Læknablaðið - 01.06.1964, Síða 73

LÆKNABLAÐIÐ
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Docent Matti Sulamaa, a pedi-
atric. surgeon. The official jour-
nal of the Association is en-
titled „The Finnish Medical
Journal“ (Suomen Láákári-
lehti), which appears 3 times
a montli in Finnish and (partly)
Swedish. The articles appearing
in the journal are accompanied
hy a sliort summary in English.
In character, tlie „Suomen Láá-
kárileliti“ is more the organ of
a professional body than a
scientific puhlication. The publi-
cation of material on medical
science as sucli is taken care
of bjr the medical science pro-
per.
The Finnish Medical Associa-
tion greatly favours cooperation
with the medical associations of
otlier countries, feeling convin-
ced that to maintain friendly
relations with all foreign coun-
tries is to the advantage of the
Finnish medical profession. As
well as maintaining internation-
al relations by participating in
the activities of the World Med-
ical Association, the F.M.A. also
engages in cooperation with
the Scandinavian countries. In
addition, the F.M.A. has repre-
sentalive intercourse with the
medical associations of Ger-
many and Great Britain.
The headquarters of the Finn-
isli Medical Association is situat-
ed in Helsinki, its address heing
Ruoholahddnkatu 4. The Secre-
tary General of the Association
is Váinö Pensala, M.D. and the
Assistant Secretary General Ta-
pani Kosonen, M.D.; in addition
to these, the Association has two
legal secretaries and a secretary
versed in jurisprudence, two of-
fice secretaries one Finnish
speaking and one Swedish
speaking, an editorial secretary,
a business manager and a
number of female office per-
sonnel.
The annual memhership suh-
scription to tlie Association is
120 marks (1 $ = 3,2 marks).
This includes tlie cost of the an-
nual subscription to the Journal
of tlie Association.