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HomeRadiologyVol. 11, No. 4 PreviousNext Clinical Congress, BostonPublished Online:Oct 1 1928https://doi.org/10.1148/11.4.352MoreSectionsPDF ToolsImage ViewerAdd to favoritesCiteTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked In AbstractThe American College of Surgeons will hold the eighteenth Clinical Congress in Boston, October 8–12. Headquarters will be at the Statler Hotel and meetings will be held in the ballroom of the Copley-Plaza Hotel and in Symphony Hall. The Hospital Standardization Conference will be held, in morning and afternoon sessions, in the ballroom of the Copley-Plaza Hotel Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. An innovation this year will be the commencement of the clinics in the Boston hospitals on Monday afternoon, continuing through the mornings and afternoons of the following four days. Monday evening's program will include an address of welcome by the local Chairman, the address of the retiring President, Dr. George David Stewart, New York, the inaugural address of the new President, Dr. Franklin H. Martin, Chicago, and the John B. Murphy Oration on Surgery by Professor Vittorio Putti, of Bologna, Italy. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings' sessions will be held in the ballroom of the Copley-Plaza Hotel. At the Wednesday evening meeting the visiting surgeons will be the guests of the Boston Surgical Society at a special meeting, when the Bigelow Medal is to be awarded. On Friday evening the Annual Convocation of the College will be held in Symphony Hall, when the 1928 class of candidates for Fellowship in the College will be received. The Fellowship Address on this evening will be delivered by Dr. William J. Mayo. The annual meeting of the Governors and Fellows will be held Friday afternoon and will be followed by a symposium on Traumatic Surgery to be participated in by leaders in industry, labor, indemnity organizations, and the medical profession. Ether Day will be celebrated in the Dome Room of the Massachusetts General Hospital on Friday, upon which occasion a bronze bust of William T. A. Morton will be presented to the hospital. It was in this building that ether was first administered for the production of surgical anesthesia on October 16, 1846.Several newly completed medical motion pictures, produced under the supervision of the American College of Surgeons and approved by it, will be shown during the Congress.Reduced fares on the railways of the United States and Canada have been authorized to those holding a convention certificate, so that the total fare for the round trip will be one and one-half the ordinary first class one-way fare.Other outstanding features will be the exhibits. In addition to the commercial exhibits the departments of the College will present scientific exhibits.A number of distinguished foreign guests of international reputation have signified their intention of attending. The Chairman of the Boston Committee on Arrangements is Dr. Frederic J. Cotton.Article HistoryPublished in print: Oct 1928 FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsRecommended Articles RSNA Education Exhibits RSNA Case Collection Vol. 11, No. 4 Metrics Altmetric Score PDF download
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