ilume 5 WINTER 1949 Number 2Dr. Sarnat AppointedHead of Oral Surgery atUniversity of IllinoisBernard G. Sarnat, of the class ofi7, has been appointed professor andLd of the Department of Oral andixillofacial Surgery at the UniversityIllinois College of Dentistry. Dr. Sar­: received his Bachelor's degree in sci­:e at the University of Chicago in 1933I his M.D. degree in 1937. He internedthe Los Angeles General Hospital. Re­ning to Chicago, he was awarded the:ree of D.D.S. and a Master's degree inence from the University of Illinois inSARNATfO and was co-winner of the Josephpps Prize for medical research in the�e year. He then served a residency in1 and plastic surgery at the Cookunty Hospital. Following this he wasociated with Dr. Marshall Davisongeneral surgery during 1942 and 1943.In 1943 he went to St. Louis, where foree years (1943-46) he was associatedh Dr. Vilray P. Blair in plastic and re­istructive surgery at the Washingtoniversity School of Medicine. Durings time he served as assistant in surgeryivision of Plastic Surgery) and as pro­sor and director of oral and plasticgery at St. Louis University School ofntistry (1945-46). He returned to theiversity of Illinois College of Dentistry(Coni. on page 7) Walter G. Zoller MemorialDental ClinicThrough the generous gift of the lateWalter G. Zoller, the University of Chi­cago established the Walter G. ZollerMemorial Dental Clinic in the fall of1936. Mr. Zoller stated in his will that thebasic reason for the neat ion of the fundfor dental service and research was be­cause "it has become quite generally rec­ognized that a vast portion of ills and ail­ments of people is traceable to infectionsand diseases of the teeth and gums." Dr.James R. Blayney has been director of theClinic since it was founded.Dental clinics have been established toprovide both a complete dental servicefor those unable to secure adequate dentaltreatment for themselves and researchlaboratories for the study of oral disease.In order to carry out the expressed wishesBLAYNEYof Mr. Zoller, the following program wasformulated.1. Adequate dental service to thosewho are considered dental in­digents.2. Advanced education for those whowish to equip themselves for dentalteaching and research.3. Investigation in the fields of sciencewhich will further our understand­ing of oral disease.Clinical service is limited to those pa­(Cont. on page 2) Loosli Becomes Associate Pro­fessor of Preventive Medicineand Editor of Journal of Labora-tory and Clinical MedicineClayton G. Loosli has been appointedAssociate Professor of Preventive Medi­cine in the Department of Medicine effec­tive July I, 1949. He will be relieved ofhis duties as director of the StudentHealth Service, and Dr. William G.Beadenkopf, now assistant director of theService, will become the new director. Increating a section on preventive medicinewithin the Department of Medicine, theAdministration is filling a long-felt needLOOSLIfor a centralization of teaching and re­search activities in this field.Dr. Loosli, a native of Idaho, came toChicago in 1931 with B.A. and M.S. de­grees from the University of Idaho. Hedid work in the Anatomy Department onthe microscopic structure of the mam­malian lungs, receiving the Ph.D. degreein anatomy and histology in 1934. Dr.Loosli was J. H. Koessler Fellow in Medi­cine (1935-36) and Douglas Smith Fel­low in Medicine (1936-37). During thisperiod he worked with Dr. O. H. Robert­son on the pathogenesis and histopathol­ogy of pneumococcal pneumonia in manand experimental pneumococcal pneu­monia in dogs and monkeys. He received(Cont. on page ])2 MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETINRESIDENT STAFF NEWSBarbara Arthur, resident at Lying-In from1937 to 1938, is practicing obstetrics andgynecology in Rochester, New York. Her hus­band, Dr. Paul W. Preu, is in the practice ofneurology and psychiatry. They have twochildren, Charles, seven, and Roberta, five.Lauro Berumen is now director of anes­thesiology in the South Chicago Hospital.Jaya Chandy, resident in neurosurgery,left January I to establish a department ofneurology and neurosurgery at the VelourMedical School at Madras, India. Dr.Chandy will be professor and chairman of thedepartment.A. P. Darliugj'surgical resident at the Bas­sett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York, was aSeptember visitor at The Clinics. He reportsthat Mrs. Darling, a former Billings nurse, isin charge of the blood bank at Bassett Hos­pital.A. William Feldman is entering privatepractice in ophthalmology in HuntingtonPark, California.Mary Jane Fowler, who was certified by theAmerican Board of Ophthalmology in 1948,is practicing in Chicago. Dr. Fowler, who isMrs. Lucien E. Harbert in private life, hastwo children, aged seven and fiveHenry N. Harkins writes that the newbuilding of the University of WashingtonSchool of Medicine is nearing completion andwill be one of the finest in the country. Thefull-time system of clinical appointments isbeing followed, with emphasis on combinedresearch and clinical accomplishment.William V. Haymond is located at theVeterans Hospital in Tucson as chief ofanesthesiology.Robert S. Hockwald has been appointedAssistant in Medicine and physician in Stu­dent Health at the University of Chicago.Lester Jacobs, formerly of the Walter G.Zoller Memorial Dental Clinic, recently an­nounced the opening of an office for the gen­eral practice of dentistry in Chicago.Norman Jesberg visited The Clinics inOctober while in Chicago to take the exami­nations given by the American Board ofOtolaryngology. He is in practice with hisfather in Los Angeles.James McCreary is in private practice indermatology in Columbus, Ohio.Frank S. Ryerson is locating in Detroit,where he will be associated with his father inthe private practice of ophthalmology.Donald M. Schuitema, former resident inobstetrics and gynecology at the Lying-inHospital, is back at home with his wife anddaughter and doing obstetrics and gynecologyafter four years in the Air Corps.Ernest L. Stebbins, former intern in sur­gery, has been appointed chairman of the ad­visory board on health services of the Ameri­can Red Cross. During 1946 Dr. Stebbinssurveyed medical aspects of the AmericanRed Cross civilian relief program in Europe.This included a tour of sixteen countries, and,in conjunction with local medical authorities,he made recommendations for rebuildingtheir medical facilities. He was the AmericanRed Cross representative at the meeting ofthe medical commission of the League of RedCross Societies at Oxford, England. Dr. Steb­bins is director of the School of Hygiene andPublic Health of Johns Hopkins University.Hugh E. Stephenson, Jr., has an appoint­ment on the surgical service of Barnes Hos­pital, St. Lo.uis, Missouri. Last June he vis­ited The Clinics. following his return frern theFree Territory of Trieste. He flew from Ger­many as a military courier to the Pentagon. Dr. Stephenson enjoyed his overseas stay,which permitted him to travel extensively inEurope and Scandinavia. He sends best re­gards to his friends.Roland E. Stevens, urologist on the fac­ulty of the University of Rochester, visitedThe Clinics in October on his way to