1913] General 3 1 5 



New Orleans Academy of Science. The newly reorganized 

 New Orleans Academy of Science held its first regulär meeting on 

 November 12. As now organized it consists of sixteen sections 

 with a chairman for each section, among them Biology and Physiol- 

 ogy, Gustav Mann, chairman. 



The N. Y. Gastro-Enterological Society was founded, De- 

 cember 3, largely through the efforts of Dr. G. R. Lockwood. The 

 object of the society, as the name implies, relates to the study and 

 discussion of gastro-intestinal diseases. At the meeting for Organ- 

 ization, Dr. Max Einhorn was elected president, Dr. G. R. Lock- 

 wood, vice President and Dr. Harold Barclay, secretary-treasurer, 

 for 19 12-13. The officers constitute the Council. The charter 

 members are Drs. Harold Barclay, George E. Brewer, H. S. Carter, 

 Max Einhorn, Ellsworth Eliot, Wm. J. Gies, W. Van V. Hayes, 

 Lucius W. Hotchkiss, Ludwig Käst, Edward Leaming, G. R. Lock- 

 wood, Wm. G. Lyle, Charles Peck, A. R. Stern. The society will 

 meet at the homes of members, on the second Mondays of January, 

 March, May and November. Harold Barclay, Secretary (68 

 West 56th Street, New York). 



Officers-elect of biological organizations. American So- 

 ciety OF Biological Chemists (p. 275). 



American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental 

 Therapeutics (p. 279). 



American Physiological Society (p. 271). 



American Association for the Advancement of Science : 

 President, E. B. Wilson. 



Society of American Bacteriologists : President, C.-E. A. 

 Winslow ; vice-president, Chas. E. Marshall ; secretary-treasurer, A. 

 Parker Hitchens; Council, W. J. MacNeal, L. F. Rettger, D. H. 

 Bergey, H. A. Harding; delegate to Council of American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science, S. E. Prescott. 



American Society of Naturalists : President, Ross G. Har- 

 rison ; vice-president, E. M. East ; secretary, B. M. Davis ; treasiirer, 

 J. Arthur Harris; additional members of the executive committee, 

 A. P. Mathews and A. L. Treadwell. 



American Phytopathological Society: President, F. C. 



