UNITED NATIONS matice mves

W O R L D H E A L T H O R G A N I Z A T I O N

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Thirteenth Session

ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ

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3Û September 1953

ORIGŒNâL: ENGLISH

RESTRICTED

INFORMATION ON N0N-G0VERN1ŒNTAL ORGANIZATIONS

1. Name of Organization

Ameilean College of Surgeons

2. Address of headquarters

40 East Erie Street, Chicago 11， Illinois

3. Addresses of all Branch or Regional Headquarters

The College has:

a. State, Provincial and Unit

State, Provincial and Unit

c« State, Provincial and ünit d. State, Provincial and Unit

Credentials Committees

Counseling Committees

Judiciary Committees

Chapters

4. Membership

(a) Total Number of Persons

17,500 Fellows

(b) Do these persons pay directly or are the subscriptions paid by affiliated organizations?

Initiation fee and dues paid by individual Fellows

(c) List affiliated organizations, giving their country, and the

total number of persons belonging to each

American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma

American Association of Gentto-Urinary Surgeons

American Association of Obstetricians, Gynaecologists and

Abdominal Surgeons

American Gynaecological Society

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American Laryngological Association

American Medical Association, Section on

Rhinology

American Medical Association, Section on

American Medical Association, Section on

American Medical Association, Section on

American Ophthalmological Society-

American Orthopaedic Association

American Otological Society-

American Surgical Association

American Urological Association

Canadian Medical Association, Section of

Southern Surgical Association

Central Surgical Association

New England Surgical Society

Pacific Coast Surgical Association

ÜS Air Force Medical Corps

US Army Medical Corps

US Navy Medical Corps

US Public Health Service

US Veterans Administration

Western Surgical Association

(d) Note various types of membership, such as associate members, with numbers and pertinent facts

Fellowe and Honorary Fellows - 17,500

5• General purposes of the organization

To establish and maintain an association of surgeons, not for pecuniary profit

but for the benefit of humanity by advancing the science of surgery and the ethical

and competent practice of its art; by establishing standards of hospital construction,

administration and equipment, and all else that pertains to them; b y engaging in

sc ient i f i c research to determine the cause, nature, and cure of disease^ by aiding

in better instruction of doctors; by formulating standards of medicine and methods

for the improvement of all adverse conditions surrounding the ill and injured where-

ver found. To accomplish these benevolent and charitable aims, it shall be within

the purpose of this corporation to use those means which from tiroe to time may seem

to it wise, including research, publication, education, the establishment and main-

tenance of libraries, musexmp, and other agencies or institutions appropriate thereto,

and the co-operation of any other such activities, agencies or institutions already

established or which may hereafter be established.

Laryngology, Otology and

Obstetrics and Gynaecology-

Ophthalmology

Surgery, General and Abdominal

Surgery

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6 . (a) What is the primary function of the organization?

See 5 above

(b) Secondary functions

The College provides a means whereby united effort can be exerted in

research, in development of techniques, in improvement of hospital f a d l i t i e s ,

in elevating professional ethics, and in making known to the public the aims

and accomplishments of the surgical profession,

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8. (a) Does the organization advocate any special health measures or procedures?

No

(b) Has the organization ацу special reservations as to treatment or health procedures? ~~ ~ "“ — -

No

Can officially designated representatives speak authoritatively for the

membership on matters concerned with the stated purposes of the organizations?

Yes

If so, on what subjects?

All subjects comprehended in the various activities of the College

10. Specific interest with reference to the work of the World Health Organization

The present activities of the College are in the fields of undergraduate and

postgraduate training of surgeons, nurses, and hospital administratorsj scientific

research, especially in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, fractures, traumatic

surgery, hospital organization and improvement, medical service in industry, medical

motion pictures, medical literature review in dissanination through its package

library service.

Annual international and interim Section Meetings treating with those activities

are held.

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The American College of Surgeons is distinctive because it is not purely a

memberehip organization but is engaged in many activities that have great importance

in scientific development and the lessening of human suffering.

