GENERAL NEWS
Pediatrics, Published by The American Academy of Pediatrics.—The American Academy of Pediatrics has announced the inauguration of a new journal to be called Pediatrics. It will be owned, edited and controlled by the Academy. Charles C Thomas, Publisher, of Springfield, Ill., will be the publisher. Dr. Hugh McCulloch, St. Louis, will be editor in chief. The editorial board will consist of Dr. C. Anderson Aldrich, Rochester, Minn.; Dr. Allan M. Butler, Boston; Dr. Harold K. Faber, San Francisco; Dr. Arild E. Hansen, Galveston, Texas; Dr. Rustin McIntosh, New York; Dr. Irvine McQuarrie, Minneapolis; Dr. Edwards A. Park, Baltimore; Dr. Grover F. Powers, New Haven, Conn., and Dr. Joseph Stokes Jr., Philadelphia.The first issue of the new journal will appear early in January 1948, and monthly thereafter. The name Pediatrics has been chosen to indicate the wide interest of the specialty of pediatrics. Besides the original articles