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First session, Monday^ Dec. 27, 9.00 a. m. Presiding 

 officer: President of the PharmacoL Soc, and Chairman of the 

 Exec. Commit. for 191 5, Torald Sollmann. 



Symposium : Food accessories. Disciission opened by T. B. 

 Osborne and L, B. Mendel, Casimir Funk (absent), E. V. McCol- 

 lum, and Carl Voegtlin, 



W. H. Howell: Formation and structure of fibrin gel. — Jacques 

 Loeh: Mechanism of osmosis. — W. B. Cannon and R. Fitz: Over- 

 activity of the cervical sympathetic. — Otto Polin and R. D. Bell, 

 with the assistance of G. Le B. Poster: New observations on the 

 uric-acid content of the blood. — A. L. Meyer and 5. /. Meltzer: 

 Continuous insufflation through the humerus in fowl. — E. K. Mar- 

 shall, Jr., and D. M. Davis: Influence of the adrenals on the kidney. 

 — Leo Loeh: Heredity and internal secretion in the origin of cancer 

 in mice. — /. B. Murphy: Effect of X-rays on cancer immunity. — 

 Harvey Cushing and Gilbert Horrax: Presence of posterior-lobe 

 secretion in the cerebro-spinal fluid. 



Second SESSION. TuESDAY, Dcc. 28, 2. CO p. m. Presiding 

 officer : President of the PharmacoL Soc, and Chairman of the 

 Exec. Commit. for IQ15, Torald Sollmann. 



Demonstrations. P. R. Miller: Deglutition centre in the 

 meduUa oblongata. — C. G. Bull: Demonstration of the agglutination 

 of bacteria in vivo. — Peyton Rons and P. S. Jones: Method of ob- 

 taining suspensions of living somatic cells of the higher animals. — 

 G.H. A. Clozves: Analogous antagonistic effects exerted by electrol- 

 ysis and anesthetics on physical Systems and living cells. — W. B. 

 Cannon and McKeen Cattell: Action current of glands. — H. B. Wil- 

 liams: New type of string galvanometer and accessory apparatus. — 

 Robert Gesell: Apparatus for the investigation of cardiodynamics. 

 — A. L. Prince: Circulation model. — Theodore Hough: Improved 

 slide for blood counting. — W. B. Cannon: Motor-driven airblast 

 interruptor for artificial respiration. — Yandell Henderson: Mine- 

 rescue breathing-apparatus. — H. G. Barbour and L. L. Maurer: 

 Method of studying respiration in the rat.— ^. L. Meyer and 5*. /. 

 Meltzer: Insufflation through the humerus in fowl. — W. McK. Mar- 

 riott: Simplified procedure for the determination of carbon dioxide 

 tension in alveolar Siir.—R. T. Woodyatt: Quantitative pump for 



