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Second SESSION. University of Pennsylvania, Tuesday, 

 December 30, 9.00 A. M. A. W. Peters and M. E. Turnbull: The 

 carbohydrate tolerance of feeble-minded children especially of the 

 Mongolian type. — A. I. Ringer and G. W. Raiziss: Protein metab- 

 olism in individuals with exfoliative conditions of the skin. — P. H. 

 Mitchell: The oxygen requirements of shell fish. — W. McK. Mar- 

 riott: The metaboHc relationship of the acetone substances. — E. D. 

 Clark and R. A. Gortner: Phenomena of narcosis of leaves of the 

 wild indigo (Baptisia tinctoria) and consequent production of a new 

 phenol. — A. B. Macallum and /. B. Collip: A hitherto unknown con- 

 stituent of nerve cells. — H. M. Adler and B. H. Ragle: A note on 

 the chemical constituents of the cerebrospinal fluid in certain cases 

 of insanity. — A. E. Taylor and C. W. Miller: On the estimation of 

 minute quantities of phosphorus. — /. Greenwald: Formation of 

 glucose from citric acid in Diabetes mellitus and in phlorhizin gly- 

 cosuria. — /. P. Atkinson: Further results upon the electrolysis of 

 Peptids and amino acids. — George Peirce: Researches on the hep- 

 toses. — C. G. Fawcett and /. A. Rahe: The nerve control of the 

 thyroid gland. 



Third SESSION. University of Pennsylvania, Wednesday, 

 December 31, 9.00 a. m. H. H. Bunzel: Biological oxidizabihty 

 and chemical Constitution. — /. L. Hydrich: Albuminuria following 

 Phenolphthalein ingestion. — W. R. Bloor: The determination of 

 fats in small amounts of blood. — L. Baumann: Creatin determina- 

 tion in muscle. — A. C. Kolls and A. S. Loevenhart: A respiration 

 Chamber for small animals. — J. R. Murlin: A respiration incubator 

 for the study of metabolism in new-born and prematurely-born in- 

 fants. — ^A^. R. Blatherwick : The specific role of foods in relation to 

 the composition of the urine. — Rita K. Chesnut: Creatinin- and 

 creatin-free foods. — 5". Bookman: Experimental hydrochloric-acid 

 intoxication. — P. H. Mitchell: The effects of water-gas tar on 

 oysters. — P. A. Shaffer: The effect of glucose on autolysis; A pos- 

 sible explanation of the protein-sparing action of carbohydrates. 

 — M. X. Sullivan: The passage of organic substances from plant to 

 medium. — M. E. Pennington, J. S. Hepburn and E. L. Connolly: 

 Studies on chicken fat; (VI) The factors influencing the acidity of 

 the crude fat. 



