Vol. I March, 1912 No. 3 



Biochemical Bulletin 



Edited, for the Columbia University Biochemical Association, by tho 

 EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: 

 WILLIAM H. WELKER, Chairman, 



ALFRED P. LOTHROP, Secretary, WILLIAM J. GIES, Treasurer, 



ERNEST D. CLARK, JACOB ROSENBLOOM, 



WALTER H. EDDY, HERMAN O. MOSENTHAL, ANTON R. ROSE, 



NELLIS B. FOSTER, REUBEN OTTENBERG, EMILY C. SEAMAN, 



EDGAR G. MILLER, JR., CLAYTON S. SMITH, 



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



CONTENTS 



PAGB 



Joseph Lister. In Memoriam 37i 



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. Ouotations from 



Science and the Journal of the American Medical Association 391 



A Summary of the Results of Certain Physiological Studies on a Pedi- 



GREED Race 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 Phytinon the Growth of Lupin Seedlings. A. R. Rose 428 



Electrical Baths for Use with Benedict's Method for the Determination 



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. Gies 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 



Hy drolysis ? 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 News, Notes and Com.ment : 



General 486 



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



Columbia Biochemical Association 513 



Columbia Biochemical Department 517 



Editorials 519 



Published Quarterly by tbe Columbia University Biochemical Association. 

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