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recalled that the investigations of spoilt corn by Aisberg and his 

 co-workers have revolutionized the metbods of testing corn for its 

 fitness as food. 



Aisberg was secretary of the Section on Physiological Chemistry 

 of the International Congress of Arts and Sciences, St. Louis Ex- 

 position (1905); also secretary and member of the Council of 

 the Boston Society of Medical Sciences. He is Chairman of the 

 Division of Biological Chemistry of the American Chemical Society, 

 Fellovv of the American Association for the Advancement of Sci- 

 ence, and member of the following societies : American Chemical 

 Society, American Society of Biological Chemists, American Phys- 

 iological Society, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 

 Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Amer- 

 ican Pharmaceutical Association, Washington Academy of Science, 

 American Medical Association, American Association for Cancer 

 Research, Corporation of the Marine Biological Laboratory at 

 Wood's Hole, Massachusetts. He is one of the assistant editors of 

 Chemical Abstracts. 



Alsberg's appointment, by President Taft, as chief of the Bureau 

 of Chemistry to succeed Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, has received the 

 endorsement of all who know him. With his training and natural 

 equipments, with his record of achievements in research and in 

 practical chemistry, and with his professional Standing as a scientist, 

 it seems assured that the Bureau of Chemistry will continue to 

 develop along the best and most approved lines of modern chemical 

 science. 



A list of Alsberg's most important papers is appended : 



1901. P. A. Levene and C. L. Alsberg: Zur Chemie der Paranuclein- 

 säure; Zeitschrift für physiologische Chemie, 31, 543. 



1904. C. L. Alsberg: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Nucleinsäure; Archiv 



für experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie, 51, 239. — 

 C. L. Alsberg: The influence of cholic acid upon the excre- 

 tion of sulphur in the urine; Journal of Medical Research, 



13, 105. 



1905. C. L. Alsberg and Otto Polin : Protein metabolism in cystin- 



uria; American Journal of Physiology, 14, 54. 



1906. P. A. Levene and C. L. Alsberg: The cleavage products of 



vitellin ; Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2, 127. 



