ORGANIZATION OF THE FEDERATION OF AMER- 

 ICAN SOCIETIES FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY^ 



Comprising the American Physiological Society, the American 



Society of Biological Chemists, and the American Society 



for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 



JOHN AUER 



Among the most enjoyable features of the recent meetings at 

 Cleveland (pages 271, 275, and 279) were the subscription dinners 

 and smokers, held on the evenings of December 30 and 31, at the 

 Colonial Hotel. These informal dinners were attended by the 

 pharmacologists, physiologists and biochemists, and a pleasant 

 flavoring of naturalists, zoologists and anatomists. 



At the last of these dinners perhaps the most important develop- 

 ment of the Cleveland sessions, so far as the pharmacological, 

 physiological and biochemical societies are concerned, took place. 

 At this dinner, delegates f rom the three societies, empowered to act, 

 met in Conference on the formation of an alliance which should more 

 closely knit together the three societies zvhile yet jealoiisly preserving 

 the individtiality of each compotient Organisation. The delegates 

 f rom the Physiological Society were Drs. Meltzer, Lee and Cannon ; 

 from the Biochemical Society, Drs. Lusk and Wells ;2 from the 

 Pharmacological Society, Drs. Sollmann, Loevenhart and Auer. 



Dr. Meltzer was elected temporary chairman and Dr. Cannon 

 temporary secretary. The outcome of the proceedings of this Con- 

 ference committee can best be shown by a transcript of its minutes. 

 The f ollowing motions were voted unanimously : 



That a Federation of the three societies be hereby established. 



^ This account was presented, originally, as a part of Dr. Auer's report of the 

 proceedings of the Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 

 page 279. [Ed.] 



^Dr, Gies, the third delegate from the Biochemical Society (page 278), was 

 unable to attend the Cleveland meetings because of the illness of his eldest son. 



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