1909) reads that (a) "The board shall encourage scientific investigation by the medical staffs of the various institutions under its supervision," and that (b) The board "shall publish from time to time bulletins and reports of the scientific and clinical work done therein." The first of these duties has been faithfully executed in the sense that clinicopathological laboratories have been maintained, improved, and increased in number since 1898. Laboratories with special officers in charge are now maintained at