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Stallings, State ehem., Atlanta, Ga. ; M. W. Jaffa, prof. of ehem., 

 Univ. of Cal. ; C. D. Woods, diree., Agrie. Exp. Station, Orono, 

 Me. ; E. M. Chamot, prof. of ehem., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y. 



IL JOURNALS 



Amer. Jour. Physiol. Copies of official papers, with edi- 

 TORiAL COMMENT. Letter addressed to the memhers of the Amer. 

 Physiol. Soc: 



Dr. W. T. Porter, who has performed a highly important sen^iee 

 to physiology by founding, editing and being finaneially responsible 

 for the Amer. Jour. of Physiol., has announeed his retirement f rom 

 this Service at the elose of the eurrent volume, the last issue of whieh 

 will probably appear Mareh first. He has generously offered to 

 present to the Soeiety his eopyright to the name of the Journal. 



Both the Ed. Commit. and the Couneil recommend the owner- 

 ship and editorial control of the Journal by the Soeiety. If the 

 members approve this recommendation, the Council will at onee at- 

 tend to the legal necessities, and to the appointment of an editor 

 or board of editors. The Publishing of the Journal, under the con- 

 ditions whieh Dr. Porter's experienee has proved desirable, results 

 in little or no financial deficit. The Couneil proposes, however, 

 until other provision is made, to raise a guarantee fund to insure 

 financial stability. 



The need of arranging for the new management is urgent. You 

 are requested, therefore, to express immediately to the Seeretary 

 (Dr. A. J. Carlson, University of Chicago) your opinion on this 

 question: Shall the Amer. Jour. of Physiol. be owned by the Amer. 

 Physiol. Soe. and edited under its control? 



(Signed) W. B. Cannon, A. J. Carlson, Joseph Erlanger, F. S. 

 Lee, S. J. Meltzer, Members of the Council, February i, 1914. 



Letter addressed to subscribers for the Amer. Jour. of Physiol.: 



In 1898 Dr. W. T. Porter founded the Amer. Jour. of Physiol., 

 and during the past sixteen years he has edited and been finaneially 

 responsible for it. From this wholly disinterested Service, whieh 

 has been of great importance to physiology, he now retires, at the 

 completion of this thirty-third volume. Dr. Porter has generously 

 offered to transfer his rights in the Journal to the Amer. Physiol. 



