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Show Utah Doctors Attend Sports Medic Meet Three Utah medical leaders attended the Second National Conference on the Medical Aspects As-pects of Sports held Sunday, Nov. 27, in Washington, D.C. Dr. Walace S. Brooke, Salt Lake City, president of the Utah State Medical Association; Dr. Drew M. Peterson, Ogden, delegate dele-gate of the state organization, and Harold Bowman, executive secretary, Utah State Medical Association, took part in the session. ses-sion. The purpose of the one-day conference, sponsored by the American Association's Committee Commit-tee on the Medical Aspects of Sports, was to provide a forum for discussion of problems relating relat-ing to the health of athletes. Panels included discussions' on "Protecting the Boxer" and "Field Care of the Football Player," with Dr. Ira A. Mc-Cowenn, Mc-Cowenn, New York City, and Dr. Owen B. Murphy, Lexington, Ky. leading the session. "Psychological "Psycho-logical Factors in Athletic Injuries" In-juries" were discussed by Dr. Robert A. Moore, Ann Arbor, Mich. Topics for discussion included "The Future of Boxing as a Sport," "The Child in Athletics," "Nutrition of the Athlete," "Special "Spe-cial Problems in Sports," "Biomechanics "Bio-mechanics of Running." "Women in Athletics" and the "Medical Legal Aspects of Athletics." |