Enclosed is a copy of a list of some of the names suggested for the organization. As far as the President and I are concerned, there is a choice between only two of them "International Association of Aquatic Animal Veterinarians" and "International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine". Please let me know which one you prefer so that I can incorporate it into the constitution which I am in the process of preparing When it is ready, I will send each of you a copy for your approval as it will have to be ratified at our next meeting which should be in Minneapolis next July at the AVMA or ?

The following is an item that the President wants on the bottom of each Newsletter: "This Newsletter is an informal publication of the IAAAV or IAAAM distributed exclusively for the information of its members and is not to be reproduced, cited, referenced or in any way referred to as part of the scientific literature."

Dr. D. Hammond of the Scripps Institute inquired about what our organization can do to try to stop the wanton slaying of whales. As far as sovereign nations that have a whaling industry are concerned (only Russia and Japan at present), I can see nothing that we can do except make noise. I can write, as spokesman for the organization, to the American Kennel Club and ask them to boycott dog food of whale origin. Your suggestions are solicited.

Dr. A.C. Van Goethem writes that at the Virginia Mason Research Center there will soon be in operation a new hyperbaric chamber which will simulate deep sea conditions to a depth of 1500 feet. This will be available hopefully to any interested scientists on a cost basis. She extends an invitation to all members and also would welcome any suggestions as to research projects to utilize this facility.

Dr. R.F. Jackson of Florida suggested that we circulate some aspects of laboratory data in each Newsletter. For example PCV, Hbg, and perhaps BUN on various species of sea mammals.

Last year I received a phone call from Dr. D.W. Kenney, Seaworld inquiring about chlorine gas poisoning of cetaceans and being honest I said I knew nothing about it. Apparently at Seaworld they were using a new compound, or chlorine gas, to chlorinate their water with reportedly disastrous results. However, I looked up some material for Dr. Kenney in "Noxious Gases and the Principles of Respiration Influencing Their Action." Y. Henderson and H.W. Haggard, Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York, N.Y., 1943, 2nd Edition.

"The action of chlorine is that it affects moist tissues in the same way that it does other moist organic material, namely by the abstraction of hydrogen from the water present, the liberation of nascent oxygen and then the formation of HC1. Oxidation is thus the major factor which, together with the action of the acid, induces irritation of the tissues."

For Humans

W. Medway