F I C IA L PROGRAM 10" INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MILITARY MEDICINE AND PHARMACY I 1939 WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY 7th TO 19th OFFICIAL PROGRAM 10’" INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 1*1 OF MILITARY MEDICINE AND PHARMACY 1939 WASHINGTON, D. C. MAY 7th to 19th HEADQUARTERS THE WILLARD HOTEL UNIFORM FOR OFFICERS For the Scientific Sessions: Service uniform. For the Inauguration: Full dress, if available, or service uniform. For social affairs (evening); Full dress, military social evening uniform, or service uniform. For social affairs (daytime): Service uniform. FOREWORD This booklet contains the detailed program of the activities of the Tenth International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy for the period of May 7th to 19th. In addition, there have been included lists of official delegates and members of the Congress and of those responsible for the organization and operation of the Congress. The rules of the International Committee also have been printed. In carrying to a conclusion such an extensive program as the Organizing Committee of the Tenth Congress has endeavored to present, it is inevitable that some changes and adjustments will have to be made during the meeting. It is suggested, therefore, that the bulletin-boards in the Willard Hotel be consulted daily so that any changes in the program will not be overlooked. At the end of the program, a list of the official delegates and members from abroad will be found. At the time this was printed, it was impossible to insure correctness in every detail. Particularly it was found impossible to correctly print the titles f the delegates from so many countries. A simple list in Eng- lish was therefore decided upon. The full list in mimeographed form, corrected to May 1st, is attached; and the delegates and members are assured that if they will inform the office of the Secretary General of any errors in this, that names and titles will appear correctly in Volume II of the Transactions of this Congress, to be issued after adjournment. 3 RULES OF THE TENTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MILITARY MEDICINE AND PHARMACY 1. Countries reporting upon questions presented for study will submit a single report for each question upon which, however, collaborators may take part. 2. Reports may be submitted in English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish and should end with a r6sume of no more than two pages of text, or approximately one thousand words, the translation of which will be made into the five languages mentioned. 3. The reading of each report should not require more than a total of twenty minutes; to accomplish this, the report will be read in abbreviated form, if necessary. 4. Discussions upon questions on the program (which are the only ones permitted) should not exceed six pages of text, or approximately three thousand words at the most. Ten minutes only will be allowed for their presentation. In order to appear on the program, the titles, the names of the authors and, if possible, the text of each discussion or communication should be in the hands of the Secretary General before March 1, 1939. 5. When the discussion of each question is ended, reporters, members of the Congress who have taken part in the discussion, and those who may have presented communications will meet to draft general conclusions, which will be submitted for the approval of the Congress. In order that any general conclusions of the Congress may reflect the sentiment of the majority, the chiefs of medical services are requested to give their opinion upon each question. Papers upon subjects which their authors believe opportune may be sent to the Secretary General without any assurance on the part of the Congress, however, that they will be discussed, although action may be taken if advisable at the time the Congress meets in order that they may be presented. Those papers will be published either in full or in abbreviated form, according to the judgment of the International Committee. 6. Reporters and those who take part in the discussion will consult with the Session Secretary, in case any doubt exists as to their place on the program. It is particularly requested that the full text of all remarks made on the floor of the Congress be handed to the Session Secretary at the close of each meeting in order that the proceedings of the Congress may be correct in every particular. 4 General Vincent Brigadier General Stanislaw Rouppert Lieutenant General Sir Matthew H. G. Fell General Diehl General Jose Gonzalez Grand a Lieutenant General Declercq General G. Iliescu PAST PRESIDENTS France Poland Great Britain Netherlands Spain Belgium Rumania PERMANENT COMMITTEE* president Major General C. R. Reynolds United States SECRETARY Colonel Jules Voncken Belgium MEMBERS Brigadier General A. C. Tourinho Brazil Lieutenant Colonel F. Martos Spain Captain William Seaman Bainbridge United States General A. Schickele France Colonel Wallace Benson, a. i. Great Britain Lieutenant Colonel V. De Bernardinis Italy General Ludvik Fisher Czecho-Slovakia Colonel Jules Thomann Switzerland INTERNATIONAL C OIM M I T T E E PRESIDENT Major General C. R. Reynolds United States MEMBERS Doctor D. Samuel Sanchez Argentina Colonel Jules Voncken Belgium Brigadier General A. C. Tourinho Brazil Major Donko Donkoff Bulgaria China General Ludvik Fisher Czecho-Slovakia General E. A. G. Saugman Denmark Major General Martin Jervan Estonia Colonel des Cilleuls, a. i. France Colonel Wagner Germany Colonel Wallace Benson, a. i. Great Britain Greece Lieutenant Colonel Franz Hungary *It is to be noted that the Permanent Committee, in all its functions, will be expanded into and absorbed by the International Committee. 5 Lieutenant Colonel V. De Bernardinis Italy General A. Brambats Latvia Colonel Ingelevicius Lithuania Luxembourg Lieutenant Colonel Gustavo Gomez Azgarate Mexico Colonel Louet Monaco Major General van de Roemer Netherlands Captain Otto Jervell Norway Colonel Jean Kawinski Poland Portugal General Eugen Christian Rumania General Jose Puche Alvarez Spain Colonel Jules Thomann Switzerland Turkey Doctor Biraden Uruguay Colonel Alexandre Georgevitch Yugoslavia 6 HONORARY COMMITTEE PRESIDENT Honorable Harry H. Woodring, Secretary of War HONORARY PRESIDENTS Honorable Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury Honorable Claude A. Swanson, Secretary of the Navy Honorable Norman H. Davis, Chairman, The American Red Cross HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS Honorable Sumner Welles, Under-Secretary of State Honorable Louis Johnson, The Assistant Secretary of War Honorable Charles Edison, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Honorable Key Pittman, Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Honorable Morris Sheppard, Chairman, Senate Military Affairs Committee Honorable David I. Walsh, Chairman, Senate Naval Affairs Committee Honorable Sam D. McReynolds, Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Com- mittee Honorable Andrew J. May, Chairman, House Military Affairs Committee Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations Brigadier General Frank T. Hines, Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs Doctor Irvin Abell, President, American Medical Association MEMBERS Major General Albert H. Blanding, Chief of the National Guard Bureau Honorable Melvin C. Hazen, President, District of Columbia Board of Commissioners Major General Hugh A. Drum, Commanding the Second Corps Area Rear Admiral C. H. Woodward, Commandant, Third Naval District Major General M. W. Ireland, U. S, Army, Retired, former Surgeon General, U. S. Army Major General Robert U. Patterson, U. S. Army, Retired, former Surgeon General, U. S. Army Major General J. L. De Witt, Commanding the Army