College Activities 19th ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM
Physicians who wish to request places on the Annual Meeting Program of the College, to be held in New York City, May 28-31, 1953, should write to the Chairman of the· Committee on Scientific Program, Arthur M. Olsen, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. All requests must be accompanied by an abstract as well as the full title of the paper to be presented.
1953 COLLEGE ESSAY AWARD
The Board of Regents of the American College of Chest Physicians offers a cash prize award of two hundred fifty dollars <$250.00) to be given annually for the best original contribution, preferably by a young investigator, on any phase relating to chest disease. The prize is open to contestants of other countries as well as those residing in the United States. The winning contribution will be selected by a board of impartial judges and the award, together with a certificate of merit, will be made at the forthcoming annual meeting of the College, to be held in New York City, May 28-31, 1953. Second and Third prize certificates will also be awarded. All manuscripts submitted become the property of the American College of Chest Physicians and will be referred to the Editorial Board of the College journal, "Diseases of the Chest." for consideration. The College reserves the right to invite the winner to present his contribution at the annual meeting. Contestants are advised to study the format of "Diseases of the Chest" as to length, form and arrangement of illustrations, to guide them in the preparation of the manuscript. The following conditions must be observed: ( 1) Five copies of the manuscript, typewritten in English, should be submitted to the executive office, American College of Chest Physicians, 112 East Chestnut Street, Chicago 11, Illinois, not later than March 15, 1953. (21 The only means of identification of the author or authors shall be a motto or other device on the title page, and a sf.aled envelope bearing the same motto on the outside, enclosing the name of the author or authors. ILLINOIS CHAPTER
A meeting of the Illinois Chapter was held in Chicago, October 9, in conjunction with the 7th Annual Postgraduate Course on Diseases of the Chest. Dr. Theodore J. Wachowski was moderator of the Clinical Path· ological X-Ray Conference of the Chapter. A joint meeting of the Illinois Chapter of the College, the Macon County Medical Society, and the Illinois Trudeau Society was held on November 14, at the Decatur Club, Decatur, Illinois. The scientific · program included the following papers: · 709
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AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHEST PHYSICIANS
Dec., 1952
"When is an Intrathoracic Case a Surgical Problem?" Robert Fox, Surgical Department, Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Chicago. "Recognition and ~eatment of Acute Chest Emergencies," Paul A. Alfano, . Associate Thoracic Surgeon, Cook County Hospital, Chicago. "Problems Encountered in the Diagnosis of Chronic Chest Diseases," Robert H. Ebert, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical School. A meeting of the Illinois Chapter will be held on December 12 at the Congress Hotel, Chicago. Officers of the chapter are as follows : William J. Bryan, Rockford, President Abel Froman, Chicago, Vice-President Clifton F . Hall, Springfield, Secretary-Treasurer George W. Holmes, Chicago, Chairman, Program Committee.
119th MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
·The 119th Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science will be held December 27 in Klel Assembly Hall 3, St. Louis, Missouri. A symposium on "Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis" will be presided over by Dr. Alfred Goldman, Washington University School of Medicine. The following papers will be presented: "Antimicrobial Therapy of Pulmonary Tuberculosis," Forrest W. Pitts, Capt., MC, USA and Carl W. Tempel, Col., MC, USA, Fitzsimmons Army Hospital, Denver, Colorado. "The Laboratory Evaluation of the Anti-tubercular Activity of the Hydrazine Derivatives of Isonicotinic Acid," E. Grunberg, Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc., Nutley, New Jersey and Department of ·Health, Newark, New Jersey. "The Acute Pharmacology in Man of the INH Compounds," Carl C. Pfeiffer, University of Illinois School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. "Use of Isoniazid and Iproniazid Compounds in Clinical Tuberculosis," M. R. Lichtenstein, University of Illinois School of Medicine and Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium of Chicago, Illinois.
College News Notes Dr. Alfred S. Dooneief, Bedford Hills, New York, has recently been appointed attending physician, Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Montefiore Hospital, New York. Dr. Dooneief is the Secretary of the New York Postgraduate Committee of the College. Dr. Frederick R. Harper of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, was promoted to clinical professor of thoracic surgery and head of the Division of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Harper is a member of the Council on Postgraduate Medical Education of the College.