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in food of so-called vitamines and their Isolation. — E. C. Kendali: 

 Isolation in pure crystalline form of the active constituent of the 

 thyroid; its chemical natura and physiological activity. — H. C. 

 Sherman and D. E. Neun: Pancreatic amylase preparations. — P. H. 

 Mitchell: Causes of certain color-producing diseases in shell-fish. — 

 E. W. Rockwood: Diastase accelerators. — E. D. Clark and F. M. 

 Scales: Enzymes of a cellulose-destroying fungus from the soll, 

 Penicillinni pinophüum. — /. G. Mateer and E. K. Marshall, Jr.: 

 Urease content of certain beans, with special reference to the Jack 

 bean. 



Third SESSION. Wednesday^ Dec. 29, 9.00 a. m. John How- 

 land, F. H. Haessler and W. McK. Marriott: Use of a new reagent 

 for micro-colorimetric analysis, as applied to the determination of 

 calcium and of inorganic phosphates in the blood serum. — /. O. 

 Halverson and Olaf Bergeini: Determination of calcium in blood. 

 — F. P. Underhill: Influence of alkali upon blood sugar-content. — 

 /. R. Miirlin and B. Kramer: Influence of alkali on the diabetes of 

 partially and totally depancreatized dogs. — A. I. Ringer: Diabetes: 



(I) Influence of higher aldehydes on sugar elimination and acidoses ; 



(II) Influence of acetaldehyde on the formation of aceto-acetic acid 

 in the perfused livers of diabetic dogs. — A. A. Epstein and George 

 Baehr: Influence of phloridzin on the formation of glycogen in the 

 liver. — C. M. Guion and >S. R. Benedict: Blood sugar in phloridzin 

 glycosuria. — Hiigh McGiiigan and E. L. Ross: Liver circulation in 

 relation to glycemia. — /. S. Kleiner and 5. /. Meltzer: Hypergly- 

 cemia and glycosuria produced by intravenous injections of mag- 

 nesium Sulfate in dogs. — A. W. Peters and Mary E. Tnrnbtdl: 

 Experimental and clinical studies on mental defectives : (II) Glyco- 

 suric reaction of Institution inmates in relation to nutritional and 

 pathological conditions. — Louis Baiimann: Origin and estimation 

 of creatin in muscle. — Max Morse: Creatin elimination in atrophy. 

 • — C. F. Langworthy: Respiration calorimeter for incubation ex- 

 periments with poultry eggs. 



FOURTH SESSION. WeDNESDAY, Dcc. 29, 2.00 p. m. P.A. 



Levene: Sphingomyelin. — R. S. Hubbard and P. A. Shaffer: De- 

 termination of /?-hydroxybutyric acid. — E. G. Miller, Jr. and W. J. 

 Gies: Internal secretions in their relation to the development and 