War College Miss Mabel T. Boardman, Secretary, The American Red Cross Major General Harry L. Gilchrist, U. S. Army, Retired, Editor, “The Military Surgeon” Brigadier General George W. Crile, U. S. Army Inactive Reserve Brigadier General J, M. T. Finney, U. S. Army Inactive Reserve Brigadier General Joel E. Goldthwait, U. S. Army Inactive Reserve Brigadier General Fred T. Murphy, U. S. Army Inactive Reserve Brigadier General Frederick F. Russell, U. S. Army Inactive Reserve Brigadier General Henry A. Shaw, U. S. Army Inactive Reserve Brigadier General Sanford H. Wadhams, U. S. Army Inactive Reserve Brigadier General Charles H. Mayo, U. S. Army Inactive Reserve Brigadier General William J. Mayo, U. S. Army Inactive Reserve Brigadier General Jay L. Benedict, Superintendent, U. S. Military Academy Rear Admiral Wilson Brown, Superintendent, U. S. Naval Academy Doctor Lewellys F. Barker, Chairman, Medical Council, Veterans’ Administration Rear Admiral E. R. Stitt, former Surgeon General, U. S. Navy Rear Admiral Charles E. Riggs, former Surgeon General, U. S. Navy Doctor Rupert Blue, former Surgeon General, U. S. Public Health Service Doctor Hugh S. Gumming, former Surgeon General, U. S. Public Health Service Doctor Frederic A. Besley, former President, American College of Surgeons Doctor James H. Means, former President, American College of Physicians Doctor Cloyd H. Marvin, President, George Washington University Reverend Arthur J. O’Leary, S. J., President, Georgetown University Right Reverend Joseph M. Corrigan, S. T. D., Rector, Catholic University Doctor Joseph M. M, Gray, Chancellor, The American University Doctor Mordecai W. Johnson, President, Howard University Honorable Fiorello H. La Guardia, Mayor, New York City Honorable Grover Whalen, President, New York World’s Fair 1939 Doctor L, S. Rowe, Director General, Pan American Union Brigadier General George E. Leach, former President, National Guard Association Colonel William B. Rosevear, Jr., former President, Reserve Officers’ Association Colonel Arthur E. Lord, former President, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Doctor Eugene H. Pool, former President, New York Academy of Medicine Doctor John A. Hartwell, Director, New York Academy of Medicine Doctor Arthur T. McCormack, former President, American Public Health Association Doctor Marcus L. Ward, President, American Dental Association Doctor H. D. Bergman, President, American Veterinary Medical Asso- ciation Doctor E. M. Gathercoal, former President, American Pharmaceutical Association Doctor Thomas E. Neill, former President, Medical Society of the District of Columbia Doctor Carl Voegtlin, President, Academy of Medicine of Washington, D. G. Doctor G. G. Abbot, Secretary, The Smithsonian Institution Doctor Frank Lillie, President, National Academy of Sciences Doctor Ross G. Harrison, Chairman, National Research Council Doctor Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital Doctor William Gerry Morgan, Dean Emeritus and Professor, Medical School, Georgetown University 8 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE PRESIDENT Major General C. R. Reynolds, The Surgeon General, U. S. Array MEMBERS Rear Admiral Ross T. Mclntire, The Surgeon General, U. S. Navy Surgeon General Thomas Parran, U. S. Public Health Service Doctor Charles M. Griffith, U. S. Veterans’ Administration Lieutenant Colonel Edgar Erskine Hume, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Captain William Seaman Bainbridge, Medical Corps-Fleet, U. S. Naval Reserve Doctor Robert Olesen, U. S. Public Health Service Doctor Martin Cooley, U. S. Veterans’ Administration Lieutenant Colonel Albert S. Dabney, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Captain William L. Mann, Jr., Medical Corps, U. S. Navy Captain William H. Michael, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy Doctor Warren H. Kelchner, U. S. Department of State SECRETARY GENERAL Colonel Harold W. Jones, Medical Corps, U. S. Army ENTERTAINMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Brigadier General Wallace De Witt, Medical Department, U. S. Army. MEMBERS Colonel Addison D. Davis, Medical Corps, U. S. Army, Assistant Colonel James G. Magee, Medical Corps, U. S. Army, Assistant Colonel Herbert G. Gibner, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Colonel S. Jay Turnbull, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Captain William Chambers, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy Commander Stephen R. Mills, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy Commander Arthur H. Yando, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy Commander Joseph J. Kaveney, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel Edgar Erskine Hume, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Albert W. Kenner, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Lieutenant Commander Clifford A. Swanson. Medical Corps, U. S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel John J. McCormick, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Major David H. Finley, Quartermaster Corps, U. S. Army Captain Thomas G. Hester, Medical Administrative Corps, U. S. Army Second Lieutenant Glenn K. Smith, Medical Administrative Corps, U. S Army Doctor R. R. Spencer, U. S. Public Health Service 9 EXHIBITS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Colonel Harold D. Corbusier, Medical Reserve, U. S. Army MEMBERS Lieutenant Colonel James E. Ash, Medical Corps, U. S. Army, Assistant Captain Elbert De Coursey, Medical Corps, U. S, Army Captain Samuel H. Alexander, Medical Corps, U. S. Army PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Colonel Harold W. Jones, Medical Corps, U. S. Army MEMBERS Captain William H. Michael, Medical Corps, U, S. Navy Colonel James H. Phalen, U. S. Army, Retired Lieutenant Colonel Francis M. Fitts, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Doctor Robert Olesen, U. S. Public Health Service CHAIRMAN Lieutenant Colonel Edgar Erskine Hume, Medical Corps, U. S. Army MEMBERS Rear Admiral Ross T. Mclntire, U. S. Navy Surgeon General Thomas Parran, U. S. Public Health Service Doctor Charles M. Griffith, U. S. Veterans’ Administration Captain William L. Mann, Jr., Medical Corps, U. S. Navy RECEPTION COMMITTEE PRESS RELATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Lieutenant Colonel Albert S. Dabney, Medical Corps, U. S. Army NEW YORK RECEPTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Colonel Lucius A. Salisbury, Medical Corps, N. Y. National Guard MEMBERS Rear Admiral Charles M. Oman, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy Captain William Seaman Bainbridge, Medical Corps-Fleet, U. S. Naval Reserve Colonel Harold D. Corbusier, Medical Reserve, U. S. Army 10 Lieutenant Colonel Walter P. Davenport, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Herbert D. Porterfield, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Robert P. Wadhams, Medical Corps, N. Y. National Guard Rear Admiral James C. Pryor, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy, Retired Colonel John H. McCullough, Medical Corps, N. J. National Guard, Retired Captain Edward H. H. Old, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy LADIES’ ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Mrs. Charles R. Reynolds MEMBERS Mrs. Thomas Parran Mrs. Ross. T. Mclntire Mrs. Charles M. Griffith Mrs. Harry L. Gilchrist Mrs. Wallace De Witt Mrs. William L. Mann, Jr. Mrs. Herbert C. Gibner Mrs. Harold W. Jones Mrs. Robert Olesen Mrs. William Seaman Bainbridge Mrs. William H. Michael Mrs. Edgar Erskine Hume Mrs. Albert W. Kenner Mrs. Albert S. Dabney Mrs. Martin Cooley For notice of the plans of the Ladies1 Entertainment Committee, the several bulletin boards in the Willard Hotel should be consulted daily. