January 31, 1908] 



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W. p. LoMBABD : " Evaporation of Water from 

 the Skin and Air Passages of Men at Eest." 



J. R. MuRLiN and J. H. Huberman : " Observa- 

 tions on the Influence of Carbohydrate on Protein 

 Metabolism." 



T. B. Osborne : " Pyrimidine Derivatives in 

 Nucleic Acid." 



C. L. Alsberg: "Concerning the Guajac Reac- 

 tion." 



P. B. Hawk : " On the Leucomains of Cod Liver 

 Oil." 



A. P. Mathews and R. H. Nicholl : " Ionic 

 Potential and Toxicity." 



T. B. Aldrich: "A Preliminary Contribution 

 to the Chemistry of the Infundibular Portion of 

 the Pituitary Gland." 



A. J. Carlson, J. R. Greer and F. C. Becht: 

 " Some Points in Lymph Formation." 



F. C. Becht (by invitation) : "On the Nature 

 of the Heat Paralysis in Nervous Tissues." 



F. H. Pike (by invitation) : " Studies in the 

 Resuscitation of the Central Nervous System." 



F. C. McLean (by invitation): "Further 

 Studies on the Relation of the Oxygen Supply 

 to the Composition of Saliva." 



W. J. Meek (by invitation): "The Structure 

 of the Heart Muscle of Limulus." 



W. S. Hall : " Human Chyle as modified by 

 Diet." 



A. WoELFEL (by invitation) : "An Attempt to 

 Determine the Mechanism of Protein Metabolism 

 in Starvation." 



F. S. Lee : " Pseudo-fatigue of the Spinal Cord." 

 C. D. Sntber (by invitation) : "The Tempera- 

 ture CoeflScient of Nervous Conduction as De- 

 termined on the Ischiadicus of the Frog." 



Demonstrations and Exhibition of Physiological 

 Apparatus 



G. W. Chile (by invitation) : "The Resuscita- 

 tion of Animals killed by Anesthetics" (with 

 demonstration). 



A. J. Carlson, J. R. Greer and F. C. Becht: 

 " The Relation of Organ Activity to Lymph For- 

 mation in the Salivary Glands" (with demon- 

 stration ) . 



J. Erlanger: "A New Criterion for the De- 

 termination of the Systolic blood Pressure with 

 the Sphygmomanometer" (with demonstration). 



W. Koch : " Demonstration of an Apparatus for 

 the Extraction of Nerve Tissues." 



E. P. Lyon : " Demonstration of a CO2 appa- 

 ratus." 



W. T. Porter: "An Improved Kymograph." 



W. P. Lombard : " Demonstration of a Model 



showing Effects of Lesions of Heart Valves and 

 ' Compensation ' on the Circulation." 



W. P. Lombard : " A New Form of Electric 

 Signal." 



The following were elected to member- 

 ship in the society: 



Dr. William H. Schultz, University of Missouri, 

 Columbia, Mo. 



Dr. Carl J. Wiggers, University of Michigan. 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. 



Dr. Joseph L. Miller, Rush Medical College. 

 University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. 



Dr. Albert Woelfel, Physiological Laboratoryj 

 University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. 



Dr. Oris P. Dellinger, Clark University, Wor- 

 cester, Mass. 



Dr. Edward B. Meigs, Harvard Medical School. 

 240 Longwood Ave., Boston, Blass. 



Dr. Lawrence J. Henderson, Harvard Medical 

 School, 240 Longwood Ave,, Boston, Mass. 



Dr. C. Judson Herrick, University of Chicago, 

 Chicago, 111. 



Dr. George W. Crile, 1021 Prospect Ave., Cleve- 

 land, Ohio. 



Dr. Robert Banks Gibson, University of Mis- 

 souri, Columbia, Mo. 



Dr. Christian Sihler, 2700 Vestry Ave., Cleve- 

 land, Ohio. 



Dr. Edgar D. Brown, University of Minnesota, 

 Minneapolis, Minn. 



Dr. Charles D. Snyder, 1408 Park Ave., Balti- 

 more, Md. 



Dr. Leo Loeb, Medical Department, University 

 of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Dr. Frank Henry Pike, Physiological Labora- 

 tory, University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. 



Dr. John B. Watson, University of Chicago, 

 Chicago, 111. 



Dr. Hugh -.IcGuigan, 4336 Laclede Ave., St. 

 Louis, Mo. 



The following distinguished physiologists 

 were elected to honorary membership in 

 the society: 



Professor Eduard Pfiiiger, director of the Physi- 

 ological Laboratory, Bonn, Germany. 



Professor Carl v. Voit, director of the Physi- 

 ological Institute, Munich, Germany. 



Professor Olaf Hammarsten, Upsala, Sweden. 



The society adopted the recommendations 

 of the Committee on Protein Nomenclature 

 of the American Physiological Society and 

 the American Society of Biological Chem- 

 ists and recommended its pixblication as a 



