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Studies upon the long-continued feeding o£ saponin. — /. Atier and 

 vS. /. Meltzer: The effect of the Inhalation of ether upon the irrita- 

 biHty of the voluntary peripheral motor mechanism. — T. S. Githens 

 and S. J. Meltzcr: The irritability of muscle and motor nerve in 

 Chloroform anesthesia. — T. S. Githens and S. J. Meltser: The cessa- 

 tion of respiration in deep ether anesthesia and its possible relation 

 to the action of ether upon the peripheral motor mechanism. — W. 

 M. Boothby: The anesthetic tensions of ether vapor for man. — R. 

 'A. Hat eher and C. Eggleston: Studies in the absorption of drugs. — 

 /. Auer and S. J. Meltzer: Fatal action of magnesium sulphate by 

 absorption from the intestines. — P. Hanzlik: Liberation of formal- 

 dehyde from hexamethylenamine in pathological fluids. 



Second SESSION. University of Pennsylvania, Tuesday, 

 December 30, 9.00 A. M. A. E. Cohn and F. R. Fräser: On cer- 

 tain effects of digitalis administration on the human heart. — J. D. 

 Pilcher: Quantitative studies of vagus Stimulation and atropin. — O. 

 H. Plant: Experiments on the cardiac action of camphor. — /. D. 

 Macht: The action of sodium and potassium iodide on the heart and 

 blood vessels. — W.Salant and C. S.Smith: The influence of sodium 

 tartrate on the circulation. — A. S. Loevenhart : The pharmacological 

 action of tetra-methyl ammonium chloride on the circulation and 

 respiration. — H. G. Barbour: Two types of periodic respiration pro- 

 duced by morphin. — D. E. Jackson: The pharmacological action of 

 certain substances on the lungs and respiration, — P. A. Lewis and 

 R. B. Krauss: Some further observations on trypan-red iodine Com- 

 pounds. — L. Taylor: Clinical studies with caffein. — W. Salant and 

 S. Hecht: Further observations on the action of ergot. — W. Salant 

 and C. S. Smith: The toxicity of tin. 



Executive proceedings. See page 280. 



New members: A. E. Cohn, Rockefeiler Inst.; H. F. Heim- 

 holte, Sprague Memorial Inst., Chicago; W. A. Jacobs, Rockefeller 

 Inst. ; Hugh McGuigan, Northwestern Med. Seh. 



Officers-elect : President — Torald Sollman; Secretary — John 

 Auer; Treasurer — W. deB. MacNider; Additional members of the 

 Council — /. /. Abel, A. S. Loevenhart; Membership Committee — 

 Reid Hunt (term expires 19 16). 



Dinners and smokers, Excellent subscription dinners of very 

 moderate cost were an enjoyable feature of the meeting and were 