themeeting of the American College of Surgeonsin Los Angeles.C. Richard Yoder is now a licentiate of theAmerican Board of Pediatrics.Ernest H. Yount, Jr., has been appointedinstructor in internal medicine at Bowman­Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem,North Carolina.Zo lie r-(Coni. from page I)tients who are under medical manage­ment in the University Clinics and whoare unable to provide dental treatmentfor themselves. Patients are accepted fordental service on the premise that theywill give wholehearted co-operation incarrying out the program instituted fortheir treatment. A trained social workerinterviews each case before it is acceptedfor active treatment. This provides im­portant data, which are included in thecase history, regarding the family, theproblems with which they are confronted,and an appraisement of their ability tocarry out a long-range dental program.This service is as valuable to the patientsthemselves as it is to the Clinic. At thecompletion of any period of active treat­ment, the names of all patients are placedin the follow-up file. Subsequent visitsand examinations provide an excellentopportunity to observe the benefits oftreatment both locally and systemically.All types of dental service are providedwithout fee. Emphasis is placed upon thecomplete study of the pathologic condi­tions in each case rather than the volumeof clinical work accomplished. Followinga complete clinical and roentgenologic ex­amination of the oral structures and asurvey of the patient's medical problems,a plan of treatment for the mouth is for­mulated. Each case is treated in the man­ner which is thought to be the most satis­factory for that particular patient.The Zoller Clinic offers fellowships towell-trained young dentists who desire toequip themselves for a career in dentaleducation and research. All candidatesfor fellowship appointments are requiredto have had academic training sufficientto carry work at the graduate level in theDivision of the Biological Sciences. Eachfellow elects some department in the fieldof biological sciences for advanced study.The clinical and academic programsare carried on simultaneously with ap­proximately an equal division of time.After the formal course work required bythe departments for graduate studentshas been completed, an investigativestudy of some dental problem in the par­ticular field of science is begun. In thismanner an opportunity is provided foradvanced study in the basic sciences ofmedicine and dentistry as well as for addi­tional clinical study and experience in all divisions of dental practice, with specialemphasis upon the relationship of oralconditions to systemic disease either ascause or effect. The pursuit of such agraduate program is best suited for thedevelopment of future teachers of clinicaldentistry.Fellowship appointments are made forone year at a time. It is desirable, how­ever, that reappointments be made toprovide sufficient time for the completionof an investigative program. It is usuallyconsidered that three to five years will beconsumed in such a comprehensive gradu­ate study. All graduate degrees will beawarded by the department in which thestudent has elected to work. Throughoutthe period of fellowship a moderate sti­pend is awarded. Tuition and all labora­tory fees are paid.An internship is offered to the recentdental graduate who desires a year of hos­pital experience and who wishes to in­crease his appreciation of the medico­dental aspects of disease. For this ap­pointment academic discipline beyondthe satisfactory undergraduate dentalcurriculum is not necessary. The internsare assigned a rotating service which pro­vides experience in all phases of preven­tive and restorative dentistry and minororal surgery. In addition, each intern isassigned to the department of anesthesiafor instruction and practice in the admin­istration of general anesthetics.The physical facilities of the ZollerClinic, the organization of the staff, andthe relationship of the dental staff to thestaff of other departments in the hos­pitals and University meet the require­ments for dental departments in hospitalsadopted by the American College of Sur­geons and the basic standards of hospital­dental service for "approved" hospitalsby the Council on Hospital Dental Serv­ices of the American Dental Association.A definite teaching program, of theseminar type, is arranged so as to includeall phases of clinical dentistry. The mate­rial obtained from the oral surgery clinicis utilized to teach the pathology of dentaltissues and to integrate the knowledgegained of disease processes with an under­standing of therapeutic measures. Theintern is urged to attend the clinical con­ferences provided by the departments ofmedicine, surgery, pathology, and anes­thesia. The case load is not so heavy as toprevent him from having the opportunityof using the library and consulting theextensive collection of scientific texts andjournals that is readily available. Theinternship provides the opportunity foradvanced instruction with emphasisplaced upon the medicodental relation­ship rather than only on the developmentof skill and acumen in the carrying-out ofdental technical operative procedures.The Zoller Fund has established reosearch laboratories in three of the basilsciences. Drs. Friedrich Wassermann andLincoln V. Dommare in charge of the in·'vestigative program in anatomy; Drs:R. Wendell Harrison and Stewart AMEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN 3ser are responsible for the develop­nt of work in bacteriology; and Dr.om as B. Coolidge is chief of the Zollerboratory in biochemistry. Each labora­y is well equipped and is located in the.lding which houses the University de­-tment of that particular science. Theid of each laboratory has had years ofining and experience in his speciald. In this manner the Zoller Fund isnging well-trained minds to focus theirention upon dental research.. of C. Hospital Adrninis­rators Honor BachmeyerDr. Arthur C. Bachmeyer, Director of. University Clinics since 1935 and As­iate Dean of the Division of the Bio­ical Sciences, was honored by theiversity of Chicago Hospital Adrninis-BACHMEYERtion Alumni at a meeting in Atlantic.y last September. Dr. Clement C.iy, formerly of The Clinics, announced.establishment of the A. C. Bachmeyerdress to be delivered annually at theivention of the American College ofspital Administrators. This fund wasablished as a tribute to Dr. Bach­yer's many contributions to educationthe field of hospital administration.r. Brailsford Gives FirstPhemister LectureThe first Dallas B. Phemister Lectures given on November 10 by Dr. JamesBrailsford, Ph.D., F.R.C.P., F.I.C.S.,.t president of the British AssociationRadiologists. Dr. Brailsford has been) times Hunterian Professor, Royalliege of Surgeons, England. He is radi-• gi�t to St. Chad's Hospital, the City oflmmgham Infant Welfare Centres, and� Military Hospital, Hollymoor, Bir­ngham; consulting radiologist to theI y of Birmingham hospitals, the Robert,1es and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hos- pital, the Birmingham Accident Hospitaland Rehabilitation Centre, and the Bir­mingham Mental