Vol. I September, igii No. i 



Biochemical Bulletin 



Edited, for the Columbia University Biochemical Association, by the 

 EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: 

 WALTER H. EDDY, Editor-in-Chief, 

 and Assistant Editors, 



ERNEST D. CLARK, EDGAR G. MILLER, Jr., ANTON R. ROSE, 



NELLIS B. FOSTER, HERMAN O. MOSENTHAL, EMILY C. SEAMAN, 



WILLIAM J. GIES, REUBEN OTTENBERG, CLAYTON S. SMITH, 



ALFRED P. LOTHROP, JACOB ROSENBLOOM, WILLIAM H. WELKER, 



all of the Staff of the Biochemical Department of Columbia University. 



CONTENTS PAGE 



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



Modern Blood Tests before Transfusion. 



Reuben Ottenherg and David J. Kaliski. 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 



Biochemical Association. Walter H. Eddy, Secretary 57 



Chemistry of the Cell : A Symposium (abstracts) 65 



Introduction. William J. Gies 65 



Intracellular Water. William J. Gies 68 



Intracellular Salins. William H. Welker 70 



Intracellular Carbohydrates. Ernest D. Clark 72 



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. Reuben Ottenberg 92 



Proceedings of the Indianapolis Meeting of the Biological Sec- 

 tion of the American Chemical Society, with abstracts of the 



Communications. Carl L. Aisberg, Chairman 94 



Christian A. Herter: In Memoriam. Minutes adopted by the Facuity 



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



William H. Welker, Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry : 

 Memorandum accompanying a nomination to the Facuity of Medicine 



of Columbia University. William J. Gies, Secretary 136 



Biochemical News, Notes and Comment 139 



General 139 



Columbia Biochemical Association 144 



Columbia Biochemical Department 147 



Editorials 151 



Published Quarterly by the Columbia University Biochemical Association. 

 Publication Office : 437 West sgth Street, New York. 



