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members of the society had arisen as a token of 

 respect to the memory of Dr. Koch, Dr. A. P. 

 Mathews delivered the memorial address. 



The following papers and demonstrations, forty- 

 seven in all, were read and discussed: 



S. Simpson : ' ' The Bate of Growth in the Dog. ' ' 



G. N. Stewart: "Pnrther Observations on the 

 Blood-flow in Man." 



J. A. E. Eyster and W. J. Meek: "Experiments 

 on the Sinus Region of the Mammalian Heart. ' ' 



G. C. Robinson (by invitation) and J. A. Auer: 

 "Cardiac Anaphylaxis as Shown by the String 

 Galvanometer. ' ' 



W. T. Porter: "The Functional Relations of 

 Cells in Nerve Centers. ' ' 



B. S. Lillie : ' ' Correlation between the Anti- 

 stimulating Action and the Anti-cytolytic Action 

 of Anesthetics. ' ' 



E. B. Meigs : ' ' Studies in the General Physi- 

 ology of Smooth Muscle. ' ' 



W. P. Lombard: "The Tickle Sense." 



O. Folin, W. B. Cannon and W. Denis (by in- 

 vitation) : "A New Colorimetric Method for the 

 Determination of Epinephrin. ' ' 



J. Auer and S. J. Meltzer : ' ' The Splanchnic as 

 a Depressor Nerve. ' ' 



P. R. Miller : ' ' The Salivary Secretion Centers 

 in the Medulla. ' ' 



W. T. Porter: "A New Electrical Clock." 



S. P. Beebe : "A New Form of Apparatus for 

 Artificial Respiration. ' ' 



A. D. Hirschf elder : ' ' Some New Apparatus. ' ' 



L. Loeb : ' ' The Influence of Pregnancy on the 

 Cyclic Changes in the Uterus. ' ' 



G. Lusk : ' ' Metabolism of a Dwarf. ' ' 



H. S. Gasser (by invitation) and A. S. Loeveu- 

 hart: "The Mechanism of Stimulation by Oxygen 

 Want." 



T. B. Osborne and L. B. Mendel: "Feeding 

 Experiments Relating to the Nutritive Value of 

 the Proteins of Maize. ' ' 



A. J. Ringer: "The Fate of Fatty Acids in 

 Diabetic Organisms. ' ' 



A. B. Macallum and W. R. Campbell: "On the 

 Secretion of Pure Acid by the Kidney ' ' (with 

 demonstration ) . 



D. Marine: "Hypertrophy and Hyperplasia of 

 the Parathyroid in Birds. ' ' 



G. H. Whipple: "Hematogenous Jaundice and 

 its Relation to the Liver. ' ' 



E. V. McCoUum: "The Influence of the Plane 

 of Protein Intake oa Nitrogen Retention in the 

 Pig." 



R. S. Hoskins: "Relation of Fatigue Metab- 

 olites to Epinephrin EiiSciency. " 



D. R. Hooker : ' ' Perfusion of the Respiratory 

 Center in Frogs; the Influence of Calcium and 

 Potassium on the Respiratory Rhythm." 



A. Hunter: "The Nitrogen Excretion of Normal 

 and. of Thyroideetomized Sheep." 



A. L. Tatum (by invitation): "Studies in Ex- 

 perimental Cretinism with Suggestions as to a 

 Biological Test for Thyroid Secretion." 



R. A. Gesell (by invitation) : ' ' The Relation of 

 Pulse Pressure to Renal Secretion. ' ' 



C. Brooks and A. B. Luckhardt : ' ' The Arterial 

 Blood Pressure during Vomiting. ' ' 



T. SoUmann and J. D. Piloher (by invitation): 

 "The EfEects of Aortic Compression on the Cir- 

 culation. ' ' 



E. G. Grey (by invitation) and A. D. Hirseh- 

 f elder : ' ' Clinical Observations upon the Carbon 

 Dioxide Percentage of Alveolar Air. ' ' 



C. W. Greene and W. Y. Skaer (by invitation) : 

 ' ' On the Fat Contents of the Mammalian Gastric 

 Glands in Relation to the Stages of Digestion. ' ' 



S. Tashiro (by invitation): "The Chemical 

 Change in Nervous Tissue during Excitation. ' ' 



I. F. Zucker (by invitation): "The Pressor 

 Property of Shed Blood." 



H. Gushing, L. H. Weed (by invitation) and C. 

 Jacobsen : ' ' Further Studies on the Role of the 

 Pituitary Gland in Carbohydrate Metabolism, with 

 Special Reference to the Autonomic Control of the 

 Posterior Lobe Secretion. ' ' 



S. A. Matthews and D. D. Lewis (by invita- 

 tion) : "The Pars Intermedia; Its Place in Dia- 

 betes Insipidus. ' ' 



Lydia M. Degner (by invitation) and A. E. 

 Livingston (by invitation): "Effects of Thyroid- 

 ectomy and Castration, respectively, on the Pitui- 

 tary in the Rabbit. ' ' 



P. W. Cobb and L. R. Geisler (by invitation) : 

 ' ' The Influence on Foveal Vision of the Bright- 

 ness of Surroundings. ' ' 



D. E. Jackson : ' ' Some Observations on the 

 Peripheral Action of certain Drugs. ' ' 



G. L. Kite (by invitation): "The Relative 

 Permeability of the Surface and the Interior 

 Portions of the Cytoplasm of Animal and Plant 

 Cells. ' ' 



J. D. Pilcher (by invitation): "The Excretion 

 of Nitrogen Subsequent to Ligation of Successive 

 Branches of the Renal Arteries." 



W. E. Burge: "The Uniform Rate of Destruc- 



