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2008 Programs

April

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Dessert, snack and beverage 6 p.m.
Lecture 7 p.m.
Hartford Medical Society, McManus Room


"The History of Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation"

Leon Chameides, MD

Retired Director Pediatric Cardiology Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Clinical professor University of Connecticut Medical Center

In addition to being nationally recognized as a Pediatric Cardiologist, Dr. Chameides has been
a leader in setting standards for CPR for the American Heart Association. He was Chair of the committee that developed the Pediatric Advanced Life Support course (PALS), initiated the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), was one of the editors of the 2005 Guidelines, and developed a First Aid course for industry. The Pediatric courses have become standard in the US and have been translated into many languages.



Contact the Society's office: 860-236-5613
Email - Huntmemorial@aol.com




Exhibits & Displays

Exhibit
"200 Years of Medicine in Connecticut."
Medical History in Connecticut: The practitioners, the treatments, the cures from cupping to cutting.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.


"Civil War Medicine"
An extensive exhibit of Civil War medicine featuring:

The story of the Knight US Army Hospital in New Haven, 1863 with photographs of the staff, the building and a bound set of the newspaper, Knight Hospital Record which was produced at the hospital from 1864-65.

A surgical kit from Dr. Timothy Townsend who was part of the Knight Hospital.

Over 100 photo-card images of surgeons, wounded soldiers and some of the people making up the Sanitary Commission. This Commission was made up of citizens who raised money to support the needs of the soldiers and to provide needed money for health care outside of the government.

In addition there are posters, medicine broadsides, and a wonderful display of toy lead soldiers from several wars and show the ambulances used from 1812 to WWII.

Exhibition through Summer 2005
Hartford Medical Society Lobby


More Information
For more information about the programs being sponsored
by or offered at the Society, please contact:

Hartford Medical Society
230 Scarborough Street
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 236-5613


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