ASCP In The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Shortly after the founding of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists in 1922, the directors decided that an official journal was needed. Lacking the resources to publish its own journal at the time, ASCP made arrangements to use the Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine as its official organ, “…to serve as a unifying bond and to keep the members informed of the progress of the organization.” From 1923 to 1930, ASCP news, notices, and meeting minutes were published in the Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine. During this time the directors continued planning the development of the Society' own journal, which led to the debut of the American Journal of Clinical Pathology in 1931. In addition to news, notices, and minutes, the Society published a number of papers in JLCM, including the 1924 presidential address of William C. McCarty, MD, entitled “The Pathologist of 1940” the Proposed Working Scheme for the Registry of Technicians (in 1928); proceedings of a symposium on laboratory procedures held at the third annual convention in 1924; and the first history of ASCP, published in 1925 and reprinted here in its entirety.—George F. Stevenson, MD, American Society of Clinical Pathologists.