GENERAL NEWS
International Congress on Rheumatic Diseases.—More than 150 physicians from foreign countries are expected at the International Congress on Rheumatic Diseases to be held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York city from May 30 to June 3, 1949. Many of these physicians will present papers before the plenary sessions which will be held in the mornings. In the afternoons clinics are scheduled at several of the New York hospitals.Already many papers have been accepted for the congress. They include, in addition to presentations by prominent authorities in the United States, articles by numerous distinguished foreign guests. Among these are:"Rheumatism, a National Problem," Lord Horder, London, England."The Treatment of Progressive Rheumatism with Copper Salts," Jacques Forestier, Aix-lesBains, France"Relations Between Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatoid Arthritis," Eric Jonsson, Stockholm, Sweden"Transfusions of Blood from