CONTENTS 



14. Fundamentals of Oxidation and Reduction page 

 by Leonor Michaelis 207 



15. Mesomeric Concepts in the Biological Sciences 

 by Herman M. Kalckar 229 



16. Viscometry in Biochemical Investigations 

 by Max A. Lauffer 241 



17. Isotope Technique in the Study of Intermediary 

 Metabolism by D. Rittenberg and David Shemin 261 



18. Mucolytic Enzymes 

 by Karl Meyer 277 



19. Some Aspects of Intermediary Metabolism 

 by Konrad Block 291 



20. The Steroid Hormones 

 by Gregory Pincus 305 



21. Plant Hormones and the Analysis of Growth 

 by Kenneth V. Thimann 321 



22. Chemical Mechanism of Nervous Action 

 by David Nachmansohn 335 



23. Some Aspects of Biochemical Antagonism 

 by D. W. Woolley 357 



24. Chemotherapy: Applied Cytochemistry 

 by Rollin D. Hotchkiss 379 



25. Biochemical Aspects of Pharmacology 

 by Arnold D. Welch and Ernest Bueding 399 



26. Some Biochemical Problems Posed by a Disease of 



Muscle by Charles L. Hoagland 41 3 



[y 27. Physiology and Biochemistry 



by Surgeon Captain C. H. Best 427 



28. X-Ray Diffraction and the Study of Fibrous Proteins 



by /. Fankuchen and H. Mark 439 



29. Immunochemistry 



by Michael Heidelberger 453 



30. Social Aspects of Nutrition 



by W. H. Sebrell 461 



31. Organization and Support of Science in the United 



States by L. C. Dunn 473 



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