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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XXVI. No. 658 



Arizona and New Mexico," H. H. Eobinson; 

 " Heat of Combustion of Silicon and Silicon 

 Carbide," W. G. Mixter; "Vanadium Sul- 

 phide, Patronite, and its Mineral Associates 

 from Minasragra, Peru," W. F. Hillebrand; 

 " Mineralogical Notes," W. T. Schaller; 

 " Thermoelectromotive Forces of Potassium 

 and Sodium with Platinum and Mercury," H. 

 C. Barker ; " Reaction between Potassium 

 Aluminium Sulphate and a Bromide-Bromate 

 Mixture," F. A. Gooch and E. W. Osborne; 

 •" Preparation of Formamide from Ethyl-For- 

 mate and Ammonium Hydroxide," I. K. Phelps 

 and C. D. Deming ; " Lower Middle Cambrian 

 Transition Fauna from Braintree, Mass.," H. 

 W. Shinier. 



We learn from Nature that after the cur- 

 rent year the Journal of Anatomy and 

 Physiology will be issued in two independent 

 parts, one to be devoted to anatomical, histo- 

 logical, morphological, and embryological sub- 

 jects, and the other to contain papers on sub- 

 jects of physiological interest (including phys- 

 iological histology and physiological chem- 

 istry). The acting editor of the anatomical 

 part will be Professor D. J. Cunningham, with 

 whom will be associated Sir William Turner, 

 K.C.B., Professor A. Macalister, and Professor 

 G. S. Huntington. The acting editor of the 

 physiological part will be Professor E. A. 

 Schafer, with whom will be associated Pro- 

 fessors F. Gotch, W. D. Halliburton, C. S. 

 Sherrington and E. H. Starling. 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES 



THE SOCIETY FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND 



MEDICINE 



Twenty -first Meeting 



The twenty-fii-st meeting of the Society 

 for Experimental Biology and Medicine was 

 held at the College of Physicians and Sur- 

 geons, of Columbia University, on Wednesday 

 evening, March 20. The president, Simon 

 Flexner, was in the chair. 



Merribers present — Adler, Beebe, Burton- 

 Opitz, Carrel, Crampton, Crile, Emerson, 

 Ewing, Field, Flexner, Gibson, Gies, Hatcher, 

 Lee, Levene, Levin, Lusk, Mandel (J. A.), 

 Meltzer, Murlin, Noguchi, Opie, Eichards, 



Schwyzer, Shaffer, Torrey, Tyzzer, Wads- 

 worth, Wallace, Wolf. 



Ahstracts of the Communications^ 

 A Study of the Vital Conditions Determin- 

 ing the Distribution and Evolution of Snails 

 in Tahitij with Illustrations : H. E. Cramp- 

 ton. 



It was shown that different valleys of 

 Tahiti contain forms of the genus Partula 

 that, on account of their more or less com- 

 plete isolation, have come to differ in correla- 

 tion with their geographical proximity or 

 remoteness. Evidence was adduced showing 

 that " mutations " have arisen at various re- 

 cent times. 



The Parathyroid Gland, with Demonstrations 

 of the Effects of Hypodermic Injections of 

 Parathyroid Nucleoproteid after Parathy- 

 roidectomy: S. P. Beebe. 

 It has been found that the symptoms of 

 tetany following parathyroidectomy in dogs 

 can be inhibited by the hypodermic injection 

 of parathyroid nucleoproteid. The globulin 

 from these glands has not been found effect- 

 ive. If the nucleoproteid is heated to boiling 

 in an aUialine medium its inhibitive powers 

 are destroyed. 



Further Experimental and Clinical Observa- 

 tions on the Transfusion of Blood: George 

 W. Crile. 



Beneficial results were obtained after acute 

 hemorrhage, after pathologic hemorrhage and 

 in the treatment of shock and illuminating 

 gas poisoning. Negative results were ob- 

 tained in pernicious anemia, leukemia, car- 

 cinoma, strychnin poisoning and diphtheria 

 toxemia. 



A Preliminary Report on the Direct Trans- 

 fusion of Blood in Animals given Excessive 

 Doses of Diphtheria Toxins: George W. 

 Crile and D. H. Dolley. 



' The abstracts presented in this account of the 

 proceedings have been greatly condensed from ab- 

 stracts prepared by the authors themselves. The 

 latter abstracts of the communications may be 

 found in Number 4 of Volume IV of the society's 

 proceedings, which may be obtained from the sec- 

 retary. 



