A comprehensive history of physiology in America can be obtained from the records of physiology departments. This supplement to "The Physiologist" contains departmental histories of nine institutions. Featured are the physiology departments at: (1) State University of New York at Buffalo: 1846-1986; (2) University of California at Berkeley; (3) University of British Columbia; (4) University of Florida: 1956-1981; (5) University of South Florida; (6) Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; (7) University of California, Davis; (8) United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine: First Quarter Century; and (9) Medical College of Wisconsin: 1921-1985. Previously published histories and archival materials are also listed and identified by author, institution, period covered, and issue published in "The Physiologist." (ML)