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tion, and in advancing the cause of anatomy on this continent both 

 by precept and example." 



IV. THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN BACTERIOLOGISTS: 

 FIFTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 



A. P. Hitchens, Secretary 



The Society of American Bacteriologists met in Montreal, 

 Canada, December 31, 19 13 to January 2, 1914, in the new medical 

 building of McGill University. President Winslow's address, on 

 The characterization and Classification of bacterial types, was de- 

 livered at the annual dinner held at the University Club {Science, 

 1914, xxxix, p. yy). A list of the papers of particular interest to 

 the biochemist f ollows : 



P. E. Brown: Bacterial activities and crop production. — C. B. 

 Lipman: Antagonism between salts as affecting soll bacteria. — P. 

 E. Brown and E. H. Kellogg: Sulfofication in soils. — T. D. Beck- 

 with and A. F. Vass: A possible improvement of the technique of 

 determination of the ammonifying power of soils. — Caroline 

 Derick: On the influence of hypochlorite treatment of potable waters 

 upon their diatomaceous content. — C. H. Higgins: Toxic products 

 in foods and their detection. — 5^. C. Prescott: Bacteriological changes 

 in certified milk at low temperatures. — F. P. Gorham: Report of the 

 committee on methods of identification of bacterial species. — Jean 

 Broadhiirst: Constancy in fermentative reactions of Streptococci. — 

 L. A. Rogers, W. M. Clark and Alice C. Evans: The significant 

 characters of the colon group isolated from cow feces. — /. /. Klig- 

 ler: Studies on the Classification of the colon group. — /. A. Sperry: 

 A biochemical study of proteins with reference to the ability of 

 bacteria to break down and utilize pure animal and vegetable pro- 

 teins. — W. L. Owen: Bacteriology in relation to the cane sugar in- 

 dustry; its problems and possibilities. — Lewis Davis: A study of 

 the tellurite reaction with the colon-typhoid group. — F. M. Meader: 

 The precise technic for obtaining the Gruber- Widal reaction. — 5*. 

 H. Ayres: A synthetic medium for the detection of the colon group. 

 — F. P. Gorham, J. C. Hebden and B. S. Levine: The use of bac- 

 terial cultures in treating textile fibers. — A. A. Bruere: A method 

 of preserving complement. — /. L. Todd: Spirochacta recurrenfis 

 and its immunity reactions. — /. B. Brenner: The value of the new 



