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The
American Association
For
Thoracic Surgery
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PROGRAMME
of the Meeting of 1918
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The Association Meets at the English Room
of the Congress Hotel, Chicago, Ill., on
Monday, June 10th, 1918
Morning Session, 10:00 a. m.
1. President's Address.
By DR. SAMUEL J. MELTZER. New York.
2. Short Business Meeting.
3. Review of the Evolution of Thoracic Surgery in the Past Fourteen Years.
By DR. WILLY MEYER. New York.
Discussion.
Afternoon Session, 2:00 p. m.
4. Short Business Meeting.
5. Treatment of Empyema by the Carrel-Dakin Method at the War Demonstration Hospital. The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. New York.
By Major GEORGE A. STEWART. M. R. C., Surgeon
(By Invitation.)
6. Remarks Concerning the Employment of the Dakin Solution in Cases of Empyema.
By DR. CHARLES L. SCUDDER. Boston. Mass
7. What Shall be Done with the Open Chronic Suppurations of the Chest Cavity. With Presentation of Patients.(Five Cases Illustrating Paper.)
By DR. EMIL G. BECK. Chicago. Ill.
8. Topic for Discussion.-"Post-Operative Thoracic Drainage" (exclusive of empyema).
Opened by DR. NATHAN W. GREEN.
DR. WALTON MARTIN. DR. WILLY MEYER
and DR. CONRAD GEORG. Jr.
9. Presentation of Photographs, X-Rays arid Films. Partial and Complete Pneumo-Thorax. (Lantern Slides.)
By DR. B. MERRILL RICKETTS. Cincinnati. O.
10. The Skin Sliding Operation. (Film.)
By DR. EMIL G. BECK. Chicago. Ill.
11. Case Reports.
