January 23, 1914] 



SCIENCE 



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"Fatal Action of Magnesium Sulphate by Ab- 

 sorption from the Intestines, " by J. Auer and S. 

 J. Meltzer. 



"Liberation of Formaldehyde from Hexamethy- 

 lenamine in Pathological Fluids," by P. Hanzlik. 



The third scientific session was held on Tuesday, 

 December 30, from 9 to 12 M., in the engineer- 

 ing building of the University of Pennsylvania, 

 and the following papers were presented and dis- 

 cussed : 



"On Certain Effects of Digitalis Administration 

 on the Human Heart" (with lantern demonstra- 

 tion), by A. E. Cohn and F. R. Fraser (by invi- 

 tation). 



"Quantitative Studies of Vagus Stimulation 

 and Atropin, " by J. D. Pilcher. 



"Experiments on the Cardiac Action of Cam- 

 phor," by O. H. Plant. 



"The Action of Sodium and Potassium Iodide 

 on the Heart and Blood Vessels," by I. D. Macht 

 (by invitation). (Bead by title.) 



' ' The Influence of Sodium Tartrate on the Cir- 

 culation," by W. Salant and C. S. Smith. 



"The Pharmacological Action of Tetra-methyl- 

 ammonium Chloride on the Circulation and Res- 

 piration, " by A. S. Loevenhart. 



"Two Types of Periodic Respiration Produced 

 by Morphin, " by H. G. Barbour. 



"The Pharmacological Action of Certain Sub- 

 stances on the Lungs and Respiration," by D. E. 

 Jackson. 



"Some Further Observations on Trypan-red 

 Iodine Compounds," by P. A. Lewis and R. B. 

 Krauss. 



"Clinical Studies with Caffein," by Lester 

 Taylor (by invitation). 



"Further Observations on the Action of Er- 

 got," by W. Salant and S. Hecht. 



"The Toxicity of Tin," by W. Salant and C. 

 S. Smith. 



On Tuesday afternoon, December 30, the three 

 societies forming the federation held a joint 

 meeting at the medical laboratories of the Univer- 

 sity of Pennsylvania. At this meeting only dem- 

 onstrations were given and of these the demon- 

 stration of Drs. Abel, Rowntree and Turner was 

 especially beautiful. The titles were as follows: 



"The Influence of the Vagi on Renal Secre- 

 tion," by R. G. Pearce. 



' ' Stimulation of the Semi-circular Canals, " by 

 F. H. Pike. 



' ' Demonstration of Vividiffusion, " by J. J. 

 Abel, L. G. Rowntree and B. B. Turner. 



' ' The Determination of Blood Sugar, " by P. A. 

 Shaffer. 



"Intestinal Peristalsis in Homarus, " by F. R. 

 Miller. 



' ' Methods for Studying the Pharmacology of 

 the Circulation," by C. Brooks. 



' ' The Contour of the Intraventricular and the 

 Pulmonary Arterial Pressure Curves by Two New 

 Optically Recording Manometers," by C. J. 

 Wiggers. 



' ' Some Time-saving Laboratory Methods, ' ' by 

 C. C. Guthrie. 



"A Graphic Method for Recording the Coagula- 

 tion of Blood," by W. B. Cannon and W. K. 

 Mendenhall (by invitation). 



' ' Some Mutual Relations of Oxalates, Salts of 

 Magnesium and Calcium; Their Concurrent and 

 Antagonistic Actions," by F. L. Gates and S. J. 

 Meltzer. 



' ' A Method for Obtaining Successive Contrast 

 of the Sensations of Hunger and Appetite, ' ' by A. 

 J. Carlson. 



"Further Observations of the Pyramidal Tracts 

 of the Raccoon and Porcupine," by S. Simpson. 



' ' A New Apparatus for Demonstration of the 

 Dioptrics of the Eye and the Principles of Ophthal- 

 moscopy and Retinoscopy, " by A. Woelfel. 



' ' Simple Experiments on Respiration for the 

 Use of Students," by Y. Henderson. 



"Convenient Modification for Venous Pressure 

 Determinations in Man, " by R. D. Hooker. 



"Device for Interrupting a Continuous Blast of 

 Air, Designed Especially for Artificial Respira- 

 tion," by R. A. Gesell and J. Erlanger. 



"A Simple Liver Plethysmograph," by C. W, 

 Edmunds. 



' ' An Artificial Circulation Apparatus for Stu 

 dents," by W. P. Lombard. 



"A Simplified and Inexpensive Oxidase Appa- 

 ratus," by H. H. Bunzel. 



"An Improved Form of Apparatus for Per 

 fusion of the Excised Mammalian Heart," by M. 

 Dressbach. 



Business Meetings 



Executive sessions were held by the Pharmaco- 

 logical Society on Monday, December 29, at 5 P.M. 

 and on Tuesday, December 31, at 12:30 P.M. The 

 following ofiicers were elected for the year 1914: 



President — Dr. Torald SoUmann. 



Secretary — Dr. John Auer. 



Treasurer — Dr. William deB. MacNider. 



