IV ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1957 



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Bamboo in the economy of Oriental peoples, by F. A. McClure 391 



Mechanizing the cotton harvest, by James H. Street 413 



Aniline dyes — their impact on biology and medicine, by Morris C. Leikind.. 429 



Causes and consequences of salt consumption, by Hans Kaunitz 445 



Roman garland sarcophagi from the quarries of Proconnesus (Marmara), by 



J. B. Ward Perkins 455 



Stone age skull surgery, by T. D. Stewart 469 



LIST OF PLATES 



Secretary's Report: 



Plates 1, 2 54 



Plates 3, 4 102 



Plates 5, 6, 7 150 



Plates 8, 9 182 



United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (Roberts): Plates 1-5 230 



Cosmic rays (Gold): Plate 1 238 



Meteors (Whipple): Plates 1-6 246 



Planetarium (Chamberlain) : Plates 1-6 278 



Radio astronomy (Hawkins): Plates 1, 2 286 



Jet streams (Lee): Plate 1 294 



Guajira Peninsula (Crist): Plates 1-10 342 



Red tide (Smith): Plates 1-4 374 



Musk oxen (Jackson): Plates 1, 2 390 



Bamboo (McClure): Plates 1-10 406 



Cotton harvest (Street): Plates 1, 2 422 



Sarcophagi (Ward Perkins): Plates 1-6 462 



Skull surgery (Stewart): Plates 1-10 486 



