The ninth annual scientific assembly of the Louisiana Academy of General Practice opens in Shreveport Friday.
Opening day of the three-day meeting will include talks by Dr. Edgar Hull, New Orleans, on cardiac emergencies; by Dr. Chaun-cey M. Leake, Galveston, Tex., on drug allergy, and by Dr. Willis J. 'Potts, Chicago, on surgical emergencies in the newborn.
Convention activities get under way with registration at 8 a. m. Friday in the Washington-Youree hotel. Presiding at the opening assembly will be Dr. Janie Mc-Swain Topp, Lake Charles, academy president.
Saturday's sessions call for addresses by Dr. William P. Hur-der, Pineville, on the control of epilepsy; by Dr. G. Lombard Kelly, Augusta, Ga., on libido and potentia encountered in general practice (male), and by Dr. Potts on common surgical problems in infancy and childhood.
Officer installation will be held that night with Dr. John ft. Fowler, Bane, Mass., president of the American Academy of Gen-: eral Practice, speaker of the evening. PHOTO: DR. JANIE M'SWAIN TOPP
Academy president PHOTO: DR, JOHN R. FOWLER
Saturday evening speaker
