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Columbia University Biochemical Association 200 



Columbia Biochemical Department 201 



Editori ALS : 



Ernst Schulze 205 



Important though Unknown Factors in Nutrition 205 



The Coming of Age of the Babcock Test 207 



Organotherapy 208 



Biochemical Society, England 20g 



"Baustein" or " Construction Unit"? 209 



" Splitting Products " or Cleavage Products ? 209 



A Rare Compliment 210 



X-rays 210 



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Carl L. Alsberg. Biography and Bibliography (with portrait). H.M.A.. 211 

 A Differential Chemical Study of Glucoses from a Case of Pancreatic 



Diabetes. Frederic Landolph 217 



The Detection of Aceto-acetic Acid by Sodium Nitroprussid and Ammonia. 



V. J. Harding and R. F. Ruttan. 223 

 Ortho-tolidin as an Indicator for Occult Blood. 



R. F. Ruttan and R. H. M. Hardisty. 225 



Synthetical Properties of Emulsin. Vernon K. Krieble 227 



On the Occurrence of Nicotinic Acid in Rice Bran. 



U. Suzuki and S. Matsunaga. 228 

 A Study of the Influence of Cancer Extracts on the Growth of Lupin 



Seedlings. Jacob Rosenhloom 229 



The Biochemistry of the Female Genitalia: 



3. A Quantitative Study of Certain Enzymes of the Ovary, Uterus, and 



Bladder, of Pregnant and Non-pregnant Sheep. 



Thuisco A. Erpf-Lefkovics and Jacob Rosenbloom. 233 



4. On the Absence of Certain Enzymes from the Human Chorion. 



Jacob Rosenbloom. 236 

 A Department of Biochemical Research at Vineland, New Jersey. 



Arnos W. Peters. 238 



Biochemistry in New York Twenty Years Ago. E. E. Smith 243 



Immunity in Some of its Biochemical Aspects. Charles Frederick Bolduan. 247 

 A Plan for the Organization of the American Biological Society. 



Albert P. Mathews. 261 

 Organization of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental 



BlOLOGY, COMPRISING THE AmERICAN PhYSIOLOGICAL SoCIETY, AmERICAN 



Society of Biological Chemists, and American Society for Pharma- 



COLOGY and Experimental Therapeutics. John Auer 269 



Annual Meetings of the Organizations Comprising the Federation of 

 American Societies for Experimental Biology : 

 I. The American Physiological Society. 



Joseph Erlanger, Acting Secretary. 271 



