The Physiology of Life in the Andes¹

Abstract

THE recent expedition to Peru was initiated under the auspices of the Royal Society. So far as the British members were concerned, it was financed in part by a grant made by that body, in part by two substantial private subscriptions from Sir Robert Hadfield, then on the Council of the Royal Society, and Sir Peter Mackie, who has on previous occasions been a staunch supporter of anthropological research undertaken by the Royal Society. In part also its expenses were met by grants from the Moray and Carnegie funds in Edinburgh. These grants paid some of the expenses of the expedition as a whole, together with the personal expenses of three of its members—namely, Dr. J. C. Meakins, professor of therapeutics in Edinburgh; Mr. J. H. Doggaft of King's College, Cambridge; and myself. The project was warmly supported by a number of institutions on the American continent, each of which sent a member of the party at its own expense. Harvard Medical School was represented by Dr. Bock, Dr. Forbes, and jointly with Toronto Medical School by Prof. Redfield; the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, by Dr. George Harrop; and the Rockefeller Institute by Dr. Carl Binger. The American and British parties sailed from New York and Liverpool respectively in the middle of November, the American section arriving in Peru a fortnight or more before we did.