INTRODUCTION 



In 1918, Dr. J. L. Porter, a general practitioner of 

 Paola' Kansas, bequeathed all of his property to the 

 School of Medicine of the University of Kansas, pro- 

 viding for a scholarship and permitting the authorities 

 to use the balance of the income for any purpose they 

 deemed best. 



It was decided to use this fund to defray the ex- 

 penses of a series of lectures to be given by outstand- 

 ing members of the medical profession. The first of 

 these was delivered in April, 1930, by Dr. L. F. 

 Barker; the second was given in October, 1930, by 

 Dr. Joseph Collins; the third was given in March, 

 1933, by Dr. J. S. Horsley; the fourth in 1934, by 

 Dr. Richard Scammon; the fifth by Dr. Edward A. 

 Doisy, in 1935; the sixth by Dr. Jennings C. Litzen- 

 berg, in 1936; the seventh by Dr. Chevalier Jackson, 

 in 1937; the eighth by Dr. William Boyd, in 1938; 

 and the ninth series, delivered in 1939, follows. 



