June 30, 1922] 



SCIENCE 



709 



Experimental Biology, under the chairmanship 

 of J. J. R. Macleod of the physiologists. A 

 vigorous program of reports on the scientific 

 subjects announced below was carried out in 

 the six half-day sessions. 



The afternoon of December 29 a joint dem- 

 onstration was held in the halls of the Osborne 

 Zoological Laboratory. The demonstrations of 

 the American Association of Anatomists oc- 

 curred at the same time. This brought the two 

 great groups of scientists of the pre-medical 

 sciences together in what proved to be a very 

 pleasing and outstanding demonstration of 

 scientific progi'ess for the year. 



Three business sessions Avere carried forward 

 at which the more important steps and deci- 

 sions made were as follows : 



1. The report of the treasurer, Dr. Joseph 

 Erlanger, of Washington University School of 

 Medicine, showed a net balance of $467.07. 



2. The. annual assessment was placed at one 

 dollar per member. 



3. An appropriation of $125 was made in 

 aid of the English journal. Physiological Ab- 

 stracts. 



4. The council announced tlie appointment of 

 J. Hepburn of the University of Toronto to 

 the fellowship established at the last annual 

 meeting under the grant of Dr. W. T. Porter. 

 Dr. Hepburn is pursuing his research in the 

 subject of 'The Reactions of the Respiration 

 Center to Lack of Oxygen." This investigation 

 is being carried out in the Laboratory of 

 Physiology, University of Toronto, under the 

 direction of Professor J. J. R. Macleod. 



5. The society voted approval of the prin- 

 ciples stated in the Cannon-Henderson resolu- 

 tion, instructing its officers of the executive 

 committee of the federaiton to support the 

 same. 



6. The council announced the appointment of 

 Donald R. Hooker of Baltimore as managing 

 editor of the American Journal of Physiology 

 for the year 1922. 



7. The council recommended and the society 

 voted the following changes in the rules gov- 

 erning the publication of Physiological Be- 

 vieius. These changes affect the general man- 

 agement of the journal by reserving to the 



council the appointment of the chairman of the 

 editorial board, and by transferring the ap- 

 pointment of the managing editor to the edi- 

 torial board. 



8. The report of the managing editor of the 

 American Journal of Physiology to the council 

 which was transmitted to the society showed a 

 progressive recovery from the war time deficit 

 in the issue of the successive volumes of the 

 journal. At the present time the cost of pub- 

 lication per volume is only slightly greater 

 than the income for the same. The net balance 

 in the journal fund is $9,659.62. 



The council announced that in order to over- 

 come the delay in publication a free volume of 

 the journal would be issued immediately, and 

 beginning with the next current volume the size 

 of the journal would be restored to the stand- 

 ard of 600 pages. 



9. The first issue of the first volume of Phys- 

 iological Beviews was announced together with 

 the encouraging report that subscriptions had 

 so far exceeded anticipation that reprinting of 

 the first number had already been accomplished. 



The following board of editors for Physio- 

 logical Bevietos for the year 1922 was reported 

 by the council : 



William H. Howell, Baltimore, chairman; 

 J. J. E. Macleod, Toronto; D. R. Hooker, Balti- 

 more; Keid Hunt, Boston; Frederic S. Lee, New 

 York; L. B. Mendel, New Haven; H. Gideon 

 Wells, Chicago. 



10. The following officers of the society were 

 elected at the business meeting on December 29 : 



J. J. E. Macleod, University of Toronto, presi- 

 dent; C. W. Greene, Universitj' of Missouri, sec- 

 retary; Joseph Erlanger, Washington University, 

 treasurer; J. A. E. Eyster, University of Wis- 

 consin, member of the council for the years 

 1922-2.5. 



11. The following scientists were elected to 

 membership diiring the session : 



Edward Frederick Adolph, A.B., PhD., instruc- 

 tor in general physiology. University of Pitts- 

 burgh. 



James Percy Baumberger, B.S., M.S., Sc.D., 

 instructor in physiology, Leland Stanford Junior 

 University. 



Henry Cuthbert Bazett, M.A., M.D., P.E.C.S. 

 (Eng.), professor of physiology. University of 

 Pennsylvania. 



