RT Journal A1 Marcy HO T1 DAvis memorial fund JF Journal of the American Medical Association JO Journal of the American Medical Association YR 1909 FD December 25 VO LIII IS 26 SP 2172 OP 2172 DO 10.1001/jama.1909.02550260032007 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.02550260032007 AB To the Editor:  —The committee appointed to secure funds for the Davis memorial feels assured that the medical profession is in a large degree ignorant of its scope and purpose. This committee was appointed at the Portland session of the Association and at once organized in the expectation of securing the fund promptly.The national disaster caused by the destruction of San Francisco induced the committee to defer its work in the interest of the medical profession of California. The financial crisis of two years ago was sufficient reason for causing a still further delay. The committee thinks that the time has now arrived for pushing its work to a completion. The committee has requested of the various state societies to take this matter actively in hand and name the sum which seems to them an equitable apportionment. The committee has suggested that half of the respective sums be furnished