To the Memorp of 
ROBERT PALMER HOWARD, M.D., LL. D., 
LATE DEAN AND PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE IN MCGILL UNIVERSITY, 
WHOSE TEACHING AND PRACTICE EVER TENDED TOWARDS 
THE RECOGNITION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSIOLOGY TO MEDICINE, 
AND WHOSE LIFE ILLUSTRATED 
WHAT IS LOFTY AND NOBLE IN HUMAN EXISTENCE, 
THIS WORK IS DEDICATED 
IN REVERENCE AND GRATITUDE, 
