Evening star., 1947-09-16
D. T.. Medical Society
To Te|evise Operation
In Program for Public

A surgeons scalpel will flash
across local television screens next
month in the first public broadcast
OF an operation ever made, as the
District Medical Society presents
the latest advances in medicine in
its 18th annual scientific assembly.
Members Of the society now are
making final preparations for the
exhibits and lectures that will
feature the medical conference Oc-
tober 6-8 In the Hotel Statler.
Choosing as their theme Medicine
in the Atomic Age" local medical
leaders will demonstrate the new
drugs, and techniques which, they
say, have brought medical science
ION the threshold Of a new era"
For the public, the opportunity
to witness an actual operation via
television will be the assembly's
highlight. Georgetown and Doctors
Hospitals have been chosen as the
origin Of the broadcast.
First Public Showing.
The eye of television will follow a
patient in each hospital from the
time he is brought into the operating
room until he is wheeled out. The
aim will be to present a panorama
view of the operating room scene,
rather than the technical details
Of the operation; but a boom micro
phone will pick up the surgeons
terse orders to his assistants as the
operation progresses.
On several occasions, operations
have been "piped" to nearby rooms
where groups of doctors observed
colleagues technique, but the local
broadcast will be the first chance
for the public to witness an opera
ton, according to the medical
society.
Also Of considerable public inter-
est will be the public health exhibit
sponsored jointly with the medical
society by the District Health De-
partment, the District tuberculosis
Association. the local chapter of the
American Cancer Society and the
American Red Cross.
Many Scientific Exhibits.
This exhibit, to be on public view
in the Statler from 10 am. to S pm.
each day during the assembly, will
contain recommendations by vari-
Gus voluntary and official health
agencies for proper health care.
There also will be many scientific
exhibits, to be viewed exclusively by
doctors attending the assembly.
With an expected registration in
excess of $500, breaking last years
record Attendance of 1850, the as
sembly will offer scientific reports
by leading medical authorities on
topics of current interest among
doctors.
Each days session will be con-
cluded by panel discussion. at
which many doctors will contribute
their views on such topics as upper
extremity pain, endocrine tumors
and antibiotic drugs.
A feature of the opening days
session on October 6. will be an ad-
dress by DR.. Louis M. A. Krause on
Trends in Medicine" delivered at
the Medical Society luncheon at
1915 pm.
Outstanding Lecturer.
DR.. Krause, regarded as one of
the country's outstanding medical
lecturers, is an associate professor
Of medicine at the University of
Maryland. He gave a similar talk
last winter at a scientific meeting
sponsored by the Medical Society.
The luncheon speaker, october 7,
will be Msgr. Fulton j. Sheen, pro-
fessor of philosophy at Catholic Un-
iversity. 'H .-.. ''F
At s:15 pm, October 7, the Medi-
cal Society will sponsor a public
forum on "Our Youth Today-A
Challenge to American Parents"
with G. Rowland Shaw, former
Assistant Secretary of State. presid-
ing.
At the society's annual dinner, to
be held at 7::30 pm, October 8, the
doctors will hear an address on
Medical Craftsmanship" by Ed
ward L. Bortz. president of the
American Medical Association. He
is expected to speak on current
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