The Carman Lecture

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HomeRadiologyVol. 48, No. 3 PreviousNext ArticlesThe Carman LecturePublished Online:Mar 1 1947https://doi.org/10.1148/48.3.213MoreSectionsPDF ToolsImage ViewerAdd to favoritesCiteTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked In AbstractTo commemorate the life and work of a great man by the establishment of a lectureship bearing his name is in a very special sense to keep his memory green. Not only does it recall from time to time his own accomplishments but it adds to them the luster of kindred achievements by his successors.The Carman Lectureship of the Radiological Society of North America was founded in 1934 in honor of Russell D. Carman, and in that year the first of this series of distinguished lectures was given at the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Society by Dr. Carman's successor as head of the Section on Roentgenology of the Mayo Clinic, Dr. B. R. Kirklin. Dr. Kirklin spoke on “The Roentgenologic Diagnosis of Gastric Cancer,” a subject to which his predecessor had made substantial contributions.The following year Dr. Arthur C. Christie, having been named as the second Carman Lecturer, took as his subject “Bronchiectasis: Its Diagnosis and Treatment.” He was followed in 1936 by Dr. James T. Case, speaking on “The Field of Roentgenology in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Colonic Disorders,” and in 1937 by Dr. George W. Holmes, on “The Development of Post-Graduate Teaching in Radiology.” In 1938, another of Dr. Carman's associates at the Mayo Clinic, Dr. W. C. McCarty, Sr., was chosen for this honor. Like Dr. Kirklin, he chose to speak on “Cancer of the Stomach.” Subsequent lecturers and their subjects were Dr. Francis Carter Wood, in 1939, “The Biological Effects of Radiation;” Dr. Ross Golden, 1940, “Abnormalities of the Small Intestine in Nutritional Disturbances: Some Observations on Their Physiologic Bases;” Dr. W. Edward Chamberlain, 1941, “Fluoroscopes and Fluoroscopy;” Dr. Eugene P. Pendergrass, 1942, “Excretory Urography as a Test of Urinary Function.”For the Joint Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America and the American Roentgen Ray Society in 1944, the Carman Lecture, as was fitting, was combined with the Caldwell Lecture of the latter organization, this double honor falling upon Dr. Lawrence Reynolds, who addressed the assembled societies on “The History of the Use of the Roentgen Ray in Warfare.”In 1945 Dr. Robert R. Newell was named Carman Lecturer. As members of the Society will recall, the scientific sessions were cancelled on account of travel restrictions, and it was at first feared that Dr. Newell's lecture would be delivered “by title” only. Happily this was not the case, for the appointment was held over to 1946, and at the largest meeting in the Society's history, Dr. Newell gave the eleventh Carman Lecture, reproduced in full in the ensuing pages.Article HistoryPublished in print: Mar 1947 FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsRecommended Articles RSNA Education Exhibits RSNA Case Collection Vol. 48, No. 3 Metrics Altmetric Score PDF download