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PROCEEDINGS
Saturday, April 29 - Morning
The meeting was called to order at 9:30 by Dr. Willy Meyer, New York, the president, Dr. Samuel Robinson, Santa Barbara, Calif., being unable to be present.
Dr. Nathan W. Green, New York, in the absence of Dr. Samuel Robinson, read the president's address on "The Present and Future in Thoracic Surgery."
Dr. Rudolph Matas, New Orleans, read a paper on "Anterior Median Thoracotomy by Complete Longitudinal Division of the Sternum for Thoracic Decompression."
Dr. Hermann Fischer, New York, read a paper on "Surgical Treatment of the Esophagus."
Dr. Howard Lilienthal, New York, read a paper on "Posterior Medi-astinotomy."
Dr. Wyman Whittemore, Boston, read a paper on "Teratoma of the Right Chest Cavity."
Dr. Sidney Yankauer, New York, presented "A Radium Needle for the Esophagoscope."
Discussion was opened by Dr, Edward W. Archibald, Montreal, Can., fol-lowed by Drs. Leon T. LeWald, New York; Franz J. Torek, New York; Evarts A. Graham, St, Louis; Karl Schlaepfer, Baltimore; Robert T. Miller, Baltimore; John L. Yates, Milwaukee; Carl A. Hedblom, Rochester, Minn.; Nathan W. Green, New York; Willy Meyer, New York; Rudolph Matas, New Orleans; Hermann Fischer, New York, and Howard Lilienthal New Y'ork.
Saturday, April 29-Afternoon
Drs. Leon T. LeWald and Nathan W. Green, New York, read a paper on "The Differential Diagnosis Between Tuberculosis and Lung Abscess."
Dr. A. L. Lockwood, Toronto, Ont., read a paper on "Lung Abscess."
Dr. Evarts A. Graham, St. Louis, read a paper on "The Surgical Treat-ment of Bronchiectasis."
Dr. G. J. Heuer, Cincinnati, and P. M. MacCready, Baltimore, read a paper on "Lung Abscess."
Dr. Willis S. Lemon, Rochester, Minn., read a paper on "The Interrela-tionship and End-Results of Chronic Suppurative Diseases of the Lungs."
Dr. Karl Schlaepfer, Baltimore, read a paper on "Fibrosis of the Lung Fol-lowing Ligation of the Pulmonary Artery, Combined with Phrenicotomy and with Partial Occlusion of the Pulmonary Veins."
Dr. Willy Meyer, New York, read a paper on "Observations on Lung Sup-puration and Its Treatment: A Brief Review of Personal Experiences and Clinical Impressions Obtained Within the Last Twelve Years."
No discussion.
