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during the course of subminimal stimulation. He has investigated 

 the variations in the irritability of muscle under various conditions. 

 In these various ways he has thrown light upon many of the general 

 and fundamental phenomena of protoplasmic action. 



Besides contributing to "An American Text-book of Physiol- 

 ogy," "The Harvey Lectures," "A History of Columbia Uni- 

 versity," and other books, Professor Lee has translated and edited 

 Verworn's "Allgemeine Physiologie," a work which has proved of 

 value in enlarging the scope of physiological conceptions. He has 

 revised and edited Huxley's historic "Lessons in Elementary Physi- 

 ology." He has been a member of the editorial board of the 

 American Journal of Physiology since its beginning. For several 

 years he has been one of the scientific directors of the New York 

 Botanical Garden. Besides being a member and for two years the 

 president of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 

 he is a member of the American Society of Naturalists, the Amer- 

 ican Physiological Society, the Harvey Society and other scientific 

 societies, an associate fellow of the New York Academy of Medi- 

 cine, and a fellow of the American Ethnological Society, the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science and the 

 New York Academy of Sciences. In these societies he has held 

 various positions of honor. 