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL Colonel Harold W. Jones, Secretary General Captain Samuel H. Alexander, Assistant Mr, J. Fred Chase, Office Manager Mr. Frank McGurk, Chief Clerk Miss Adele Neville, Interpreter and Translator Miss Nellian R. Scheirer, Stenographer-typist Mrs. Mary K. Murphy, Stenographer-typist Miss Marguerite O’Connell, Stenographer-typist Mrs. Janet Yarrow, Stenographer-typist Mrs. Claire S. Kirby, Stenographer-typist SESSION SECRETARIES CHAIRMAN Lieutenant Colonel Francis M. Fitts, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Colonel Garfield L. McKinney, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Albert W, Kenner, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Lieutenant Colonel LeRoy Hartley, Dental Corps, U. S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Harold P. Sawyer, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Alfred R. Thomas, Jr., Medical Corps, U. S. Army Lieutenant F. W. Farrar, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy Captain Joseph J. Hornisher, Medical Corps, U. S. Army AIDES Colonel Garfield L. McKinney, Medical Corps, U. S. Army- Commander E. G. Hakansson, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy Lieutenant Colonel Francis M. Fitts, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Lieutenant Colonel LeRoy Hartley, Dental Corps, U. S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Rufus L. Holt, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Harold P. Sawyer, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Alfred R. Thomas, Jr., Medical Corps, U. S. Army Major Don Longfellow, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Captain Kenneth F. Ernst, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Lieutenant F. W. Farrar, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy Captain Joseph J. Hornisher, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Captain Roger G. Miller, Dental Corps, U. S. Army Captain G. L. Orth, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Lieutenant (Junior Grade) E. L. Hammond, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy 12 SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITS Willard Hotel.—There will be an Army Aviation Medicine exhibit from the School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph Field, Texas. The Med- ical Department of the Navy will exhibit lifesaving and resuscitation appa- ratus, litters, first-aid kits, and like appliances. The Public Health Service will display graphs and charts illustrating the campaign against syphilis and the Veterans’ Administration will have graphs, charts, and slides show- ing its medical and hospital service. Army Medical Museum.—The Army Medical Museum, one of the largest museums of its kind in the world, presents exhibits consisting of anatomic and pathologic specimens and its collections of historic instru- ments, especially microscopes, stethoscopes, ophthalmoscopes, and micro- tomes. Of special interest to the Congress is the collection of war wounds, including those of the Civil and Indian Wars and World War; maxillo- facial plastic surgery and the appliances used in facial injuries; the moulages, representing tropical and skin diseases. As a special exhibit, the Medical Field Service School at Carlisle will set up small-scale models of battalion aid equipment, including chests, litters, splints, etc. There will also be in exhibit a portion of the famous Huntington Anatomical Collection which has just been donated to the Museum by the Medical School of Columbia University. Army Medical Library.—The Army Medical Library contains many treasures. Of the 610 known medical “incunabula” or “cradle books” issued before 1500, it has 450. Some of these are the only copies to be found in the world. The oldest work was issued in 1467. The Library also possesses a very rare collection of books of the sixteenth century, some 2,000 in all. Most of these are on exhibition. It has com- paratively few manuscript works, but some of these date to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The collection of works on Military Medicine is on exhibition on the lower floor. THE BOOK EXHIBIT This begins with the Roman Period (Celsus) in the first century and continues on into the Byzantine (Paulus of Aegina and Aetius of Amida) in the sixth and seventh centuries; then passes into the Middle Ages (Gui de Chuliac), and is well represented with early German surgical works (Brunschweig, Gersdorf) in the sixteenth century. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are most important (the era of scientific renaissance as applied to medicine). The chief topic written on in the sixteenth century was gunshot wounds; in the seventeenth century the sanitation of camps. In the eighteenth century medico-military officers reported their observations on certain wars. This was the period of the first military medical schools. The Museum and Library will welcome the delegates at any time from 8:45 a. m. to 4:15 p. m. On Saturday, May 13th, from 5 to 7 p. m. and on Sunday, May 14th, from 3 to 6 p. m. there will be specially conducted tours as a part of the “Open House” to be held jointly. 13 PROGRAM SUNDAY, May 7, 1939 Registration. Fairfax Room, Willard Hotel. 1:00 p. m. Meeting of the Permanent and International Committees to approve the program of the Tenth Congress. Committee Room, Willard Hotel. 8:00 Dinner for the members of the Permanent and International Committees, given by the President of the Congress. Presi- dential Suite, Willard Hotel. MONDAY, May 8, 1939 Registration. Fairfax Room, Willard Hotel. 11:00 a. m. Meeting of the International Committee. Committee Room, Willard Hotel. 2:00;p. m. AVIATION MEDICINE. Willard Room, Willard Hotel* Joint meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States and the Tenth International Congress. Scientific Program 1. “The Role of Aviation Medicine in the Advancement of Aviation,” Colonel Arnold D. Tuttle and Captain Harry G. Armstrong, United States. 2. “Medical Research in Aviation.” Air Commodore H. E. Whittingham, Royal Air Force, Great Britain. 3. “The Relation to Aviation of Loss of Intermaxillary Dis- tance,” Lieutenant Raymond A. Lowry, United States. Presiding: Session Secretary: 9:00 Reception in honor of the official delegates by the Honorary President and President of the Congress. Pan American Union Building. (By invitation.) TUESDAY, May 9, 1939 Registration. Fairfax Room, Willard Hotel. 10:00 a. m. Formal opening of the Congress. Departmental Auditorium, Constitution Avenue at Thirteenth Street. Invocation by Chaplain William R. Arnold, Chief of Chaplains, U. S. Army. Address by The Honorable Cordell Hull, Secretary of State. Address by The Honorable Harry H. Woodring, Secretary of War. Address by Major General C. R. Reynolds, The Surgeon General, President of the Congress. Address by Colonel Jules Voncken, Belgian Army Medical Service, Secretary General of the International Committee. Address by General A. Waldmann, German Army Medical Service, representing the visiting delegates. Address by Surgeon Vice-Admiral P. T. Nicholls, British Navy Medical Service, representing the visiting delegates. Music by the United States Marine Orchestra, 11:30 a. m. Presentation of the official delegates and chiefs of missions. Committee rooms, Departmental Auditorium. 12:30 p. m. Luncheon for official delegates. Willard Room, Willard Hotel. 2:00 Scientific Program. Sections. Large Ball Room, Willard Hotel. FIRST QUESTION: The Organization and Function of the Medical Services in Colonial Expeditions Reporters: Italy: Major General Gregorio Gelonesi and Lieutenant Colonel Ugo Reitano. United States: Colonel Garfield L. McKinney. Presiding: Session Secretary: Discussions 1. Belgium: “Conception Beige de reorganisation et Fonc- tionnement du Service Sanitaire dans les Expeditions Golo- niales,” Major Luc C. Fontana. 