THE BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY, ENGLAND 



SCIENTIFIC PROCEEDINGS 



Institute of Physiology, University College, London, 

 W. C, June II, 1913, at 8.30 p. m. — C. G. L. Wolf: A note on the 

 estimation of lactic acid. — S. Walpole: Gas electrode for general 

 use. — /. A. Gardner and Miss C. M. Leetham: On the respiration 

 of fresh water fish. — /. A. Gardner and Mr. Lander: On the cho- 

 lesterol content of the tissues of cats under various dietetic condi- 

 tions. — K. Goadby: The action of vapors, given off from paint, 

 upon the growth of bacteria. 



ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTAL STATION, HaRPENDEN, HerTS., 



July 12, 1913. — W . A. Davis and A. J. Daish: (i) The quantitative 

 estimation of maitose in plant materials; (2) A study of the forma- 

 tion of carbohydrates in the mangold leaf. — H. E. Annett: The 

 sugar of the Indian date palm. — A. Appleyard: Apparatus for 

 studying the gaseous reactions in soils. — W. Buddin: Plauts grown 

 on sterilised and unsterilised sick soils. — A. J. Prescott: A rapid 

 method for determining P2O5 in plant ash, soil extracts, etc. — H. B. 

 Hutchinson: Effect of lime on the biological relationships of the 

 soil. — H. B. Hutchinson and K. McLennan: Cellulose decomposi- 

 tion and nitrogen fixation. The beginnings of an atlas of soil 

 bacteria. 



Laboratory of Pathology, St. Thomas's Hospital, S. E., 

 Octoher 10, 1913, at 8.30 p. m. — C. Funk: The chemical composi- 

 tion of the different parts of the maize grain obtained during the 

 process of milling with reference to the etiology of pellagra. — C. 

 Funk: Apparatus for concentrating Solutions of highly unstable 

 substances. — H. MacLean: (i) A simple method for preparing 

 pure lecithin; (2) The action of lecithin as an activator of cobra 

 venom in haemolysis; (3) Some observations on (a) acetone soluble 

 Phosphatides, (&) the part played by Phosphatides in fatty degenera- 

 tion; (4) The Separation of "lecithin" into two somewhat similar 



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