Hospital. During thewar he was radiologist to the Birming­ham war hospitals and the Ministry ofPensions hospitals. He has been awardedthe Robert Jones Gold Medal and PrizeHODGES, BRAILSFORD, DRAG·STEDT, JACOBSONof the British Orthopaedic Association(1927) and the Roentgen Prize (1936).Dr. Brailsford is author of The Radiol­ogy of the Bones and Joints as well asmany articles on roentgen diagnosis withspecial emphasis on the fields of pul­monary tuberculosis, diseases of the bonesand joints, and the limitations of roentgenand histopathological diagnosis.Dr. Brailsford was entertained at adinner given in his honor by the com­mittee on the Phemister Lecture. Thesubject of his talk was "Sclerosing Condi­tions of Bones."Dr. Wilson ReceivesAppointment at Universityof TennesseeDr. Harwell Wilson, a former memberof the Department of Surgery of the Uni-WILSONversity of Chicago, has been appointedprofessor and chairman of the Depart­ment of Surgery, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, effective SeptemberI, 1948. He also will be chief of the Divi­sion of Surgery at John Gaston Hospital,Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Wilson gradu­ated from the College of Medicine ofVanderbilt University in June, 1932. Hecame directly to the University of Chi­cago Clinics, where he held the followingappointments: intern in surgery, 1932-33;research assistant in surgery, 1933-34; as­sistant resident in surgery, 1934-38; andchief resident and instructor in surgery,1938-39. In 1939 he entered the practiceof surgery in Memphis and was appointedinstructor in surgery at the University ofTennessee College of Medicine. Sincethat time he has been a member of thefaculty of the College of Medicine of theUniversity of Tennessee.'Dr. Wilson entered the service as amajor with the Vanderbilt UniversityGeneral Hospital Unit. Later, as a lieu­tenant colonel, he became chief of surgeryin the 225th Station Hospital located inthe Mediterranean Theater. After servingin the consultants division of the Mediter­ranean Theater, he was assigned to theConsultants Division of the Surgeon Gen­eral's Office, where he served until hisdischarge from the Army in 1945, when hereturned to Memphis.On January 18, 1948, Dr. Wilson wasmarried to Miss Helen Cobb, a formermember of the Social Service Departmentof the University of Chicago Clinics. Theyhave one daughter, Linda Helen, bornDecember 27, 1948.Loosli-(Cont. from page I)the M.D. degree in 1937 and spent a yearin Baltimore as house officer at the JohnsHopkins Hospital.Dr. Loosli returned to Chicago as In­structor in Medicine and worked in col­laboration with Dr. Robertson on experi­mental air-borne influenza .infections inmice, the influence of humidity on sur­vival of influenza virus in air, and thelethal action of propylene and triethyleneglycol on air-borne viruses and bacteria.He was on leave of absence from 1943 to1946 to the Army, where he continuedstudies on the control of air-borne infec­tions and served as consultant to the Sec­retary of War and as a member of theCommission on Influenza, Pneumonia,and Air-borne Infections of the ArmyEpidemiology Board, the PreventiveMedicine Service, Office of the SurgeonGeneral. Dr. Loosli was separated fromthe service in 1946 with the rank of major.He was appointed Associate Professorof Medicine and director of the StudentHealth Service on his return to the Uni­versity. In the latter capacity he has donea splendid job of reorganization and in­tegration of Student Health Activitieswith those of the Clinics. Dr. Loosli be­came editor of the J ournal of Laboratoryand Clinic Medicine on January I, 1949.This journal is now the official organ of(Cont. on page 7)4 MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETINSCIENTIFIC SEC T I O'N IBiosynthesis of LipidsBy KONRAD BLOCHInstitute of Radiobiology and Biophysicsand the Department of BiochemistryUniversity of ChicagoStudies in this laboratory are con­cerned with the biological synthesis of thehigher fatty acids and of cholesterol inanimal tissues. Animals are not depend­ent on an exogenous supply of these lipidsbut can synthesize fats and steroids fromintermediates of the carbohydrate andprotein metabolism, The naturally oc­curring fatty acids are straight chaincompounds of varying length and containan even number of carbon atoms. A gen­eral mechanism which involves multiplecoupling of two-carbon units would ac­count satisfactorily for the variety offatty acids encountered in nature, Withthe aid of isotopic tracers it has beenshown that acetic acid is readily utilizedin lipid synthesis and can serve as asource of carbon atoms for the entiretatty-acid chain. It has recently beenfound that fatty-acid synthesis occurs inisolated tissues such as rat-liver slices,Under these conditions the details of thesynthetic processes which are responsiblefor the coupling of two carbon units to thehigher fatty acids may be convenientlystudied with the aid of isotopically labeledsubstrates. In the liver system both aceticand, pyruvic acids are sources of fatty­acid carbon, but acetic acid is used pref­erentially. On the other hand, pyruvateor glucose also function as sources ofenergy for the synthetic process. Fat syn­thesis appears to be under hormonal con­trol, and insulin can be shown to stimu­late this process in isolated liver.Acetic acid is of similar significance asa basic building block in the biosynthesisof cholesterol. The majority of the carbonatoms of both the cyclic portion and theisooctyl side chain of the sterol moleculeare ultimately derived from acetic acid.Experiments are being conducted inwhich cholesterol is biologically synthe­sized from acetic acid labeled by CIJ andCI4 in the methyl and carboxyl groups,respectively. A study of the distributionof the two carbon isotopes in various po­sitions of cholesterol may be expected toreveal some of the steps by which thecomplex steroid molecule is constructedfrom units of small size.Histochemical Studies ofCholines teraseBy GEORGE GOMORIEver since the discovery of the role ofacetylcholine in the transmission of nerveimpulses there has been a considerable in- terest in the enzyme responsible for thehydrolysis of this compound. Methods ofassay were soon developed, and it wasfound that many organs contain consider­able amounts of an enzyme (or enzymes)capable of hydrolyzing esters of choline.Especially active are the central nervoussystem and the sympathetic ganglia 'of allspecies, but in some species large amountsof the enzyme can be demonstrated in theliver, pancreas, salivary glands, lachrymalgland, and even serum.On closer examination of purified en­zyme preparations from various sources itsoon became apparent that choline ester­ase cannot be a single enzyme. All enzymepreparations have this in common-thatthey hydrolyze acetylcholine and are in­hibited by very low concentrations(10-7 M) of esterine or prostigmine. How­ever, in respect to their activity towardvarious esters of choline, they show twotypes of behavior. Some of them willhydrolyze acetylcholine optimally at avery low substrate concentration and at­tack acetyl-{3-methylcholine rather vigor­ously but be more or less inactive towardcarbaminoyl- and