2. Brazil: “Organizagao e Funcionamento do Service Sani- tario nas Expedites Goloniais.” 3. Italy: “Hygienic Measures and Hospital Organization in Tropical Expeditions With White Troops,” Sir Aldo Castellani. 2:00 Scientific Program. Sections. Small Ball Room, Willard Hotel. FIFTH QUESTION; Emergency Treatment and Primary Apparatus for Fractures of the Jaws in War Reporters: Great Britain: Colonel J. M. Weddell. United States: Brigadier General Leigh C. Fairbank and Colonel Robert H. Ivy. Presiding: Session Secretary: 15 TUESDAY, May 9, 1939— Continued Discussions 1. Belgium: “Traitement d’Urgence et Appareillage Primaire des Fractures de Guerre des Maxillaires,” Lieutenant Colonel Charles J. Dedoncker. 2. Czechoslovakia: “Traitement Urgent et Premier Appa- reillage des Fractures de Machoires en Temps de Guerre.” 3. Poland: “Emergency Treatment and Primary Apparatus for Fractures of the Jaws in War,” Second Lieutenant Kazi- mierz Bienkowski. 4. Yugoslavia: “Traitement d’Urgence et Appareillage Pri- maire des Fractures de Guerre des Maxillaires.” 2:15 p. m. Scientific Program. Sections. Willard Room, Willard Hotel. FOURTH QUESTION: Organization and Function of the Military Chemico-Pharmaceutical Service Reporters: Argentina: Dr. Ramon Antonio Alcaraz. Czegho-Slovakia : Colonel Jaroslav Janda. Presiding: Session Secretary: Discussions 1. Belgium: “Organisation et Fonctionnement du Service Chimico-Pharmaceutique de 1’Armee Beige,” Captain Ray- mond H. Nicaise. 2. Brazil: “Organizagao c Funcionamento do Servigo Quimico-F armaceu tico. ’ ’ 3. Switzerland: “L’Activite des Pharmaciens Militaires dans les Congres Internationaux de M6dccinc et de Pharmacie Militaires,” Colonel J. Thomann. 5:30 Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington. 6:30 Meeting of the International Committee. Presidential Suite, Willard Hotel, The evening is left open for acceptance of private invitations. WEDNESDAY, May 10, 1939 9:00 a. m. Scientific Program. General Session. Sternberg Hall, Army Medical Center. SECOND QUESTION: Probable Casualties in War and Methods of Calculation Reporters: Germany: Major Bruno Brandi. 16 United States: Colonel Albert G. Love Presiding Session Secretary Discussions 1. Belgium: “Les Previsions sur les Pertes dans les Armees cn Temps de Guerre,” Major General Comte Henri A. Leman. 2. Brazil: “Previsao das Perdas em Tempo de Guerra c scus Mctodos de Calculo.” 3. Czechoslovakia: “Evaluation dcs Pertes a la Guerre ct leurs Modes de Classification,” 4. Yugoslavia: “La Prevision des Pertes cn Temps de Guerre ct leurs Methodes de Calcul,” General Jarko Rouviditch. 11:00 a. m. Inspection of Hospital, medical laboratories, etc., Army Medical, Dental and Veterinary Schools. 12:00 m. Committee meetings, Army Medical School. 1:00 p. m. Luncheon by the Commanding General of the Army Medical Center for the members of the Congress. 2:00 Continuation of discussions on all reports which have been presented and are unfinished (Questions 1, 2, 4 and 5). 3:00 Orientation Lecture, Gettysburg Battlefield, Major Russell B. Reynolds, Infantry, Instructor, Medical Field Service School. Continuation of inspection of different activities at the Army Medical Center. 4:30 Reception by the Commanding General, Army Medical Center, for the members of the Congress. Concert in the Sunken Garden. 5:30 Return to the Willard Hotel. 8:30 Equitation Show, Fort Myer. Leave Willard Hotel at 8:00. THURSDAY, May 77, 1939 8:00 a. m. Excursion to Medical Field Service School, Carlisle Barracks. Stop at Gettysburg for tour of Battlefield. Arrive in Carlisle at 1:00 p. m. Luncheon by the Commandant of the Medical Field Service School to official delegates. 2:00 p. m. Demonstration by First Medical Regiment. 3:30 Inspection of Medical Field Service School. 5:00 Evening parade by First Medical Regiment. 5:45 Supper given outdoors by the Commandant of the School. 7:00 Return to Washington. Arrive about 10:00. 17 FRIDAY, May 12, 1939 ! 9:00£a. m. Scientific Program. Sections. Large Ball Room, Willard Hotel. THIRD QUESTION: Practical Procedures for Anesthesia and Analgesia in War Surgery Reporters: Brazil: Major E. Marques Porto. United States; Brig. General Raymond F. Metcalfe and Commander Morton D. Willcutts. Presiding: Session Secretary: Discussions 1. Belgium: “Rapport sur les Precedes Pratiques d’Anes- thesie et d’Analgesic dans la Chirurgie de Guerre,” Major Jean N. Wodon. 2. Czecho-Slovakia: “Insensibilisation et Anesthesie dans la Chirurgie de Guerre.” 3. Germany: “Praktische Verfahren der Schmerzbetaubung und Schmerzstillung bei der Kriegschirurgie,” Major Brandi. 4. Poland; “Practical Procedures for Anesthesia and An- algesia in War Surgery,” Colonel Boleslaw Pawlowski. 5. “Practical Application of Narcosis and Anesthesia in War Surgery,” Lieutenant Colonel Jan Korczakowski. 6. “Praktische Anwendung der Narkose und der Anasthesie in der Chirurgie im Kriege Felde,” Major Stefan Zarnowski. 7. “Anesthesia by Means of Chloraethyl for Surgical Opera- tions,” Dr. Jerzy Rutkowski. 8. Yugoslavia: “Precedes Pratiques d’Anesthesie et d’Anal- gesic dans la Chirurgie de Guerre.” 9:00 Scientific Program. Sections. Small Ball Room, Willard Hotel. SIXTH QUESTION; Technical Specialization of Administrative Officers in the Medical Service Reporters: Mexico; Major Abelardo Leal Rodriguez and Major Guil- lermo Suarez Torres. United States: Lieutenant Colonel George C. Dunham and Major Earle Standlee. Presiding: Session Secretary: i8 Discussions 1. Belgium; “Specialisation Technique des Officiers d’Ad- ministration du Service de Sante,” Captain Titeca. 2. Brazil: “Especialisagao Tecnica dos Oficiais de Ad- ministragao do Service Sanitario.” 3. Czecho-Slovakia: “Specialisation Technique des Officiers du Service de Sante Auxiliaire.” 4. Yugoslavia: “Specialisation Technique des Officiers d’Ad- ministration du Service Sanitaire.” 9:00 a. m. Scientific Program. Sections. Willard Room, Willard Hotel. SEVENTH QUESTION; Oxygen Therapy and its Practical Use with Troops on Active Duty Reporters: Belgium: Major P. E. Clairbois. United States: Lieutenant Colonel Charles K. Bede and Lieutenant W. R. Lovelace. Presiding: Session Secretary; Discussions 1. Poland: “Oxygen Therapy and its Practical Use with Troops on Active Service,” Lieutenant Colonel Marynowski. 11:00 Committee meetings. Committee Rooms, Willard Hotel. 2:00 p. m. Excursion by steamer on the Potomac to the Marine Base, Quantico or Mount Vernon. Return voyage during the evening to Washington. Dinner on board. Dancing. SATURDAY, May 13, 1939 8:30 a. m. Excursion to U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. Drill by the Regiment of Midshipmen. Inspection of Academy. 12:30 p. m. Luncheon at Officers’ Club. (By invitation.) 3:30 Committee meetings. Committee Rooms, Willard Hotel. 5:00 to JScientific exhibit at Army Medical Museum and Library- 7:00 [See page 13. The evening is left open for acceptance of private invitations. SUNDAY, May 14, 1939 10:00 a. m. Sightseeing in Washington. 3:00 to 6:00 p. m.j ►Scientific exhibit at Army Medical Museum and Library. 19 MONDAY, May 15, 7939 9:00 a. m. Meeting. Large Ball Room, Willard Hotel. Scientific Pro- gram. Report of the International Committee: Conclusions. 10:30 Recess of the Tenth Congress. Opening of the Ninth Docu- mentation Meeting. 10:40 “Army Hospitalization in Peace,” Brigadier General Wallace De Witt, United States. 11:00 “A New Surgical Needle,” Doctor Enrique Penedo, Guate- mala. 11:20 “Extra Cantonment and Area Sanitation,” Doctor Robert Olcscn, United States. 11:40 Recess. 2:00 p. m. “Rehabilitation,” Doctor Charles M. Griffith, United States. 2:20 “Sanitary Service in Winter in the Suomian Army,” Lieu- tenant Colonel Y. T. Seuderling, Finland. (Lantern slides.) 2:40 “Erkennung und Beurteilung Zwcifelhafter Herzbefunde bei Militararztlichen Untersuchungen,” Lieutenant Colonel Hartleben, Germany. 