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visions, it may be remarked that even the necessity o£ a constitu- 

 tional amendment should not permanently block an improvement. 

 It must, however, be admitted that constitutions are not easily 

 amended, that the Channels to this fortress are tortuous and often 

 mined, so that the unwary navigator is frequently blown up with 

 astonishing ease by the orthodox defenders of the citadel. 



This matter of altering the time of meeting has been mentioned 

 here, not because of its novelty, for it has been discussed lightly on 

 several occasions in the past, but in the hope that a majority of the 

 Federation will take it under serious advisement 



Attendance. The attendance was excellent in general, but 

 geographically it was ill-balanced, the eastern section of the country 

 being represented by relatively few men. This absence, flatteringly 

 enough for the Atlantic seaboard, caused a few subacid remarks. 



Entertainment. Trip around St. Louis. On Wednesday 

 afternoon the Local Commit. arranged a series of enjoyable visits to 

 the St. Louis Hospitals and laboratories, and also to the beautifully 

 located and impressive buildings of Washington Univ. 



Vote of thanks. At the last executive session of the Phar- 

 macol. Soc. a motion was passed unanimously to thank the author- 

 ities of Washington Univ. for their hospitality and the Local Com- 

 mit. for its broad and efficient efforts to render the stay of their 

 guests in St. Louis as pleasant and profitable as possible. 



V. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR EXPERIMENT AL PATHOLOGY: 

 SECOND ANNUAL MEETING 



G. H. Whipple, Secretary 



At the second annual meeting of the Pathol. Soc, in addition to 

 participation in the three sessions of the Federation, papers were 

 presented at an independent session. 



Scientific program. Monday, Dec. 28, 2 p. m. E. C. Rose- 

 now: Studies on Streptococci. — B. S. Kline and S. J. Meltzer: The 

 efifect of previous intravenous injections of the pneumococcus upon 

 experimental pneumonia by intra-bronchial insufflation of the same 

 organism. — Ludvig Hektoen: Observations on the formation of 

 anti-bodies. — Leo Loeh: Autoplastic and homoloplastic transplanta- 

 tion of tissues. — H. T. Karsner: Further studies in nitrogen reten- 

 tion and renal function. — H. G. Wells: Metastatic calcification.^ 



