2/2 Anmial Meetings of Federated Socicties [Jan. 



lytic action of anesthetics. — E. B. Meigs: Studies inthe general phys- 

 iology of smooth muscle. — W. P. Lombard: The tickle sense. — O. 

 FoUn, W. B. Cannon, and W. Denis (by invitation) : A new colori- 

 metric method for the determination of epinephrin. — /. Aiier and 

 5. /. Meltser: The splanchnic as a depressor nerve. — F. R. Miller: 

 The saHvary secretion centers in the medulla. — M. Dresbach (by 

 invitation); A bloodless method of recording blood pressure in 

 animals. — W. T. Porter: A new electrica! clock. — S. P. Beebe: A 

 new form of apparatus for artificial respiration. — A. D. Hirsch- 

 felder: Some new apparatus. — R. S. Hoslins: Relation of fatigue 

 metabolites to epinephrin efficiency. — D. R. Hooker: Perfusion of 

 the respiratory center in f rogs ; the influence of calcium and potas- 

 sium on the respiratory rhythm. — A. Hunter: The nitrogen excretion 

 of normal and of thyroidectomized sheep. — A. L. Tatum (by in- 

 vitation) : Studies in experimental cretinism with suggestions as to 

 a biological test for thyroid secretion. — R. Gesell (by invitation) : 

 The relation of pulse pressure to renal secretion. — C. Brooks and 

 A. B. Lnckhardt: The arterial blood pressure during vomiting. — 

 T. Sollmann and /. D. Pilcher (by invitation) : The effects of aortic 

 compression on the circulation. — E. G. Grey (by invitation) and A. 

 D. Hirschfelder: Clinical observations upon the carbon dioxide per- 

 centage of alveolar air. — C. W. Greene and W. Y. Skaer (by invi- 

 tation) : On the fat contents of the mammalian gastric glands in re- 

 lation to the stages of digestion. — 5". Toshiro (by invitation).- The 

 chemical change in nervous tissue during excitation. — /. F. Zucker 

 (by invitation) : The pressor property of shed blood. — H. Cushing, 

 L. H. Weed (by invitation) and C. Jacobsen: Further studies on 

 the role of the pituitary gland in carbohydrate metabolism, with 

 special reference to the autonomic control of the posterior lobe secre- 

 tion. — S. A. Matthews and D. D. Lewis (by invitation) : The pars 

 intermedia; its place in Diabetes insipidus. — Lydia M. Degner (by 

 invitation) and A. E. Livingston (by invitation) : Effects ofthyroid- 

 ectomy and castration, respectively, on the pituitary in the rabbit. 

 — P. W. Cobb and L. R. Geisler (by invitation) : The influence on 

 foveal vision of the brightness of surroundings. — D. E. Jackson: 

 Some observations on the peripheral action of certain drugs. — G. L. 

 Kite (by invitation) : The relative permeability of the surface and 



