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carefully executed arrangements for the comfort 

 and success of the entire series of meetings. 

 Chas. W. Geeene, 

 General Secretary 



THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 

 OF THE AMERICAN PHYSIOLOG- 

 ICAL SOCIETY 



The thirtieth annual meeting of the American 

 Physiological Society was held with the Federa- 

 tion of American Societies for Experimental Biol- 

 ogy, at the University of Minnesota, December 27 

 and 28, and at The Mayo Foundation, December 

 29, 1917. The program of the physiologists was 

 crowded from beginning to end, in fact this is the 

 only criticism to be offered upon the success of the 

 meeting. The time allotted did not allow ade- 

 quate time for discussion. The scientific papers 

 were of widely distributed interest, but special men- 

 tion may be made of the series of investigations on 

 the subject of surgical shock, and papers on the 

 physiological, clinical and chemical studies and the 

 identification of the active iodine-containing prin- 

 ciple of the thyroid. Dr. Kendall reported the 

 synthetic production of this substance. 



The attendance of the meeting was good though 

 not large, about twenty per cent, of the total mem- 

 bership. However the attendance was very repre- 

 sentative of both the varied scientific interests of 

 the society and of the extremes of territory. 

 Some thirteen were present from the Atlantic 

 coast, four from the Pacific slope. Canadian rep- 

 resentatives were present from Toronto to Mani- 

 toba. On the whole the meeting was voted one of 

 the most successful ever held by the society. 



The following new members were elected : "Walter 

 C. Alvarez, M.D., instructor in research medicine. 

 University of California Medical School, Hooper 

 Foimdation; A. M. Bleile, M.D., professor of 

 physiology, Ohio State University; Montrose T. 

 Burrows, associate professor of physiology, "Wash- 

 ington University Medical School; E. B. Forbes, 

 B.S., Ph.D., chief in nutrition, Ohio Experiment 

 Station; Maurice H. Givens, Ph.D., fellow and as- 

 sistant in physiological chemistry, Yale Univer- 

 sity; Alfred E. Livingston, associate in physiology. 

 University of Illinois, College of Medicine; Fred T. 

 Rogers, Ph.D., instructor in physiology. University 

 of Chicago; E. "W. Scott, A.B., M.D., associate in 

 physiology. Western Eeserve University Medical 

 College; James E. Slonaker, B.S., Ph.D., assistant 

 professor of physiology, Leland Stanford Jr. Uni- 

 versity; Prank "W. "Weymouth, A.B., Ph.D., assist- 

 ant professor of physiology, Leland Stanford Jr. 

 University. 



The ofiicers elected for the ensuing year were 

 Frederic S. Lee, Columbia University, President; 

 Charles "W. Greene, University of Missouri, Secre- 

 tary; Joseph Erlauger, "Washington University, 

 Treasurer, and J. J. E. Macleod, "Western Reserve 

 University, Councilor for the 1918-1921 term. 



The program presented is given below: 



SCIENTirlO PKOGEAM AT MINNEAPOLIS 



Simger, appetite and gastric juice secretion in 

 man in prolonged fasting (15 days) : A. J. Gael- 

 son, University of Chicago. 

 On so-called "fatigue-toxin" : Feederio S. Lee and 

 B. Aronowitch (by invitation), Columbia Uni- 

 versity. 

 Some phases of industrial fatigue : Fkedeeio S. Lee 

 (for the Committee on Industrial Fatigue). 



The quantitative measure of general fatigue : A. H. 

 Eyan, Tufts Medical College. 



Strength tests in industry : E. G. Martin, Stanford 

 University. 



Nutritive factors in some animal tissues: La- 

 fayette B. Mendel and Thomas B. Osborne, 

 Yale University and Connecticut Experiment 

 Station. 



Experimental mammalian polyneuritis: Carl 

 "Voegtlin and G. G. Lake (by invitation). Hy- 

 gienic Laboratory, "Washington, D. C. 



Further observation on the production of lactic 

 acid following alkaline injections : J. J. R. Mac- 

 Leod, "Western Reserve University. 



The isolation and identification of the thyroid hor- 

 mone: E. C. Kendall, The Mayo Foundation. 



Some proUems of nutrition of the army, the worTc 

 of the food division of the Surgeon General's 

 Office: John E. Mtjrlin, U. S. Sanitary Corps, 

 "Washington, D. C. 



The influence of music on cardiograms and blood 

 pressure: Ida H. Hyde, University of Kansas. 



A simple method for the resuscitation of the human 

 heart : A. D. Hieschpeldee, University of Minne- 

 sota. 



Segulation of venous Hood pressure: D. R. 

 Hookee, Johns Hopkins Medical School. 



Blood pressure in sharks and the shock problem : 

 E. P. Lyon, University of Minnesota. 



Observations in shock: C. C. Guthrie, University 

 of Pittsburgh. 



Shock and its control. (Paper from France pre- 

 sented by Dr. Lee.) "W. B. Cannon. 



Observations on tlie volume flow of blood of the 

 submaxillary gland: Eobeet Gesell, Washington 

 University. 



The role of the central nervous system in shock: P. 

 H. Pike, Columbia University. 



