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The American academy of allergy
Annual THE
AMERICAN
Meeting
ACADEMY
OF ALLERGY
At the first Annual Meeting, to be held at t,he Waldorf Astoria Hoi ;el in t New York on December 11 and 12, the following guest speake :rs W ill participate.
Dr. David Preswick Barr is I’rofesso~~ of Medicine at (:orllrll 1’11 Medical School and Physician in Chief to the New Yor ‘li HI ospital. His subject will be “Allergy in Relationship to Intern a 1 M edicine. ’’ VE !rsity
440
THE
AMERICAS
ACADEMY
OF
ALLERGY
441
Dr. Barr is President-elect of the American College of Physicians, past President of the Associat,ion for the Study of Internal Secretions; a member of the American Board of Internal l\ledicine, and of the Committee on Gas Casualties, Kational Research Council. He is on the editorial board of several scientific. journals and is the editor of Modern J1edicnl l’hempy in General Pmctice. His researches on muscular csercisc, fcrer. and calcium metabolism are well known.
Dr. Paul Roberts Cannon, Professor of Pathology and Chairman of the Department al: the TJnivewity of Chicago, will speak on the “Nutritional Aspects of Globulin 31etaholism. ” His Iwent iuwstigat3ions in that field are outstalltljng. J)I’. Cmn011’s illterMs itI the past have illcludetl cellular and tissue immunity with especial study of the Arthus phenomenon, intestinal and respiratory infections, experimental malaria, studies on the spleen
442
THE
JOURNAL
OF
ALLERGY
and anemia ; allergy and chemotherapy. He is associate Editor of the and of the American Journal of Pathology; Journal of Immunology past president of the American S0ciet.y of Pathologists and Bact)eriologists, of the Association of Tmmnnologists, and of the Chicago Pathological Society. He is a member of the committee on pathology, National Research Council, of the National Tnflnrnza Commission, and of the American Board of Pathology.
Dr. Hans Selye, Associate Professor of Histology, McGill University, will speak on “Diseases of Adaptation.” Dr. Selye has had extensive training abroad and is a member of many distinguished scientific He is past president of t,he Montreal societies, here and in Europe. Physiological Society.
Dr. Selye is well known for his conception of the “alarm reaction.” His mo1~1;on the physiology of pregnancy and lactation and his more recent J\-ark on the phw~macology of steroid hormones, and of adrenal i’unction, particularly in relation to periarteritis nodosa, is of outstanding distinction. Dr. Carl Albert Dragstedt is I’rofessor of Pharmacology at Northwestern I-niversity Aledical School. and an authority on the signifieatice of “Histamine in Anaphylwsis,” \\.hich is the title of his lec%urt. IIis experimental \\~ol*k 011this phase of allergy is cdlassic.
Dr. Dragsteclt, IOII~ :I 111crt11w~~ 01’tllc wvision committee of the U. 8. Pharmacopoeia, has vitlesptwr~l ilttrrrsts in the fields of pharmacology, biochemistry, and inntlullily! as testified I>)- his publications on such subjects as epinephrine. diuretics, cocaine poisoning, intestinal infection, physiology of hone1 parathyroid secretion, anemia, and anaphylaxis.
444
THE
JOURNAL
OF ALLERGY
Dr. Eugene Markley Landis, Professor of Physiology at Harvard Medical School, will speak on “Factors Influencing Capillary Permeability. ’’ Dr. Landis, past president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, secretary of the Committee on Aviation, National Research Council, recently Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia, has been the recipient of many awards. His interest in circulatory phenomena is reflected in his distinguished experimental work on the pathogenesis of edema, peripheral vascular disorders, and his recent contributions and critical evaluation on the relationship of renal participation in the production of vascular hypertension. Members who will participate in the program are reminded that their contributions must be submitted to the JOURNAL OF ALLERGY for publication, subject to approval of the Editorial Board. In order to have the proceedings of the meeting appear in the March issue, it is necessary that contributors hand in their completed manuscripts at the meeting.
Notes The Committee on Education announces that it is compiling a roster Appliof names of physicians who are seeking residencies in allergy. cations may be addressed to Dr. Robert A. Cooke. Plans are progressing for the development of facilities for graduate and postgraduate training. Word has been received of the death of Dr. Rudolf Hecht, who was killed in France, September 16. A further appropriate notice will be published. Friends of Dr. Charles A. Spivake, formerly a member of the American Association for the Study of Allergy, have forwarded an announcement of his death. They emphasized his devotion to that society, his contributions to the field of allergy and his personality, which makes him acutely remembered.
