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The plan as proposed by tiie committee consists in the forma- 

 tion of an organization composed of the American Physiological, 

 the American Biochemical and American Society for Pharma- 

 cology and Experimental Theraupeutics. The organization, of 

 the affiliated societies is to be known as The Federation of 

 American Societies for Experimental Biology. 



At the December meeting the Federation was strengthened 

 by admitting to membership the recently formed Society for 

 Experimental Pathology. 



As a result of this union an. organization has been founded 

 which has about 450 members. 



It is hoped that the IS^aturalists, Zoologists, and Anatomists 

 will meet with the Federation. Such was the case at the recent 

 Philadelphia meeting. 



It is not the object of the Federation that the several so- 

 cieties should in. any way lose their identity, the different so- 

 cieties composing the Federation elect officers and conduct their 

 meetings as usual. It is hoped, however, that by having joint 

 meetings and that by the members of the different societies 

 coming to know personally their co-workers that the efficiency of 

 the various organizations will be increased and that the mem- 

 bers of the different societies will find in the Federation a wide 

 usefulness for the " promotion of research and the dissemination 

 of truth." 



The meeting in Philadelphia was notable for the number of 

 members attending, the number and general excellence of the 

 communications jDresented, and for the very enjoyable social 

 gatherings in the form of the " dinners." In addition to these 

 features the program committee very wisely allotted an after- 

 noon session to be used for demonstrations. 



The physiological and other demonstrations were given in 

 the Pharmacological Laboratory of the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania. The experiments w-ere well planned, were unusually 

 successful and constituted one of the most enjoyable and in- 

 structive features of the meeting. 



The two demonstrations which likely aroused the most inter- 

 est were conducted by Professor Abel and his associates and by 

 Dr. Meltzer and Dr. Gates. 



