AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 



Proceedings of the Division of Biological Chemistry, New 

 Orleans, La., March 31-April 3, 1915.^ 



REPORTED BY 



PAUL E. HOWE 



The American Chemical Society held its fiftieth meeting in New 

 Orleans, La., March 31-April 3, 191 5. The Division of Biological 

 Chemistry held its meeting at the Hotel Grunewald, on April 2nd. 

 The f ollowing papers were presented : 



C. L. Aisberg: Control of cotton-seed products. — C. C. Boss: 

 Emetine, the specific remedy for pyorrhcea alveolaris. — Charles 

 Mann: Saw palmetto, a biochemical study. — E. R. Miller and /. M. 

 Moseley: Volatile oils of some species of Solidago. — E. R. Miller: 

 Volatile oils of several species of Eupatorium; Volatile oil of Achil- 

 lea millefolium L; Some volatile oils from the genus Pycnanthe- 

 mum. — W. J. V. Osterhout: Artificial photosynthesis by chlorophyl. 

 — W. E. Tottingham: Röle of chlorin in plant nutrition. — G. S. 

 Fraps: Nitrification studies. — C. B. Lipman: The form of nitrogen 

 in nitrogenous materials as an index to nitrifiability. — M. X. Sulli- 

 van: Formation of Creatinin by bacteria; Amount of Creatinin in 

 plants. — Edward Gudeman: Toilet papers, a source of infection. — 

 Adolph Bernard: Simple colorimetric method for the determination 

 of free reducing sugars and total carbohydrate in miscellaneous food 

 products. — /. P. Atkinson: Reducing action of certain carbohydrates 

 on distillation. — Sara S. Graves: Precipitant for ammonia. — W. 

 Denis: Phenols and phenol derivatives in urine. — /. H. Long: Physi- 

 ological activity of combined hydrochloric acid; Combinations of 

 proteins with halogen acids. — Charles Baskerville: Rate of evapora- 

 tion of ether from oils and its application in oil-ether colonic anes- 

 thesia. — H. S. Grindley and E. C. Eckstein: Free amid nitrogen and 



1 For accounts of the Organization of the Biochemical Division and suc- 

 cessive meetings see Biochem. Bull., 191 i, i, p. 94; 1913, iii, p. 76; 1914, iii, p. 444. 



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