RT Journal
T1 MEdical news
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1959
FD December 26
VO 171
IS 17
SP 2341
OP 2347
DO 10.1001/jama.1959.03010350063016
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1959.03010350063016
AB CALIFORNA 
    Hospital Conference on Hallucinogenic Drug.— 
    The first invitational conference of Napa State Hospital, Imola, a symposium on lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25), will be presented for staff and guests on Saturday, Jan. 16, sponsored jointly by the hospital and Sandoz Pharmaceuticals. Basic science aspects of this hallucinogenic drug will be discussed during the morning, and the afternoon session will encompass the clinical and therapeutic status of the drug. Dr. Sidney V. Cohen, chairman, research committee, Veterans Administration Center, Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Los Angeles, will be the guest lecturer. Other participants will include faculty members from Stanford and the University of California Medical School, Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, and practicing Psychiatrists and psychologists.CONNECTICUT 
    British Epidemiologist Named Public Health Chairman.— 
    Dr. Anthony Monck-Mason-Great Britain, w is now chief medical officer forofficer for enemo-epidemic h Organization in Geneva, will become Anna M. R. Lauder Professor of Public Health and chairman of a reorganized