benzoylcholine (so­called "true cholinesterases"). Others willhydrolyze acetylcholine optimally at highsubstrate concentrations and attack car­baminoyl- and benzoylcholine readily butbe practically inactive toward acetyl-d­methylcholine (nonspecific or pseudo­cholinesterases). Nervous tissue of allspecies examined contains only truecholinesterase, whereas other organs con­tain either the nonspecific variety or amixture of the two enzymes.The esters normally used for the assayof cholinesterase preparations cannot beutilized for the purposes of histochemicallocalization because neither the acid partof the ester nor choline itself can be con­verted into suitable precipitates. How­ever, since it has been reported thathigher esters (from C,2 to CIS) of cholineare also hydrolyzed at a measurable rateby cholinesterase, it was attempted to de­velop a histochemical technique based onthe use of such esters. The acids liberatedfrom them are promptly precipitated byCa or Co ions in the form of insolublesoaps which subsequently can be trans­formed into colored compounds, easilyseen under the microscope. A number ofsuch esters were synthetized and foundto be hydrolyzed very readily by homoge­nates of dog and mouse brain. It couldalso be shown that the enzyme respon­sible for the hydrolysis will survive theprocedures of fixation and embedding.On the basis of these findings a techniquefor the histochemical demonstration ofsites of cholinesterase activity could bedeveloped, The essence of the method isas follows: sections are incubated at pH7.6 in a solution of a choline ester (lauroyl, myristoyl, or palmitoyl) in thepresence of Co ions. At the sites of enzymeactivity the corresponding Co soap willprecipitate; this is transformed into blackCoS.The distribution of cholinesterase intissues studied by this method showshighly interesting features. First of all,not all cholinesterases are capable ofhydrolyzing the higher esters. Specieslower than birds do not seem to haveenzymes which attack these esters. On thewhole, the Cr2 ester is hydrolyzed fasterthan the Cq ester, and this one fasterthan the CI6 ester. However, here' againcurious species and organ differences areobserved. In general, the organs of hu­mans, pigeons, and rats, as well as mousetestis, attack the higher terms preferen­tially. Human brain is inactive toward allesters, but human sympathetic gangliahydrolyze the myristoyl and palmitoylester quite readily. In the brain of variousspecies the staining is not uniform; singleganglion cells or groups of them arepicked out selectively. The sympatheticnervous system is intensely stained in allhigher species, and it is a remarkable factthat, whereas with lauroyl choline it ismainly the satellite cells that are stained,the use of the palmitoyl ester will outlinethe dendrites around ganglion cells. In thedog's heart the conductive system issharply delineated. In the muscle of themouse certain oval structures in the con­nective tissue septa are very intenselystained. These structures are definitelynot motor end plates, and they were ten­tatively identified as muscle spindles, i.e,receptor end organs. This observation isespecially interesting because previousstudies had led to the conclusion that inmuscle the enzyme is localized in themotor end plates.The findings described indicate thatcholinesterases can be divided in twogroups according to their ability or in­ability to hydrolyze higher esters ofcholine. This line of division cuts acrossthe older categories of true and non­specific cholinesterase at an angle. So farthe new findings have only added to theconfusion in the classification of cho­linesterases, and it may require manyyears of research before a clearer insightinto the problem is achieved.ArgonneCancer Research HospitalThe Atomic Energy Commission hasapproved the initial plans and estimatesfor the Argonne Cancer Research Hospi­tal. The building will cost approximately$3,200,000 and will be located along Ellis,Avenue immediately north of the Gold-.blatt Memorial Cancer Hospital.MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN 5FACULTY NEWSGeorge Andros of the Lying-in faculty hasn promoted to Assistant Professor. Dr.dros spoke on "Spinal Anesthesia in Ob­tries" at the November meeting of theicago Society of Anesthesiologists.Robert G. Bloch has been named a mern­of the associate medical advisory board ofNational Jewish Hospital, Denver. This. pital, which is celebrating its fiftieth year,, nonsectarian medical center for the freeatment of tuberculosis.Alden K. Boor, Associate Professor in Bio­mistry in the Department of Medicine,accepted a position in the Basic Sciences/ision, Chemical Corps, Camp Detrick,.ryland.Henry Brosin addressed a meeting of thesconsin State Medical Society in Milwau-in October.Superintendent Ray Brown spoke on.edical Economics" at the Bowman-Gray1001 of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North-olina, on October 25.Paul C. Bucy announces the associationh him of Dr. H. R. Oberhill in the practiceneurological surgery.,Anton Julius Carlson, Frank P. Hixon.tinguished Service Professor Emeritus ofvsiology, has been honored by the Missis­oi Valley Medical Society as its Honorard Recipient for 1948. The Honorard, consisting of a gold medal and a cer­:ate, is a new award given to those who-e made distinguished contributions toical medicine, and Dr. Carlson is the firstipient.Lowell T. Coggeshall spent a week in Oc­er on a field trip to study the governmentearch facilities at various Army and Navy.allations in several southern states.Gail M. Dack spoke on "Ptomaine Food­soning a Myth" at the Sixtieth Anniver­y meeting of the American Association ofilway Surgeons on November 22.M. Edward Davis, Simon Bolivar DeLeeifessor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, hasn reappointed a consultant in maternalI child health by the Children's Bureau inFederal Security Agency. During the pastnth he has been guest speaker at scientificemblies in Detroit, Washington, D.C.,nneapolis, Springfield, and San Diego.Ralph W. Gerard and Ward Halstead-e the invited speakers at a "SymposiumMind and Brain in Psychiatry," which; presented at the meeting of the Illinois-chiatric Society in Chicago, December 2.Francis Gordon has left the University oficago to become chief of the Medical and.erinarian Bacteriological Division of thesearch and Development Department atnp Detrick, Maryland.Robert J. Hasterlick, director of Em­yee Health Services of the Argonne Na­ial Laboratory, has been appointed As­ant Professor of Medicine at The Clinics.Carl P. Huber, who at one time was in­rctor in obstetrics and gynecology at. ng-in, was recently made professor and.irman of the Department of ObstetricsI Gynecology at the Indiana University1001 of Medicine, Bloomington, Indiana.also serves as consultant in obstetrics toIndiana State Board of Health.Jay Jacoby, formerly of the Departmentsiurgery and Pharmacology, and now direc- tor of anesthesiology at Ohio State Univer­sity, visited The Clinics in December.Drs. Jerome Gans, Dewey Katz, andTheodore Walsh, former members of theophthalmology staff, visited The Clinics inOctober while attending the meeting of theAmerican Academy of Otolaryngology andOphthalmology.Drs. Joseph Kirsner,' William Ricketts,and Erwin Levin participated recently in asymposium on peptic ulcer at the NationalInstitute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.Dr. Melvin H. Knisley, Assoclate Profes­sor of Anatomy at the U. of C., became headof the Department of Anatomy at the Medi­cal College of the State of South Carolina,Charleston, on July I.Kathryn Knowlton, assistant Professor inthe Department of Medicine, has resigned toaccept an appointment in Biochemistry. Forthe last ten years Miss Knowlton has been incharge of the clinical chemistry laboratory inthe Department of Medicine. A native ofKNOWLTON LANDOWNEFargo, North Dakota, she is a graduate ofOberlin College. She came to the Universityof Chicago to study chemistry and receivedthe M.S. degree in organic chemistry in 1923.After working as a research chemist for theDetroit Municipal Tuberculosis Sanatoriumshe returned to the University in 1929 as as­sistant in biochemistry. From 1931 to 19.