Nos. II-I2. April and July, 1914 



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Professor Hugo Kronecker (with portrait). S. J. Meltzer 345 



The Viscosity of Bile. R. Burton-Opits 35i 



Notes on the Toxicity of Dilute Solutions of Certain Phenolic Com- 

 pounds, AS Indicated by their Effect on Amphibian Eggs and Em- 

 bryos, Together with References on Modifications of Pigment De- 

 velopment. Ross Aiken G ortner and Arthur M. Banta 357 



The Digestibility of Maize Consumed by Swine. 



S. C. Guernsey and John M. Evvard. 369 



Experience with the Abderhalden Serum Test for Pregnancy. 



Jacob Rosenbloom. 373 



A Note on the Use of Purified Antigen of Besredka in the Serum 

 Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. /. Bronfcnbrenner and J. Rockman 375 



The Diagnostic Value of the Landau Test for Syphilis. 



/. Bronfcnbrenner and J. Rockman. 377 



Further Studies on Besredka Tuberculin. 



/. Bronfenbrenner and J. Rockman. 381 



Studies on So-called Protective Ferments : 



I. The Sensitization of Substratum for the Abderhalden Test. 



J. Bronfenbrenner, W. T. Mitchell, Jr., and M. J. Schlesinger. 386 



Effect of Salicylic Aldehyde on Plants in Soil and Solution Cultures. 



/. /. Skinner. 390 



On the Phosphorus Content of Starch. A. W. Thomas 403 



A Standard for the Determination of Ammonia by Means of Nessler 

 Solution. Anton R. Rose and Katherine R. Coleman 407 



A Micro-urease Method for the Determination of Urea. 



Anton R. Rose and Katherine R. Coleman. 411 



Fasting Studies: 



14. The Elimination of Urinary Indican During Two Fasts of Over One 



Hundred Days Fach. Carl P. Sherwin and Philip B. Hawk 416 



Studies in Water Drinking : 



20. The Relationship of Water to Certain Life Processes and More Es- 



pecially to Nutrition. P. B. Hawk 420 



Muscular Work and the Respiratory Quotient. Sergius Morgulis 43S 



Bleached Flour. Frank L. Haley 440 



Meetings of the Biological Division of the American Chemical Society, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, April 8 and g, 1914. Isaac King Phelps, Secretary. 444 



The Biochemical Society, England. R. H. A. Plimmer, Secretary 452 



Scientific Proceedings of the Columbia University Biochemical Asso- 

 ciation. Alfred P. Lothrop, Secretary 454 



Doctorates in Biological Chemistry. P. H. D 472 



Biochemical Bibliography and Index. W. A. Perlsweig 475 



Biochemical News, Notes and Comment: 



General 489 



Journals 501 



Institutes 505 



War Notes 507 



Columbia University Biochemical Association 511 



Columbia Biochemical Department 517 



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