ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE ORGANIZATIONS COM- 



PRISING THE FEDERATION OF AMERICAN 



SOCIETIES FOR EXPERIMENTAL 



BIOLOGYi 



Proceedings reported by THE Secretaries, 



JOSEPH ERLANGER, A. N. RICHARDS, and JOHN AUER 



I. THE AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Joseph Erlanger^ 



The Society held its twenty-fifth annual meeting in the Medical 

 Building of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, Decem- 

 ber 29, 1912 to January i, 1913. Sixty-nine members were in at- 

 tendance. Two executive sessions and six scientific sessions were 

 held, two of the latter being Joint sessions, one each with the Amer- 

 ican Society of Biological Chemists and Section K of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. The Joint session 

 with the American Society of Biological Chemists was opened with 

 exercises in memory of the late Waldemar Koch. After the mem- 

 bers of the Society had arisen as a token of respect to the memory 

 of Doctor Koch, Prof. A. P. Mathews delivered a memorial address. 



Papers and demonstrations. The titles of the papers and 

 demonstrations, fifty-two in all, which were read and discussed, with 

 the names of the authors, are appended : 



S. Simpson: The rate of growth in the dog. — G. N. Stezvart: 

 Further observations on the blood-flow in man. — /. A. E. Eyster 

 and W. J. Meek: Experiments on the sinus region of the mammalian 

 heart. — G. C. Robinson (by invitation) and /. Aner: Cardiac 

 anaphylaxis as shown by the string galvanometer. — W. T. Porter: 

 The functional relations of cells in nerve centers. — R. S. Lillie: 

 Correlation between the anti-stimulating action and the anti-cyto- 



^ See report on the recent Organization of the Federation, page 269. 

 ''Acting Secretary, vice Dr. A. J. Carlson, unavoidably absent. 



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