RT Journal T1 MEdical news JF Journal of the American Medical Association JO Journal of the American Medical Association YR 1939 FD October 14 VO 113 IS 16 SP 1497 OP 1500 DO 10.1001/jama.1939.02800410047017 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800410047017 AB ARKANSAS  Seventh Course on Postgraduate Study.—  The committee on postgraduate study of the state medical society offered its seventh course at the University of Arkansas School of Medicine, Little Rock, October 10-11. The speakers included:Dr. Barnett P. Briggs, Chronic Nontuberculous Infections of the Respiratory Tract.Dr. Robert Lee Hoffmann, Kansas City, Mo., After Urinary Antiseptics: What About Kidney Infections?Dr. Paul F. Stookey, Kansas City, Mo., Diagnosis and Treatment of Meningitis.Dr. Oliver C. Melson, The Role of the Internist in the Care of Patients with Thyroid Disease.Drs. George V. Lewis and Carl A. Rosenbaum, Surgical Treatment of Hyperthyroidism.Dr. William R. Brooksher, Fort Smith, Ark., Roentgen Irradiation in the Treatment of Toxic Goiter.Dr. Edgar V. Allen, Rochester, Minn., Occlusal Disease of the Peripheral Arteries.Dr. Robert L. Schaefer, Detroit, Clinical Indications of Anterior Pituitary-like Sex Hormone.Dr. Stuart P. Cromer, dean, The Medical School in a Program of Graduate Medical Instruction.Dr. Paul C. Williams, Dallas, Texas, A Classification of the Arthritides: A Clinical Demonstration.Dr. Joy K. Donaldson, Appendicitis: Errors in Management and Educational Needs.