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George G. Soottj ' ' Some Indications of the Evo- 

 lution of the Osmotic Pressure of the Blood and 

 Other Body Fluids." (Read by title.) 



H. D. Fish, ' ' The Increase in Homozygosis 

 which results from Certain Systems of Inbreed- 

 ing. ' ' 



The session of the afternoon consisted of a 

 symposium, in joint session with the American 

 Society of Zoology and Section F of the Ameri- 

 can Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 on the subject "The Value of Zoology to Human- 

 ity." 



E. G. Conklin, "The Cultural Value of Zool- 

 ogy." 



C. B. Davenport, "The Value of Scientific 

 Genealogy. ' ' 



G. H. Parker, "The Eugenics Movement as a 

 Public Service. ' ' 



Stuart Paton, "Preparedness for Peace." 



H. F. Osborn, "The Museum in the Public 

 Service. ' ' 



The Naturalists' dinner was held on the even- 

 ing of December 31, at the Hotel Walton, with 

 one hundred and forty in attendance. The presi- 

 dent, Professor Samuel F. Clarke, described the 

 founding and early history of the society, follow- 

 ing whom Dr. A. G. Mayer, as retiring vice-presi- 

 dent of Section F, gave an illustrated address on 

 "The Research Work of the Tortugas Laboratory 

 of the Carnegie Institution of Washington." 



The officers of the Society for 1915 are: 



President — Frank R. Lillie, University of Chi- 

 cago. 



Vice-president — RoUin A. Emerson, Cornell Uni- 

 versity. 



Secretary — Bradley M. Davis, University of 

 Pennsylvania (1914-16). 



Treasurer — J. Arthur Harris, Carnegie Station 

 for Experimental Evolution (1915-17). 



Additional Members of the Executive Com- 

 mittee— 'Ross G. Harrison, Yale University (1914- 

 1915) ; Raymond Pearl, Maine Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station (1914-16) ; Henry V. Wilson, 

 Adeline Ames, Department of Agriculture, Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina (1915-17). 



Bradley M. Davis, 

 Secretary for 19H 



AMERICAN SOCIETY FOB EXPERIMENTAL 

 PATHOLOGY 



First session Monday, 2 P.M., December 28, 

 1914. The society was called to order by Presi- 



dent R. M. Pearee. Report of council by secre- 

 tary. The following papers were presented by 

 members of the society: 



"Studies on Streptococci," by E. C. Rosenow. 

 Discussion by Drs. Pearee, Wells, Adami and 

 Whipple. 



"Observations on the Formation of Antibodies," 

 by Ludvig Hektoen. Discussion by Dr. Karsner. 



"Auto-plastie and Homio-plastic Transplanta- 

 tions of Tissues," by Dr. Leo Loeb. Discussion 

 by Drs. Opie, Ulenhuth and Loeb. 



' ' Further Studies in Nitrogen Retention and 

 Renal Function," by Dr. H. T. Karsner. Discus- 

 sion by Drs. Wells, Pearee, Opie and Karsner. 



"Metastatic Calcification," by Dr. H. G. Wells. 

 Discussion by Dr. Adami. 



' ' Studies in Bile Pigment Excretion, ' ' by Drs. 

 G. H. Whipple and C. W. Hooper. Discussion by 

 Drs. Wells, Pearee and Whipple. 



"The Influence of Diet upon the Progress of 

 Bacterial Infection," by Drs. E. L. Opie, L. B. 

 Alford. Discussion by Drs. Loeb and Wells, 

 Karsner, Whipple and Opie. 



Papers read by title: 



"The Effect of Previous Intravenous Injections 

 of the Pneumocoecus upon Experimental Pneu- 

 monia by Intrabronchial Insufflation of the same 

 Organism," by Drs. B. S. Kline and S. J. Meltzer. 



"Further Studies Upon the Experimental Pro- 

 duction of Leprosy in the Lower Animals," by Dr. 

 0. W. Duval. 



At the conclusion of this scientific session the 

 society went into executive session for the elec- 

 tion of officers and new members and transaction 

 of business. Dr. Theobald Smith was unanimously 

 elected president for the ensuing year. Dr. G. H. 

 Whipple was elected vice-president for the ensuing 

 year. Dr. Peyton Rous was elected secretary- 

 treasurer for the ensuing year. Dr. R. M. Pearee 

 was elected councillor in place of Dr. Harvey 

 Gushing whose term expired. 



The following new members were elected: Dr. 

 James B. Murphy, of the Rockefeller Institute, 

 Dr. L. G. Rowntree, of the Johns Hopkins Hos- 

 pital, Dr. Richard Strong, of the Harvard Medical 

 School, and Dr. M. C. Winternitz, of the Johns 

 Hopkins Medical School. 



On Tuesday afternoon, December 29, at 2 p.m., 

 and Wednesday morning, January 30, 9 A.M., joint 

 meetings of the Physiological, Biochemical, Phar- 

 macological and Pathological Societies were held. 

 The details of these meetings may be found in the 

 proceedings of these respective societies. 



Geobae H. Whipple 



