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cereals on gastric secretion. — R. W. Keeton and F. C. Koch: The 

 distribution of gastrin in the body. — F. F. Rogers and L. L. Hardt: 

 The relation of the digestion intractions to the hunger contractions 

 of the stomach (dog, man). 



Third SESSION. Wednesday, Dec. 30, 9.00 a. m. Presiding 

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

 Exec. Commit. for 19 14, Graham Lusk. F. D. Zeman, J. Kohn 

 and P. E. Howe: Recuperation : Nitrogen metaboHsm of a man 

 when ingesting successively a non-protein and a normal diet after a 

 seven-day fast. — H. C. Bradley: Some studies in autolysis. — H. 

 McGuigan and C. L. v. Hess: The diastase of the blood. — W. E. 

 Bürge: The rate of oxidation of enzymes and their corresponding 

 pro-enzymes. — C Voegtlin: The harmful effect of an exclusive 

 vegetable diet. — C. L. Aisberg and C. S. Smith: The effect of long- 

 continued feeding of saponin from the bark of Gnaiacum officinale. 

 — E. L. Opie and L. B. Alford: Fat infiltration of the Hver and kid- 

 ney induced by diet. — V. H. Mottram: On the nature of the hepatic 

 fatty infiltration in late pregnancy and early lactation. — F. B. Kings- 

 bnry and E. T. Bell: The synthesis of hippuric acid in experimental 

 tartrate nephritis in the rabbit. 



Demonstrations. C. Brooks and A. B. Luckhardt: Blood- 

 pressure method. — /. Erlanger and W. E. Garrey: Demonstration 

 of a point-to-point method for analyzing induction shocks by means 

 of the string galvanometer.— 5. M. Patten: A device for projecting 

 a small spot of light suitable for exploring photosensitive areas. — 

 S. Amberg and D. McClure: Demonstration of the effect of sodium 

 iodoxy-benzoate on inflammation caused by mustard oil. — Worth 

 Haie: An arrangement of the Porter clock to give three-time inter- 

 vals at the same time.— F. L. Gates: A portable respiratory ma- 

 chine furnishing continuous, intermittent and remittent streams ot 

 air. — P. A. S ha ff er: The determination of blood sugar. 



Executive proceedings. The resolution printed on page 176 of 

 this volume was unanimously adopted. 



Executive Committee for 1915. Chairman — Torald Soll- 

 mann; Secretary — John Auer (Pharmacol. Soc); W. B. Cannon, 

 C. W. Greene (Physiol. Soc.) ; Walter Jones, P. A. Shaffer (Bio- 

 chem. Soc); Theobald Smith, Peyton Rons (Pathol. Soc). 



