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9:00 a. m.
I. President’s
Address.
1.
“Review of the Progress of Thoracic Surgery during the Year
1920-1921.”
By DR. RUDOLPH MATAS, New Orleans, La.
II. Surgery of the
Pericardium.
1. “A
Closed Suction Technique for Drainage of
the Pericardium” (Report of a
Case).
By DR. WYMAN WHITTEMORE, Boston, Mass,
2. “Relation
of the Pericardium and Heart to the Chest Wall” (Lantern Slides).
By DR. LEON T. LeWALD, New York.
3. “The
Value of Pericardiotomy in Diagnosis and Treatment.”
By DR. JOHN B. ROBERTS, Philadelphia, Pa.
(By Invitation.)
Discussion opened by Dr. Eugene H. Pool, New York.
Short Business Meeting
Afternoon Session
2:00 p.m.
Executive Session
III. Open
Pneumothorax.
1. “A Clinical
Study of Fifty Cases of Pneumothorax.”
By DR. WILLIS S. LEMON, Rochester, Minn.
2. “Effects of Acute and Chronic Pneumothorax”
(A Preliminary Report).
By DR. JOHN L. YATES,
Milwaukee, Wis.
3. “The Negative Chamber in Open Pneumothorax;
Personal Experience.”
By DR. WILLY MEYER, New York.
4. “Case of Bilateral Chronic Open
Pneumothorax, Cured by Negative Tension.”
By DR. E. M. EBERTS, Montreal, Canada.
5. “Scoliosis Consequent upon Chronic Infected
Open Pneumothorax.”
By DR. FRASER B. GURD, Montreal. Canada.
(By Invitation.)
6. “Pneumothorax
in Its Relations to the Extirpation of Tumors
of the Chest Wall.”
By DR. CARL A. HEDBLOM, Rochester. Minn.
Discussion
opened by Dr. Samuel Robinson, Santa Barbara. Cal., and Dr. Evarts A. Graham,
St. Louis. Mo.
