PREFACE. 



Facts regarding the organization of the Society for Experi- 

 mental Biology and Medicine are given on page 53. 



The objects and general character of the society are indicated 

 by the following summary of provisions in its constitution and 

 by-laws : 



The main object of the society is the cultivation of the experi- 

 mental method of investigation in the sciences of animal biology 

 and medicine. 



No one can be elected to membership who has not completed 

 a meritorious independent experimental research in animal biology 

 or medicine. 



Every member is required to conduct an experimental investi- 

 gation, and give public notice of it, at least once every two years. 

 Noncompliance with this requirement carries with it automatic 

 forfeiture of membership. It is aimed to make the society an 

 organization of workers, and to keep it such. 



The program of each meeting consists of brief presentations 

 of the essential points of experimental investigations in biology 

 and medicine or allied natural sciences, usually of demonstrations 

 of actual experiments. 



The meetings are held in suitable laboratories. 



Membership is not confined to residents of New York City. 



Visitors are welcomed to the meetings. 



The index at the end of this volume will show at a glance the 

 nature of the scientific proceedings of the society. 



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