Xxii CONTENTS. 



Section I. -PHYSIOLOGY. 

 THURSDA r, A UG UST 2. 



Page 



Address by Professor Feancis Gotch, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., President of the 



Section 704 



1. -Granular Changes in Nerve Fibres. By Professor J. S. Macdonald,B.A. 717 



2. Report on the Metabolic Balance-sheet of the Individual Tissues (p. 420) 717 



FRIDA T, A UG VST 3. 



1. The Nitrification of Sewage in Sliallow Filters with Fine Particles. 



By Dr. George Reid 717 



2. ='=Are the Preventive Measures which are Employed against Infectious 



Diseases Effective P By Dr. Hime 718 



3. Nitrogenous Metabolism in Normal Individuals. By Dr. J. M. Hamill 718 



4. Some Determinations of Nitrogen Excretion under Normal Conditions. 



By E. P. PouLTON, B.A 720 



5. Report on the Effect of Climate upon Health and DLsease (p. 424) 721 



6. Second Interim Report on the Ductless Glands (p. 423) T 721 



7. Fourth Report on the State of Solution of Proteids (p. 428) 722 



MONDA Y, A UG UST 6. 



"'^Discussion on the Physiological Value of Rest, opened by Tueodoee Dyke 



AcLAND, M.D 722 



1. The Neuron Theory : Fatigue, Rest, and Sleep. By Dr. AV. Bevan- 



Leavis, M.Sc 722 



2. The Hsematology of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. By G, G. Nasmith, 



M.A., Ph.D., and D. A. L. Graham, M.B 723 



3. On the Mechanism of the Locked Jaw of Tetanus. By Professor Sher- 



rington, F.R.S., and Dr. Roaf 723 



TUESDAY, AUGUST 7. 



'■= Joint DLscussion with Section B (Chemistry) on the Factors -which deter- 

 mine Minimal Diet Values. Opened by Dr. F. Gowland Hopkins, 

 F.R.S 723 



1. The Electrical Resistance of the Tissues. By Dr. Dawson Turner 723 



2. Observations on Hue Perception. By F. W. Edridge Green, M.D., 



F.R.C.S 724 



Section K.— BOTANY. 



THUBSDAY, AUGUST 2. 



Address by Professor F. W. Oliver, D.Sc, F.RS., President of the Section. 725 



1. Some South African Cycads : their Habitats, Habits, and Associates. By 



Professor H. II. W. Pearson 738 



2. Interim Report on Research on South African Cycads (p. 431) 739 



3. The Vegetation of TeneriH'e. By Hugh Richaebson, M.A 739 



4. A Preliminary Investigation into the Metabolism Concurrent with Heat 



Production in some Avoids. By Miss 0. B. Sanders 739 



6. Report on the Registration of Botanical Photographs (p. 43.3) 740 



