Januabt 21, 1910] 



SCIENCE 



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the calculus of variations and the oscillation of 

 solutions of m linear differential equations of the 

 second order with m parameters." 



J. V. McKelvey: "The groups of birational 

 transformations of algebraic curves of genus five." 



J. L. Coolidge : " The representation by means 

 of circles of the imaginary elements of a three- 

 dimensional domain." 



L. C. Karpinski : " Jordanus Nemorarius and 

 John of Halifax." 



H. H. Mitchell : " The subgroups of the collinea- 

 tion group of the finite plane, PG{2p)." 



W. H. Jackson: " Differential and integral equa- 

 tions arising out of the theory of radiation." 



G. D. Birkhoff: "The stable solutions of the 

 problem of three bodies." 



W. D. Cairns : " The solution of the Lagrange 

 equation in the calculus of variations by means 

 of integral equations." 



Arthur Ranum : " On the line geometry of rie- 

 mannian space." 



H. F. MacNeish : " Linear polars of quantics 

 which are completely reducible to the product of 

 linear forms." 



E. v. Huntington : " An elementary explanation 

 of the precession of a gyroscope.'' 



C. J. Keyser : " Relational groups." 



Edward Kasner : " Thomson and Tait's theorem 

 on conservative forces." 



Edward Kasner: "Note on Lamp's families con- 

 nected with dynamics." 



Arthur Ranum : " On Clifford parallels and 

 Clifford surfaces in riemannian space." 



The Chicago Section of the society held its 

 twenty-sixth regular meeting at the University of 

 Chicago on Friday and Saturday, December 31- 

 January 1, the program including twenty-five 

 papers. The next meeting of the society falls on 

 Saturday, February 26. The San Francisco Section 

 will meet on the same day at Stanford University. 

 F. N. Cole, 

 Secretary 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES 



THE SOCIETT FOB EXPEKIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND 

 MEDICINE 



The thirty-sixth meeting was held at the Rocke- 

 feller Institute for Medical Research on December 

 15, 1909, with President Lee in the chair. 



Members present: Atkinson, Auer, Banzhaf, 

 Beebe, Brodie, Cole, Famulener, Gay, Gies, Har- 

 ris, Jackson, Joseph, Kast, Lamar, Lee, Levene, 

 Levin, Lewis, Lusk, Mandel, Maury, Meltzer, Mor- 



gan, Murlin, Morse, Opie, Pearce, Rous, Shaffer, 

 Shaklee, Van Slyke, Wallace, Wolf. 



Members elected: Stanley R. Benedict, Alfred 

 F. Hess, A. W. Hewlett, J. F. McClendon, Ray- 

 mond Pearl, A. I. Ringer, A. 0. Shaklee, Suther- 

 land Simpson and Hugh A. Stewart. 



Scientific Program, 



" The Conglutination Reaction as a Method of 

 Serum Diagnosis in Acute Infections," F. P. Gay 

 and W. P. Lucas. 



" Analysis of the Cleavage Prodvicts of the 

 Nucleoprotein of the Mammary Glands," John A. 

 Mandel. 



" Respiration by Continuous Intra-tracheal In- 

 sufflation of Air" (a demonstration), S. J. 

 Meltzer and J. Auer. 



" Demonstration of Animals whose Thoracic 

 Organs have been Operated upon," A. Carrel. 



" The Mutual Life-saving Antagonistic Action 

 of Barium and Magnesium" (a demonstration), 

 D. R. Joseph and S. J. Meltzer. 



" Acute Anaphylactic Death in Guinea-pigs : Its 

 Cause and Possible Prevention " ( a demonstra- 

 tion), J. Auer and P. A. Lewis. 



" Anaphylactic Shock in the Dog," R. M. Pearce. 



" The Cause of Serum Anaphylactic Shock and 

 some Methods of Alleviating it," J. F. Anderson 

 and W. H. Schultz. 



" A Model Illustrating the Mode of Action of 

 the Glomerulus," J. G. Brodie. 



" The Influence of Glycerin on Gastric Secre- 

 tion," L. Kast. 



" The Summation of Stimuli," Frederic S. Lee 

 and Max Morse. 



"The Action of Magnesium Salts: {a) In Rela- 

 tion to Motor Nerve Impulses, (6) In Relation 

 to Sensory Stimulation," A. H. Ryan and F. V. 

 and C. C. Guthrie. 



" The Effects of Direct Application of Mag- 

 nesium Salts; {a) To Motor and Sensory Nerves, 

 (6) To Cardio-inhibitory Nerves," C. C. and F. V. 

 Guthrie and A. H. Ryan. 



" The Survival and Growth of Subcutaneously 

 Engrafted Ovarian and Testicular Tissue," C. C. 

 Guthrie. 



" The Survival of Engrafted Thyroid and Renal 

 Tissue," C. C. Guthrie. 



" The Effect of Anemia and of Double Hyper- 

 emia on Hyperplastic Goiter," C. C. Guthrie. 



" A Method for the Determination of Amino- 

 nitrogen and its Applications," Donald D. Van 

 Slyke. 



" Note on the Production of Glycosuria by Pan- 



