Recently many pediatricians received a letter stating that Dr. Lawrence B. Slobody and I had proposed them for certification as DIPLOMATE in the Pediatric Section of the Pan American Medical Association, Inc.
I write to inform the readers of this Journal that neither Dr. Slobody nor I ever proposed anyone for certification for Diplomate in the Pan American Medical Association. Furthermore, I did not authorize the use of my name in this connection, and Dr. Slobody has informed me that he did not do so either.
With regard to the letter from Dr. Horace L. Hodes, which appeared in Pediatrics, 34: 434, the Pan American Medical Association, through the undersigned, apologizes for the secretarial error which resulted in the letter mentioned by Dr. Hodes.
NOTES ON MY TRIP TO ATTEND THE SECOND PAN-AMERICAN MEDICAL CONGRESS, IN MEXICO CITY, NOV. 16-19, 1896.
