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WEST VIRGINIA APPOINTS TUBERCULOSIS COMMITTEE
Volume XI
COLLEGE NEWS
489
Dr. Frank R. Ferlaino, New York City, discussed "Recent Developments in the Use of Penicillin and the Newer Anti-biotics in the Treatment of Infections" before the Franklin County Medical Society at Saranac Lake. Dr. James L. Mudd, F.C.C.P., St. Louis, Missouri, presented a paper on "Empyema" at the annual meeting of the Iowa-Illinois Central District Medical Association held at Davenport, Iowa, May 24, 1945. WEST VIRGINIA APPOINTS TUBERCULOSIS COMMITTEE The National Council of Tuberculosis Committees of the American College of Chest Physicians is pleased to announce that the By-Laws of the West Virginia State Medical Association were amended to provide for the appointment of a standing committee on tuberculosis. The following physicians were appointed to serve as members of the Tuberculosis Committee of the West Virginia Medical Association: Dr. David Salkin, F.C.C.P., Hopemont, Chairman Dr. E. T. Goff, F.C.C.P., Parkersburg Dr. J. N. Reeves, Charleston Dr. G. E. Gwinn, F.C.C.P., Beckley Dr. Elizabeth McFetridge, Shepherdstown CONGRESS APPROPRIATES SIX MILLION DOLLARS FOR TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL The sum of $6,047,000 was appropriated by Congress for tuberculosis control according to Public Law 41O-78th Congress, Section 314-b for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946. This sum will be expended under the Tuberculosis Control Division of the U. S. Public Health Service. Of this amount $5,200,000 is to be used for grants to States to develop their field control program exclusive of the construction and maintenance of sanatoria during this first full year of operation. The remaining $847,000 is to be used for research in all fields of tuberculosis control, demonstration of tuberculosis control by means of 20 field units (including complete x-ray equipment for mass radiography, a medical officer, a nurse, two technicians, and a record analyst). These units are loaned to State and local health departments to demonstrate case-finding and follow-up in those areas which do not have the personnel and facilities. Additional studies are carried on in the field of radiology, case-finding, medical care, after care, and follow-up. Dr. Herman E. Hilleboe, F.C.C.P., Medical Director, Chief, Tuberculosis Control Division, Washington, D. C., will be in charge of this program. STALINGRAD REESTABLISHES TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL The Germans destroyed every hospital in the Stalingrad region. Since then, a tuberculosis hospital with 100 beds and a regional tuberculosis dispensary have been reestablished and are again functioning. Within the first few months after liberation of Stalingrad 286 doctors and 224 nurses and doctors assistants were sent to Stalingrad. Large quantities
490
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHEST PHYSICIANS
Sept.-Oct., 1945
of essential medical equipment were supplied including four x-ray machines, 21 ambulances, and 42,000 rubles worth of surgical instruments and other supplies. The State granted huge sums for health protection measures, Expenditures on capital repairs and the restoration of the wrecked medical network in 1943 amounted to 1,485,000 rubles; in 1944, 4,440,000 rubles and in 1945, 2,957,000 rubles. Expenditures on new construction in 1943 were 5,526,000 rubles, in 1944, 4,970,000 rubles; and in 1945, 4,900,000 rubles. PHILIPPINE RELIEF Requests have been received from Fellows of the College in the Philippines for medical and surgical equipment needed by them to reestablishtheir offices and clinics. The Japanese invaders have pillaged and destroyed all of the equipment in the doctors' offices and there is dire need for pneumothorax apparatus, fluoroscopic and x-ray equipment, surgical instruments and other medical equipment and supplies. If any of the members of the College can donate used equipment or if they wish to contribute to a fund for the purchase of used equipment to be shipped to the Fellows of the College in the Philippines, kindly communicate with Dr. Joseph C. Placak, F.C.C.P., 10515 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, Chairman of the College Committee for Philippine Relief. Checks should be made payable to Dr. Joseph C. Placak, Chairman of the Committee for Philippine Relief. SPECIAL ISSUE OF JOURNAL The November-December issue of the journal will be a special issue to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the x-ray by Konrad Roentgen. The issue is being compiled under the direction of Dr. Andrew L. Banyai, F.C.C.P., Wauwatosa, Wisconsin and the following articles will appear: "The Roentgen Ray-Its Past and Future," by Dr. Russel H. Morgan and Dr. Ira Lewis, United States Public Health Service. "Roentgen Visualization of the Lesser Circulation, or Roentgen Visualization of the' Reticuloendothelial System of the Lung," by Dr. C. C. Macklin, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. "Radiological Anatomy of Segmental Lesions of the Lung," by Dr. Clifford Hoyle, Editor of the British Journal of Tuberculosis and Diseases of the Chest, and Dr. Foster Carter, London, England, "Oblique and Lateral Views of the Chest in Roentgenological Diagnosis," by Dr. Samuel Brown, University of Cincinnati. "Benign Tumors of the Pulmonary Apex, Their Roentgenological Diagnosis," by Dr. L. W. Paul, University of Wisconsin. "Clinical Value of Angiocardiography," by Dr. Henry K. Taylor, New York City. "Roentgen Treatment for Hodgkin's Disease and Lymphosarcoma of the Chest," by Dr. A. U. Desjardins, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Orders for additional copies of this issue of the journal should be placed as early as possible.
