Evening star., 1952-09-28
Medical Society Here
To Open Assembly on
Research Tomorrow
By John McKelwoy

The 23rd Annual Scientific AS
sembly Of the Medical Society of
the District Of Columbia opens to-
morrow at $3.50 am. in the Hotel
Statler. About $500 physicians
from the District Of Columbia,
Virginia. Maryland. West Virginia
and Pennsylvania will attend.
Specialists and general prac-
titioners will present q program
ranging from methods in the
treatment Of the duodenal ulcer
to a discussion on blood conserva-
ton.
DR.. william J. Tobin. general
chairman, has announced the
program has been drawn up to-
interest "all physicians" and is
not conference on highly spe-
cialized medicine.
Vannevar Bush to Speak.
DR.. Vannevar Bush, president Of
the Carnegie Institution of WASH
ington. who aided in the research
and development of the atom
bomb, will be the principal
speaker. DIR. Bush will speak
Wednesday at the closing banquet
at 8 pm.
Also scheduled to talk is DR..
Paul B. Magnuson, chairman Of
the Presidents Commission on the
Health Needs Of the Nation, who
will address the medical society
luncheon tomorrow at 1915 pm.
Sessions on medical topics begin
at 10 am. tomorrow with q dis
cussion on new methods in the
treatment Of ulcers. The session.
will be led by DR.. Walter L. Palmer,
University of Chicago School Of
Medicine. At 2:25 pm. tomorrow,
a symposium is to explore the
relationship Of gastric ulcers tol
cancer.
Heart Disease Meeting.
On Tuesday evening the Amer
ican Heart Association will offer q
public meeting on the research,
recovery and rehabilitation of
heart disease. The moderator of
the panel discussion will be DR.. H.
M. Marvin, past president of thel
American Heart Association. Key
note speaker will be Keen john
son, former Governor of Kentucky
and immediate past president Of
the Kentucky Heart Association.
The panel will include Myrna 10y.
former movie actress and now al
member-at-large of the United
State National Commission toI
UNESCO.
The Georgetown Medical Alum
nj Association will present Senator
Mundt, Republican, of South Da-
kota as its luncheon speaker on
Wednesday. He will talk on
Medicine in a Changing Time"
At an afternoon session on We'd
nesday, DR.. Herbert P. Ramsey.
vice chairman of the Committee
on Blood Banks, American Med
ical Association and president
elect of the Medical Society of the
District, will head q discussion of
the blood program in the United
States.
IS Scientific Exhibits.
Twenty-Five scientific exhibits
will be on display. These will be
shown to the physicians only
except on Tuesday evening whenI
they will be open to the public.
The exhibits include those onI
alcoholism, cerebral palsy, health
security for the insecure. helps for
hearing, home accidents, listen to|
your heart, the visiting nurse at
work. vision testing, and Of par
ticular interest-physicians to the
Presidents. The exhibit will show
the cause Of death Of the various
Presidents as disclosed by medical
records.
A feature Of the closing banquet
will be the awarding of certificates
for meritorious service to DIR.
Frank D. Costenbader, past presi-
dent of the medical society and
past president of the Medical
Service of the District Of Colum-
bia, and DR.. w. Cabell Moore. long
q pioneer in industrial medicine.