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the American Society of Biological Chemists, has already been 

 signed by nearly all of them : 



To Dr. Carl L. Aisberg: We who, like yourself, are active workers 

 in the field of experimental biological science, congratulate the country 

 and yourself on your appointment as Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry 

 in the Department of Agriculture. We wish to express our confidence 

 in your ability and integrity. We desire for you a successful admin- 

 istration which shall promote the public welfare, shall jealously guard 

 the public health, and shall uphold the dignity of the science which 

 you represent. 



We are greatly indebted to Dr. Adler for the biographical and 

 bibliographical facts, pertaining to Dr. Aisberg, on pages 211-216 

 of this issue. 



During the past winter a number of cases of stock poisoning 



due, apparently, to the feeding of spoiled or moldy silage, were 



brought to our attention. At that time we were unable to give the 



Stock poisoning niatter due consideration. During the present 



due to spoiled si- winter, however, we shall be in a position to make 



läge. Help! some preliminary studies to ascertain the cause 

 of toxicity in silage. Our work would be greatly facilitated if 

 those readers of the Biochemical Bulletin who know of such 

 cases of stock poisoning would bring this matter to the attention of 

 the owners so that samples of the silage might be forwarded to the 

 Chemical Section of the Iowa State College. The samples should 

 be accompanied by füll particulars regarding the apparent cause of 

 spoilage and the Symptoms exhibited by the animals to which the 

 silage was fed. Arthur W. Dox. 



Until recently the pathological work in our larger hospitals has 



been done by attending physicians. The growth of this special field, 



however, has made it impossible for any one to keep abreast with 



Demand for bio- ^^ ^"^ ^^ anything eise. The progress of medical 



logical chemists in science constantly tends toward what is most re- 



the hospitals fined and subtle. As the microscope revealed 



new fields of research, so chemistry has opened previously unim- 