3:00 “The Activities of Military Surgeons in the International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy,” Captain William Seaman Bainbridge, United States. 4:00 Recess with announcement of continuation of meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City. 8:00 Formal banquet. Large Ball Room, Willard Hotel. Danc- ing. (By invitation.) TUESDAY, May 16, 7939 No formal program has been set. The entire day is set aside to allow delegates to proceed to New York for the continuation of the Congress at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City. WEDNESDAY, May 77, 7939 10:00 a. m. “Aufbau der Luftfahrtmedizinischen Forschung und Lehrc in Deutschland,” Lieutenant Colonel Wiirfler, Germany. 10:30 “Immunization of Military Forces,” Colonel Joseph F. Siler, United States. 11:00 “A Propos de I5Alimentation cn Eau des Troupes en Cam- pagne: Donnies G6n6rales sur reorganisation du Service des Eaux,” Colonel Jean des Cilleuls, France. 11:30 “The Training of Personnel for Submarine Service,” Captain E. W. Brown, United States. 12:00 m. “Le Desencombrement des Hdpitaux Militaires en Temps de Paix,” General Jarko Rouviditch, Yugoslavia. 12:30 p. m. Recess. 2:00 “Surgical Practice in Panama,” Doctor Augusto Boyd, Ambas- sador of Panama to the United States. 20 2:30 p. m. “International Agreements Relating to Hospital Ships in War,” Captain Lucius W. Johnson, United States. (Lantern slides.) 3:00 Discussion of papers which have been presented. THURSDAY, May 18, 1939 10:00 a. m. Continuation of Meeting. Scientific papers and discussions. Clinics. 12:30 p. m. Recess. Afternoon devoted to sightseeing, etc. FRIDAY, May 19, 1939 10:00 a. m. Continuation of Meeting. Scientific papers. Clinics. “Tenth International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy Day” at the World’s Fair. Ceremonies at Fair Grounds. Adjournment of the Congress. SATURDAY, May 20, 1939 and (thereafter) Private entertainment. Excursions arranged, if desired. 21 RULES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MILITARY MEDICINE AND PHARMACY CHAPTER ONE THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE Article I.—This creates the International Committee of Military Medi- cine and Pharmacy. Its task is following the spirit of the Geneva Conven- tion, to ameliorate the sufferings of the sick and wounded of the armies in campaign and, under the aegis of the International Red Cross, to main- tain constant professional collaboration among men whose mission through- out the world in time of peace, as well as during war, consists of giving their services to the sick and wounded. It follows, therefore, that there should be an agreement promulgated in the interest of order and technique so as to work in harmony and for safeguarding human life as much as possible. The principal missions of the Committee are: (1) To organize periodi- cally the International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy; (2) to maintain a complete daily record upon all questions pertaining to the medicine and surgery of armed forces; (3) to broadcast this knowledge by the publication of an international bulletin of the military services; (4) to keep in touch with the different army medical services and other interna- tional organizations of like character which are concerned with the pro- tection of the sick and wounded of the armed forces; and (5) to provide for the internal operation of its own. services. Article II.—The committee includes one member for each nation joining. These are chosen by preference from the officers of military medical serv- ices, navy services or air services, either active or reserve. The founder countries are designated as honorary members. This is purely an honor- ary title merged with the membership of the Permanent Committee. Article III.—The President of the Committee is ipso facto the president designated by the country organizing an International Congress, who pre- sides at the Congress. He enters upon his duties the day of the inaugura- tion of the Congress and holds his office until the following Congress. The outgoing president is ipso facto an honorary president for life. Article IV.—The Secretary General of the Committee shall always be the Belgian delegate to the Committee. Article V.—The International Committee is charged with the permanent responsibility of executing the various missions defined in Article I. It meets at the call of the President in ordinary session at each International Congress, and in extraordinary session whenever necessary, especially at the meetings of the International Documentation Committee, In the course of ordinary sessions, all questions relative to the program and organization of the International Congress are ruled upon in advance, as well as the organization and program of the sessions of the International 22 Documentation Committee. Questions of the budget will also be discussed at the same time. Article VI.—Counsellors and technical experts to provide for the carry- ing through of certain works, studies, or inquiries: The Committee can dele- gate two persons who shall be titled Experts or Counsellors, who are par- ticularly qualified by experience to investigate a question. Article VII.—General meetings of heads of delegations: In all occasions in each Congress, if there is a meeting of the International Documentation Office, at each meeting, the chiefs of the delegations of nations repre- sented w'ill assemble under the chairmanship of the President of the Inter- national Congress, Each nation, whether or not adhering to the statutes, shall have the right to be represented in the General Assembly by a number of delegates of its own choice, who shall be selected from among the chiefs of the various medical services of the army, air, or navy. The International Committee will prepare reports of its activities and the manner of conducting the General Assembly of chiefs of delegations. It will also propose the program of its financial affairs and its proposed budget for the period between two successive Congresses. In the General Assembly just referred to and within the limit of the powers accredited to them by their governments, the chiefs of delegations will act upon all technical ques- tions which are submitted to them by the Committee. In principle, no new questions will be submitted to the Assembly of chiefs of delegations without having been made the subject of preliminary reports of those interested. All the decisions are made by a vote of the two classes of members present. Each nation will have but one vote, irrespective of the number of its dele- gates. No decision committing a government shall be made until ratifica- tion by that government. Only the chiefs of delegations of nations which have subscribed to the present statutes take part in voting. Article VIII.—Management and responsibility on the part of the Com- mittee: In order to fulfill the missions incumbent upon it, the International Committee must provide personnel, material, working space and credit. The subordinate personnel, working space and material are furnished by the Belgian Government. Credits accrue as follows; (1) From voluntary financial assistance from different governments which have adhered to the present statutes and annually subscribe to the Committee a sum based upon the bareme or prorata sum established in 1931 at Liege by an Inter- national Assembly of chiefs of medical services (see Note), (2) from gifts coming from public or private organizations, (3) eventually from the ces- sion to the Committee by the country having organized an International Congress of funds which it relinquishes from its unused balance. Article IX.