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Author
Dr. Jay M. Arena,
professor of pediatrics
and director of the
Duke Poison Control
Center, is the author
of a comprehensive
work titled
Po is oning-Toxicology,
Symptoms,
Treatments published
in July.
The 7 46-page
volume deals with
prevention and
treatment of poisoning
from all sources in
adults and children.
Earlier this year,
Dr. Arena edited the
ninth edition of
Da vison's Compleat
Pediatrician, a
standard pediatrics
text, and co-authored
Human Posioning from
Native and Cultivated
Plants.
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At Symposium
Dr. Miriam Jacobs, professor of
physical therapy, Mrs. Grace
Horton, associate in physical
therapy, and Mrs. Betsy Denny,
instructor in physical therapy, all
attended a Pediatric Symposium at
the Division of Physical Therapy,
University of North Carolina
School of Medicine June 4-5.
Author
Dr. E. Harvey Estes, chairman of
the Department of Community
Health Sciences, was one of six
distinguished educators to
contribute articles to a
"Symposium on Trends in Medical
Education" published recently in
Modern Medicine.
The title of Dr. Estes' paper was
"The Training of Physicians'
Assistants: A New Challenge for
Medical Education."
Appointed
Dr. James M. Ingram, a 1943
graduate of the Duke School of
Medicine, has been appointed
professor and chairman of the
Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology at the newly
established University of South
Florida School of Medicine.
Gives Paper
Dr. P.K. Lauf, assistant professor
of physiology, attended the Sixth
Berlin Symposium on Structure and
Function of the Erythrocyte
August 18-22 in East Berlin,
Germany, to present a paper on
"Treatment of M-positive HK and
L-positive LK Sheep Red Cells with
Neuramindase." Co-authors of the
paper include Dr. D.C. Tosteson
and Miss M.L. Parmelee.
In England
Dr. K.V. Rajagopalan, assistant
professor of biochemistry, will
participate in the Fourth
International Conference on
Magnetic Resonance in Biological
Systems at St. Catherine's College,
Oxford, England, August.
26-September 2.
Makes Presentations
Dr. Jacquelyne J. Jackson,
assistant professor of medical
sociology, will make a presentation
about social constraints on
intergroup relations research at the
meeting of the Society for the
Study of Social Problems in
Washington, D.C., August 30.
At Conference
Dr. Matt Cartmill, assistant
professor of anatomy, attended the
International Prinmatological
Conference in Zurich, Switzerland,
in early August.
To Participate
Dr. D. Robert Howard, director
of the Physician's Assistant
Program, will present a talk on the
program at the Wisconsin Society
of Internal Medicine meeting
September 18-19 at Lake Geneva,
Wisconsin.
Elected
Bruce Bateman, director of
materials for the Medical Center,
was elected president of the North
Carolina Association of Hospital
Purchasing Agents recently. He
succeeds Warren Wagner, Hospital
buyer, as head of the organization.
Appointed
Dr. D. Bernard Amos, James B.
Duke professor of immunology and
experimental surgery, has been
named chairman of the
immunology study section of the
Division of Research Grants,'
National Institutes of Health.
The appointment is for a
three-year term.
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