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"That the presidents and the secretaries of the 

 constituent societies form the executive committee 

 of the federation. 



' ' That the chairmanship of the executive com- 

 mittee be held in turn by the presidents of the 

 constituent societies who shall succeed one another 

 annually in the order of seniority of the societies 

 (physiological, biochemical and pharmacological). 



' ' That the secretary of the executive committee 

 shall be secretary of the society whose president is 

 chairman. 



' ' That the secretaries of the three societies shall 

 consult in preparing the programs of the annual 

 meeting, and that, as far as practicable, and with 

 the author 's consent, papers be so distributed as 

 to be read to the society in which they properly 

 belong. 



"That the programs of the three societies be 

 published by the secretary of the federation under 

 one cover and that the expense of publication be 

 shared pro rata by the societies according to the 

 number of members. 



' ' That the official title of the new organization 

 be 'The Federation of American Societies for 

 Experimental Biology' (comprising the American 

 Physiological Society, the American Society of 

 Biological Chemists, and the American Society for 

 Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics). 



' ' That a common meeting place of the federa- 

 tion with the Anatomists, Zoologists and Natural- 

 ists is desirable but not mandatory. 



' ' That in the name of the federation, the Inter- 

 national Physiological Congress be invited to meet 

 in the United States in 1916. 



' ' That the present conference committee dele- 

 gate all its powers to the executive committee of 

 the federation. 



"The meeting then adjourned." 



The first meeting of the new federation will 

 be held next December in Philadelphia. 



The scientific program was as follows: 



FIKST SESSION 



Monday, December 30, 9:00 to 12:00 M. 



Wm. Salant : ' ' The Influence of Temperature 

 on the Toxicity of Caffein. " Eead by title. 



Wm. Salant: "Further Observation on the In^ 

 fluenee of Caffein on the Circulation. ' ' Eead by 

 title. 



S. P. Beebe and Eleanor Van Alstyne: "The 

 Effect of High Protein Diet on the Growth of 

 Transplantable Tumors of the White Eat." 



Lafayette B. Mendel and E. L. Kahn: "The 

 Physiological Action of some Methyl Purines. ' ' 



J. A. Eyster and W. J. Meek: "The Action of 

 Certain Drugs on the Electrocardiogram." 



Paul J. Hanzlik (by invitation): "The Intes- 

 tinal Absorption of Alcohol. ' ' 



Paul J. Hanzlik (by invitation): "The 'Toxic 

 Dose' of Salicylates according to Clinical Sta- 

 tistics." 



W. H. Brown and A. S. Loevenhart: "The 

 Effect of Hematin upon the Circulation and Bes- 

 piration. ' ' 



Wm. De B. MacNider: "The Effect of Anes- 

 thetics on the Output of Urine in Uranium 

 Nephritis. ' ' 



George B. Eoth : ' ' The Physiological Assay of 

 Aconitin. ' ' 



SECOND SESSION 



Monday, December 30, 2:00 p.m. 



L. G. Eowntree and E. Pitz : ' ' Eenal Function 

 in Experimental Passive Congestion." 



E. Fitz and L. G. Eowntree: "The Effect of 

 Temporary Occlusion of Eenal Circulation on 

 Eenal Function. ' ' 



Wm. W. Ford: "Observations on Three Poison- 

 ous Fungi not Previously Described. ' ' 



J. D. Pilcher : ' ' The Protective Action of 

 Lipoids against Hemolysis. ' ' 



Henry G. Barbour (by invitation): "The Ac- 

 tion of Histamin upon Surviving Arteries. ' ' 



George W. Crile and J. B. Austin: "Nitrous 

 Oxide Sleep compared with Normal Sleep — Brain 

 Cell Studies." 



Wm. T. Porter and J. H. Pratt: "The Action 

 of Diphtheria Toxin on the Vasomotor Center. ' ' 



Hideyo Noguchi and J. Bronf enbrenner : ' ' The 

 Effects of certain Disinfectants and Therapeutic 

 Preparations upon the Cultivated Spirochestes. ' ' 

 Eead by title. 



Frank M. Surface (by invitation): "The Effect 

 of Surplus Cow Serum on Complement Fixation 

 with Infectious Abortion. ' ' 



I. Adler and C. L. Alsberg : ' ' Studies upon the 

 Long-continued Administration of Adrenalin and 

 Nieotin. ' ' Eead by title. 



C. L. Alsberg : ' ' The Hemolytic Power of Vari- 

 ous Plants." Eead by title. 



THIRD SESSION 



Tuesday, December 31, 9:00 to 12:00 M. 

 Yandell Henderson : ' ' Demonstration of a Car- 

 bonator for Quantitative Carbon-dioxide Ther- 

 apy. ' ' Eead by title. 



