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ance of Millon's Reaction in the Urine, in the 

 Absence of Proteins, as a Criterion in the Tu- 

 berculin Reaction." 



Lawbence J. Hendeeson" and Chakles T. 

 Rtdee: "A Method for the Direct Determination 

 of Heats of Reaction." 



AxoNZO E. Taylob : " On the Conversion of 

 Glycogen into Glucose." 



Jacques Loeb : " On the Influence of the Con- 

 centration of the Hydroxyl Ions of a Salt Solution 

 upon the Physiological Effects of its Cations." 



Holmes C. Jackson and L. K. Baldauf: 

 " Fatty Transformation in the Liver." 



J. Geoege Adami and Oscab Kxotz : " The Ex- 

 istence of Cholesteryl Esters of the Fatty Acids 

 in Gall Stones and their Bearing upon the Forma- 

 tion of Cholesterin Gall Stones." 

 Second meeting 



George Washington Medical College. 

 Wednesday afternoon, May 8. 



Presiding officer: The Vice-President, John 

 J. Abel. 



Alexandeb Lambebt and C. G. L. Wolf: "The 

 Metabolism of Nitrogen and Sulphur in Pneu- 

 monia." 



John Marshall: "A Brief Note on a Source 

 of Error in the Use of a Certain Petroleum Ether 

 as an Extracting Medium." 



Heeman M. Adleb (by invitation) : "A Clinical 

 Method for Determining the Alkalinity of the 

 Blood." 



A. E. Austin : " Calcium Metabolism in a Case 

 of Myositis Ossificans." 



J. A. Mandel and P. A. Levene : " Hydrolysis 

 of Spleen Nucleoprotein." 



Heney L. Wheelee and Teeat B. Johnson: 

 " A Color Test for Uracil and Cytosin." 



Oswald Scheeinee and Howaed S. Reed (by 

 invitation): "The Role of the Oxidizing Power 

 of Roots in Soil Fertility." 



Oswald Scheeinee and M. X. Sullivan (by 

 invitation): "The Products of Germination af- 

 fecting Soil Fertility." 



Raymond H. Pond: "Solution Tension and 

 Toxicity in Lipolysis." 



William H. Welkee : " On the Cause of a Red 

 Coloration in the Iodoform Test for Acetone when 

 Applied to Distillates obtained from Urine Pre- 

 served with Thymol." 



R. F. RuTTAN (by invitation) : "On the Glycol 

 Fats and the Chemical and Physical Relationship 

 of Cross Fats." 

 Third meeting 



George Washington Medical College. 

 Thursday morning. May 9. Joint session 

 with the American Physiological Society. 



Presiding officers: The President of the 

 American Physiological Society, William H. 

 Howell, and the Vice-President of the Amer- 

 ican Society of Biological Chemists, John J. 

 Abel. 



Waltee Jones and C. R. Austbian : " On the 

 Occurrence of Ferments in Embryos." 



C. G. L. Wolf and Philip A. Shaffeb: "Pro- 

 tein Metabolism in Cystinuria." 



C. G. L. Wolf: "Protein Metabolism in the 

 Dog." 



A. B. Macallum : " On the Glomerular Excre- 

 tion under Certain Conditions." 



C. C. Benson : " On the Composition of the 

 Hourly Excretion of Urine." 



S. P. Beebe : " The Inhibition of Tetany Para- 

 thyreopriva by Extracts of the Parathyroid 

 Gland." 



ViCTOE C. Vaughan : " Proteid Susceptibility 

 and Immunity." 



A. D. Emmett and William J. Gies : " On the 

 Chemical Relation between Collagen and Gelatin." 



Lafayette B. Mendel: "Embryo-chemical 

 Studies — The Purin Metabolism of the Embryo." 



Reid Hunt : " Notes on the Thyroid." 



Waldemae Koch : " The Distribution of Sul- 

 phur and Phosphorus in the Human Brain." 



Fourth meeting 



Cosmos Club. Thursday evening, May 9. 

 Joint session with the Washington Section of 

 the American Chemical Society. 



Presiding- officers : The President of the 

 Washington Section of the American Chem- 

 ical Society, Peter Pireman, and the Secretary 

 of the American Society of Biological Chem- 

 ists, William J. Gies. 



Joseph H. Ivastle : " Chemical and Bacteriolog- 

 ical Standards now in Use in Water Analysis." 



H. C. Sheeman, William N. Beeg, L. J. Cohen 

 and W. G. Whitman : " Ammonia in Milk and 

 its Development during Proteolysis under the In- 

 fluence of Strong Antiseptics." 



H. C. GoBE: "Studies on Apple .Juice." 

 Hugh McGuigan : " Sugar Metabolism." 

 Oswald Scheeinee and Edmund C. Shobey: 

 " The Presence of Secondary Decomposition Prod- 

 ucts of Proteids in Soils." 



P. A. Levene and W. A. Beatty: "On Lysyl- 

 slvcin." 



