EDITORIALS 



Our Amerian readers will doubtless be most agreeably surprised 

 when they scan the list of members of the Biochemical Society, Eng- 

 land.^ Who has expected the development, in so short a time, of an 

 Biochemical Society, Organization of such evident vigor !^ We have 

 England [ong appreciated the great ability of our English 



confreres; their eminent achievements have interested and stimu- 

 lated US greatly, and have taught us very much. But it is a revela- 

 tion to find that so many very able men among them have so 

 promptly united effectively to advance biochemical science. We 

 follow the proceedings of the Biochemical Society with fraternal 

 interest and professional expectancy; and we hope to present to the 

 readers of the Biochemical Bulletin such Information, from 

 time to time, as may be available for publication. Meanwhile, we 

 recommend careful attention to the fact that, as the official organ of 

 the Biochemical Society, the Biochemical Journal will mirror here- 

 after, even more perfectly than heretofore, the activity, influence 

 and achievements of British biochemical investigators. A bio- 

 chemical laboratory without the Biochemical Journal must be a 

 pretty poor place, indeed! 



The St. Louis Court of Appeals has reversed the lower court in 

 "the bleached flour case." This decision is not final, the Govern- 

 ment having the right and the Intention to carry the case to the 

 The bleached Supreme Court. There is no question that from 

 flour decision the point of view of both the common people 

 and physiologists, this decision of the court is one of the most 

 injurious to the whole people which has been rendered by a Court 

 in some time, since, if upheld, it makes a dead letter of a most 

 important part of the pure food law. The fifth section of the Food 

 and Drugs act reads : " An article shall be deemed adulterated," etc., 

 (5) "if it contains any added poisonous or other added deleterious 

 ingredient which may render such article injurious to health." 



^ See the Biochemical Bulletin, this issue, p. 447. 

 ^ Ibid., 1912, ii, pp. 128 and 209. 



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