TY - JOUR T1 - MEdical news Y1 - 1959/12/26 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1959.03010350063016 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 2341 EP - 2347 VL - 171 IS - 17 N2 - 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 SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1959.03010350063016 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1959.03010350063016 ER -