—The funds allocated to the Committee are administered by the Secretary General, who is accountable and responsible to the Com- mittee. At each Congress the activities of the Secretary are submitted for approval. On this occasion also, the Secretary General proposes to the 23 Committee at its full meeting the proposed budget for the period between two Congresses. No expense unprovided for in the budget can be made by the Secretary General except in extreme emergency, dictated by excep- tional circumstances, for which he must render complete explanation to the President of the Committee at its first meeting. Article X.—To assure proper and lasting contact with the different inter- national organizations, the International Committee communicates as follows: (a) Directly with the heads of medical services in everything which concerns technical documentation; (b) through the intermediary of the Department of Foreign Affairs of Belgium in the case of all questions which may interest governments. Article XL—In honor of Belgium, the headquarters of the International Committee is fixed at Liege. CHAPTER TWO THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MILITARY MEDICINE AND PHARMACY Article XII.—The International Congress seeks to provide periodical reunions for all persons and all official, public and private institutions con- cerned with caring for the sick and wounded of armed forces. Their task is (a) to aid in promulgating sound doctrines and determining the best methods of investigation concerning their treatment and operation of all the interesting problems, no matter where, so as to maintain a satisfactory- sanitary order in the struggle against disease, infection and contagion in the work of the army, navy and air service; (b) to further the diverse rela- tions between the organizations and personnel called to a common mission under the International Red Gross. Article XIII.—International Congresses are open to all physicians, pharma- cists, dentists and officers of the administrative service having any rela- tionship with active or reserve medical service of the army, navy, or air service. Civil or military persons outside of the medical military service but who have been charged with missions in connection with the medical service in reporting upon the organization or operation of any one of them may also take part. Finally, where a nation which organizes a congress and the military veterinary service is an integral part of the military medical service, a veterinary section can be arranged for the Congress and opened to veterinary officers under the conditions specified for the other members of the various medical services of the armies. Article XIV.—Each International Congress is organized at the expense of and through the facilities of the nation which accepts the mission, whether or not it has adhered to the present statutes or whether or not it has taken 24 part in the work of the Committee. Ordinarily, the Congress takes place every two years. Article XV.—Requests for the organization of the Congress should be addressed to the Secretary General of the International Committee. They may be received at any time, but ordinarily are considered on the occasion of the meeting of the Congress which precedes that which the interested nation desires to organize. Article XVI.—This is concerned with the assembly of requests for a Con- gress and the methods of ratification, as well as with the diplomatic channels through which the correspondence shall pass from the Secretary General of the International Committee. Article XVII.—Disposal of candidates and methods followed to secure the organization of a Congress. Article XVIII.—Official invitations to the different governments to secure representation at the Congress and to prepare for the official delegates of the various services are made directly by the nation which organizes the Congress. The Secretary of the International Committee will participate along parallel lines with propaganda in favor of the Congress being organ- ized and will aid by all means at his disposal the work of the National Organizing Committee. Article XIX.—The subjects treated at each International Congress will be proposed by the International Committee and they will be finally presented for the approval of the General Assembly of heads of delegations and will be announced at the ceremony of the closure of the Congress. Article XX.—Seven subjects shall be placed on the program according to the seven following rubrics: (a) Military medicine, (b) naval medicine, (c) tropical (colonial) medicine, (d) aeronautic medicine, (e) military pharmacy, (f) military dentistry, and (g) military medical administrative service. Finally, as a supplementary subject, the military veterinary service, when this last is represented at the Congress. Article XXL—Upon each question on the program, and when there is one designated for the veterinary service, the nation organizing the Congress designates a qualified reporter. The International Committee will nomi- nate other nations particularly qualified to designate the reporters upon each of the questions on the program. The definite choice of the nations will take place at the assembly of the chiefs of delegations and will be announced at the close of the Congress, immediately after the announce- ment of the different questions to be placed on the program of the next Congress. Article XXII.—The International Committee in exceptional cases and only by reason of the importance of the subject, has the power to add to a future Congress one or several supplementary questions. It also designates reporters of its own choice after having conferred with the nation organizing the Congress and with those furnishing the reporters. In the same way 25 when, in the course of a Congress the discussion upon a question on the program has not been exhausted and when it will be impossible to come to any conclusions, the Committee will be charged to continue the study ac- cording to the means at hand and its initiative to the end of presenting final results in the course of the following Congress or in the course of a session of the International Office of Documentation. The results may also be published in the International Bulletin. Article XXIII.—The proceedings of each International Congress are pub- lished by and at the expense of the nation which organizes it. The publi- cation is made at two different times: (a) Before the Congress for the reports and (b) after the Congress for the proceedings of the meetings. The volume having to do with the reports as a rule should be sent to those taking an active part in the Congress at least one month before the date fixed for the opening of the Congress. To make this possible, the manuscripts of the reporters should be sent to the office of the Secretary of the Congress six months before the date of the opening. If they are delayed beyond this time no guaranty of their being published is assured. The dispatch of the volume of reports involving considerable expense, the National Organizing Committee of the Congress may require registra- tion in advance in the case of those members of the Congress who desire to receive the volume of reports. This arrangement, however, will not apply to those members of official delegations, who will have the right to have access to the volume of reports before their arrival at the Congress in order to familiarize themselves with the different points submitted by the re- porters and thus be able to discuss intelligently matters which are before the Congress. Article XXIV.