SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS OF THE COLUMBIA UNI- 



VERSITY BIOCHEMICAL ASSOCIATION, AT 



THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND 



SURGEONS, NEW YORKi 



Proceedings reported by THE Secretary, 



ALFRED P. LOTHROP 

 I. SIXTEENTH MEETING 



The sixteenth scientific session of the Columbia Univ. Biochem. 

 Assoc. was held at the Columbia Med. Seh., at 4: 15 P. M., on Feb. 

 6, 1914. Abstracts of the papers are presented here (pages 455-465) 

 in two groups : {A) Abstracts of papers on research by non-resident 

 members^ and {B) abstracts of papers front the Columbia Biochem, 

 Dep't and affiliated laboratories. The appended summary f acilitates 

 reference to the abstracts (120-126).^ 



A SUMMARY OF THE NAMES OF THE AUTHORS AND OF THE 

 TITLES OF THE SUCCEEDING ABSTRACTS (120-126) 



Jacob Bronfenbrenner. The comple- I. J. Kligler. A biochemical study of 



ment fixation test in tuberculosis certain bacterial pigments. (123) 



with Besredka antigen. (120) Victor E. Levine. The effect of sele- 



Jacob Bronfenbrenner. The value of nium Compounds upon catalase and 



a new skin test for the diagnosis other enzymes. (124) 



of tuberculosis. (121) Victor E. Levine. Reduction of sele- 



B 



nium Compounds in the living organ- 

 ism. (125) 



Mark J. Gottlieb. Acetone as a pre- Arthur W. Thomas. On the phos- 

 cipitant of albumin. (122) phorus content of starch. (126) 



1 Scientific meetings are held regularly on the first Fridays of Dec. Feb. and 

 April, and on the first Monday in June. Proceedings of the thirteenth, four- 

 teenth and fifteenth meetings were published in the last number of the Biochem. 

 Bull., 1914 iii, pp. 302, 331 and 334. 



2 Members of the Assoc. who were not officially connected with the Columbia 

 Biochem. Dep't when the researches were conducted. 



3 Previous abstracts were published in the Biochem. Bull. : 1-44, 1912, ii, p. 

 156; 45-62, 1913, ii. p. 285; 63-72, 1913, ii, p. 452; 73-85, 1913, ii, P. 462; 86-107, 

 1913, ii, p. 541; 108-119, 1914, iii, p. 302. See also page 465. 



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