ANNOUNCEMENT 



OF 



THE JOURNAL OF GENERAL 

 PHYSIOLOGY 



The Journal of General Physiology is intended to serve as an organ of publication for 

 papers devoted to the investigation of life processes from a physico-chemical view-point. 



As the constitution of matter is the main problem of physics and physical chemistry 

 so the constitution of living matter is the main problem of general physiology, and in 

 both cases the method of quantitative experimentation is required. 



L'nder the pressure of the demands of medicine and of other professions, physiology 

 has developed in the direction of an applied science, with limited opportunity for the in- 

 vestigation of purely theoretical problems. On the other hand, the physico-chemical 

 methods of analyzing life phenomena have thus far made little inroad into the 

 domain of zoology and botany. Under these circumstances, it has happened that what 

 might be regarded as the most fundamental of all the biological sciences, namely general 

 physiology, has not come to have a journal of its own. It is this condition which the 

 establishment of The Journal of General Physiology is intended to correct. 



The editors of the Journal are Dr. Jacques Loeb, The Rockefeller Institute for 

 Medical Research, New York, and Prof. W. J. V. Osterhout, Harvard University, 

 Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



The editors invite contributions relating to the physico-chemical explanation of life 

 phenomena, no matter in what field of science they originate. 



The Journal of General Physiology will be issued bimonthly, one volume of about 

 600 pages appearing in a year. Contributions should be addressed to the editors of 

 The Journal of General Physiology, The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, 66th 

 Street and Avenue A, New York, or 60 Buckingham Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

 The papers should preferably not exceed twenty printed pages, not counting the space 

 occupied by illustrations. Authors receive one hundred reprints of their papers free of 

 charge; additional copies may be obtained at cost. 



The subscription price is $5.00 per volume, payable in advance. Subscriptions 

 may be sent to The Journal of General Physiology, Publication Department, The Rocke- 

 feller Institute for Medical Research, 66th Street and Avenue A, New York. Remit- 

 tances should be made by draft or check on New York or by postal money order. 



The first number of The Journal of General Physiology will be issued on September 

 20, 1918. 