>7she was chemist and chief technician at theChildren's Memorial Hospital, Chicago.Miss Knowlton joined the Department ofMedicine in 1937 as an assistant. In 1939 shewas awarded the Ph.D. degree in biochemis­try. Miss Knowlton has been associated withDr. Allan T. Kenyon in his work on themetabolic effects of various steroid hormonesand has participated in the latter's work onthe metabolic aspects of delayed convales­cence done under O.S.R.D. during the war.Miss Knowlton was made a fellow of theAmerican Association for the Advancementof Science in 1948.Edward W. Kunckel was recently ap­pointed Instructor in Obstetrics and Gynecol­ogy.Milton Landowne has been appointedchief of the Cardiovascular Research Unit atthe Veterans Administration Hospital, Wash­ington, D.C. Dr. Landowne, a graduate of theHarvard Medical School, interned at MountSinai Hospital, New York. He was EmanuelLibman Fellow in cardiovascular research atthe Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, for thetwo years prior to 1941 when he was ap­pointed instructor in medicine at the Univer- sity of Chicago. Dr. Landowne was associatedwith the R.V.D. service while at The Clinics.During the war he was associate investigatoron two O.S.R.D. projects and from 1945 to1946 was on leave to the U.S.P.H.S. as as­sistant senior surgeon at the Industrial Hy­giene Research Laboratory in Bethesda. Dr.Landowne was promoted to Associate Profes­sor on his return to the University in 1946 .His new position will involve both adminis­tration and actual investigation research inthe fields of electrocardiography and angio­cardiography.John Lindsay recently spoke in Charles­ton, North Carolina, before the North andSouth Carolina Eye, Ear, Nose and ThroatSocieties. While there he had pleasant visitswith the Frederick Kredels and the HilyerRudisells of Charleston and with John Gor­don of Charlotte.Frederick M. Owens, Jr., Assistant Pro­fessor of Surgery, is recuperating at DelawareAvenue and Blue Gentian Road, St. Paul 7,Minnesota, following a recent illness.Dallas B. Phemister gave the presidentialaddress of the Institute of Medicine of Chi­cago on December 7, at the thirty-third an­nual meeting of the Fellows of the Institute inthe Congress Hotel, Chicago. His address wasentitled "The Institute of Medicine and theMedical Profession."Henry T. Ricketts has been elected chair­man of the Board of Governors of the Insti­tute of Medicine of Chicago for 1949. Dr.Ricketts took part in the first of a series oftelevision programs on health education be­gun by WGN-TV with the co-operation of theEducational Committee of the Illinois StateMedical Society. The program dealt withdiabetes and was built around an interviewbetween Dr. Ricketts and Dr. ChesterCoggeshall, Associate in Medicine at North­western University.Stephen Rothman, Professor of Dermatol­ogy and Syphilology, spent a week in May atthe University of Michigan Medical Schoolas visiting professor. He delivered the 194Rannual Galen Lecture. The title of this lecturewas "Reactions of the Skin to Sunlight andMethods of Protection with Particular Refer­ence to Para-aminobenzoic Acid."Arthur G. Seski is now Physician in Stu­dent Health and Instructor in Obstetrics andGynecology.Lester S. Skoggs has been appointed As­sistant Professor in Roentgenology, whileHarvey Whitt! has been made Instructor inRoentgenology.Taylor R. Smith, former instructor inmedicine, has accepted a position with theMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.John T. Stough was recently elected vice­president of the Medical Staff of Hedgecroftin Houston, Texas, an institution for the careand rehabilitation of polio patients.Judd Uhl has entered private practice inanesthesiology in Hamilton, Ohio, where he isaffiliated with Mercy and Fort Hamiltonhospitals .New Instructors in Medicine arc KirstenVennesland, '42, and RalphG. Victor. Amongrecent faculty promotions are James M.Goldinger to Assistant Professor of Medicineand Frances E. Brennecke to Assistant Pro­fessor of Orthopedics and Physician in Stu­dent Health.6 MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETINALUMNI NEWS'32. Adelaide Johnson has been appointeda consultant in psychiatry on the staff of theMayo Clinic. She will retain her position onthe staff of the Institute for Psychoanalysis inChicago and an associate clinical professor­ship in psychiatry at the University of Minne­sota in Minneapolis.'33. C. Louise Clancy writes that she hasno special news of herself or her activities inPortland, Oregon, but that the populationcontinues to grow and that there is a sayingthat "they grow bigger and better in Ore­gon." There are quite a few U. of C. peopleout there, and Dr. Clancy reports that theyall seem to be doing well.John Van Prohaska, treasurer of the Med­ical Alumni Association, has been promotedto the rank of clinical associate professor ofsurgery at the University of Illinois.Boris B. Rubenstein received a grant fromthe Committee on Human Reproduction ofthe National Research Council for studies ofsperm survival in vivo.'34. Sara E. Branham is the co-author ofthe new tenth edition of Practical Bacteriol­ogy, Hematology and Parasitology, by Stitt,Clough and Branham, which was publishedlast May.John T. Hauch is in the practice of in­ternal medicine in Toronto and is also head ofthe medical service of St. Joseph's Hospital,where he writes that 75 per cent of his work isin the form of consultation.'35. V. B. Scott from the Inlow Clinic,Shelbyville, Indiana, visited The Clinics inOctober, as did Byron Gifford of the SansumClinic, Santa Barbara, who had been takingthe examinations of the American Board ofOphthalmology.'37. Herman C. Weinberg has been ap­pointed chief of ophthalmology of Doctor'sHospital, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.'38. Carl Davis, Jr., presented a paper on"Vascular Surgery of the Heart and GreatVessels" before the Alaskan Territorial Medi­cal Association meeting, Anchorage, Alaska,September 8-10.Clark K. Sleeth for the last two years hasbeen associate professor and chairman of theDepartment of Medicine at the West VirginiaUniversity School of Medicine.. P. J. Van