Minutes from the forty-first semi-annual meeting of the Texas Surgical Society, held in Galveston, Texas. Included is a list of members present, papers that were read and discussed, and other events during the meeting.

Minutes of the business session of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists discussing various issues of the Society. Minutes include reports by the Secretary Treasurer, the Tumor Registry and Seminar Committee, the Committee on Necropsies, the Public Relations Committee, the Committee on the Investigation of Ownership of Surgical and Autopsy Tissue Specimens, the General Research Committee, the chemistry division of the Research Committee, the serology division of the Research Committee, and the Hematology Committee.

Minutes from the fortieth semi-annual meeting of the Texas Surgical Society, held in Houston, Texas. Included is a list of members present, papers that were read and discussed, and other events during the meeting.

Holiday card from Doris and Bernard Appel featuring a photograph of Doris's sculpture of Marie Curie from her Hall of Medicine sculpture series. The card wishes readers a happy new year and includes a quote from Curie to her daughter.