SUMMARY OF CONTENTS: VOL. I, No. 1-4. 

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Mrs. Ellen H. Richards. An appreciation. Emily C. Seaman i 



Modern Blood Tests before Transfusion. 



Reuben Ottenberg and David J. Kaltski. 5 



The Tannin-Colloid Complexes in the Fruit of the Persimmon. 



Francis Ernest Lloyd. 7 



On the Relation of Biological Chemistry to Home Economics. 



William J. Gies. 42 



Suggestions to Teachers of Biological Chemistry. 



Jacob Rosenbloom and William J. Gies. 51 



Organization and Early Meetings of the Columbia University Bio- 



chemical Association. Walter H. Eddy, Secretary 57 



Chemistry of the Cell. A Symposium (abstracts) : 



Introduction. William J. Gies 65 



Intracellular Water. William J. Gies 68 



Intracellular Salins. William H. Welker 70 



Intracellular Carbohydrates. Ernest D. Clark 7^ 



Intracellular Lipins. Jacob Rosenbloom 75 



Intracellular Proteins. Walter H. Eddy 79 



Intracellular Extractives. Isidor Greenwald 84 



Intracellular Enzymes. Alfred P. Lothrop 88 



Factors in Immunity. Renben Ottenberg 92 



Proceedings of the Indianapolis Meeting of the Biological Section of 

 the American Chemical Society (with abstracts of the Communica- 

 tions) . Carl L. Aisberg, Chairman 94 



Christian A. Herter. In Memoriam. Minutes adopted by the Faculty of 



Medicine of Columbia University. Samuel W. Lambert, Dean 135 



William H. Welker, Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry. Memo- 

 randum accompanying a nomination to the Faculty of Medicine of 



Columbia University. William J. Gies, Secretary 136 



BiocHEMicAL News, Notes and Comment: 



General I39 



Columbia Biochemical Association I44 



Columbia Biochemical Department 147 



Editori ALS : 



Purpose and Scope of the Biochemical Bulletin 151 



Columbia University and the Presbyterian Hospital 152 



The Dalton Professorship of Physiology i53 



Scientific Names vs. Trade Designations iS4 



Fallacies in Iron Therapy I57 



Shall Substances be called Bodies ? 158 



Columbia University Biochemical Association 158 



Portrait of Mrs. Richards I59 



The American Chemical Society I59 



Chemical Abstracts I59 



Enzymes 160 



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