Kolken is now in private prac­tice in Grand Haven, Michigan, after spend­ing a year in West Africa in medical missionswith the Presbyterian church. The VanKolkens have three sons, Robert, Richard,and Stanley.Jonathan M. Williams is practicing neuro­surgery in Washington, D.C., and is a mem­ber of the faculty of George Washington Uni­versity Medical School.'39. Leon Jacobson, president of the Medi­cal Alumni Association, is to be guest speakerat the Southwestern Postgraduate MedicalAssembly meeting in San Antonio, Texas, inJanuary. Dr. Elmer E. Cooper, '39, is to be hissponsor.Robert Warner recently announced theopening of his office for the practice of pediat­rics at the Linwood Medical Center, Buffalo9, New York. He has also been appointed tothe staffs of the Children's Hospital of Buf­falo and the Salvation Army Home and Hos­pital and as clinical assistant in pediatrics atthe University of Buffalo.'40. Leonard A. Stine has an office in Chi- cago for the practice of internal medicine andgastroenterology, is on the staff of MichaelReese Hospital, and does a little teaching atthe University of Illinois. He has been mar­ried since before the war and now has aneighteen-month-old son. He saw WalterHamburger, '40, who is in the PsychiatryDepartment at the University of Rochester,last May in Atlantic City.Dwain N. Walcher, instructor in pediat­rics at Yale University (1943-46), has beenappointed assistant professor of pediatrics atthe Indiana University School of Medicine,Bloomington.Jack L. Kahn, who is living in Los An­geles, California, is now a proctologist.Edward J. Whiteley is a resident inotolaryngology at Fitzsimmons General Hos­pital, Denver, Colorado. He writes that it isan excellent service with lots of clinicalmaterial.'41. Joseph Ransohoff is completing hisneurosurgical training and plans to spend anadditional year in New York in associationwith Dr. Leo M. Dairdoff before he returns topractice in Cincinnati.Warren S. Rehm was recently appointedfull professor of physiology at the Universityof Louisville.Owen C. Berg has announced the openingof his offices in the Hamilton Building,Wichita Falls, Texas, for the practice ofurology.Lewis R. Roll, who is connected with theWashington State Department of Health, canbe reached at 1735 East 105th Street, Seattle55, Washington, where his family, includingtwo sons, is located.'42. Ralph Barris, now certified by theAmerican Board of Neurology, writes fromthe Northwest Clinic, Minot, North Dakota.There are twenty-two doctors on the staff ofthis clinic, and they work in a two-hundred­bed hospital.George R. Barry writes that he is enjoyinghis practice in internal medicine with theMonroe Clinic, Monroe, Wisconsin. He hasseen Howard Mauthe, '43, on several occa­sions.Peter L. Beal has been appointed instruc­tor in medicine (dermatology).Le Roy W. Earley has been promoted tothe rank of assistant professor of psychiatryat the University of Illinois College of Medi­cine. His Army assignments during the warincluded chief of neuropsychiatry at the226th General Hospital.'43. Jay P. Bartlett has joined his father inOgden, Utah, in the private practice of sur­gery.Arthur Connor is at the present time a re­search associate in the Department of Re­search Surgery at the Ohio State University.He writes that they all enjoyed the DiamondJubilee Lecture presented by Dr. Phemisteron "The Role of Fundamental Research inthe Advancement of Clinical Surgery," givenin celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversaryof the founding of the Ohio State University.Beverly A. Cope, who is associated withDr. Kuhn in Hammond, Indiana, in otolaryn­gology, is seen about The Clinics occasionally.John D. Folsom spent two years in Manilawith the Army as surgeon of the General En­gineering District. He was married January20, 1945, to Ruth Ludwick while he was at Halloran General Hospital in New York. Henow has an appointment as resident in ortho­pedics at the Hospital for Special Surgery inNew York, which he says is a superb place forpractical work.A. R. Furmanski is now at the Birrning­ham Veterans Administration Hospital atVan Nuys, California, as chief of the Neuro­logical Section. He is doing both teaching andclinical research in neurology. He and hisfamily, including a daughter, four, and a son,two, live in the San Fernando Valley.Arthur M. Gray is industrial physician forthe United States Coal and Coke Com­pany, Gary, West Virginia.David M. Hume has a Harvey CushingFellowship in surgery at the Peter Bent Brig­ham Hospital and Harvard Medical Schooland spends his time doing research.Chester B. Powell announced the openingof his office for the practice of neurology andneurosurgery at 220 Boston Building, SaltLake City, in October, 1948.Louis Rubin has been appointed Assistantin Medicine and physician in Student Healthat The Clinics.Buel L. Sever is in private practice inPullman, Washington. The Severs now havean eighteen-month-old son.Malcolm C. Spencer finished his fellowshipin dermatology at the University of Pennsyl­vania Hospital under Dr. Donald M. Pills·bury in July, 1948, and is now working as Dr.Pillsbury's associate in his private practiceand assisting him in running the clinic at thehospital. He also runs the Bryn Mawr Hospi­tal Clinic in dermatology for alternate five­month periods. Dr. Spencer is planning ontaking his board's early this year.Stanford K. Sweany is working at theOttawa Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Ottawa,Illinois, after completing a two-year resi­dency in internal medicine at the U.S.V.A.Hospital at Hines, Illinois, on September 30,1948. The Sweanys have a seventeen-month-old son, Scott Stanford. ,Franz W. Wassermann has completed hisresidency in psychiatry and is now on thestaff of the Veterans Hospital at Palo Alto,California.G. A. Mulder is engaged in his third yearof a surgical residency at Butterworth Hos­pital, Grand Rapids, Michigan.Merton F. Wilson is continuing a V.A.surgical residency in Dayton, Ohio, under theguidance of the Department of Surgery of theUniversity of Cincinnati.'44. Jack Farber, who has been practicingpediatrics in the Ontario Clinic in Oregon,stopped off for a visit in September on his wayto the Children's Hospital at WashingtonUniversity, St. Louis, where he is taking apostgraduate course.David S. Fox is research assistant in sur­gery in Dr. Dwight Clark's group and is alsoa physician in Student Health.G. W. Gingrich, after twenty-eight monthsof Army service, went to Warsau, NorthCarolina, where he is engaged in general prac­tice and enjoying it. He was married in Janu­ary, '947, and has one son.Bruce F. Grotts is completing two years ofa pediatric residency at the Pittsburgh Chil­dren's Hospital and Milwaukee Children's.Hospital.Robert E. Joranson is now in his thirdMEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETIN 7.r as a medical resident at Presbyterianspital, Chicago. At the present time he is aident for Dr. S. Howard Armstrong, thev chief of medicine. He writes that Don.Bride , '47, is also a medical resident atesbyterian .John Nardi visited The Clinics in Decem­'. He came from the Radiation Laboratory,rkeley, California.Richard D. Simon is now Assistant Resi­it in Pediatrics.Robert G. Weiner and Betsy Platt Weinerve been living in Chicago since the end of.ir participation in the war. They have twoldren, Joey, four, and Debbie, two. Bob isthe present a fellow in medicine at the.iversity of Illinois.'45. Ralph F. Carlson is a research assist­t in surgery and is working with Dr. Wil­mAdams.Loren T. DeWind is an Assistant ResidentMedicine at The Clinics.Charles M. J. Johnson, Jr., has a fellow­p in surgery at the Mayo Clinics which.rted January I, 1949. With him went hisnily, which now includes two sons.Peter V. Moulder, Jr .