Current Comment

The Empyema Commission:  Cases of Empyema at Camp Lee, Va.: Preliminary Report , J. A. M. A. 71: 366 ( (Aug. 3) ); 443 (Aug. 10) 1918;.

Graham, E. A., and Bell, R. D.:  Open Pneumothorax: Its Relation to the Treatment of Empyema , Am. J. M. Sc. 156: 839 ( (Dec.) ) 1918;.

We reprint here the resolution, including the preambles, which were omitted in previous publication: Whereas: Scientific research and the technical application of results of research form a fundamental basis upon which the development of our industries, manufacturing, agriculture, mining, and others must rest; and Whereas: The productivity of industry is greatly increased by the technical application of the results of scientific research in physics, chemistry, biology, and geology, in engineering and agriculture, and in the related sciences; and the health and well-being not only of the workers but of the whole population as well, are dependent upon advances in medicine and sanitation; so that the value of scientific advancement to the welfare of the nation is many times greater than the cost of the necessary research; and Whereas: The increased productivity of industry resulting from scientific research is a most potent factor in the ever-increasing struggle of the workers to raise their standards of living, and the importance of this factor must steadily increase since there is a limit beyond which the average standard of living of the whole population cannot progress by the usual methods of readjustment, which limit can only be raised by research and the utilization of the results of research in industry; and Whereas: There are numerous important and pressing problems of administration and regulation now faced by federal, state, and local governments, the wise solution of which depends upon scientific and technical research; and Whereas: The war has brought home to all the nations engaged in it the overwhelming importance of science and technology to national welfare, whether in war or in peace, and not only is private initiative attempting to organize far-reaching research in these fields on a national scale, but in several countries governmental participation and support of such undertakings are already active; therefore, be it Resolved, by the American Federation of Labor in convention assembled, That a broad program of scientific and technical research is of major importance to the national welfare and should be fostered in every way by the federal government, and that the activities of the government itself in such research should be adequately and generously supported in order that the work may be greatly strengthened and extended; and the Secretary of the Federation is instructed to transmit copies of this resolution to the President of the United States, to the President pro tempore of the Senate, and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Carrel, A., and Hartmann, A.: J. Exper. M. 24: 429 ( (Nov.) ) 1916;.

Du Noüy, P. L.: J. Exper. M. 24: 451, 461 ( (Nov.) ) 1916;

29: 329 (April) 1919.

Carrel, A.: Ibid. 26: 95 (July) 1917.

Du Noüy, P. L.: Ibid. 25: 721 (May) 1917.

Carrel A., and du Noüy, P. L.: Ibid. 26: 279 (Aug.) 1917.

Du Noüy, P. L.:  On the General Expression of the Law of Cicatrization of Wounds , Am. J. Physiol. 49: 121 ( (June 1) ) 1919;.