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1912. A metaboHsm study on a fasting man (with P. B. Hawk) ; 

 Proceedings of the American Society of Biological Cheniists, 2, 65 ; 

 Journal of Biological Chemistry, 11, p. xxxi. — Hydrogen-ion concen- 

 tration of fecal extracts (with P. B. Hawk) ; Proceedings of the 

 American Society of Biological Chemists, 2, 66; Journal of Biolog- 

 ical Chemistry, 11, p. xxxii. — Studies on water drinking: XIII (Fast- 

 ing studies: VIII). Hydrogen-ion concentration in feces ; Journal of 

 Biological Chemistry, 11, 129. — A comparison of the data from two 

 fasts each exceeding one hundred days in length and upon the same 

 subject (with P. B. Hawk) ; Proceedings of the American Physiological 

 Society, American Journal of Physiology, 29, p. xiv. — On the differ- 

 ential leucocyte count during prolonged fasting (with P, B. Hawk) ; 

 American Journal of Physiology, 30, 174. — Fasting studies: VI. Dis- 

 tribution of nitrogen during a fast of 117 days (with H. A. Mattill 

 and P. B. Hawk) ; Journal of Biological Chemistry, 11, 103. — The gen- 

 eral aspects of fasting: Address before the Columbia University Bio- 

 chemical Association, May i, 1912; Biochemical Bulletin, 2, 90. — 

 The distribution of urinary nitrogen as influenced by the Ingestion of 

 moderate and copious quantities of distilled water at meal time (with 

 D. W. Wilson and P. B. Hawk) ; (in press) Journal of the American 

 Chemical Society, 34, Proceedings, p. ^^i- — Addendum. The utiliza- 

 tion of individual proteins by man as influenced by repeated fasting 

 (with P. B. Hawk) ; Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress 

 of Applied Chemistry (preliminary edition), 19, 145. (William J. Gies, 

 Secretary of the Faculty of Medicine. ) 



Resignations and appointments. The following changes in 

 the staff for the year 1912-13 were officially authorized prior to 

 October i, IQ12: Dr. Paul E. Howe, assistant professor, vice Prof. 

 Wm. H. Welker, resigned; Dr. Clayton S. Smith, instructor (pro- 

 moted), vice Dr. Ernest D. Clark, appointed instructor in chemistry 

 at the Cornell University Medical College; Dr. Frederic G. Good- 

 ridge, assistant, vice Reuben Ottenberg, resigned ; Messrs. E. G. Mil- 

 ler, Jr., and Arthur Knudson, assistants, vice Dr. C. S. Smith (pro- 

 moted) and Mr. A. R. Rose, resigned; and Misses Ethel Wickwire 

 and Tula L. Harkey, assistants (at Teachers College), vice Mr. E. 

 G. Miller, Jr. (promoted) and Miss Blanche Harris, resigned. 



Summer session. Courses. Professor Gies kept the labora- 

 tory open daily throughout the summer and conducted courses 

 (July 5-August 15) in nutrition at the College of Physicians and 



