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116 NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL JOURNAL March, 1968 time the report appeared. This editorial will summarize the Council discussion, taking up each recommendation. Alternating the Annual Meeting between Pinehurst and Charlotte would likely disappoint many members who look forward to the opportunity to get a few days away from busy practices in a setting such as Pinehurst. A surprising number of members take no real vacation. Possibly they constitute most of the large body which continually bemoaned the fact that we couldn't meet at Pinehurst during our ten years of forced absence. Although the local committee at Charlotte did a magnificent job, it was difficult to get from hotel to meeting site in that city, and would be so in any North Carolina city except possibly Asheville, which is too far from the center of our population. Reducing the length of the Annual Meeting to two days might well limit the important discussions which go on outside the formal meetings. The rapid sequence embodied in Recommendation 3, passing material from the House of Delegates to reference committees and then back to the House, would take place without a lot of non-delegate members around (the meeting not being in session), and such members contribute to the positions finally taken by delegates. The recommendations concerning exhibits appear sound. Problems with scientific exhibits are not peculiar to our meetings but have plagued many other organizations. Such exhibits are expensive, manning them is expensive, and they do not appear in people's bibliographies. Despite these objections, when conveniently displayed the exhibits attract attention and are one of the bright spots of AMA meetings. The idea of strengthening the ties between the State Society and the various specialty groups should be workable, and offers many advantages to both parties. Divisive-ness within the profession in the state cannot be helpful to any party, for like it as we will, the country is organized by states and in many matters all physicians, regardless of specialty, have common cause. Following up this recommendation will require patience, persistence, and tact. There were miscellaneous comments aside from those made on the formal recommendations. Leaving aside the question of the length of the meeting, termination on Saturday night met with many favorable remarks. The idea of having a representative of each specialty organization vote with the House of Delegates raised several questions; the general reception was good, since specialty groups have needs which might differ from those presented. The long-standing rule that papers at the meeting be submitted to the JOURNAL has never been enforced, although such papers are welcome and are wanted; nor have all the papers submitted ever been published. In 1967, 16 of the 72 papers published originated with the annual meeting. Let your delegates know your thoughts on these important matters, please. And come to Pinehurst in May and make sure that a full discussion of this and other matters takes place! * * * PROHIBITION RETURNS ON LITTLE CAT'S FEET Almost fifty years ago the federal government began to enforce the 18th Amendment, prohibiting the drinking of ethyl alcohol; the legislation was based on the moral view of a large segment of our citizens that liquor was bad for people. It took thirteen years for the failure of the law to culminate in repeal. Laws intended to change the way people treat themselves, as opposed to the way they treat others, have always been difficult to enforce, a fact unlikely to discourage zealots. Thus we are presently in the midst of a number of campaigns to keep people from hurting themselves, using health, rather than morality, as the battle cry. Naturally, the medical profession has played a prominent role in these wars, as it did in the original Prohibition crusade. Our editorial columns have often been given to discussion of the purported dangers of cigarettes, liquor, charcoal-grilled steaks,
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Document Title | North Carolina Medical Journal [1940-2001] |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- Periodicals.; Physicians -- North Carolina -- Directory.; Societies, Medical -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Description | Includes Transactions of the Society, -1960; 1961- , Transactions issued separately, bound in.; Includes Transactions of the auxiliary to the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina and Proceedings of the North Carolina Public Health Association. Official organ of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1940-May 1972; of the North Carolina Medical Society, June 1972-. Vols. for 1940-May 1972 published by the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina; June 1972- by the North Carolina Medical Society. |
Contributor | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Transactions.; Medical Society of the State of North Carolina.; North Carolina Medical Society.; North Carolina Medical Society. Transactions.; North Carolina Public Health Association. Proceedings. |
Publisher | [Winston-Salem] : North Carolina Medical Society [etc.], 1940- |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1968 |
