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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XXIX. No. 731 



180 tons used as mixer. Ingots are sent to the 

 rolling mills at New Glasgow. 



William Campbell, 



Seoretary 



COLtfMBIA UnIVESSITY, 



New York 



the societt for experimental biology and 

 medicine 



The thirtieth meeting of the society was held 

 at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Oc- 

 tober 21, 1908, with President Lee in the chair. 



Members present: Alsberg, Atkinson, Auer, 

 Banzhaf, Burton-Opitz, Crile, Dakin, Ewing, 

 Famulener, Flexner, Gies, Harris, Jobling, Joseph, 

 Kast, Lee, Levene, Levin, Lusk, Mandel {A. E,.), 

 Meltzer, Meyer, Morgan, Noguchi, Opie, Park, 

 Pearce, Shafifer, Terry, Van Slyke, Weil, Wells, 

 Wolf. 



Memlers elected: C. C. Guthrie, B. P. Lyon 

 and Mazyck P. Ravenel. 



Scientifio Program} 



" Studies on the Chemistry of Anaphylaxis," 

 H. Gideon Wells. 



" Further Observations on the Clinical Aspects 

 of Hemolysis," George W. Crile. 



" The Behavior of Alanin in Metabolism," A. I. 

 Ringer and Graham Lusk. 



" An Important Source of Error in Heller's 

 Test for Urinary Protein," William Weinberger 

 (by invitation) . 



" A Clamp for Direct Transfusion of Blood " 

 (a demonstration), Isaac Levin. 



" The Further Separation of Antitoxin from its 

 Associated Protein in Horse Serum," Edwin J. 

 Banzhaf. 



" Multiple Tumors in Mice," J. W. Jobling. 



"On Plastein," D. D. Van Slyke and P. A. 

 Levene. 



" The Action of Bile and Some of its Constitu- 

 ents upon Intestinal Peristalsis and the Circula- 

 tion," Isaac Ott and John C. Scott. 



" The Uric Acid Excretion of Normal Men," 

 Paul J. Hanzlik and Philip B. Hawk. 



" Hemolysins in the Sera of Carcinoma and 

 Syphilis," S. Peskind (by invitation). 



'■ 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 twenty cents a copy. Copies may be ob- 

 tained from the managing editor, William J. Gies, 

 437 West 59th Street, New York. 



" The Effect of Instilling Adrenalin Chloride 

 into the Mammalian Eye," W. H. Schultz (by 

 invitation) . 



" Successful Canine Infection with Cultures of 

 Leishmania infantum ( Ch. Nicolle ) ," Frederick 

 G. Novy. 



" New Apparatus for Use in Metabolism Work " 

 (a demonstration), William J. Gies. 



William J. Gies, 



Secretary 



the biological section of the academy of 



science and art of PITTSBURG 



At a regular meeting of the section on December 

 I, Mr Richard R. Hice, of Beaver, Pa., spoke on 

 the " Preglacial Drainage of Western Pennsyl- 

 vania." Mr. Hice gave a concise summary of the 

 work of Carll, White, Foshay, Jillson, Leverett, 

 Campbell and Hice on the drainage of this part 

 of the state. As outlined by him, the history of 

 the region has been as follows: In the late Ter- 

 tiary there existed a fairly well-developed river 

 system draining northward into the Erie basin 

 through the upper Ohio and Beaver valleys. This 

 system was destroyed by the advance of the Kan- 

 san ice, which dammed the rivers, forming Lake 

 Monongahela. The water was thus raised to such 

 a height that it spilled over the divide below 

 Wheeling, and the formation of the present Ohio 

 was begun. A period of uplift followed, during 

 which the rivers draining toward the southwest 

 cut their channels far below the present level of 

 the river bottoms. During the later part of the 

 Wisconsin ice-advance and following the retreat 

 of the ice, there was a settling of the land and the 

 valleys were filled to a point above the present 

 stream level with glacial debris. At the present 

 time the streams are engaged in lowering their 

 beds in these sands and gravels. 



Percy E. Raymond, 



Secretary 



the ELISHA MITCHELL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY OF THE 

 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 



The 180th meeting of the society was held in 

 Chemistry Hall on Tuesday, November 10, 1908, 

 7 : 30 P.M. The program was as follows : 



" A Trip to Europe for Geographical Study " 

 (illustrated with lantern slides). Professor Col- 

 lier Cobb. 



" A Rapid Method for Determination of Oil in 

 Cotton-seed Products," Professor Chas. H. Herty. 

 Alvin S. Wheeek, 

 Recording Secretary 



