EIGHTH SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE COLUMBIA 



UNIVERSITY BIOCHEMICAL ASSOCIATION AT 



THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SUR- 



GEONS, NEW YORK, DEC. 6, 1912* 



Proceedings reported by THE Secretary, 

 ALFRED P. LOTHROP 



The eighth scientific scssion of the Columbia University Bio- 

 chemical Association was held at the Columbia Medical School, at 

 4 p. m., on December 6, 1912.^ Abstracts of the papers are pre- 

 sented here (pages 285-96) in two groups : (I) Abstracts of papers 

 on research by non-resident members^ and (II) abstracts of papers 

 from the Columbia Biochemical Department and affiliated labora- 

 tories. The appended summary f acilitates ref erence to the abstracts 

 (45-62).^ 



A SUMMARY OF THE NAMES OF THE AUTHORS AND OF THE 

 TITLES OF THE SUCCEEDING ABSTRACTS 



Allan C. Eustis. Biochemical rea- 

 sons why free purgation is necessary 

 in combating acidosis of diabetes ; 

 results of clinico-chemical observa- 

 tions. (45) 



A. J. GoLDFARB. Studies on the effects 

 of salinity changes upon regenera- 

 tion. (46) 



I. Greenwald. The procedure of 

 Salomon and Saxl as a diagnostic 

 test for Carcinoma. (47) 



J. Arthur Harris and Ross Aiken 

 GoRTNER. On the relationship be- 

 tvreen the weight of the sugar beet 

 and the composition of its juice. 

 (48) 



Paul E. Howe (with H. C. Biddle), 

 Fasting Studies. XL Note on the 

 composition of the muscle of fast- 

 ing dogs. (49) 



Max Morse. The role of phagocytes 

 in the involuting tail of amphibian 

 larvae. (50) 



* Scientific meetings are held regularly on the first Fridays of December, 

 February and April, and on the first Monday in June. 



^ Proceedings of the sixth meeting were published in the last number of the 

 Biochemical Bulletin, 1912, ii, p. 156. Proceedings of the seyenth meeting are 

 published on page 322 of this issue. 



* Members of the Association who were not officially connected with the 

 Columbia Biochemical Department when the research was conducted. 



'For abstracts 1-44 see Biochemical Bulletin, 1912, ii, p. 156. 



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