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Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Document Title | North Carolina Medical Journal [1940-2001] |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- Periodicals.; Physicians -- North Carolina -- Directory.; Societies, Medical -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Description | Includes Transactions of the Society, -1960; 1961- , Transactions issued separately, bound in.; Includes Transactions of the auxiliary to the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina and Proceedings of the North Carolina Public Health Association. Official organ of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1940-May 1972; of the North Carolina Medical Society, June 1972-. Vols. for 1940-May 1972 published by the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina; June 1972- by the North Carolina Medical Society. |
Contributor | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Transactions.; Medical Society of the State of North Carolina.; North Carolina Medical Society.; North Carolina Medical Society. Transactions.; North Carolina Public Health Association. Proceedings. |
Publisher | [Winston-Salem] : North Carolina Medical Society [etc.], 1940- |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1968 |
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Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 29 |
Issue Number | 3 |
Page Number | 116 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 116 NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL JOURNAL March, 1968 time the report appeared. This editorial will summarize the Council discussion, taking up each recommendation. Alternating the Annual Meeting between Pinehurst and Charlotte would likely disappoint many members who look forward to the opportunity to get a few days away from busy practices in a setting such as Pinehurst. A surprising number of members take no real vacation. Possibly they constitute most of the large body which continually bemoaned the fact that we couldn't meet at Pinehurst during our ten years of forced absence. Although the local committee at Charlotte did a magnificent job, it was difficult to get from hotel to meeting site in that city, and would be so in any North Carolina city except possibly Asheville, which is too far from the center of our population. Reducing the length of the Annual Meeting to two days might well limit the important discussions which go on outside the formal meetings. The rapid sequence embodied in Recommendation 3, passing material from the House of Delegates to reference committees and then back to the House, would take place without a lot of non-delegate members around (the meeting not being in session), and such members contribute to the positions finally taken by delegates. The recommendations concerning exhibits appear sound. Problems with scientific exhibits are not peculiar to our meetings but have plagued many other organizations. Such exhibits are expensive, manning them is expensive, and they do not appear in people's bibliographies. Despite these objections, when conveniently displayed the exhibits attract attention and are one of the bright spots of AMA meetings. The idea of strengthening the ties between the State Society and the various specialty groups should be workable, and offers many advantages to both parties. Divisive-ness within the profession in the state cannot be helpful to any party, for like it as we will, the country is organized by states and in many matters all physicians, regardless of specialty, have common cause. Following up this recommendation will require patience, persistence, and tact. There were miscellaneous comments aside from those made on the formal recommendations. Leaving aside the question of the length of the meeting, termination on Saturday night met with many favorable remarks. The idea of having a representative of each specialty organization vote with the House of Delegates raised several questions; the general reception was good, since specialty groups have needs which might differ from those presented. The long-standing rule that papers at the meeting be submitted to the JOURNAL has never been enforced, although such papers are welcome and are wanted; nor have all the papers submitted ever been published. In 1967, 16 of the 72 papers published originated with the annual meeting. Let your delegates know your thoughts on these important matters, please. And come to Pinehurst in May and make sure that a full discussion of this and other matters takes place! * * * PROHIBITION RETURNS ON LITTLE CAT'S FEET Almost fifty years ago the federal government began to enforce the 18th Amendment, prohibiting the drinking of ethyl alcohol; the legislation was based on the moral view of a large segment of our citizens that liquor was bad for people. It took thirteen years for the failure of the law to culminate in repeal. Laws intended to change the way people treat themselves, as opposed to the way they treat others, have always been difficult to enforce, a fact unlikely to discourage zealots. Thus we are presently in the midst of a number of campaigns to keep people from hurting themselves, using health, rather than morality, as the battle cry. Naturally, the medical profession has played a prominent role in these wars, as it did in the original Prohibition crusade. Our editorial columns have often been given to discussion of the purported dangers of cigarettes, liquor, charcoal-grilled steaks, |
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