The Organization of the Medical Profession for War.

MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended for review should be sent to The Editor of Science, Garrison-onHudson, N. Y. THE ORGANIZATION OF THIE MEDICAL PROFESSION FOR WAR' I FEEL greatly honored by the election to the position of president of the American Alediea.l Association. I recognize inot only tile honor but also the responsibility of assuming the leadership of the organized medical profession of the country at this time. The wvar has m,ade unusual and exacting demands on us. The government and the people are looking to us to furnish in this great emergency not only the necessary number of mnedical men for the Army and Navy, but also the highest degree of medical service and efEciency. This is proving to be a war not simply bet-ween well-organized armies but between efficiently organized nations. It is now clear that in order to win the war we must organize the entire nation in such a way that everv mlan and wvomanimust beeome a useflul part of a great and powerful national imilitary miachine. No part of such a great national organization is mnore inportant than the medieal profession, and on this, the opening evening of this great war meetingr of American physicians, it is my purpose to address youL on the organization of the niedieal profession for war.