28o Annual Meetings of Federated Societies [Jan. 



Crile and /. B. Austin: Nitrous oxide sleep compared with normal 

 sleep; brain cell studies. — W. T. Porter and /. H. Pratt: The action 

 of diphtheria toxin on the vasomotor centre. — H. Nogttchi and 

 /. Bronfenbrenner: The effects of certain disinfectants and therapeu- 

 tic preparations upon the cultivated spirochetes. — F. M. Surface 

 (by invitation) : The effect of surplus cow serum on complement 

 fixation with infectious abortion. — */. Adler and C. L. Aisberg: 

 Studies lipon the long continued administration of adrenalin and 

 nicotin. — *C L. Aisberg: The hemolytic power of various plants. 



Third session. December 31, 9.00 a. m. — *F. H ender son: 

 Demonstration of a carbonator for quantitative carbon-dioxide 

 therapy. — P. Lcivis: Further observations on the relations of vital 

 stains to the tubercle. — T. S. Githens and 6". /. Meltser: On the 

 course of the toxic effects of ether and Chloroform under intra- 

 tracheal insufflation. — T. S. Githens: On the influence of decerebra- 

 tion upon morphin tetanus in frogs. — /, 5*. Kleiner (by invitation) : 

 On the effect of sodium bicarbonate and sodium chlorid upon the 

 convulsions produced by heroin and strychnin. — /. Aiier and 5. /. 

 Meltzer: The influence of pituitrin upon the depressor action of the 

 vagus nerve in cats. — B. T. Terry: The influence of heat upön the 

 toxicity for trypanosomes of blood containing transformed atoxyl. 

 — B. T. Terry: Variations in the toxicity of transformed atoxyl for 

 trypanosomes, caused by altering the number of organisms. 



Officers-elect. The following officers were elected for 1913 : 



President — Torald Sollmann; Secretary — JohnAuer; Treas- 

 URER — A. S. Loevenhart. 



New members of the Council — /. 7. Abel and Wm. DeB. 

 MacNider. 



Membership committee — C. W. Edmunds was reelected to 

 serve three years, and the place made vacant by Dr. Sollmann's elec- 

 tion to the presidency was filled by the election of Reid Hunt. 



New members. Among the candidates for membership under 

 investigation by the Membership Committee, the following were 

 favorably reported to the Council, recommended for election, and 

 elected by the Society : H. G. Barboiir, Yale University ; Clyde 

 Brooks, University of Pittsburgh ; Gary Eggleston, Cornell Uni- 



* Read by title. 



