health and preven- 

 tion of disease ; improvement of medical ser- 

 vices however rendered ; maintenance of the 

 integrity and honour of medical profession ; per- 

 formance of such other lawful things as are in- 

 cidental or conducive to welfare of public and 

 of medical and allied professions. 



Membership: 1700. Every member in good 

 standing of College of Physicians and Surgeons 

 of B. C. and registered under Section 34 of 

 Medical Act of B. C. eligible for membership ; 

 may become member by signing application form 

 and delivering to secretary with initial fees. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Bursary fund. 



Publications: British Columbia Medical Jour- 

 nal (published by Vancouver Medical Associa- 

 tion), monthly, current volume : 2. Editor : J. H. 

 MacDermot. 



See also: Manitoba Medical Association; New- 

 foundland Medical Association; New Bruns- 

 wick Medical Society; Medical Society of 

 Nova Scotia; Ontario Medical Association. 



89. Canadian Medical Association, Prince Ed- 

 ward Island Division. President: F. A. 

 McMillan, Charlottetown Clinic, P. E. I. 

 Term expires August, 1961. Secretary: C. A. 

 Coady, Charlottetown Clinic, P. E. I. Term 

 expires August, 1961. 



Purpose: Promotion of medical science and 

 of the interests of the medical profession. 



Membership: 80. Members must be qualified 

 medical practitioners, and licentiates of the 

 Medical Council of Canada. 



Meetings: 8-9 yearly. 



90. Canadian Medical Association, Quebec Di- 

 vision, 2115 Drummond Street, Suite 33, 

 Montreal 25, P. Q. President: G. W. Hal- 

 penny, 1414 Drummond Street, Montreal 25, 

 P. Q. Term expires June, 1961. Honorary 

 Secretary: N. J. Belliveau. Term indefinite. 



History: Started as Province of Quebec Medi- 

 cal Association in 1922 ; became Quebec Division 

 of Canadian Medical Association in 1937 in 

 order to extend activities beyond purely pro- 

 vincial level. 



Purpose: Non-profit professional association. 



Membership: 2100. Members must be gradu- 

 ates of a recognized medical school and duly 

 licensed to practise in the Province of Quebec. 



Meetings: Annual. 



91. Canadian Medical Association, Saskatchewan 

 Division. President: A. J. M. Davies, Indian 

 Head, Sask. Term expires January, 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: G. W. Peacock, 932 

 Spadina Crescent, Saskatoon, Sask. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Formed 1937, merger of Saskatche- 

 wan Medical Association and College of Phy- 

 sicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan. 



Purpose: Professional and economic affairs 

 of the profession. 



Membership: 931. Registration with the Col- 

 lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatche- 

 wan required. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Saskatchewan Medical Quar- 

 terly, quarterly, current volume : 1200. Editor : 

 G. W. Peacock. 



92. Canadian Neurological Society. President: 

 C. E. C. Gould, 3195 Granville Street, Van- 

 couver, B. C. Secretary-Treasurer : J. Preston 

 Robb, 1610 Pine Avenue, W., Montreal, Que. 



History: Organized 1948. 



Purpose: To promote prevention and relief 

 of neurological disease and encourage study of 

 all aspects of neurology. 



Membership: 173. Certification by Royal Col- 

 lege of Physicians and Surgeons or by a pro- 

 vincial College of Medicine required. 



Meetings: Annual. 



93. Canadian Nurses' Association, 74 Stanley 

 Avenue, Ottawa 2, Ont. President: Miss 

 Helen Carpenter, University of Toronto, 



