Evening star., 1941-10-03

the assembly, in surprising all
previous efforts" had mirrored "the
onward progress of medicine, and
the close Identification of medicine
with public defense" He paid due
honor" to the services represented.
and expressed appreciation to those
in charge, especially DR.. John r.
Cavanaugh, general chairman.
1t. Col. A. Clagett Gray. State
medical officer of the District G.
Columbia Selective Service. who
presented statistics on the examina-
tions OF registrants here, explained
today that the program for rehabil-
ltatlon of rejectees had reached its
preliminary stages of action but h
expected TO participate in further
conferences shortly.
Col. Gray praised the "purelv
voluntary service of more than 300
Washington doctors, who, without
pay. had devoted over $4,000 hours
OF professional service in the eX-
animation of registrants.
RejectiOns Increase.
wi. LcoudIu u. ROWntree, chleI
of the Medical Division, Selective
Service System, declared that ma
tionaly reflections of registrants
were on the upgrade, with about 50
per cent now being rejected as COM
pared with 43 per cent in February.
DR.. Ross T. McIntire, surgeon
general of the Navy, gave a compre-
henSive picture of Navy plans for
aviation medicine" He said: I'VE
know what the British are going
through and We know that a tre-
mendous number of men have been
sent away from active duty, never
10 return, because of the inability
OF the medical profession to return
tnem to a normal state. We
are now making a very definite At
tempt to find proper means OF
evaluating the actions and symp-
toms OF our pilots who are under
the strain of combat flying"
surg. Gen. James C. Magee of the
United States Army, who could not
be present, sent a paper, read 10
the assembly by 1t. Col. Howard
T. Wickers, Medical Corps. explain-
ing new developments in field serv-
ice to carry medical care TO soldiers
IN this era of "panzer divisions.
Stuka bombers and motorized COM
bat forces" with their Spectacular
elements OF modern warfare"
Armored Ambulance Described.
He described briefly pro-
posed new armored ambulance.
which in reality would be a sort Of
mobile aid station" large motor
lied equipment for surgical hospi-
tails. operating rooms on wheels,
ready for use as soon as stopped.
Doctors and other medical person.
mel were being trained as para
chute troops, it was pointed out. and
elaborate experiments were being
carried out with manufacturers of
the autogiro, with a view to using
them as ambulances.
1t. Comdr. L. r. Newhouser of the
Navy discussed the use of Blood
Substitutes by the Armed Forces"
First prize among scientific ex-
hlblts at the assembly was awarded
to DR.. A. j. Connolly. for a demon
stration of Graphic Hemstology,"
showing the most original re-
search" Second prize for excel
lence in presentation went to DR..
Garnet w. Ault. In the public
health exhibits, first prize went to
one on diabetes from Doctors Hos
pital, entered by Dr. William j.
Mallory, DR.. John A. Reed and Miss
Evelyn Anderson.
Two luncheons were held yester-
day in connection with the assembly.
Edward T. Tamm of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation addressed
the Georgetown University Medical
Alumni Association on counter
espionage and DR.. Claude Coleman
of the Medical College of Virginia
spoke to alumni Of that school on
neurosurgery.