Physiology at the British Association

Abstract

THE physiological section has for several years devoted one morning to some subject of general interest. This policy was inaugurated at cape Town by the discussion on the effect of climate upon health; it was followed up at york by one on the physiological minimum pi rest for children, Opened by Dr. T. D. Acland; and this year at Leicester by one on the physiological and therapeutical value of alcohol. The interest which this subject has aroused of late made it a particularly appropriate one, more especially as the matter has not been recently discussed in at all a dispassionate way. From this point of view the meeting at Leicester was all that could be desired, and perhaps the most remarkable feature in connection with it was the very narrow margin which separated those who took different views as to the value of alcohol.