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ulty for the present year. He is making an extensive study of the 

 teaching faculties of the better med. schools. 



Prof. Hans Zinsser is a member of the Sanitary Commis. or- 

 ganized by the Amer. Red Gross and the Rocke feller foundation, 

 which recently went to Serbia to aid in the control of typhus fever, 

 now epidemic there. 



2. Proceedings of the Association 

 Edgar G. Miller, Jr., Secretary 



Eighteenth-twentieth meetings. Abstracts of the papers 

 comprising the scientific proc. of the i8th, igth and 20th scientific 

 meetings of the Assoc. are given at pages 193, 210, and 233, resp. 



First quarterly informal dinner. Immediately after the ad- 

 journment of the 20th meeting (Feb. 5), the members in attendance 

 proceeded to the Hofbrau Haus, 29th St. and Broad., where they 

 greatly enjoyed an informal dinner. Dr. Gies, the guest of honor, 

 spoke informally and intimately of the past and present of the 

 Biochem. Dep't; and suggested ways and means for the steady im- 

 provement of the work in biochemistry, and for a cumulative in- 

 crease in the usefulness of the Biochem. Dep't and the Assoc. The 

 great success of this informal dinner from every Standpoint led to a 

 subsequent decision to make such events a feature of the quarterly 

 meetings of the Assoc. (See page 266). 



Fourth annual dinner (2 ist meeting). All arrangements 

 had been completed for the fourth annual dinner of the Biochem, 

 Assoc. on Dec. 11, '14, with Dr. S. J. Meltzer the guest of honor, 

 vvhen a serious attack of pneumonia (Dec. 7) made Dr. Meltzer's 

 attendance impossible. The dinner was accordingly postponed to 

 Mar. 26, vv^hen it was held with Dr. Meltzer again in good health. 

 The "grand ball room" at Reisenweber's (8th Ave. and 58th St.) 

 was completely filled by the 200 members and guests who were 

 present 



Among the out-of-town members and guests in attendance were 

 Drs. John S. Adriance, F. G. Benedict, W. B. Cannon, C. B. Daven- 

 port, Casimir Funk, E. N. Harvey, Yandell Henderson, J. S. Hep- 

 burn, Wm. H. Howell, F. H. McCrudden, John Marshall, L. B. 

 Mendel, Leverett Mears, W. A. Noyes, G. Delgado Palacios. 



