The American Association

for

Thoracic Surgery

FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING

JULY 1, 2, 3, 1931

San Francisco, Cal.

PROGRAM

Officers

DR. ETHAN FLAGG BUTLER, President

DR. FREDERICK T. LORD, Vice-President

DR. DUFF ALLEN, Secretary

DR. CARL EGGERS, Treasurer

Committees

Arrangements in San Francisco: Drs. Brunn (Chairman), Eloesset and Holman.

Program: Drs. Buder, Holman, Brunn and Allen.

Transportation and Travel: Drs. Matson, Dolley, Brunn, Holman, Beck, Thearle, Robinson, Lockwood and Eloesser.

Membership: Drs. Muller (Chairman), Lee, Heuer, Eloesser and Hedblom.

Necrology: Drs. Matas (Chairman), Willy, Meyer and Torek.

Auditing: Drs. Liliethal (Chairman), Hitzrot and Meyer.

Friday, July 3rd

9:00 a.m. - Paradise Cove.

1.President's Address

Dr. Ethan Flagg Butler.

2. "Important Reflex Relationships Between the Lungs and Other Viscera"

Dr. F. M. Pottenger, Monrovia (by invitation).

3. "Recent Developments in Our Knowledge of the Autonomic Nervous System"

Dr. Peter Heinbecker, St. Louis.

4. "Atelectasis and Pneumonia in the Denervated Lung"

Dr. Pol N. Coryllos, New York City.

Thursday, July 2nd

9:00 a.m. - Operative Clinics, San Francisco Hospital.

12:00 noon - Lunch, San Francisco Hospital.

2:00 p.m. - Scientific Meeting, Mark Hopkins Hotel.

1. Executive Session of Association.

2. "Obstructive Pulmonary Atelectasis, Diaphragmatic Movement and Collateral Respiration"

Dr. C. M. VanAllen, Peiping.

Dr. S. A. Jung, Peiping (by invitation).

3. "Surgical Treatment of Diaphragmatic Hernia"

Dr. Stuart W.Harrington, Rochester.

4. "Diaphragmatic Hernia, or Eventration of the Diaphragm: Report of a Case"

Dr. Carl Eggbrs, New York City.

5. "Stab Wound of the Heart"

Dr. Daniel C. Elkin, Atlanta.

Dr. H. S. Phillips, Atlanta (by invitation).

6."Decompression of the Heart"

Dr. William A. Hudson, Detroit.

7. "An Experimental Study of the Formation of Pleural Exudates"

Dr. R. C. Brock, London (by invitation).

Dr. E. A. Blair, St. Louis (by invitation).

7:00 p.m. - PRESIDENT'S BANQUET, Mark Hopkins Hotel.

The American Association

for

Thoracic Surgery

San Francisco, July 1, 2, 3, 1931

Program

Wednesday, July 1^st

9:00 a.m. - Clinical Demonstrations, University of California Hospital.

11:00 a.m. - Clinical Demonstrations, Stanford University Hospital.

1:00 p.m. - Stand Up Luncheon, Stanford University.

2:00 p.m. - Mark Hopkins Hotel.

1. Business Meeting of Association.

2. "Studies on Intrapleural Pressures and Their Clinical Application"

Dr. Harold Brunn, San Francisco.

Dr. Selling Brill, San Francisco (by invitation).

Dr. Myron Prinzmetal, San Francisco (by invitation).

3. "Operation for Extrapleural Compression of the Lung Without Rib Resection"

Dr. Leo Eloessbr, San Francisco.

4. "Internal Drainage of Lung Abscess by Extrapleural Compression"

Dr. Frank S. Dollby, Los Angeles.

5. "A Study of the Bronchial and Pulmonary Circulations Under Various Pathological Conditions Experimentally Produced"

Dr. E. Holhan.

Dr. M. E. Mathes (by invitation).

Dr. F. L. Reichert (by invitation).

6. "Pneumocardiac Tamponade-A Study of the Effects of Atmospheric Pressure, Negative Pressure and Positive Pressure Upon the Circulation"

Dr. Claude S. Beck, Cleveland.

7. "The Mortalities of Operation for Acute Empyema"

Dr. George P. Muller, Philadelphia.

8:00 p.m. - Dinner at the Home of Dr. and Mrs. Brunn.