Evening star., 1939-04-09
200 Eye Specialists
Here 10 Attend
6. ". U.Course
Lecturers From Leading
Medical Centers Will
Lead Discussions

5eOO 1JSSuSSIVuS
Some 200 eye specialists from 36
States, Canada and Puerto Rico
have come to Washington to at
tend the third annual six-day inten-
sive postgraduate course in oph-
thalmology of the George WASH
ington University School of Medi-
cine, which opens tomorrow.
The course will continue through
Saturday, with lectures and demon
strations of the most modern meth
ods in the diagnosis and medi-
cal and surgical treatment of eye
diseases and disorders. Lecturers
from important medical centers
throughout the United States and
Canada, including guest lecturers
and resident members of the staff
of the department of ophthalmology
of the George Washington Univer-
sity School of Medicine, will COM
pose the staff of instruction.
The program tomorrow includes
DR.. William L. Benedict, Rochester,
Mimi, head of the section on oph-
thalmology, Mayo Clinic, on "Medi-
cal Management OF Ophthalmic
Disease; DR.. John Green. st. Louis
Mo-. professor of ophthalmology,
st. Louis University School of Medi-
cine, on External Diseases of the
Eye, Including the Cornea," and DR..
William H. Crisp, Denver, Colo,
member of staff, Jewish Consump-
tives' Relief Society Sanitarium
and Denver Orphan Home, on
Physiological Optics"
Program on Tuesday.
Tuesday there will be an address
by DR.. S. Judd Beach, Portland, Me,
ophthalmic surgeon, Maine Eye and
Ear Inf1rmary. on ''Refraction and
Differential Diagnosis of Edema of
the Eyelids.
DR.. Walter B. Lancaster, Boston,
Mass, consulting ophthalmn sur
geon, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Infirmary, will discuss Lighting in
Relation to Ophthalmology." DR..
Georgiana Dvorak Theobald. Oak
Park, ILL.,, assistant clinical pro-
fessor, Rush Medical College, will
speak on Pathology of the Eye"
On Wednesday the specialists will
hear Dr. Edward C. Elicit, Memphis,
Tenn, of the Memphis Eye. Ear,
Nose and Throat Hospital on "Medi-
cal Management of Cataract and
Surgery of Cataract Other Than
the Senile Type"
DR.. Luther C. Peter, Philadelphia
Pa, professor of ophthalmology,
University Of Pennsylvania Gradu-
ate School of Medicine, will discuss
"Perimetry' and DR.. Francis Heed
Adler, Philadelphia. professor of
Ophthalmology. University of Penn
sylvania School of Medicine, is to
speak on physiology of Vision"
DR.. Goodman to Speak.
Thursday DR.. E. Leonard Good
man of the George Washington
University School of Medicine will
lecture on preparation of Material
for Animal Surgery" DR.. William
Thornwall Davis, executive officer Of
the Department of Ophthalmology,
the George Washington University
School of Medicine. will take up the
latest methods of THE Treatment
Of Squint."
DIR. p. Chalmers Jameson. Brook
1yn, N. Y, surgeon. Brooklyn Eye
and Ear and st. Johns Caledonian
Hospitals, will have for his topic
"The Choice of Operation for
Squint." DR.. F. Bruce Fralick, Ann
Arbor, Mich, professor of ophthal-
mology, University of Michigan
School Of Medicine, will talk on
Surgical and Applied Anatomy of
the Eye and It's Adnexa."
DR.. Ernest Sheppard, Washington,
D. c., the George Washington
School of Medicine, is to talk on
''Embryology of the Eye: Clinical
Applications"
DR.. Heath on Program.
Fridays program will include the
following addresses: DR.. Parker
Heath, Detroit, Mich, professor of
ophthalmology, Wayne University
College of Medicine. "Glaucoma"
DR.. Albert Ruedemann, Cleveland,
Ohio. member of staff, Cleveland
Clinic Foundation, "Endocrine Dys-
function in Relation to the Eye"
and Headaches and Head Pain of
Ocular Origin; DR.. Everett L. Goar,
Houston, Tex, member of staff,
Hermann, Southern Pacific and
Houston Eye, Ear and Throat Hos
pital. "Slit Lamp Microscopy"
On the closing day DR.. S. Han
ford Mckee, Montreal, Canada,
clinical professor Of ophthalmology,
McGill University. will lecture on
"Bacteriology of the Eye" and DR..
C. S. O'Brien, Iowa City, professor
and head of the department of
ophthalmology, State University of
Iowa, on Local Anesthesia in Oph-
thalmology."
DR.. Allen Greenwood, Boston,
Mass, emeritus professor of oph-
thalmology, Tufts Medical College,,
will take up Cataract Surgery"
Preceding the postgraduate
course in ophthalmology, a five
day practical course in surgery,
pathology and orthoptics, limited to
IS participants. was held at the
School of Medicine Monday through
vestardav