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school year to December 1 when the title usually 

 must be in the hands of the secretaries, is too 

 short; in addition the December meetings interfere 

 with, and for many practically abolish, the Christ- 

 mas holidays as a family festival. 



Privileges of Discussion. — As a number of in- 

 quiries were received during the last two years 

 concerning the privilege of discussing papers be- 

 fore the Pharmacological Society by members of 

 the Federation who do not belong to the Pharma- 

 cological Society, it was moved, seconded and 

 unanimously carried that this privilege be ac- 

 corded to all members of the Federation. At the 

 same time, the executive committee-members of 

 the society were instructed to propose before the 

 executive committee of the Federation that aU 

 the constituent societies grant the same privilege, 

 so that any member of one society is entitled to 

 join the discussion of any paper delivered before 

 any other society. 



It should be noted that this motion refers only 

 to the privilege of the floor; it obviously does not 

 confer the right to read a paper before a society 

 of which the author is not a member. Such a 

 transfer can only be made after the consent of the 

 secretary of that society has been obtained before 

 which the paper is to be read. 



Meetiyig Place in 1917. — The next meeting of 

 the Pharmacological Society, together with the 

 other members of the Federation, will be held at 

 the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. 



Dinners and Smokers. — Two informal dinners 

 and smokers were given, the first at the Hotel Mo- 

 Alpin on December 28, and the second at the Chem- 

 ists Club on December 29. At the first dinner, with 

 Dr. Simon Flexner as toastmaster, speeches were 

 delivered by Drs. Mendel, Pearee, Carlson, Can- 

 non and Jones. 



Scientifi.c Program. — Before giving a list of the 

 papers read and discussed, it may be mentioned 

 with satisfaction that all papers announced by their 

 authors for delivery were read with but one ex- 

 ception, and in this instance the title was changed. 



DECEMBER 28, 2.00-4.30 P.M. 



"Pharmacological Studies with Cocain and 

 Novocain," by G. B. Eoth. 



"The Fate of lodin, lodids and lodates in the 

 Body," by T. Sollmann. 



"The Fate of Strychnin in the Animal Body," 

 by E. A. Hatcher and Cary Eggleston. 



"The Eeduction of Toxicity of Strychnin by 

 the Simultaneous Administration of Large Quan- 

 tities of Fluid," by I. S. Kleiner and S. J. 

 Meltzer. 



"The Action of Strychnin in Cardiac Aryth- 

 mias, " by M. I. Smith (by invitation). 



' ' Bio- Assay and Variability of Veratrum Prep- 

 arations, " by J. D. Pilcher. 



"The Pharmacological Activity of Digitalis 

 Grown in America," by J. H. Pratt and H. Morri- 

 son (by invitation). 



"Digitalis in Cardiac Irritability," by C. C. 

 Guthrie. 



"The Toxicity of Digitalis for Normal and 

 Vagotomized Cats, " by D. I. Maeht and H. Colson 

 (by invitation). 



"Eesponses of Fish Melanophores to Sympa- 

 thetic and Para-Sympathetic Stimulants and De- 

 pressants," by H. G. Barbour and E. A. Spaeth 

 (by invitation). 



' ' The Action of Fluoresein and its Derivatives 

 on the Circulation," by W. Salant and E. Bengis 

 (by invitation). 



' ' The Action of Succinate and its Derivatives on 

 the Isolated Frog Heart, " by W. Salant and A. E. 

 Livingston (by invitation). 



DECEMBER 29, 9.00-12.30 P.M. 



"The Effect of Unilateral Excision of the 

 Adrenal, Section of the Splanchnic Nerve and Sec- 

 tion of the Eenal Nerves on the Secretion of the 

 Kidney, " by E. K. Marshall, Jr., and A. C. KoUs 

 (by invitation). 



"The Effect of Nicotin on the Two Kidneys 

 after Unilateral Section of the Splanchnic Nerves, ' ' 

 by A. C. KoUs (by invitation) and D. K. Mar- 

 shall, Jr. 



"The Protective Action of Diet against Eenal 

 Irritants," by W. Salant and E. Bengis (by invi- 

 tation). 



"A Consideration of the Eelative Toxicity of 

 Uranium Nitrate for Animals of Different Ages," 

 by W. deB. MaoNider. 



"A Study of the Conditions affecting the Eate 

 of Excretion of Phenosulphonephtalein, " by E. E. 

 Snowden (by invitation), Clyde Brooks and T. S. 

 Arbuthnot (by invitation). 



"The Action of Distilled Water on the Isolated 

 Uterus," by C. Voegtlin and G. C. Lake (by in- 

 vitation). 



"A Study of Ethylhydrocuprein (Optochin) in 

 Lobar Pneumonia," by H. F. Moore (by invita- 

 tion) and A. M. Chesney (by invitation). 



"Further Observations on Albuminuria and 

 Changes in Eenal Function following Full Thera- 

 peutic Doses of Salicylate," by E. W. Scott (by 

 invitation), T. W. Thoburn (by invitation), and 

 P. J. Hanzlik. 