—In the course of the sessions of the Congress the reading of reports will not exceed twenty minutes. Following this, the discussion will be open but will be strictly limited to the question treated upon by the reporter. The spoken discussion is limited to five minutes. The discussion having closed, a five-minute period is accorded to the authors of the com- munication to report on the subject treated upon in the session. Every such elaboration will be reduced to writing and a copy containing the resume of the remarks sent immediately to the secretary of the meeting. In principle, projections on a screen with still or moving pictures, spoken or silent, can be made a part of the sessions, subject to the ability of the or- ganizers of the Congress to provide the necessary means. At the completion of a session devoted to one of the questions upon the program, the reporter and all members of the Congress who have taken the floor in the course of the discussion will meet as a committee in order to prepare conclusions and report them upon the question treated. These conclusions are submit- ted to the International Committee who will prepare a definite text and submit it for the approval of the General Assembly of chiefs of delegations. 2 6 The conclusions are announced in the session at the close of the Congress and they are brought officially to the attention of all the governments by way of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country having organized the Congress. Article XXV.—It does not matter in what language the reports are made, but they must be in Roman characters. They are followed with a resume and conclusions in each of the following languages: German, English, French, Spanish, and Italian. Translations, when they are not furnished by the authors, will be accomplished by the office of the Secretary General of the Congress. The same methods will apply to communications or pro- fessional papers, but they will not be accompanied by conclusions. CHAPTER THREE THE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE OF MILITARY MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL DOCUMENTATION Article XXVI.—The International Committee has organized a permanent source of information in order to carry out the work, which goes under the name of the International Office of Military Medical and Pharmaceutical Documentation. This office has the following missions; (1) The collecting of all the rules, instructions, manuals, nomenclatures, descriptive articles or tables, etc. which have to do with the medical service of armies; (2) to assemble, report upon, analyze and preserve all the works or different publications, whatever may be their source, origin or nature, which are of interest to the medical service of armies; (3) to assemble, report upon, analyze and preserve all the medico-military periodicals of an official character; (4) to prosecute studies, researches or inquiries of whatever nature which may become necessary for the information of the International Com- mittee and to render reports or make replies upon questions which may be submitted; (5) to make preparation for and to organize the periodical In- ternational Documentation meetings; (6) to act as an intermediary for the eventual exchange of medico-military officers between nations. Article XXVII.—The International Documentation Office will be situated at Li6ge so as to be at the service of the International Committee. It will be under the direction of the Secretary General of the Committee. The necessary expenses of its operation will be provided from the budget of the Committee and are authorized in provisions made by Article IX of the present statutes. Article XXVIII.—The source of the documents in the case of all those which are official publications will be the governments issuing them. The books, brochures and publications of diverse character may be obtained through gifts, direct purchases or subscriptions, according to the needs and activities of the Office. 27 Article XXIX.—Meetings of the International Military Medical and Pharmaceutical Documentation Office will be held as a rule at the end of an International Congress or may be held at intervals between Congresses, upon the invitation of the nation which accepts the task of organizing a meeting. Article XXX.—Each meeting will comprise a series of conferences upon pertinent subjects, following a program provided by the International Committee which will conform to the limitations under Article V of the present statutes. The rules of these meetings are the same as those which are set forth in Articles XXIV and XXV for the International Congress, with the following modifications: (1) It is especially desirable that a copy of the text be sent to the Secretary of the Committee at least two months before the meeting; (2) the conferences can be followed by a short discussion, but will not announce any conclusions; (3) communica- tions or remarks upon the subject treated are not admitted as part of the proceedings. Article XXXI.—The International Bulletin provides for the diffusion of the information contained in the documents collected by the International Documentation Office. It publishes journal articles and the proceedings of the conferences at the meetings of the Documentation Office. It pub- lishes analyses of all the documents received which are manifestly of partic- ular interest for the army medical services. It publishes a complete biblio- graphic index with all useful references of all the documents coming to its knowledge and which are of interest. Eventually it will publish the reports or diverse studies arising from the activities of the Office itself. The Bulle- tin is edited as promptly as possible under conditions specified by Article XXV for the reports of the Congress. The Bulletin, as a rule, is published monthly and is sent to the offices of the chiefs of medical services of the nations which adhere to the present statutes, as well as to members of the International Committee. It is also sent to all who subscribe. Article XXXII.—The services of the International Documentation Office are open as a matter of right to all the nations which have subscribed to the present statutes, as well as to members of the International Committee. The representatives designated by these nations, and especially their delegates on the Committee, and their national correspondents of the Office are always authorized to address the Documentation Office for the purpose of consulting and obtaining access to documents which are held by the Office which may interest them in any way. Notification should custom- arily be made to the Secretary General of the International Committee by the interested governments concerning the case of persons chosen by them other than their delegates to the Committee, or their national corre- spondents who are designated to correspond with the Office. If the Office docs not possess the documents which are essential for the study of a pro- 28 posed question on the part of a qualified nation, the Director may take the nitiative in undertaking an international inquiry therein. The results of this inquiry will be sent to the nation which has initiated it. It will be published in the International Bulletin. Article XXXIII.—The nations which have not adhered to the present statutes and which arc not members of the International Committee may nevertheless correspond with the International Documentation Office, which will endeavor to satisfy their requests, using all ordinary measures at their disposal and without initiating an international inquiry. The necessary qualifications for participation in the International Con- gress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy, such as are provided in Article XIII of the present statutes may be invoked by the Director of the Inter- national Office of Documentation to authorize local examinations of the documents of the Office. Article XXXIV.