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SCIENCE 



185 



"Some Mutual Belations of Oxalates, Salts of 

 Magnesium and Calcium: Their Concurrent and 

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

 Meltzer. 



' ' A Method of Obtaining Successive Contrast of 

 the Sensations of Hunger and Appetite, " by A. J. 

 Carlson. 



' ' Further Observations on the Pyramidal Tracts 

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

 ' ' A New Apparatus for Demoustration of the 

 Dioptrics of the Eye and the Principles of Oph- 

 thalmoscopy and Retinoseopy, " 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. 

 Edmonds. 



"An Artificial Circulation Apparatus for Stu- 

 dents," by W. P. Lombard. 



"A Simplified and Inexpensive Oxadase Appa- 

 ratus," by H. H. Bunzel. 



"An Ii proved Form of Apparatus for Per- 

 fusion of the Excised Mammalian Heart," by M. 

 Dresbach. 



"Sugar Consumption in Eviscerated Animals," 

 by J. J. R. Macleod and B. G. Pearce. 



"On the Rapid Disappearance from the Blood 

 of Large Quantities of Dextrose Injected Intra- 

 venously," by I. S. Kleiner and S. J. Meltzer. 



"Further Observations on the Metabolism of 

 Depancreatinized Dogs," by J. R. Murlin. 



"Transfusion of Blood in Severe Diabetes Mel- 

 litus, " by R. T. Woodyatt and B. 0. Raulston. 



"The Cause of Diabetic Polyphagia," by A. B. 

 Luekhardt. 



"Preliminary Report on Work with a Respira- 

 tion Calorimeter in Bellevue Hospital," by E. F. 

 DuBois. 



"The Role of Nascent Oxygen in Protecting the 

 Body from Self -digestion, " by W. E. Burge. 



"The Effect of Castration on the Hypophysis 

 in the Rabbit," by A. E. Livingston. 



"The Secretion of Gastric Juice during Para- 

 thyroid Tetany," by R. W. Keeton. 



' ' The Brain-Adrenal-Thyroid-Liver-Pancreas Syn- 

 drome (Kinetic System)," by G. W. Crile. 



"The Variations in the Hunger Contractions of 

 the Empty Stomach with Age," by T. L. Patter- 

 son. 



' ' The Control of the Hunger Mechanism, " by A. 

 J. Carlson. 



The following persons were elected to member- 

 ship in the society: E. F. DuBois, Cornell Univer- 

 sity Medical School; O. G. Glaser, University r-f 

 Michigan; E. M. Ewing, Bellevue Medical School; 

 S. Tashiro, University of Chicago; A. L. Tatum, 

 University of Chicago; H. Laurens, Yale Univer- 

 sity; J. E. Sweet, University of Pennsylvania; E. 

 Lodholz, University of Pennsylvania; G. Pahr, 

 Johns Hopkins Medical School; J. H. King, Johns 

 Hopkins Medical School; R. E. Gesell, Washington 

 University, St. Louis; O. O. Stoland, University of 

 South Dakota; E. L. Porter Harvard Medical 



School; P. E. Howe, Columbia University; H. A. 

 Mattill, University of Utah; Mabel P. PitzGerald, 

 New York City. 



This makes the total membership of the society 

 210. 



The most important matter in the way of busi- 

 ness was the ratification of the work of the confer- 

 ence committee appointed at the Cleveland meeting 

 establishing the Federation of American Societies 

 for Experimental Biology. One of the aims of this 

 federation is the coordination of the scientific work 

 of the annual meetings, a successful beginning of 

 which was made this year. But a great deal of the 

 credit for this successful beginning is due to the 

 splendid facilities offered by the Philadelphia in- 

 stitutions, and the careful planning and hard work 

 of the local committee. 



The Washington University presented an invi- 

 tation t-o meet in St. Louis next year. The society 

 voted in favor of meeting in St. Louis, but the final 

 decision, is left with the executive committee of the 

 federation. 



The editorial committee (Drs. Porter, Carlson, 

 Erlanger, Howell, Lee, Lusk, Macallum) was in- 

 structed by the society to report at the next annual 

 meeting on the relation of the American Journal 

 of Physiology to the American Physiological So- 

 ciety and to propose measures to improve the facili- 

 ties for publication on the part of American physi- 

 ologists. 



Officers for the year 1914. — President, W. B. 

 Cannon; Secretary, A. J. Carlson; Treasurer, J. 

 Erlanger; Members of the Council, F. S. Lee, S. J. 

 Meltzer. 



A. J. Carlson, 

 Secretary 



University of Chicago, 

 January 10, 1914 



THE AMEBIC AN PBTTOPATHOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY 



The society met in aiSliation with the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science in the 

 state capitol at Atlanta, Ga., December 30, 1913, 

 to January 2, 1914. 



The following officers were elected: 



President, Dr. Haven Metcalf, U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



Vice-president, Dr. Frank D. Kern, Pennsylvania 

 State Agricultural Experiment Station, State Col- 

 lege, Pa. 



Member of Council, Dr. H. E. Pulton, North 

 Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, West 

 Raleigh, N. C. 



Chief editors of Phytopathology were elected as 

 follows: Dr. L. R. Jones, for one year; Dr. C. L. 



