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14 PROFESSIONAL NEWS (continued from page thirteen) Publishes Book Dr. Chester M. Zmijewski, associate professor of immunology, has published a volume entitled "Immunohematology." Gives Lecture Dr. Arthur C. Chandler, assistant pro- fe^r of opthalmology, presented a lec ture on "Ptosis" at the North and South Carolina Society of Opthalmology and Otolaryngology in Wilmington, N.C., on Sept. 21-24. Participates Dr. Nelson S. Teague, senior assistant resident in urology, presented his paper titled The Effect of E. Coli on Human Spermatozoa at the annual meeting of the American College of Surgeons in Atlantic City, Oct. 13-17. Elected Judy Cantey, physical therapist, was elected president of the physical therapy section of the North Carolina Public Health Association at the fall meeting of the group in Charlotte, Oct. 10. Present Paper Drs. Demmie G. Mayfield and Donald R. Fowler, both assistant professors of psychiatry, presented a paper at the 82th International Congress on Alcohol and Alcoholism Sept. 18 in Washington, D.C.» Their paper was titled "Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Alcoholism-excessive drink ing in patients referred to psychiatrists." Gives Talk Dr. Peregrina Labay, assistant research professor in urology, gave a lecture on "The Scientific Concept of Uretal Inner vation: Will It Become a Urologic Con cept?" at the meeting of the New Eng land section of the American Medical Association in Whitefield, N. H., on Oct. 14-16. Attend Meeting Three physical therapy department personnel were participants in the recent meeting of the North Carolina Physical Therapy Association in Raleigh. Mrs. Betsy Benny, of Duke was co-presenter of a discussion entitled "Introduction to Perceptual Disturbances and Their Rela tionship to Physical Therapy." Mrs. G*en- et Hutcheson, physical therapist, is the new chairman of the NCPTA official newsletter, "The Tarheel Journal." Miss Diana van Dam, a PT student, presented her impressions of the national physical therapy convention in Chicago in July. Program Director Dr. Charles E. Llewellyn, head of psychiatric OPD, was the program direc tor for the Inter-University Forum for Educators at the third session of the Community Psychiatry Meeting in New Haven, Conn., in late October. Visiting Professor Dr. Saul Boyarsky, professor of uro logy, was a visiting professor in urology at Queens University, Kinston, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 9-10. Drive Under may A number of North Carolina medical organizations and other state groups have initiated a campaign to encourage state motorists to complete the health infor mation sticker on the back of their drivers' licenses. The purpose of the sticker is to provide vital information to policemen, ambulance attendants, hospital emergen cy room staffs and physicians in case of accident or emergency. Organizations participating in the cam paign include the North Carolina Depart ment of Motor Vehicles, the Auxiliary to the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, the North Carolina Hos pital Association, the Trauma Committee of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, the North Carolina Com mittee on Patient Care and the North Carolina Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Inc. North Carolina is the only state in the nation which has a medical questions blank on the backs of drivers’ licenses. "This is a very progressive step—— one which can literally save the lives of our people," John K. Lockhart of Mt Airy, chairman of the N. C. Com mittee on Patient Care, said. "However, it has been ascertained that this very forward-thinking innovation has proven less effective than it should be simply because many people ignore the oppor tunity to have this information immedia tely at hand in an emergency by not promptly filling in and attaching the sticker to their drivers' licenses. "Often the stickers are lost, ignored, or absentmindedly discarded and never affixed to the license," Lockhart con tinued. We hope this new educational program will help to remedy this sit uation." Posters have been placed in all 210 drivers' license examining stations opera ted by the Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of North Carolina. The pos ters call attention to the importance of the medical information sticker. They urge motorists to (I) stick them on their drivers' licenses, and (2) fill them out with the help of their family doctor.- The posters have also been placed in hospital emergency departments, and tent cards carrying the same information were distributed to state physicians by the Medical Society Auxiliary.
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