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elaborate discussion participated in by 

 mathematieians and engineers. 



The next meeting of the society will be 

 held at Columbia University on Saturday, 

 February 29. The San Francisco Section 

 will meet at Stanford University on the 

 same day. 



F. N. Cole, 

 Secretary 



THE AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Thb twentieth annual meeting of the 

 society was held at the University of Chi- 

 cago, December 31 to January 2, 1907-8. 

 It included joint sessions with the Amer- 

 ican Society of Biological Chemists and 

 Section K of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science. The follow- 

 ing scientific papers were presented: 



W. H. Ho-svELL and W. W. Duke : " Further 

 Communication on the Effect of Vagus Inhibition 

 on the Output of Potassium from the Heart." 



O. FoLiN : " Protein Metabolism in Fasting." 



J. J. E. MACLEOD : " Experimental Glycosuria." 



L. B. Mendel: "Further Observations on the 

 Parenteral Utilization of Carbohydrates." 



H. D. Haskins : " Preliminary Report of Cer- 

 tain Investigations as to the Nature of Peptones." 



A. P. Mathews : " The Spontaneous Oxidation 

 of some Cell Constituents." 



Waldemae Koch : " On the Chemical Study of 

 Mental Disorders." 



L. B. Stookey and V. Gaedneb : " Concerning 

 the Pharmacological Action of Potassium Iodide." 



H. Gideon Wells : " The Chemistry of Hyper- 

 nephromas." 



J. R. Greek (by invitation) : " On the Composi- 

 tion of Normal Lymph from the Neck Lymphatics 

 of the Hqrse." 



Emil Osteebehg and Chaeles G. L. Wolf; 

 " Protein Metabolism in the Dog. The Metabolism 

 with Low Caloric Values of Protein." 



J. G. Ryan (by invitation) : "The Presence of 

 Glucose in Saliva." 



S. J. !Meltzee and J. Aueb: "The Antagonistic 

 Action of Calcium upon the Inhibitory Effect of 

 Magnesium" {with demonstration). 



C. F. Hodge and O. P. Dellinger : " A Com- 

 parative Study of the Cilium as a Key to the 

 Structure of Contractile Protoplasm." 



C. F. Hodge, D. Glbbs and 0. P. Delllngbr: 

 " Daily Life of Amcefea proteus." 



J. F. McClendon (by invitation): (1) "The 

 Reaction of Amceia to Stimuli of Small Area." 

 (2) "The Effects of Prolonged Centrifugal Force 

 on Paramosoium." 



R. M. Yebkes: "The Relation of Plasticity to 

 Age in the Dancing Mouse." 



B. Bbande ( by invitation ) : " The Bacterio- 

 agglutinating Action of Lymph under Different 

 Conditions of Lymph Formation." 



T. Hughes (by invitation): "The Relative 

 Hemolytic Action of Serum and Lymph under 

 Different Conditions of Lymph Formation." 



S. J. Meltzeb and D. R. Joseph : " The Effect 

 of Stimulation of the Vagi upon the Onset and 

 Development of Rigor Mortis of the Mammalian 

 Heart." 



A. B. Luckhabdt ( by invitation ) : " The Os- 

 motic Concentration of the Blood during Anes- 

 thesia." 



W. T. PoETEB, W. I. Claek and F. H. Pbatt: 

 ( 1 ) "On Differences between the Bulbar and 

 Spinal Vasomotor Cells." (2) "The Reactions 

 of Peripheral Vasomotor Areas." 



W. T. PoBTER, R. Richardson and H. K. 

 Masks : ( 1 ) "A Comparative Study of Vasomotor 

 Reflexes." ( 2 ) " Vasomotor Reflexes after Ex- 

 cessive Hemorrhage." 



C. C. Guthrie : " Survival of Tissues and Or- 

 gans under Perfusion." 



A. J. Carlson and W. J. Meek : " On the 

 Mechanism of the Embryonic Heart Rhythm." 



S. Hatai : " Comparison of the Nervous System 

 in the Normal Albino Rat with the Nervous Sys- 

 tem in those Experimentally Stunted." 



I. H. Hyde: "A Study of the Respiratory and 

 Cardiac Activities and Blood Pressure in the 

 Skate, following Intravenous Injections of Salt 

 Solutions." 



J. Erlangeb, J. E. Blackman and E. K. Cul- 

 LEN : " Further Studies on the Physiology of 

 Heart Block in Mammals. Chronic Auriculo- 

 ventricular Heart Block in the Dog." 



G. W. Crile (by invitation) : "Observations on 

 the Effect of Excessive Transfusion of Blood." 



C. Sihlee (by invitation): "The Disputed 

 Points in the Histology of the Submaxillary Gland 

 and their Physiological Importance." 



W. B. Cannon : " Some Observations on the 

 Neuro-muscular Mechanism of the Alimentary 

 Tract." 



C. W. Edmunds and G. B. Roth: "The Rela- 

 tion of Curara to ' Nerve Ending ' and ' Receptive 

 Substance.' " 



