No. 10. January, 1914 



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Dinner to Henry Hurd Rusby : The Alumni Association of the College 

 OF Pharmacy of the City of New York Honors Dean Rusby (with 



Portrait) . William Mansficld MQ 



View-points in the Study of Growth. Lafayette B. Mendel 156 



The Physico-chemical Basis of Striated-muscle Contraction : 



3. The Maximum Surface Tension in Striated Muscle. William N. Berg. 177 



4. Sources of Surface Tension in Striated Muscle. William N. Berg... 187 

 Researches on the Physico-chemical Properties of Vegetable Saps: 



2. Note on a Comparison of the Physico-chemical Constants of the 

 Juice of Apples and Pears of Varying Size and Fertility. 



/. Arthur Harris and Ross Aiken Gortner. 196 



Studies of Plant Growth in Heated Soil. Guy West Wilson 202 



A RE\^Ew of Methods for the Isolation and Identification of the 

 Organic Constituents of Soils. A. W. Thomas 210 



A Review of Regent Investigations on the Mineral Nutrition of Fungi. 



Arthur W. Dox. 222 



A Review of Willstätter's Researches on Chlorophyll. 



Clarence J. West. 229 



Tables of the Relative Depression of the Freezing Point, 1860/A, to 

 Facilitate the Calculation of Molecular Weights. 



/. Arthur Harris and Ross Aiken Gortner. 259 



The Influence of Underfeeding and of Subsequent Abundant Feeding 

 on the Basal Metabolism of the Dog. Sergius Morgulis 264 



The Ninhydrin Reaction. Paul E. Howe 269 



A Rapid Clinical Test for Hyperglycemia. 



S. Gitlow and B. Horowitc. 272 



The Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations in the U. S. 



(continued f rom page 98) . A. C 275 



Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting of the Federation of Ameri- 

 can Societies for Experimental Biology, in Philadelphia, December 

 2&-31, 1913. Paul E. Howe 276 



Proceedings of Societies Meeting in Conjunction with the Federation 

 of American Societies for Experimental Biology; and of the So- 

 ciety OF American Bacteriologists. Paul E. Howe 294 



The Biochemical Society, England. R. H. A. Plimmer, Secretary 301 



Scientific Procfjedings of the Columbia University Biochemical Asso- 

 ciation. Alfred P. Lothrop, Secretary 302 



Biochemical Bibliography and Index. William A. Perlzweig 315 



Biochemical News, Notes and Comment: 



General 323 



Columbia University Biochemical Association 329 



Columbia Biochemical Department , 335 



Editorials : 



Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Z37 



The Mathews plan for an American Biological Society 344 



" Stimulants " 344 



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