A quarter-century of the Japanese Society of Child Neurology

Abstract

The 25th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Child Neurology held from July 7 until 9, 1983 marked the approach of a quarter of a century in the history of the Society. The Society was founded in July, 1961 and has now existed for a full 22 years with a total of 25 annual meetings held. The membership has grown to more than 10 times its original number and now forms the biggest society of its kind in the world. Apart from the annual general assembly, the Society's main activities include the publication of two official journals--"No To Hattatsu" and "Brain & Development" both bimonthly--the sponsorship of postgraduate seminars on child neurology every year and the organization of International Symposia on Developmental Disabilities on a biennial bases. This is a synopsis of the quarter-century history of our Society, with a tincture of a rather subjective, personal account, presenting the reasons that led to the foundation of the Society, the social background of the time, and the circumstances that surrounded the Society's foundation.