• is research assistantsurgery in Dr. J. G. Allen's laboratory,rile Edward H. Storer, '45, has the sameoe of appointment with Dr. L. R. Drag­-dt ,John W. Partridge is an assistant residentmedicine at the University of California»spital. He occasionally sees George Nardi,�, who is studying medical physics on theiiversity of California's Berkeley campus.W.arren F. Wilhelm has been in practice in: Leon, Texas. He plans to begin an ap­intment in surgery at the Mayo Clinic ine near future.Elwood E. Yaw. after his discharge frome Navy in June, 1948, returned to his homewn, Imperial, Nebraska, and entered gen­il practice.'46. J. Philip Ambuel is still in the Navy ate U.S.N.H. at Bremerton, Washington,iere he is doing pediatrics. He is due to bescharged some time in June and has a resi­ncy in pediatrics at the Children's HospitalMichigan, Detroit, Michigan, beginning.ly I, 1949.Clair E. Basinger is still assigned to theioracic Surgery Section at Brooke Generalospital, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. TheBULLETINof the Alumni AssociationThe University of ChicagoSCHOOL OF MEDICINEVOL. 5 WINTER 1949 No.2CHARLES L. DUNHAM, EditorHUBERTA LIVINGSTONE, Associate EditorROBERT H. EBERT, Associate EditorHENRY T. RICKETTSCLA YTON G. LOOSLILEON O. JACOBSONMembers oj 'he Editorial BoordMARIE]. ECKERT, SecretaryPrice of yearly SUbscription for nonmembers, $1.00;price of single copies, 25 cents. Basingers had a visit from Howard Owen, '46,and Mrs. Owen recently. Dr. Owen is at FortSill, Oklahoma, where he is in charge of sur­gery.John W. Cashman returned from sea dutyin October and was married on October 29.He is now a medical ward surgeon in additionto being chief of the Out-Patient Sen' ice atthe U.S. Marine Hospital in Cleveland.Daniel M. Enerson spent a week in Chi­cago in September attending a postgraduatecourse given by the American College ofChest Physicians. Since completing an in­ternship at Billings Hospital, he has beenstationed at Springfield, Missouri, as assist­ant surgeon in the U.S. Public Health Service.He has been serving as anesthetist in the U.S.Medical Center in Springfield.Sidney Schulman is now pediatrician forthe Antilles Command and chief of pediat­rics, Rodriguez General Hospital, San Juan,Puerto Rico.Capt. Paul E. Zuelke writes from the Sta­tion Hospital, Fort Knox, Kentucky, wherehe has been in charge of the obstetrical de­partment for the past year. With the assist­ance of one other officer, they deliver betweeneighty and ninety babies a month, in additionto taking care of all the clinic work and a con­siderable amount of gynecology. Two boardmen from Louisville come out every week tomake rounds and see their problem cases.Paul is looking forward to getting out of theArmy in June.'47 Ovelia Linton Baldridge is workingwith the Burge Tubercurosis Clinic in Phila­delphia and is an associate of Dr Frank W.Burge in his private office and writes that sheis getting invaluable experience in this line ofwork. She plans to make diseases of the chesther specialty.Sam S. Barkulis is a research fellow in sur->gery and is working with Dr. Huggins.Gerald Hill is now midway through thefirst year of a three-year neuropsychiatric res­idency at the V.A. Hospital in Battle Creek,Michigan. The last two years of the residencyare at the University Hospital, Ann Arbor,Michigan.H. Virginia Gilliland is an assistant resi­dent in pediatrics at the University Hospitalin Ann Arbor, Michigan. Mark Hance, '47, isalso at the University Hospital.Richard K. Kershner has returned as as­sistant resident in pediatrics, while Alan B.Bond, '43, is a voluntary assistant in obstet­rics and gynecology.Charles J. Ruth is now a surgical residentat the Doctor's Hospital in Seattle. He occa­sionally sees Bob Shuler, '47, and PaulGustafson, '47. He writes that he probablywill be drafted in July, 1949.'48. Morris Lipton and Bernard Eisensteinare interning at Michael Reese Hospital inChicago. Dr. Eisenstein has a medical resi­dency there following his internship.Sarnat-(Cont. from page I)in 1946 as associate professor and actinghead of the Department of Oral andMaxillofacial Surgery. In 1948 he waspromoted to professor and made head ofthe department.Dr. Sarnat is the author of numerousarticles dealing with the physiology andpathology of the teeth, jaws, oral cavity,face, and long bones. He is a fellow of theAmerican College of Surgeons and hasbeen certified by the American Board ofPlastic Surgery. BIRTHSDr. and Mrs. William Lester, Jr.-EricPowell, April 4, 1948Dr. and Mrs. M. D. Burnstine-DavidStevens, April 16Dr. and Mrs. M. C. Spencer-Mary Patricia,l\Iay 28Dr. and Mrs. Charles Marshall-VictoriaLynn, May 29Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Mulder-Thomas, June 9Dr. and Mrs. John Fuller-Lyn Jeanette,June 17Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. McKeon-CharlesRichard, July 8Dr. and Mrs. R. Ebert-- Thomas Higgins,July 13Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Johnson, Jr.-BrianReid, July 27Dr. and Mrs. P. V. Moulder-Mary Eliza­beth, Sept. 1Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur Flesch+-Karen Eliza­beth, Sept. 4Dr. and Mrs. W. Edgerton-Winfield DowIII, Sept. 7Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Harvey-Bryan, Sept. 16Dr. and Mrs. Noel Heyrend-Martha Marie,Sept. 16Dr. and Mrs. W. V. Neumann (Dr. BarbaraSpiro)-Walter Victor, Jr., Sept. 18Dr. and Mrs. Horace Gezon-MargaretElizabeth, Sept. 29Dr. and Mrs. James McGrath-John Chris­topher, Oct. 1Dr. and Mrs. T. Howard Clarke-GilbertByron, Oct. 8Dr. and Mrs. Earl P. Benditt- John Milton,Oct. 16Dr. and Mrs. Joel R. Husted-Linda Jane,Nov. 16Dr. and Mrs. James M. Fritz-James Rob­ert, Nov. 19Dr. and Mrs. John M. Church-ChristopherJames, Nov. 21Dr. and Mrs. G. F. Krakowka-twins,Kathryn and Karen, Nov. 21Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Miller-George HenryIII, Dec. 29Dr, and Mrs. William Ricketts-Liesa Ann,Dec. 30Dr. and Mrs. Reo Marcotte-Keith Alan,Jan. 2, 1949MARRIAGESDr. Guillermo Santin-Lorna Ann Hodges,Aug. 12Dr. Charles Ruth-Marilon Colclough, Aug.26Dr. James Frye-Marilee Trump, Aug. 28Dr. W. Robert Elghammer- Dorris Eliza-beth Postlewaite, Sept. I IDr. Heinz Kohut-Betty Meyer, Oct. 9Dr. Ivan Le Compte-Clare Glowacki, Dec. 4Dr. Kuei-shu Sun-Elizabeth Jane Torrey,Dcc. 26Dr. Thomas Brower-Hania Kalinowski,Dec. 27Loosli-(Cont. from page 3)the Central Society for Clinical Research.Dr. Loosli has under way at the presenttime an extensive program of clinical andexperimental studies on various aspectsof respiratory tract infections. He is con­sultant on the Air