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W. C. v. Glahn: Paraoxyphenylethylamin as a morphin antagonist. 

 — H. G. Barbour: Action of some derivatives of phenylethylamin. 

 — Worth Haie: Comparative action of the chief alkaloids of cin- 

 chona. — William Salant and L. E. Wise: Fate of sodiiim citrate in 

 the body. — William. Salant and A. E. Livingston: Pharmacological 

 action of oil of chenopodium. — R. J. Collins and P. J. Hanzlik: 

 Colorimetric method for the estimation of free formaldehyde. — 

 P. J. Hanzlik: SaHcyluric acid. 



Paper read by title. R. Weil: Anaphylatoxin theory of 

 anaphylaxis. 



Executive proceedings. Physiological abstracts. A unan- 

 imous acceptance was voted in response to the invitation of the 

 British Physiol. Soc. to cooperate with it in the publication of a new 

 Journal of abstracts, by having the name of the society appear on 

 the title-page of this Journal as a co-operative society. 



New members : R. J. Collins, Western Reserve Univ. Med. 

 Seh. ; /. F. Corbett, Univ. of Minn. ; 0. Folin, Harvard Med. Seh. ; 

 R. J. Hoskins, Northwestern Univ. Med. Seh.; Paul D. Lamson, 

 R. L. Levy, Johns Hopkins Med. Seh. ; C. C. Lieb, Columbia Univ. ; 

 E. K. Marshall, Jr., D. I. Macht, Johns Hopkins Med. Seh. ; Louise 

 Pearce, Rockefeiler Inst. ; Richard Weil, Cornell Univ. Med. Seh. 



Officers-elect : President, Reid Hunt; secretary, /. Auer; 

 treasurer, W. de B. MacNider; additional members of the Council, 

 A. D. Hirschfelder, G. B. Roth; Membership Commit., C. W. 

 Edmunds (term expires 1918), Torald Sollmann (term expires 

 1916). 



General comment.^ Time of Meeting. Considerable inter- 

 est was shown this year in the time of meeting for, as usual, a num- 

 ber of the members were compelled to sacrifice at least a part of 



1 Before making any comments, the Secretary hastens to state that the fol- 

 lowing remarks have no official Warrant for their existence, and are purely per- 

 sonal opinions. This fact should not discourage those who love to go gunning 

 for secretaries, as the season is always open for them. Moreover all secretaries 

 soon learn to endure a charge of verbal or written salt with a fine equanimity, 

 for they all know Aesop's fable of the ass. Indeed, a course as secretary can be 

 recommended to the sensitive as an excellent means of producing an astonishing 

 integumental Induration. (Should any thin-skinned individual wish to try this 

 therapeutic measure, a mild initial course should be chosen, but not, for example, 

 the secretaryship of the Biochemical Society.) 



