MEDICAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY
c/o UMDNJ Special Collections – G. F. Smith Library of the Health Sciences
30 Twelfth Avenue, P.O. Box 1709, Newark NJ 07101-1709

ANNUAL SPRING MEETING
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2010 
THE NASSAU CLUB OF PRINCETON
6 Mercer Street – Princeton, New Jersey

3:30 p.m.                 REGISTRATION                    

4:00 p.m.                 MHSNJ BUSINESS MEETING, ELECTION OF OFFICERS
                                    Karen Reeds, Ph.D., President

4:20 p.m.                 ELLIS P. TOWNSEND AND HIS BRAVE LITTLE MEDICAL JOURNAL: 
                                    THE COUNTRY PRACTITIONER COMES HOME 
                                    Sandra Moss, M.D. MHSNJ

4:45 p.m.                 THE CIVIL WAR CHAIN SAW: HOW A REVOLUTIONARY TOOL
                                    ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE OLD SAW THAT “WAR IS HELL” 
                                    R. Scott Johnson, J.D., Kenneth Swan, M.D. (Preceptor), UMDNJ-NJMS

5:10 p.m.                 BEYOND THE GRAVES: LEARNING HISTORY THROUGH THYROID 
                                    EPONYMS 
                                    Douglas Beach, M.D., Vijay Rajput, M.D. (Preceptor), RWJMS, Cooper
                                    Hospital

5:35 p.m.                THE EARLY DAYS OF THE NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL:
                                   SOUNDBITES FROM AN ORAL HISTORY 
                                   Karen Reeds, Ph.D., Outgoing President MHSNJ

6:00 p.m.                 COCKTAILS and DINNER

                                             ***MEDICAL STAMP EXHIBIT*** – Fred Skvara, M.D.                         

7:30 p.m.                 31st MORRIS SAFFRON LECTURE AND FILM PRESENTATION
                                    “SNAKE HILL: BURIED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN” 
                                     Sandra Longo, B.A., Producer, Writer, Director
                                     Debra Higgins, B.A., Producer

8:45 p.m.                 ADJOURNMENT

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MHSNJ – ANNUAL SPRING MEETING – Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
DINNER AND MEETING FEE (includes one cocktail or soft drink; glass of wine with dinner):
Members ($50):__________________name(s) Guests ($58): ____________name(s)
Students, Interns, Residents: call 973-972-7830 for $20 tickets, subsidized by the Society

Please make check payable to Medical History Society of New Jersey
Mail by April 29th, 2010, to MHSNJ, c/o UMDNJ Special Collections
                                                        G.F. Smith Library of the Health Sciences
                                                        30 Twelfth Avenue
                                                        P.O. Box 1709
                                                        Newark NJ 07101-1709
ENTRÉE SELECTION: Pistachio Encrusted Salmon__ Filet Mignon __ Vegetarian __
QUESTIONS?? Dr. Sandra Moss 732-549-5843 (sandra.moss3@verizon.net)