Sanitation Committeeof the American Public Health Associa­tion and consultant to the Navy on re-. search projects concerned with the con­trol of respiratory infections at the GreatLakes Naval Training Station.8 MEDICAL ALUMNI BULLETINASSOCIATION ACTIVITIESSecond Call for Duesand GiftsThe response to our annual call fordues and gifts which went out with theFall BULLETIN has so far been very grati­fying, both as to the number respondingand as to the generosity of the gifts. Thereare still many whom we have not heardfrom. We are inclosing with this issue areminder in the form of a "Second No­tice" for those who have mislaid the firstone. If you have already responded andone of the cards has been slipped in withyour BULLETIN by mistake, please pardonthe error and dispose of the notice in thenearest wastebasket.QUESTIONNAIREYour Executive Committee has forsome time been planning to send out aquestionnaire to all alumni and former'members of the resident staff of TheClinics. The information which seemedmost worth while obtaining falls into twocategories. First, we would like an accu­rate picture of what sort of medical activi­ties you are engaged in-private prac­tice, academic medicine, public healthwork, and the like. In addition, it seemedequally worth while to obtain your con­sidered opinion about the kind of environ­ment our school offers for the pursuit ofmedical training at both the undergradu­ate and the postgraduate levels. Withthese objectives in mind, a questionnaire IN THIS ISSUEThe current activities of the Walter G.Zoller Memorial Dental Clinic arc de­scribed. George Gomori brings us up todate on his latest histochemical studies,and Konrad Bloch discusses fundamentalwork on the biosynthesis of lipids. TheExecutive Committee of the Alumni As­sociation sends out a questionnaire alongwith a "Second Notice" for dues andgifts. Another alumnus goes to the top inhis field; Bernard Sarnat now heads theDepartment of Oral and MaxillofacialSurgery at the University of Illinois Col­lege of Dentistry. Dr. Loosli heads up anew division in the Department of Medi­cine. Harwell Wilson, for seven years onthe resident staff of the Department ofSurgery, becomes chairman of the De­partment of Surgery at the University ofTennessee.has been prepared and is inclosed withthis copy of the BULLETIN. We hope youcan find the time to fill it out carefullyand frankly.Our school is still unique in having anexclusively full-time faculty engaged inteaching and research. It has been thepolicy of the school to expose the studentto medical research in so far as this ispracticable and to encourage him to takepart in research activities. The Clinics have been operating on this basis for overtwenty years, and it is felt that the timeis now ripe for taking stock. We are inter­ested not only in learning what percent­age of our membership owe at least a partof their interest in academic medicine tothe type of training given here. We arcequally interested in what this same typeof training has meant to those of you whoare engaged in general and specialty prac­tice without academic affiliation.You are urged to take advantage 01this opportunity to offer constructive crit­icism. If the space available on the 'ques­tionnaire form is too limited, do not hesi­tate to append additional remarks andcomments. Inasmuch as the value of thisquestionnaire will be in direct proportionto the number returned, please make areal effort to return yours at an earlydate.Senior Class ScientificProgram and DinnerThe senior class scientific program andthe annual banquet for the senior classsponsored by the Medical Alumni Associ­ation and the Division of the BiologicalSciences will be held the afternoon andevening of March 17, 1949. All membersof the Association are urged to attendboth events. Reservations for the banquetshould be made through the secretary.Details of the scientific program and thetime and place of the banquet will beannounced later.Clinical Congress of Arneri­can College of SurgeonsMeetsOn October 18, [948, at the ClinicalCongress of the American College of Sur­geons in Los Angeles, California, Dr.Dallas B. Phemister was installed as pres­ident. Dr. Phemister has served for sev­eral years as treasurer of the AmericanCollege of Surgeons.Among faculty and former students ofDr. Phemister's who participated in theCongress and their presentations were:William E. Adams, "The GraduateTraining Requirements for Specializationin Thoracic Surgery"; J. Garrott Allen,"Changes in the Clotting Mechanism As­sociated with Total Body Exposure toIonizing Irradiation"; Howard G. Reiserand Hilger P. Jenkins, "The Control ofHemorrhage from Experimental Woundsof the Coronary Vessels"; Alfonso To­pete, James M. Fritz, and W. E. Adams,"Esophageal Wound Healing: An Ex­perimental Study"; Byron H. Evans,"Management of Unilateral Total Bron­chiectasis by Pneumonectomy"; Carl Davis, Jr., "Quantitative Productionof Myocardial Necrosis: ExperimentalStudy with a New Method"; Paul E.McMaster, "The Suction Socket forAbove-Knee Amputees"; C. W. Vermeu­len, "The Effect of Heparin on GelfoamHemostasis" and "The Effect of Tem­porary Renal Vascular Occlusion on Re­nal Function"; Everett 1. Evans, "TheMagnitude of Base Loss in Fecal FistulaeCombined with Continuous SuctionDrainage of the Stomach," "The Influ­ence of Adrenal Cortical Hormone inHypochloremic Alkalosis," and "A Com­parison of Blood Volumes in Surgical Pa­tients as Determined by RadioactivePhosphorus Tagged Red Cells and T-1824Dye"; and L. Vivial lob, "Response toParenteral Glucose of Normal Kidneysand of Kidneys of Postoperative Pa­tients." George M. Curtis was moderatorin the session dealing with "Isotopes inSurgery."AWARDSThe American Academy of Arts and Sci­ences, Boston, recently presented its FrancisAmory Prizes for 1947 to six individuals. One of the four Americans to receive these prizeswas Charles B. Huggins, who gave an addressat the meeting entitled "Medical Significanceof the Amory Prize Researches" in their rela­tion to the sick patient.Dr. Paul R. Cannon has been awarded theWilliam Wood Gerhard Gold Medal of thePathological Society of Philadelphia for out­standing work in medical research. This goldmedal is the highest 'tribute of the oldestpathological society in America. This is thesecond honor which has been recentlyawarded to Dr. Cannon. On October 13 hewas presented with the Ward Burdick Award­Medal of the American Society of ClinicalPathologists, largest society of pathologists inthe United States. Dr. Cannon's research hasdealt particularly with the pathological as­pects of immunity as the background to in­fectious diseases. He has demonstrated theimportance of proteins in the establishmentof antibody mechanisms, wound healing, re­sistance to experimen tal infections, and in therecovery from malnourishment. He hasserved as consultant to the food and con­tainer institute of the quartermaster depart­ment of the U.S. Army, and is a member ofthe biochemical advisory panel of the Officeof Naval Research, as well as on committeesof the Food and Nutrition Board of the Na­tional Research Council. Dr. Cannon is nowserving as a consultant to the Argonne Na­tional Laboratory.