The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24

Navy, the United States Office of civilian Defense, and the Procure ment and Assignment Service of the Office of Defense Health and Well fare Services. The Connecticut State Medical Society is co-operat- ing in local arrangements. The New Haven meeting ct the Taft Hotel and Yale University is for all medi- cal and hospital personnel in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, ana Rhode Island, and It's purpose is to bring to them the latest and most authentic official information on war medicine and surgery, par- ticularly with respect to treatment of wounds of soft parts, burns, shock, hemorrhage, fractures, and injuries to the head and chest; methods of administration and or. ganigation of military medical service; medical and hospital serv- ice in their relation to civilian de- fense: and enlistment of medical, nursing, and technical personnel in the United States Army and Navy.
 Colonel Fred W, Rankin of Wash- ington, Medical Corps, United States Army, Office of the Surgeon Gem eral, will represent the Army; Cap tain frrederick R. Hook, Chief of the Surgical Service of the United States Naval Hospital at Washington will represent the Navy; and pr. Dudley A. Rookie of Boston, will represent the United States Office of Civilian Defense at the New Haven meeting and will deliver ad- dresses on the work of the organiza- tions they represent at a joint ses- sion for medical and hospital per- sonnel from 10:45 to l2:l5 a. rn., on Monday, March 30. At the luncheon which will follow, and which is also 6 joint session, there will be an address and round d-table discussion of procurement and as- signment service.
 The meeting for members of the medical profession will open at 0:00 a. in. with discussions of treatment of war injuries to the skull and face, and of war injuries to the chest. The meeting for hospital representatives will open at the same hour with a forum on civilian defense as it Rf- fleets hospitals. The joint late morning and luncheon sessions, at which Doctor Creighton Barker, state chairman of the Procurement and Assignment Service for Con- necticut, will preside. will follow. Tn the afternoon the medical group will hold panel discussions on treatment of wounds of soft parts, on preven- ton and treatment of hemorrhage, and on fractures; and the hospital group will have discussions of hos- pital problems incident to the war.
 Panel Discussions
 The groups will meet together for dinner, following which there will be discussion of the activities of the American College of Surgeons and I their relation to the defense pro- gram. A joint session devoted to panel discussions of treatment oi burns and prevention and treatment of shock will conclude the meeting
 Dr. James R. Miller of Hartford and Dr. Daniel c. Patterson oi Bridgcportarechair t,assrid taoiu Bridgeport are chairman and secre- tary. respectively of the Connecticut State Executive Committee of the College. Dr. Howard M. Cluto and pr. Leland s. McKittlrck Of Boston are chairman and secretary respec- lively of the Massachusetts state Executive Committee. pr. Lucius 0. Kingman and pr. Frederick V, Hussey of Providence are chairman and secretary respectively ok the Rhode Island State Executive Corn- mittse.