American College of Surgeons - Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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8 American College of Surgeons list of the eminent surgeons of your country who, because of their standing in the profession, should be recommended for Fellowship in the College without examination? 3. Will you be prepared to suggest to us at the conference a plan that will aid in bringing about a closer relationship between the surgeons of your country and the surgeons of the United States and Canada? In the four countries visited, namely, Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay, our reception was most flattering and cordial. The group of surgeons with whom we had corresponded were ready and anxious to co-operate with us in our desire to bring about an affiliation through the College between the professions of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. A concrete result of our visit is revealed by the fact that thirty-five South American surgeons were received into Fellowship at the 1920 Convocation of the College at Montreal. Fourteen of these surgeons are from Peru, eleven from Chile, two from Argen- tina, and eight from Uruguay. Committees on Credentials have been estabUshed in each of the countries visited, and a considerable number of candidates for Fellowship are under consideration for future membership. This visit to South America was prehminary to similar con- ferences that will be held with other republics of that interesting continent — con ferences that will, we trust, result in mutual benefit through the interchange of professional opinions and courtesies between the surgeons of the two American continents.

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