Connective Tissue [antikvár]

FOREWORD The symposium on 'Comiective Tissue' was held in London from July 22nd to 2óth, 1956, under the chairmanship of Professor R. E. Tunbridge. The meeting followed the generál pattem of previous multi-disciplinary symposia run by the Council. For the first time, however, scientists from Soviet Russia and Hungary accepted our in vi tation. It is perhaps appropriate to mention that the C.I.O.M.S. groups somé fifty international organizations devoted to the sciences basic to medicine and to the clinical branches. Its aim is to improve communication between disciplines and across national boundaries. Because of its constitution, the Council receives many suggestions for symposia; these come from the international organizations composing its membership, from national research councils or national medical societies and from individuals interested in the Council's work. Among many topics the various aspects of the biology of comiective tissue were suggested for the Council's 1956 symposium. After careful consideration, it was agreed that the meeting would centre on the biochemistry of connective tissue and on the correlations between biochemistry and structure. The selection of participants was left to the chairman in consultation with the Council's Executive Committee. Every eífort was made to make the meeting as representative as possible, both scientifically and geographically. From among the many research workers who, in various countries, are studying connective tissue, a difficult and somewhat arbitrary choice had to be made. Official languages were English and French, but it soon appeared that English allowed communication between all participants. It is fitting to thank all those who willingly agreed to express themselves in a language which was not their own in order to help the meeting along. In this book, all papers are published in English with the exception of the one by Dr. Delaunay and Mlle Bazin but a summary in English follows the paper. All discussions were immediately transcribed from magnetic recordings by Dr. Geoífrey Wood and Dr. Madeline Keech to whom thanks are due. The discussions are printed in précis form vi