That the maintenance of a state of good health is an essential factor in making for success cannot be gainsaid. It is attested by the written words of such eminent men of affairs in their times as Herbert Spencer and Gladstone. Herbert Spencer in his essay on man makes use of the following statement which he attributes an unnamed writer: first requisite success is be a good animal, and then he adds to be a nation of good animals is the first condition national prosperity. Gladstone put it in a little different way, but the meaning is the same. He said: the health of the public lies the wealth of the nation. Certainly, without a sound body, man is handicapped, not only in the achievement of success in his calling, but also in the attainment of a full measure of happiness and comfort in living. The condition of our bodies is, therefore, of great concern all of us at all times. It is of paramount importance us at this time, when the democracies of the world are fighting for their very existence against the armed might of the totalitarian states, and when superior physical and mental fitness may prove be the factor which will decide the outcome. Medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and nursing are the health-service professions which has been assigned the task of keeping our bodies in healthy condition and they have accepted this assignment as their chief responsibility. It would, therefore, seem that every means which offered possibilities for increased efficiency in meeting this responsibility would be immediately seized upon by them. Unfortunately, this has not been done. A fairly extensive acquaintance with the aims and accomplishments of all of these groups, gained through observation and personal contacts over a period of thirty odd years, compels me assert that the one means, which in my opinion, offers the greatest possibilities for increased efficiency in the services rendered by these groups, has not been made use of in this country any marked extent. In fact, until quite recently, it has been almost completely neglected. I refer cooperation--cooperation, not only among these groups and the research workers in the sciences which are basic these professions, namely, chemistry, physics, biology, bacteriology, physiology, pharmacology, et cetera; but also cooperation among the practitioners of these professions in the prompt and efficient application in every day practice of the discoveries yielded by research. We speak glibly of the wonderful strides which we have made in this country in the control and eradication of disease. We say that cholera and the plague have been banished from our shores, that tuberculosis is now under control, that diphtheria is no longer be greatly dreaded, that typhoid fever has been practically eliminated, that tetanus can be prevented, that malaria and yellow fever are no longer the dreaded scourges of the South that they were thirty-five years ago; but we do not add, as we should, if we were tell the whole truth, that little credit is due us for these achievements because the fundamental knowledge used in combating these diseases was made available by foreign laboratories, particularly German laboratories, in which the advantages be gained by cooperative effort in research have long been recognized. What is perhaps even less our credit is that we have not profited more fully from the example set for us by these foreign laboratories in attacking the many and perplexing problems which still remain unsolved. I refer particularly such disorders as diseases of the heart, cancer and other malignant tumors, cerebral hemorrhage, nephritis, influenza and pneumonia, tuberculosis, diabetes, cirrhosis of the liver, et cetera. All of these diseases continue take a heavy toil in lives annually and in some cases this toll is increasing at an alarming rate. For instance, the death rate in diseases of the heart has increased, in round numbers, from 159 per 100,000 in 1920 276 per 100,000 in 1939; the death rate in cancer and malignant tumors from 83 per 100,000 in 1920 118 per 100,000 in 1939; the death rate in cerebral hemorrhage from 82 per 100,000 in 1920 88 per 100,000 in 1939; and the death rate in diabetes from 16. …