—National correspondents of the Office to facilitate con- tact between the Director of the Office and different adhering nations are designated by their respective nations and their names are communicated to the Secretary General of the International Committee. This correspondent serves as a permanent intermediary between the Director of the Office and the different medical services which may be interested. He collects official documents which are to be sent to the Office and procures works, periodicals or different publications issued in his own country and mani- festly of interest for the Documentation Office, He compiles a biblio- graphic table, accompanied by an analysis in more or less detail, according to the importance of the subject treated upon, for all the works, periodicals, articles or interesting researches of medical services of armies where he is unable to secure an original copy. He receives from the Director of the Office requests as to its needs in the field of documentation as well as information which it lacks to complete certain work. He transmits to the various ministries or interested services everything which has a bearing on his official studies. He gives directly following as far as possible and within the limits of the instructions which he has received on the subject, informa- tion which concerns the purchase of books or publications, the analytical summary or translation and the necessary research in case of the biblio- graphic references. The national correspondent receives from the Director of the Office the reimbursement to cover occasional expenses in the prosecution of studies which he has accomplished for the good of the Office. The body of national correspondents will constitute the editorial committee for the International Bulletin of the army medical services. The editor-in-chief of this bulletin is the Secretary General of the International Committee. As a matter of practice the international editorial committee meets in the course of each International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy. 29 CHAPTER FOUR Final Provisions Article XXXV.—Each nation joining the International Committee of Military Medicine and Pharmacy may withdraw from it. In such case it is necessary to notify the Secretary General at least one year before the date fixed for the next International Congress. The action will be broadcast by the general assembly of chiefs of delegations and official notice will be sent to the interested nations by the Secretary General of the Committee. Article XXXVI.—The present rules may be revised in whole or in part by the general assembly of chiefs of delegations of the member nations. Pro- posals for revisions, duly documented and with full explanations, should be addressed to the Secretary General of the International Committee at least six months before the date fixed for the opening of the next International Congress. They are communicated to the member nations through the Secretary General, to whom are also addressed the replies of those nations with their action upon the proposed changes. The initiative for proposed revisions for the rules emanates entirely from the member nations of the International Committee. Decisions concerning them are taken by the general assembly of chiefs of delegations of member nations. These are completed solely by a majority of the two classes of votes of delegates present representing member nations. They are com- municated by the Secretary General of the International Committee to the interested governments for their ratification. NOTE On page 19 of the Revised Statutes appears a ready reckoning table of the financial obligations of the different member countries of the International Committee. This table was established by the International Assembly of Chiefs of Delegations (medical services) of the armed forces of the different countries at Liege in 1930. The principle employed is that each nation should pay according to its financial ability and its size and importance. Thus the different countries pay each year for the support of the work of the Committee a sum of money represented by one or more parts, the lowest number being one and the highest seventy-nine. Each part is equivalent to 25 Swiss gold francs, having a value of approximately $5.75 at present. As an illustration: A single part being estimated at $5.75 (U. S. currency), Albania, being indebted one part, will pay that sum; Finland, being debited with 10 parts will pay $57.50; Italy, with 60 parts, will pay $345.00; Ger- many, United States, France, Great Britain and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics will each pay 79 parts of approximately $454.00. The total number of parts is 1,200 which, multiplied by the value of one part, amounts to $6,948.00. Thus the income per year, if settlement were made on the basis shown and all countries became members, would amount to approximately $7,000.00. 30 REGISTRATION FROM ABROAD Argentina Doctor Ram6n Antonio Alcardz '‘Doctor F. M. Dimas-Aruti Australia Lieutenant Colonel Thomas G. S. Leary Belgium Major General Luyssen Major General Keersmaekers (Madame Keersmaekers) Colonel Jules Voncken (Madame Voncken) (Mademoiselle Voncken) Major Isidore Etienne (Madame Etienne) Major Proot Lieutenant Laurent (Madame Laurent) ♦Madame E. Letenre de Haveskerquc (Major General E. Letenre de Haves- kerque) Brazil Major E. Marques Porto Canada ♦Lieutenant Colonel W. Southard Quint ♦Captain C. M. Spooner Colombia Colonel J. Esguerra y L6pez Cuba Denmark Major C. N. J. Gram Dominican Republic Eire ♦Miss Elizabeth Mary O’Flanagan (Miss Alice O’Flanagan) El Salvador Doctor Carlos Adalbert© Alfaro Doctor Felipe Vega-G6mez Estonia Major General M. Jervan Finland Lieutenant Colonel Y. T. Seuderling Major T. W. Wartiovaara Captain O. A. Hokkanen France General A. Savornin Colonel Jean des Cilleuls Captain Charles Hederer ‘Member. Lieutenant Colonel Edmond lean Bou- vier (Madame Bouvier) Lieutenant Colonel Codvelle Lieutenant Colonel Delaye Colonel Georges Goett ♦General Saint-Sernin ♦Major Victor G. J. Vansteenberghe (Madame Vansteenberghe) ♦Doctor J. Raton Germany General A. Waldmann (Frau Waldmann) Major General Hippke Rear Admiral Fikentscher Lieutenant Colonel Wiirfler Major Bruno Brandi Lieutenant Colonel Hartleben Lieutenant Commander Nerlich ♦Lieutenant General Friedrich von Boet- ticher Great Britain Surgeon Vice-Admiral P. T. Nicholls Major General R. Priest Air Commodore H. E. Whittingham Colonel Wallace Benson Colonel J. M. Weddell ♦Major William Squire Stevens (Mrs. Stevens) ♦Miss Cecilia K. Lynch (Mrs. Charlotte F. Batley) ♦Miss Anna M. O’Meara ♦Major M. J. Whelton ♦Captain Russell V, Steele Greece Doctor John Constas Guatemala Doctor Enrique Penedo Haiti India Colonel A. Campbell Munro Italy General Loreto Mazzetti Lieutenant General Adami Lieutenant Colonel Virginio De Bernar- dinis Lieutenant Colonel Ugo Reitano Senator Count Aldo Castellani di Chisimaio 31 Mexico Major Fernando Ojeda Garcia Major Abelardo Leal Rodriguez (Senora Rodriguez) Major Guillermo Suarez Torres Netherlands Dr. M. Barkey Wolf Order of Malta Doctor Raymond P. Sullivan Panama Doctor Don Augusto S. Boyd (Senora Boyd) Paraguay Philippines Colonel Victoriano Luna Poland Brigadier General Stanislaw Rouppcrt Colonel Leon MoszczeAski Lieutenant Colonel Antoni Fiumcl Major Stanislaw Konopka (Madame Konopka) ♦Doctor George Rutkowski ♦Doctor F. Hlasko (Madame Hlasko) ♦Lieutenant Colonel Jam Kulesza ♦Lieutenant Colonel Adam Schebcsta ♦Lieutenant Colonel R. Zacharski ♦Major S. Cemach ♦Major Stanislaw Chmura ♦Member. (Madame Chmura) ♦Major T. Michniewicz ♦Major Z. Niepokdj *Major I, Rciwer (Madame Rciwer) *Lieutenant W. Trochimowicr Portugal Doctor Fernandes Lopes Rumania Genera] G. P. Ilicscu (Madame Ilicscu) Siam Captain Kamol Balajiva Lieutenant Dibya Sutabaha Spain Professor J. Gonzdlez-Aguilar Sweden Commodore Herbert Wcstermark (Madame Wcstermark) Switzerland Colonel G. Patry Colonel J. Thomann (Madame Thomann) Turkey Doctor Murat Cankat ♦Professor B. Tugan (Mademoiselle Inayet Tugan) Yugoslavia General Jarko Rouviditch 136904 u. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE; 1939 32