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F. S. Lee : ' The Cause of the Treppe.' 



F. S. Lee: 'Methods of Studying Fatigue.' (A 

 demonstration. ) 



C. L. Alsberq : ' Demonstration of the Adiabatio 

 Calorimeter of Richards, Henderson and Frevert.' 



Tlie election of new members was held between 

 twelve and one o'clock. 



The afternoon session was devoted to informal 

 demonstrations. 



Saturday, December 29, 10 A.M. 



Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, 

 Sixty-sixth Street and Avenue A. 



Joint session with the Section (K) of Physi- 

 ology and Experimental Medicine of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. 



R. M. Yerkes : ' The Functions of the Ear of 

 the Dancing Mouse.' 



S. J. Meltzer and J. Atjeb: ' The Effect of Sec- 

 tion of one Vagus upon the Secondary Peristalsis 

 of the CEsophagus.' 



P. P. Underhill and L. B. Mendel : ' On the 

 Alleged Adaptation of the Salivary Glands to 

 Diet.' 



C. H. Neilson (by invitation) : 'Adaptation of 

 Saliva to Diet.' 



W. Koch and H. S. Reed : ' The Effect of Phos- 

 phorus Starvation on Aspergillus niger.' 



W. J. GlES : ' New Chemical Facts about Ten- 

 don and Compound Proteins.' 



W. J. GiES and W. N. Berg: 'A Further Study 

 of Peptolysis.' 



L. LoEB (by invitation) : 'The Action of Blood 

 Serum and Tissue Extracts on the Coagulation of 

 the Blood.' 



W. B. Cannon : ' Some Observations on the 

 CEsophagus after Bilateral Vagotomy.' 



L. B. Stooket and M. Morris : ' Concerning the 

 Pharmacological Action of Salicylic Acid.' 



P. A. Levene and J. E. Sweet : ' Nuolein Metab- 

 olism Experiment on a Dog with Eck's fistula.' 



P. A. Levene, W. A. Beatty, D. R. MacLaubin 

 and C. H. Ruiller : ' Protein Analysis.' 



J. AtTEB : ' Demonstration of Normal Gastric 

 Peristalsis in the Rabbit.' 



J. Atjeb and S. J. Meltzer : ' Peristalsis of the 

 Rabbit's Caecum ' ( with demonstration ) . 



A. Carrel (by invitation): 'Preservation of 

 Blood Vessels in Cold Storage.' 



S. J. Meltzer : ' Demonstration of the Failure 

 of Regeneration of the Cervical Ganglion Twenty- 

 six Months after its Removal.' 



The members of the society were invited 

 to luncheon on Thursday, Friday and Sat- 

 urday, at one o'clock. 



A scientific exhibition was held at the 

 American Museum of Natural History dur- 

 ing convocation week, under the auspices 

 of the New York Academy of Sciences. 

 The purpose of the exhibition is to collect 

 and demonstrate objects showing the most 

 recent advances in the different depart- 

 ments of science. The Committee on Phys- 

 iological Exhibit consisted of William J. 

 Gies, chairman; Joseph Erlanger, William 

 H. Howell, Frederic S. Lee, Jacques Loeb, 

 Warren P. Lombard, Graham Lusk, S. J. 

 Meltzer, Lafayette B. Mendel, William T. 

 Porter, Edward T. Reichert, G. N. Stewart. 



The next meeting of the society will be 

 held in conjunction with the Congress of 

 American Physicians and Surgeons in 

 Washington, May, 1907. 



Lapatette B. Mendel, 



Secretary 



THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE 

 PALEONTOLOGISTS 



The fifth annual meeting of the Amer- 

 ican Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists 

 was held in the American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York City, on 

 Wednesday and Thursday, December 26 

 and 27, 1906. The following members 

 were present: 



Mr. Barnum Brown, American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York City, N. Y. 



Dr. Bashford Dean, Columbia University, New 

 York City, N. Y. 



Dr. Marcus S. Farr, Princeton University, 

 Princeton, N. J. 



Mr. J. W. Gidley, U. S. National Museum, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Mr. Walter Granger, American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York City, N. Y. 



Mr. W. K. Gregory, American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York City, N. Y. 



Dr. 0. P. Hay, American Museum of Natural 

 History, New ifork City, N. Y. 



Dr. L. Hussakof, American Museum of Na- 

 tural History, New York City, N. Y. 



Professor F. B. Loomis, Amherst College, Am- 

 herst, Mass. 



