No. 3. March, 1912. 



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Joseph Lister. In Memoriam 371 



Waldemar Koch. Biography and bibliography. Albert P. Mathews 372 



The Development of Biochemical Instruction and Research in New 



York City. John A. Mandel 377 



The Study of Environment. Wilder D. Bancroft 382 



Dr. Wiley's Retirement from the Bureau of Chemistry. Quotations 



from Science and the Journal of the American Medical Association 391 



A SUMMARY OF THE ReSULTS OF CeRTAIN PhYSIOLOGICAL StUDIES ON A PeDI- 



GREED Rage of Paramaecium. Lorande Loss Woodruff 396 



BiocHEMiCAL Studies on Soils Subjected to Dry Heat. 



Fred J. Seaver and Ernest D. Clark. 413 



The Influence of Phytin on the Growth of Lupin Seedlings. 



A. R. Rose. 428 



Electrical Baths for Use with Benedict's Method for the Determina- 

 tion OF Urea. William H. Welker 439 



A Response to Some Criticisms of the Colloid-chemical Theory of 

 Water Absorption by Protoplasm. Martin H. Fischer 444 



Studies of Enzymes as Possible Factors in the Development of Edema : 



1. Further Comment on Fischer's Theory of Edema. William J. des.. 461 



2. The Influence of Proteases on the Swelling of Fibrin, Collagen and 



Elastin Particles in Alkalin and Acid Media. Grover Tracy and 

 William J. Gies 467 



3. Is Experimental Edema in Recently Excised Tissues Attended by 



Protein Hydrolysis? Edgar G. Miller, Jr., and William J. Gies... 475 



A Note on the Distribution of Chlorate in a Woman Fatally Poisoned 

 BY Potassium Chlorate. Jacob Rosenbloom 483 



The Biochemical Club, England. W. D. H 484 



Biochemical Nev^'s, Notes and Comment: 



General 486 



Laboratory of Pharmacology, U. S. Bureau of Chemistry 512 



Columbia Biochemical Association 513 



Columbia Biochemical Department 517 



Editori ALS : 



Joseph Lister 519 



Waldemar Koch 522 



The Resignation of Dr. Wiley 523 



Helpful Books in Biochemistry 524 



Not a Square Deal for the Physician 526 



Professional Code of Ethics 527 



Cholesterol 528 



Ions 528 



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