HIILLETIN-, PIERCE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY VOL. XXIX—No. 5 TACOMA, WASH. JANUARY - 1958 BULLETIN of the Pierce County M edical Society, Pierce County Medical Society 1 9 5 8 O FFICERS P resident...................... .................................................. Herman S. Judd President-Elect .........................................................J. W. Bowen, Jr. H ap - py b irth - day Vice-President.......................................................... Chris C. Reynolds Secretary-Treasurer.................... Arnold J. Herrmann Executive Secretary ................................................ Judy Gordon TRU STEES Paul E. Bondo Herman S. Judd Happy Birthday J. W. Bowen, Jr. George S. Kittredge Douglas Buttorff Philip C. Kyle Robert W. Florence Robert E. Lane January Hillis F. Griffin Chris C. Reynolds Arnold J. Herrmann Wayne W. Zimmerman D ELEGATES 1 GEORGE KUNZ Douglas Buttorff Louis P. Hoyer, Jr, Philip Grenley Charles E. Kemp 2 HILLIS GRIFFIN Arnold J. Herrmann Frank Maddison 3 BURTON BROWN ALTERNATE DELEGATES Robert W. Florence Frederick J. Selnvind RALPH HUFF Murray L. Johnson Don G. Willard Wendell G. Peterson Wayne W. Zimmerman 4 EDMUND KANAR COMMITTEES 5 NORMAN MAGNUSSEN E thics BERNARD OOTKIN Robert E. Lane, Chairman M. R. Hosie Richard T. Davis PAUL SMITH G rievance Hillis F. Griffin, Chairman 7 ROBERT FERGUSON Gerald C. Kohl Miles Parrott House and Attendance - GEORGE HESS John S. May, Chairman James E. Hazelrigg Dudley W. Houtz GEORGE RACE L ib rary 9 CARLISLE DIETRICH I. A. Drues, Chairman John M. Havlina Hugh A. Larkin 10 WILLIAM BURROW S Bernard R. Rowen Stanley W. Tuell Program D. MARLATT T. R. Haley, Chairman William P. Hauser David F. Dye 12 WILLIAM TODD Herbert C. Kennedy Public Health 16 ROBERT GIBSON Bernard A. Bader, Chairman Theodore Apa W. Roland Olson LEO SULKOSKEY Public Relations 18 R. A. NORTON W. W. Mattson, Jr., Chairman John J. Bonica James D. Lambing JAMES W A RD Robert Johnson M. E. Lawrence Thomas O. M urphy 19 THEODORE APA CiviJ Defense Richard F. Barronian, Chairman DON CUMMINGS WilliainE. Avery Richard B. Link David F. Dye Wayne W. Zimmerman 26 RAYMOND ELLIS D iabetes Joseph B. Harris, Chairman 27 JOHN HAVLINA Entertainment T _ George A. Tanbara, Chairman I W. Bowen, Jr. F. W. Hennings Kenneth Gross L. M. Rosenbladt G. M. W hitacre Geriatrics M. E. Lawrence, Chairman Ulenn H. Brokaw John F. Steele Legislative Douglas P. ButtorfF, Chairman NOTICE Arnold J. Herrmann Gerald C. Kohl Wayne W. Zimmerman Medical Education Check back page of Bulletin for calendar Robert Kallsen, Chairman John Comfort John M ay of special m eetings Schools rjiv. i . A’ Norton, Chairman Theodore Apa George S. Kittredge Orvis Harrelson Jack W. Mandeville W illiam E. H ill George Tanbara Traffic and Safety Harold D. Lueken, Chairman Mental Health ^Harold B. Johnston, Chairman T. R. Haley , Myron Kass William H. Todd Front Page Picture Bulletin Stuff Courtesy Editor ............. ~ ------- ! r- Richards Studio Business y g S Auxiliary News"Ed7t(w"” !Z Z ^"'.Z JZ j5rar"^“dyRobert Kallsen-° rdun BULLETIN of the P ie h c b C o u n t y M e d ic a l S o c ie t y when you encounter • respiratory infections • gastrointestinal infections • genitourinary infections • miscellaneous infections for all tetracycline-amenable infections, prescnbe superior SquibbSUM Tetracycline Phosphate Complex YCIN In your patients, s u m y c i n produces: 1. Superior initial tetracycline blood levels-faster and higher than ever before-assuring fast transport of adequate tetra­ cycline to the site of the infection. 2. High degree of freedom from annoying or therapy-inter­ S q u i b b rupting side effects. Tetracycline phosphate complex equiv. to S u p p ly : tetracycline HCI (mg.) 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Assistant Clinical Professor of Pathology, University of Washington School of Medicine * # ft A no-host social hour and dinner will precede the meeting Social Hour: 6:00 Dinner: 6:45 Place: Honan’s Restaurant (across St. Helens Ave. from the Medical Arts Bldg.) minor chemical changes can mean major therapeutic improvements Now Medrol Medrol Lower dosage The most (K lower dosage than efficient of all prednisolone) Better tolerated anti-inflammatory (less sodium retention, less steroids gastric irritation) Supplied: Tablets of 4 m g., in bottles For complete information, consult of 30, 100 and 500. your Upjohn representative, •TRADEMARK FOR HETHYLPH EON I SO LON Cj UPJOHN or write the Medical Department, The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, U p jo h n BULLETIN of the Pierce County M edical Society 7 EDITORIALLY SPEAKING TISSUE COMMITTEES Considerable misunderstanding still exists among local physicians as to the functions of the Tissue Committee. Basically, the medical staff is responsible for estab­ lishing and maintaining professional standards. This is accomplished through five committees as required by the joint commission on accreditation of hospitals. The Tissue Committee is responsible for evaluating the need for surgery. This is its sole function; it takes no censor­ ing or disciplinary action. As a fact-finding body, it reports to the appropriate committee. The need for surgery, quite obviously is a clinical decision and, as such, a complete history, physical examination and pertinent laboratory data are required to make the decision. W. W. 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The occasion was Ruth Murphy’s President-elect ................................................. Mrs. Robert Florence open house heralding the holiday season, when 1st Vice-President ________ Mrs. Marshall Whitacre 2nd Vice-President ......................................... - Mrs. Herman Judd well over a hundred smartly dressed women 3rd Vice-President______________ .. Mrs. Robert Kraftstopped by for yuletide refreshments. The 4th Vice-President.. ....................