COLLEGE NEWS
489
Dr. Frank R. Ferlaino, New York City, discussed "Recent Developments in the Use of Penicillin and the Newer Anti-biotics in the Treatment of Infections" before the Franklin County Medical Society at Saranac Lake. Dr. James L. Mudd, F.C.C.P., St. Louis, Missouri, presented a paper on "Empyema" at the annual meeting of the Iowa-Illinois Central District Medical Association held at Davenport, Iowa, May 24, 1945. WEST VIRGINIA APPOINTS TUBERCULOSIS COMMITTEE The National Council of Tuberculosis Committees of the American College of Chest Physicians is pleased to announce that the By-Laws of the West Virginia State Medical Association were amended to provide for the appointment of a standing committee on tuberculosis. The following physicians were appointed to serve as members of the Tuberculosis Committee of the West Virginia Medical Association: Dr. David Salkin, F.C.C.P., Hopemont, Chairman Dr. E. T. Goff, F.C.C.P., Parkersburg Dr. J. N. Reeves, Charleston Dr. G. E. Gwinn, F.C.C.P., Beckley Dr. Elizabeth McFetridge, Shepherdstown CONGRESS APPROPRIATES SIX MILLION DOLLARS FOR TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL The sum of $6,047,000 was appropriated by Congress for tuberculosis control according to Public Law 41O-78th Congress, Section 314-b for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946. This sum will be expended under the Tuberculosis Control Division of the U. S. Public Health Service. Of this amount $5,200,000 is to be used for grants to States to develop their field control program exclusive of the construction and maintenance of sanatoria during this first full year of operation. The remaining $847,000 is to be used for research in all fields of tuberculosis control, demonstration of tuberculosis control by means of 20 field units (including complete x-ray equipment for mass radiography, a medical officer, a nurse, two technicians, and a record analyst). These units are loaned to State and local health departments to demonstrate case-finding and follow-up in those areas which do not have the personnel and facilities. Additional studies are carried on in the field of radiology, case-finding, medical care, after care, and follow-up. Dr. Herman E. Hilleboe, F.C.C.P., Medical Director, Chief, Tuberculosis Control Division, Washington, D. C., will be in charge of this program. STALINGRAD REESTABLISHES TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL The Germans destroyed every hospital in the Stalingrad region. Since then, a tuberculosis hospital with 100 beds and a regional tuberculosis dispensary have been reestablished and are again functioning. Within the first few months after liberation of Stalingrad 286 doctors and 224 nurses and doctors assistants were sent to Stalingrad. Large quantities
490
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHEST PHYSICIANS
Sept.-Oct., 1945
of essential medical equipment were supplied including four x-ray machines, 21 ambulances, and 42,000 rubles worth of surgical instruments and other supplies. The State granted huge sums for health protection measures, Expenditures on capital repairs and the restoration of the wrecked medical network in 1943 amounted to 1,485,000 rubles; in 1944, 4,440,000 rubles and in 1945, 2,957,000 rubles. Expenditures on new construction in 1943 were 5,526,000 rubles, in 1944, 4,970,000 rubles; and in 1945, 4,900,000 rubles. PHILIPPINE RELIEF Requests have been received from Fellows of the College in the Philippines for medical and surgical equipment needed by them to reestablishtheir offices and clinics. The Japanese invaders have pillaged and destroyed all of the equipment in the doctors' offices and there is dire need for pneumothorax apparatus, fluoroscopic and x-ray equipment, surgical instruments and other medical equipment and supplies. If any of the members of the College can donate used equipment or if they wish to contribute to a fund for the purchase of used equipment to be shipped to the Fellows of the College in the Philippines, kindly communicate with Dr. Joseph C. Placak, F.C.C.P., 10515 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, Chairman of the College Committee for Philippine Relief. Checks should be made payable to Dr. Joseph C. Placak, Chairman of the Committee for Philippine Relief. SPECIAL ISSUE OF JOURNAL The November-December issue of the journal will be a special issue to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the x-ray by Konrad Roentgen. The issue is being compiled under the direction of Dr. Andrew L. Banyai, F.C.C.P., Wauwatosa, Wisconsin and the following articles will appear: "The Roentgen Ray-Its Past and Future," by Dr. Russel H. Morgan and Dr. Ira Lewis, United States Public Health Service. "Roentgen Visualization of the Lesser Circulation, or Roentgen Visualization of the' Reticuloendothelial System of the Lung," by Dr. C. C. Macklin, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. "Radiological Anatomy of Segmental Lesions of the Lung," by Dr. Clifford Hoyle, Editor of the British Journal of Tuberculosis and Diseases of the Chest, and Dr. Foster Carter, London, England, "Oblique and Lateral Views of the Chest in Roentgenological Diagnosis," by Dr. Samuel Brown, University of Cincinnati. "Benign Tumors of the Pulmonary Apex, Their Roentgenological Diagnosis," by Dr. L. W. Paul, University of Wisconsin. "Clinical Value of Angiocardiography," by Dr. Henry K. Taylor, New York City. "Roentgen Treatment for Hodgkin's Disease and Lymphosarcoma of the Chest," by Dr. A. U. Desjardins, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Orders for additional copies of this issue of the journal should be placed as early as possible.