title: A brief history of ASPET on its centennial anniversary.
abstract: On December 28, 1908, eighteen men met in the pharmacology lecture room of the Johns Hopkins University Medical School to establish the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). In 2008, ASPET celebrates its Centennial, presenting an appropriate occasion for a look back at its history.
authors.affiliation: History of Modern Biology, University of Maryland, Shady Grove Campus, Shady Grove, MD, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parascandola
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D010600:Pharmacology / Q000266:history*; D012952:Societies / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States