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dries iiistantaneously, and in one Operation leaves a coating of any 

 thickness desired. Such figures are distinct even when exceedingly 

 small, and have the advantage of being practically permanent. 

 (Ross Allen Baker: Chemist- Analyst, 1913, Aug., p. 12.) 



II. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BIOCHEMICAL ASSOCIATION 



I. General notes 



Marriages : On July 20, Miss Jessie Archibald Moore and Dr. 

 Alfred Henri Rahe. — On Sept. 25, Dr. Martha Ornstein and Dr. J. 

 Bronfen Brenner. 



Engagement: Miss Eleanor Riehm, of Newark, N. J., and 

 Dr. Clayton S. Smith. 



Appointments.^ Dr. Chas. F. Bolduan, lect. on hygiene and 

 sanitation, N. Y. Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. Col. — Dr. Sidney 

 Born has been retained by Prof. M. C. Whitaker to conduct an ex- 

 tensive investigation of the composition and constituents of certain 

 vegetable oils, with particular bearing on the organic substances oc- 

 curring in extremely small proportions. — Dr. E. D. Clark (instr. 

 in chemistry, Cornell Univ. Med. Seh.), soil biochemist, Bur. of 

 Chemistry, U. S. Dep't of Agric. — Dr. C. B. Coulter, assis. in 

 pathology, Columbia Univ. — Mr. Fred D. Fromme, assis. in botany, 

 Indiana Exp. Station. — Dr. T. Stuart Hart, assis. prof. of clin. 

 medicine, Columbia Univ. (promotion). — Dr. Homer D. Hoiise 

 (assoc. director and lect. on botany and dendrology, Biltmore Forest 

 Seh.), assis. State botanist of New York. — Dr. Emile F. Krapf, 

 research chemist and chief of the pharmaceut. dep't, Radium Re- 

 search Lab. of the Standard Chem. Co., Pittsburgh. — Dr. Max 

 Morse (prof. of biology, Trinity Col.), instr. in biochemistry, Univ. 

 of Wis. — Dr. Reuben Ottenberg, instr. in bacteriology, Columbia 

 Univ. — Mr. P. W. Punnett, assis. in chemistry, Columbia Univ. — 

 Dr. Jacob Rosenbloom (assis. prof. of biochemistry, Univ. of Pitts- 

 burgh), biolog. chemist, Western Penn. Hospital, Pittsburgh. — Dr. 

 Charles Hendee Smith, instr. in diseases of children, Columbia 

 Univ. 



1 See footnote, page 113. 



