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C. W. Diival: Effects of desiccation of the virus of hog cholera 

 and the use of this material in immunization. — W. G. Sniillie: 

 Streptococcus of Smith. — P. A. Lezvis and R. B. Krauss: Influence 

 of certain organic substances on the growth of the tubercle bacillus. 

 — M. J. Rosenau: Experiments on poliomyelitis. — E. C. Cutler: 

 Torula infections. — David Marine: Permanence of thyroid trans- 

 plants in rabbits. — Hideyo Noguchi: Recently discovered spiro- 

 chetosis prevalent in Japan. — F. G. Novy and P. H. De Kriiif: 

 Anaphylatoxin. — A. E. Taft: Cell reactions in the spinal cord in 

 acute anterior poliomyelitis. 



Executive proceedings. Physiological Abstracts. The 

 invitation of Dr. Bayliss, of the Physiol. Soc. (England), that the 

 Amer. Soc. for Exp. Path. lend its name to the title page of the new 

 English publication, Physiological Abstracts, as cooperating with it, 

 was accepted. 



Officers-elect : President, Simon Flexner; vice-president, H. 

 G. Wells; secretary-treasurer, Peyton Rous; councillor (through 

 an oversight a new councillor to succeed David Marine was not 

 elected). 



New Members. No new members were elected. 



Members present. Harvey Cushing, C. W. Duval, D. L. 

 Edsall, H. T. Karsner, P. A. Lewis, Leo Loeb, W. G. MacCallum, 

 W. H. Manwaring, David Marine, S. J. Meltzer, J. B. Murphy, H. 

 Noguchi, F. G. Novy, M. J. Rosenau, E. C. Rosenow, Peyton Rous, 

 Theobald Smith, G. N. Stewart, R. P. Strong, H. G. Wells, Hans 

 Zinsser. 



Laboratory of Biological Chemistry of Columbia University, 

 College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York. 