It is the opinion therefore of its Officers and Board of Regents that the

activities of the College, directed as they are to better care of the sick and the

lessening of morbidity and mortality among the sick and injured, have a direct

bearing on the work of the World Health Organization's aims towards improvement of

public health in general• It is felt that the American College of Surgeons, through

its experience, would be able by consultation and exchange of information to render

useful service in fields of mutual world interest•

11, Officers, (Names and positions held, including the Chief Executive Officer or

Secretary and other principal administrative officials• What is the total

number of paid officer personnel? Please distinguish between these with the

international organization and those with the national or local groups attached

thereto)>

Principal Officers of the American College of Surgeons, 1953$

(List of all Officers held by W H O Secretariat)

Total Number of Paid Officer Personnel - Five

Note; There is no distinction made between officers' duties as regards

American or International Affairs •

12. Structure

(a) Policy making bodies such as Conference, Governing Body, Executive CCTimittee

Partly covered in Items 3 and 11 above

(b) Frequency of meetings, with date of the last meeting each

Secretary

Treasurer

President

President-Elect

Chairman, Board of Regents

Executive Director

Dr, Harold L* Foss, Danville, Pennsylvania

D r . Fred W# Rankin, Lexington, Kentucky

D r . Evarts A , Graham， St. Louis, Missouri

Dr. Paul R , Hawley, Chicago, Illinois

Dr。 Michael L# Mason, Chicago, Illinois

D r . Warren H . Cole, Chicago, Illinois

Annual Meeting for all Fellows and invited guests. Most recent meeting,

Brazil, 1952. (Eight to ten Sectional Meetings held in the United States

Canada, Latin America and other countries)•

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(c) Voting procedure

Covered in the Bylaws,(copy held b y "Ш0 Secretariat).

(d) Affiliation w i t h other organizations, including international organizations

Covered i n Item 4 c, above

13• Finances> (Annual budget a n d sources of inccme, noting portion received from

membership dues。）

Complete financial statement for 1952 held b y Secretariat

14 & 15. History.

The College was founded in 1913 and was patterned in some respects after the

Royal College of Surgeons¡, England? which was known to have enlarged its sphere of

usefulness throughout a century until its value to British surgeons and to the public

had become apparent and the American surgeons undertook a study of the British manner

of functioning as a basis»

The American College of Surgeons is an institution for the furtherance of

knowledge through mutual stiimilation and exchange of experience, and provides the

means whereby united effort can be exerted in research, i n development of techniques,

i n improvement of hospital facilities, in elevating professional ethics and in making

known to the public the aims and accomplishments of the surgical profession. The

College has assumed leadership in activities directed towards improving the practice

of surgery and the environment in which it is p e r f o m e d during the f o r t y years of its

existence.

The first formal Convocation of the American College of Surgeons was held i n

Chicago on Noventer 13, 1913, during the Fourth Clinical Congress. So successful

was the preliminary work that over 1,000 surgeons complied with the essential pre-

liminary details and were admitted to charter fellowship at the first Convocation.

In 1917 the Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America was amalgamated with the

College and is now known as the Clinical Congress of the'American College of Surgeons,

The principal motives guiding the work of the College are the elevation of the

standards of surgery and the improvement of the environment in w h i c h it is performed

for the benefit of the patient. From these original motives have sprung the many

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activities of the College in the fields of hospital standardization, clinical research,

graduate training in surgeryj medical service in industry, and professional and public ‘

education. Nearly 18,000 Fellows are now interested in and affected by these activities.〖

Though the Headquarters of the College is in Chicago, its menders are to be found ‘

in every community on the North and South American continents and elsewhere where the

Fellows of the College reside and practise their profession.

The Junior Candidate Group was organized in 1923 for the purpose of bringing the

younger medical graduates who intend to enter the surgical field, under the influence of

the ethical and educational standards promulgated b y the College,,

• (For a detailed account of the history and activities, see the brochure, in

English only, held by W H O Secretariat.)

16. Publications

»Surgery, Gynaecology and Obstetrics." Published monthly with a world-wide circus

lation of over 25,000. (This i s the official journal of the American College of Surgeons)

"Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons." Published four times a year. This

BULLETIN contains reports and articles concerned with the activities of the. American

College of Surgeons. The issues for one year total approximately 450 pages.

The Annual "Year Book" of the American College of Surgeons which contains annual

reports of the College and a roster of Officials and Fellows of the American College

of Surgeons»

The Annual "Surgical Volume" of the American College of Surgeons which contains

over 100 reports of surgical research work being performed at leading medical centres

of the United States and.Canada, and which were presented at the Forum sessions of the

Annual Clinical Congress.

Brochures published separately such as:

"The Outline of the Treatment of FVactures"

"Directory of Graduate Training Programme"

"Manual of Hospital Accreditation"

"Medical Service in Industry and Workmen's Compensation Laws"

and other brochures which may be indicated from time to time.

1 7 . Documentation

(Bylaws held by WHQ Secretariat, also recent copies of the Bulletin.)