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attended not only by the members of the Federation but also by the 

 naturalists and zoologists. They were held on the evenings of De- 

 cember 29 and 30 at the Walton Hotel and Kugler's Restaurant, 

 respectively. There were only a few speeches. At the first dinner, 

 Drs. W. W. Keen and S. J. Meltzer spoke ; at the second dinner the 

 naturalists presided and Dr. Raymond Pearl delivered a short 

 address. 



VoTE OF THANKS. At the last executive session of the Society 

 a motion was passed unanimously to thank the local committee rep- 

 resenting the University of Pennsylvania and Jefferson Medical 

 College for the comprehensive and efficient way in which all ar- 

 rangements for the meetings and the visitors' comfort were made. 

 No names are mentioned in this expression of appreciation because 

 the secretary is informed that practically every Philadelphia mem- 

 ber of the four constituent societies labored on the local committee 

 to make the first meeting of the Federation as enjoyable as possible. 



VI. THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY: 

 ORGANIZATION AND FIRST ANNUAL MEETING 



G. H. Whipple, Secretary 



Executive proceedings. Organization. The American So- 

 ciety for Experimental Pathology was organized in a tentative way 

 after the December meetings in Cleveland, in 1912. The general 

 plan, Constitution and membership list were completed informally 

 during the time between that meeting and the one in Philadelphia. 

 The formal Organization of the Society was efTected during the 

 recent meeting in Philadelphia. 



Charter members: J. F. Anderson, C. H. Bunting, Alexis Carrel, 

 H. A. Christian, R. I. Cole, Harvey Cushing, C. W. Duval, D. L. 

 Edsall, Simon Flexner, F. P. Gay, W. S. Halsted, Ludvig Hektoen, 

 A. W. Hewlett, J. W. Jobling, H. T. Karsner, P. A. Lewis, Leo 

 Loeb, W. T. Longcope, W. G. MacCallum, W. H. Manwaring, 

 David Marine, S. J. Meltzer, H. Noguchi, F. G. Novy, E. L. Opie, 

 W. H. Park, R. M. Pearce, M. J. Rosenau, E. C. Rosenow, Peyton 

 Rous, Theobald Smith, G. N. Stewart, H. G. Wells, G. H. Whipple, 

 Hans Zinsser. 



