1912] Doctorates in Biological Chemistry 547 



Lewis Josephiis Gross: A study of the relation of the chemical com- 

 position of hens' eggs to the vitality of the young chick. — Merris 

 Mickey McCool: The antitoxic action of certain nutrient and non- 

 nutrient mineral bases with respect to plants. — Harry Westfall 

 Redfield: A study of hydrogen sulphide production by bacteria and 

 its significance in the sanitary examination of water. — John- Edwin 

 Turlington: The effect on plant growth of nutrients applied at dif- 

 ferent periods. 



Harvard University. — Fred Ford Flanders: The determination 

 and metabolism of benzoic acid and hippuric acid. 



Johns Hopkins University. — Henry Otto Eyssell: (i) The 

 detection of mannite in alkaline Solutions of copper sulphate; de- 

 composition of mannite by alkaline Solutions of potassium perman- 

 ganate in the presence of copper sulphate ; (2) A determination of the 

 volume of weight-normal Solutions of cane sugar at 15°, 20°, 25° 

 and 30°. 



University of California. — Charles Barrows Bennett: The pu- 

 rines of muscle. — Victor Birckner: The oxidations and cleavages of 

 glucose ; yeast glucase, a new glucolytic ferment. — Myrtle Elisabeth 

 Johnson: The control of pigment formation in amphibian larvae. — 

 Walter Pearson Kelley: The functions and distribution of manga- 

 nese in plants and soils. — Edward Haslam Walters: The hydrolysis 

 of casein by trypsin. 



University of Chicago. — Warder Clyde 'Allee: The effect of 

 dissolved gases on the behavior of isopods. — Melvin 'Arnos Bran- 

 non: The action of Salton sea water on plant tissues. — Harry John 

 Corper: Correlation of chemical and histological changes in necrosis 

 and autolysis. — Sophia Hennion Eckerson: A physiological and 

 chemical study of after-ripening. — Ernest Edward Irons: Studies 

 on immunity. — Fred Conrad Koch: The nature of the iodine com- 

 plex in thyreo-globulin. — Arno Benedict Lnckhardt: The relation 

 of the spieen to the fixation of antigens and the production of im- 

 mune bodies. — Eugene Franklin McCampbell: The toxic and anti- 

 genic properties of Bacteriiim welchii. 



University of Illinois. — Walter Edzvard Joseph: A study of 

 protein as a factor in the nutrition of swine, with special reference 



