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Soc. F. Exp. BiOL. Med, The Soc. for Exper. Biol. and Med. 

 held a special meeting, on Saturday morning, June 6, in the lab. 

 of the Station for Exp. Evolution, Cold Spring Harbor, L. I. 

 After the meeting, the many members in attendance were the guests 

 of Pres. Graham Lusk, at luncheon, in his nearby summer home. 



Amer. Philosoph. Soc. During the general meeting of the 

 Amer. Philosoph. Soc, at Phila., the follovving papers of interest to 

 biochemists were presented : 



April 2ß. — Factors of influence in the origin and circulation of 

 the cerebrospinal fluid : C. H. Frazier, pro f. of clin, surg., Univ. of 

 Penn. ; Aspects and methods for the study of the mechanism of the 

 heart beats : A. E. Cohn, assoc. in med., Rockefeller Inst; The 

 kinetic System : G. W. Crile, pro f. of clin. surg., West. Reserve Univ. 



April 25: Symposium on the physics and ehem. of protoplasm. — 

 The germ plasm as a sterochemic System : E. T. Reichert, prof . of 

 physiol., Univ. of Penn. ; Arrangement and distribution of sub- 

 stances in the cell : E. G. Conklin, prof. of zool., Princeton Univ. ; 

 Vital staining of protoplasm : H. McL. Evans, assoc. prof. of anat- 

 omy, Johns Hopkins Univ. ; The physical State of protoplasm : G. L. 

 Kite, Phipps Inst., Phila. ; The physico-chemical Organization of the 

 cell : L. J. Henderson, assis. prof. of biol. ehem., Harvard Univ. 



Officers-elect. Amer. Med. Assoc. Pres., W. L. Rodman, 

 Phila.; ist vice-pres., D. S. Fairchild, Iowa; 2d vice-pres., W. R. 

 Townsend, N. Y. City; ßd vice-pres., Alice Hamilton, Chicago; 4th 

 vice-pres., W. E. Darnall, Atlantic City; sec'y, A. R. Craig, Chicago 

 (reelected) ; treas., W. A. Pusey, Chicago. 



Miscellaneous. Royal Soc. of London : Sir William Crookes, 

 pres. — Kentucky Acad. of Science: Prof. /. H. Kastle (Univ. of 

 Ky.), pres. — New Orleans Acad. of Science: Dr. Gustav Mann 

 (Tulane Univ.), vice pres. — Assoc. Amer. Physicians: Dr. 5. /. 

 Meltzer (Rockefeller Inst.), pres. 



Members elect. Nafl Acad. of Sciences: Dr. F. G. Benedict, 

 Carnegie Nutr. Lab., Boston; Prof. W. B. Cannon, Harvard Univ.; 

 Prof. Moses Gomberg, Univ. of Mich. 



Amer. Philosoph. Soc: Dr. S. J. Meltzer, Rockefeller Inst.; 

 Prof. W. A. Noyes, Univ. of 111. ; Prof. R. M. Pearce, Univ. of 

 Penn. 



