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MORNING SESSION, 9:00 A. M.
I. President'sAddress.
"The Necessityfor the Application of Differential Pressure in Thoracic Operations."
Dr. Willy Meyer, New York.
II. A Partial Review of the Subject of Military Surgery of the Chestfrom the Point of View of the Experience of the World War.
1. "The Treatment of Penetrating ChestWounds."
By Dr. George J. Heuer, Baltimore, Md.
2. "War Wounds of the Thorax."
By Dr. Charles Gordon Heyd, New York. (By Invitation.)
3. "Thoracic Surgery in War; Lessons applicableto Civil Practice."
By Dr. Samuel Robinson, Santa Barbara, Cal.
4. "Thoracotomy from the Standpoint ofRepair."
By Dr. John L.Yates, Milwaukee, Wis. (By Invitation.)
5. "The Method of Exposure in Exploration of the Thorax."
By Dr. Howard Lilienthal,New York.
III. Pleura-Empyema.
1 "EmpyemaCases Treated at the Rockefeller War Demonstration Hospital, New York."
By Major George A- Stewart, M. C.,
Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C.
2. "One Hundred Consecutive Cases of Acute Empyema."
By Dr. Wyman Whittemore, Boston, Mass.(By Invitation.)
3. "The Treatment of Empyema."
By Dr. John A. Hartwell, New York.
4. "The Treatment of Empyema in the Army."
By Capt. Conrad Georg, Jr., M. C.,
U.S. General Hospital No. 28, Ft. Sheridan, Ill.
5. "New Problems of Empyema."
By Dr. Emil G. Beck, Chicago. Ill.
6. "The Treatment of Persistent Thoracic Fistula."
By Dr. Walton Martin, New York.
IV. Diaphragm.
1. "Roentgenographic Study of the Diaphragm after Intra-Abdominal Inflation with Oxygen." Preliminary Report. (Lantern Slides.)
By Dr. William H. Stewart
(in conjunction with Dr. Arthur Stein),New York.
AFTERNOON SESSION, 2:00 P. M.
Executive Session (Principal Feature-Vote on Constitution).
V. Lung.
1. "Localization of Pulmonary Lobes by the X-Ray."
By Major H. Kennon Dunham, M. C.,
U. S. Army General Hospital No. 19, Oteen, N. C.
2. "The Integrity of the Vagus Nerves as a Factor in Pneumonia."
By Dr. Samuel J. Meltzer, New York.
3. "Lung Abscess."
By Dr. Nathan W. Green, New York.
4. "Pulmonary Suppurations."
By Dr. Carl A. Hedblom, Rochester, Minn.
5. "Complete Extirpation of the Right Lung." (Presentation of Patient.)
By Dr. Howard Lilienthal, New York.
6. "Complete Extirpation of Left Lung."
By Dr. James M. Hitzrot, New York
7. "Extra-thoracic Thoracoplasty for Advanced Pulmonary Tuberculosis." (Presentation of Patient.)
By Dr. Willy Meyer, New York",
VI. Anterior Mediastinum.
1. "The Treatment of Malignant Tumors of the Thymus by Radium."
By Dr. Henry H. Janeway, New York.
VII. Heart.
1. "Roentgen Ray Studies of the Chests of Aviators in the Low Pressure Cabinet." (Lantern Slides.)
(From the Medical Research Laboratory, Mineola,L. I.)
By Major Leon T. LeWald, M. C., U. S. A., New York.
VIII. Oesophagus.
1. "The Treatment of Cicatricial Stenosis ofthe Oesophagus."
By Dr. Henry S. Plummet, Rochester, Minn.
2. "X-Ray Findings with the Delineator in Cardiospasm."
By Dr. Max Einhorn
(in conjunctionwith Dr. Thomas Scholz), New York.
3. "Superior Oesophagoplasty for Inoperable Carcinoma of the Lower Portion of the Oesophagus and of the Cardiac" (Lantern Slides.)
By Dr. Willy Meyer, New York.
