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SCIENCE 



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Prograni^ 

 " Influence of Cold and Exercise in Phlorhizin 

 Glycosuria," by Graham Lusk. 



" The Influence of Carbohydrate on the Protein 

 Metabolism of a Fasting Pregnant Dog," by J. K. 

 Murlin. 



" The Transplantation of Parathyroid Glands in 

 Dogs," by W. S. Halsted. 



" The Nervous Coordination of the Auricles and 

 Ventricle of the Heart of the Lizard," by Marie 

 Imchanitzky. (Communicated by S. J. Meltzer.) 

 " The Influence of Diet on the Chemical Com- 

 position of the Body," by Lafayette B. Mendel. 



" The Chemical Composition of Nonstriated 

 Mammalian Muscle," by Lafayette B. Mendel and 

 Tadasu Saiki. 



" Increased Susceptibility of Protozoa to Poison 

 due to Treatment with Alcohol," by Lorande Loss 

 \\ oodniff. 



" The Eelative Specificity of Anaphylaxis," by 

 F. P. Gay and E. E. Southard. 



" On the Relation of Calcium Metabolism to 

 Tetany and the Cure of Tetany by Administration 

 of Calcium," by W. G. MacCallum and Carl 

 Voegtlin. 



" The Relative Toxicity of the Chlorides of Mag- 

 nesium, Calcium, Potassium and Sodium," by Don 

 R. Joseph and S. J. Meltzer. 



" The Action of Calcium upon the Pupil and its 

 Relation to the Effects of Mydriatics," by John 

 Auer and S. J. Meltzer. 



" The Destruction of Strophanthin in the Ani- 

 mal Organism," by Robert A. Hatcher and Harold 

 C. Bailey. 



" On the Nature of the So-called Glycogenolytic 

 Fibers in the Greater Splanchnic Nerves," by J. 

 J. R. Macleod. 



"Prevention of Syphilis in Macacus Rhesus by 

 Atoxyl," by Simon Flesner. 



" Further Notes on a Rat Tumor," by Simon 

 Flexner and J. W. Jobling. 



" On Nucleic Acids," by John A. Mandel, W. A. 

 Jacobs and P. A. Levene. 



"Regarding the Innervation of the Blood Ves- 

 sels of the Kidney," by R. Burton-Opitz and 

 Daniel R. Lucas. 



" Authors' abstracts of the papers read before 

 the Society for Experimental Biology and Medi- 

 cine are published in the Proceedings of the So- 

 ciety for Experimental Biology and Medicine. A 

 number is issued shortly after each meeting, and 

 costs 15 cents a copy. Copies may be obtained 

 from the managing editor, William J. Gies, 437 

 West 59th Street, New York. 



"Regarding the Innervation of the Blood Ves- 

 sels of the Intestine," by R. Burton-Opitz. 



" Note on Anaphylaxis to Horse Serum," by 

 Paul A. Lewis. 



" A Study of ' Protagon ' prepared by the Wil- 

 son-Cramer Method," by L. J. Cohen and William 

 J. Gies. 



The twenty-ninth meeting of the society was 

 held at Cornell Medical College, May 20, 1908. 

 Silas P. Beebe in the chair. 



Program 



" Heredity of some Human Physical Character- 

 istics," by C. B. Davenport. 



" The Experimental Production of the Maternal 

 Part of the Placenta in the Rabbit," by Leo Loeb. 



" Hemolytic Action of the Venom of Heloderma 

 suspectum," by Elizabeth Cooke and Leo Loeb. 



" The Biological Relations of Seed Proteins," by 

 Thomas B. Osborne. 



" Variation in Hydrochloric Acid Secretion 

 during the Digestive Period," by Nellis B. Foster 

 and Adrian V. S. Lambert. 



" The Eff'eots of some Organic Acids on the 

 Secretion of Gastric Juice," by Nellis B. Foster 

 and Adrian V. S. Lambert. 



" The Effect of Mechanical Obstruction of the 

 Pyloric Outlet on Gastric Secretion," by Nellis B. 

 Foster and Adrian V. S. Lambert. 



" Transplantation of Devitalized Arterial Seg- 

 ments," by Isaac Levin and John H. Larkin. 



■' A Study of Nitrogen Metabolism in a Case 

 Presenting Short Paroxysms of Fever of Unknown 

 Origin," by Theodore C. Janeway and Herman 0. 

 Mosenthal. 



" Histological Changes in Transplanted Blood 

 Vessels," by Wilbur Ward. (Communicated by 

 Francis Carter Wood.) 



" Note upon the Supposed Presence of a Gastric 

 Hormon in the Salivary Glands," by A. S. Loeven- 

 hart and D. R. Hooker. 



" The Relation of the Weight of the Stomach- 

 and Cecum-contents to the Body Weight in Rab- 

 bits," by Don R. Joseph. 



" The Inhibitory Influence of Magnesium upon 

 some of the Toxic Effects of Eserin," by Don R. 

 Joseph. 



" Influence of Iodides on Autolysis," by L. B. 

 Stookey. 



"Relation of the Thyroids to Autolysis," by 

 L. B. Stookey and Vera Gardner. 



" On the Physiology of the Thyroids," by L. B. 

 Stookev. 