AMERICAN
Meeting
ACADEMY
OF ALLERGY
At the first Annual Meeting, to be held at t,he Waldorf Astoria Hoi ;el in t New York on December 11 and 12, the following guest speake :rs W ill participate.
Dr. David Preswick Barr is I’rofesso~~ of Medicine at (:orllrll 1’11 Medical School and Physician in Chief to the New Yor ‘li HI ospital. His subject will be “Allergy in Relationship to Intern a 1 M edicine. ’’ VE !rsity
440
THE
AMERICAS
ACADEMY
OF
ALLERGY
441
Dr. Barr is President-elect of the American College of Physicians, past President of the Associat,ion for the Study of Internal Secretions; a member of the American Board of Internal l\ledicine, and of the Committee on Gas Casualties, Kational Research Council. He is on the editorial board of several scientific. journals and is the editor of Modern J1edicnl l’hempy in General Pmctice. His researches on muscular csercisc, fcrer. and calcium metabolism are well known.
Dr. Paul Roberts Cannon, Professor of Pathology and Chairman of the Department al: the TJnivewity of Chicago, will speak on the “Nutritional Aspects of Globulin 31etaholism. ” His Iwent iuwstigat3ions in that field are outstalltljng. J)I’. Cmn011’s illterMs itI the past have illcludetl cellular and tissue immunity with especial study of the Arthus phenomenon, intestinal and respiratory infections, experimental malaria, studies on the spleen
442
THE
JOURNAL
OF
ALLERGY
and anemia ; allergy and chemotherapy. He is associate Editor of the and of the American Journal of Pathology; Journal of Immunology past president of the American S0ciet.y of Pathologists and Bact)eriologists, of the Association of Tmmnnologists, and of the Chicago Pathological Society. He is a member of the committee on pathology, National Research Council, of the National Tnflnrnza Commission, and of the American Board of Pathology.
Dr. Hans Selye, Associate Professor of Histology, McGill University, will speak on “Diseases of Adaptation.” Dr. Selye has had extensive training abroad and is a member of many distinguished scientific He is past president of t,he Montreal societies, here and in Europe. Physiological Society.
Dr. Selye is well known for his conception of the “alarm reaction.” His mo1~1;on the physiology of pregnancy and lactation and his more recent J\-ark on the phw~macology of steroid hormones, and of adrenal i’unction, particularly in relation to periarteritis nodosa, is of outstanding distinction. Dr. Carl Albert Dragstedt is I’rofessor of Pharmacology at Northwestern I-niversity Aledical School. and an authority on the signifieatice of “Histamine in Anaphylwsis,” \\.hich is the title of his lec%urt. IIis experimental \\~ol*k 011this phase of allergy is cdlassic.
Dr. Dragsteclt, IOII~ :I 111crt11w~~ 01’tllc wvision committee of the U. 8. Pharmacopoeia, has vitlesptwr~l ilttrrrsts in the fields of pharmacology, biochemistry, and inntlullily! as testified I>)- his publications on such subjects as epinephrine. diuretics, cocaine poisoning, intestinal infection, physiology of hone1 parathyroid secretion, anemia, and anaphylaxis.
444
THE
JOURNAL
OF ALLERGY
Dr. Eugene Markley Landis, Professor of Physiology at Harvard Medical School, will speak on “Factors Influencing Capillary Permeability. ’’ Dr. Landis, past president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, secretary of the Committee on Aviation, National Research Council, recently Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia, has been the recipient of many awards. His interest in circulatory phenomena is reflected in his distinguished experimental work on the pathogenesis of edema, peripheral vascular disorders, and his recent contributions and critical evaluation on the relationship of renal participation in the production of vascular hypertension. Members who will participate in the program are reminded that their contributions must be submitted to the JOURNAL OF ALLERGY for publication, subject to approval of the Editorial Board. In order to have the proceedings of the meeting appear in the March issue, it is necessary that contributors hand in their completed manuscripts at the meeting.
Notes The Committee on Education announces that it is compiling a roster Appliof names of physicians who are seeking residencies in allergy. cations may be addressed to Dr. Robert A. Cooke. Plans are progressing for the development of facilities for graduate and postgraduate training. Word has been received of the death of Dr. Rudolf Hecht, who was killed in France, September 16. A further appropriate notice will be published. Friends of Dr. Charles A. Spivake, formerly a member of the American Association for the Study of Allergy, have forwarded an announcement of his death. They emphasized his devotion to that society, his contributions to the field of allergy and his personality, which makes him acutely remembered.