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wick. Perhaps the most enjoyable of these was the first, on Dec. 

 28. On this occasion a number of excellent speeches were deliv- 

 ered, the Speakers being the guests of the evening, Mr. Brookings, 

 and Drs. Graham Lusk, J. George Adami and G. Carl Huber. 



Scientific program. Three Joint sessions of the Federation 

 were held, at which the following papers were presented. 



First Session. Monday, Dec. 28, 9.00 a. m. Presiding 

 officer: President of the Biochem. Soc., and Chairman of the 

 Exec. Commit. for 1914, Graham Lusk. Memorial addresses : S. 

 Weir Mitchell, by E. T. Reichert (read by W. B. Cannon) ; Charles 

 S. Minot, by Frederic S. Lee. 



W. B. Cannon, C. A. Binger and R. Litz: Experimental hyper- 

 thyroidism. — David Marine: Further observations on the etiology 

 of goitre in fish. — H. R. Basinger and A. L. Tatum: Studies on ex- 

 perimental cretinism. — G. W. Crile, F. W. Hitchings and /. B. 

 Austin: A research into the function of the thyroid. — 5". Simpson 

 and R. L. Hill: The effect of repeated injections of pituitrin on milk 

 secretion. — W. L. Gaines: The action of pituitrin on the mammary 

 gland. — F. P. Knowlton and A. C. Silverman: On the mechanism 

 of pituitrous diuresis. — George B. Roth: The several factors in- 

 volved in the standardization of pituitary extracts. 



Second SESSION. TuESDAY, Dec. 29, 2 p. m. Presiding 

 officer: President of the Pharmacol. Soc., Torald Sollman. J. 

 R. Miirlin and B. Kramer: The influence of sodium carbonate on 

 the glycosuria, hyperglycemia and the respiratory metabolism of 

 depancreatized dogs. — /. S. Kleiner and S. J. Meltzer: The influ- 

 ence of depancreatization upon the State of glycemia after intra- 

 venous injections of dextrose in dogs. — /. /. R. Made od: The pos- 

 sibility that some of the hepatic glycogen may become converted 

 into other substances than dextrose. — R. T. Woodyatt: Narcotics in 

 phlorhizin diabetes. — R. S. Hoskins: Adrenal deficiency. — H. Mc- 

 Guigan: Hypoglycemia. — /. Auer and F. L. Gates: Some effects of 

 adrenalin when injected into the respiratory tract. — G. W. Crile, 

 F. W. Hitchings and /. B. Austin: The relation of the adrenals to 

 the brain. — A. B. Macallum and /. B. Collip: Further observations 

 of the origin of hydrochloric acid in the stomach. — C. C. Fowler, 

 M. E. Rehfuss and P. B. Hawk: The effect of various fluids and 



