Febbtjabt 3, 1911] 



SCIENCE 



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American Botanical Societies and Meetings: W. 

 F. Ganong, Smith College. 



Report upon the results of an inquiry among a 

 number of botanists regarding the present rela- 

 tions of the various botanical societies and the 

 methods of conducting the meetings. 



George T. Moobe, 



Secretary 



TEE SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 

 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PHARMA- 

 COLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL 

 THERAPEUTICS ^ 



This society had a very successful meeting at 

 the Yale Medical School and the Sheiiield Scien- 

 tific Scnool; the Physiological and Biochemical 

 Societies met at the same time. 



The following program was presented; unusual 

 i merest was taken in the discussions. 



W. Salant, " The Pharmacology of Oil of Cheno- 

 podium." 



A. S. Loevenhart, " Further Observations on 

 the Action of lodoso- and lodoxybenzoic Acids." 



C. W. Edmunds and W. W. Hale, "Physiolog- 

 ical Standardization of Ergot." 



L. G. Rowntree (with J. T. Geraghty), "Addi- 

 tional Data relating to the use of Phenolsulphone- 

 phthalein as a Functional Test for the Kidney." 



H. C. Wood, Jr., "The Vasomotor System of 

 the Pulmonary Circulation." 



C. J. Wiggers, " The Modifying Influence of 

 Anemia on the Actions of some Well-known 

 Drugs." 



L. G. Rowntree and J. J. Abel, " Further Ex- 

 periments in the Field of Specific Chemo-thera- 

 peutics." 



T. S. Githens and S. J. Meltzer, "The Control 

 of Strychnine Poisoning by Means of Insufflation 

 and Ether." 



C. W. Green, " The Action of Strophanthin on 

 the Isolated Mammalian Heart." 



G. Carr (by invitation), "The Action of Acet- 

 anilid on Cardiac Muscle." 



W. Salant (with J. B. Rieger), "The Elimina- 

 tion of Creatin and Ureatinin after the Adminii^ 

 tration of Caffeine." 



W. Salant (with I. K. Phelps), "The Influence 

 of Caffeine on Protein Metabolism." 



C. Voegtlin (with B. M. Bernheim), "The ROle 

 of the Portal Circulation of the Liver in Bile 

 Formation and Jaundice." 



H. G. Barbour (by invitation) and J. J. Abel, 



"New Haven, Conn., December 28-30, 1910. 



" Tetanic Convulsions in Frogs produced by Acid 

 Fuchsin and their Relation to the Problem of In- 

 hibition in the Central Nervous System." 



J. Auer and S. J. Meltzer, " On Intramuscular 

 Absorption." 



D. R. Joseph and S. J. Meltzer, " The Action of 

 Sodium Chloride upon the Phenomena following 

 the Removal of the Parathyroids in Dogs." 



W. J. Gies, " Experiments with Salts of 

 Aluminium and Beryllium." 



The following new members were elected: S. P. 

 Beebe, Cornell University Medical College, New 

 York; R. B. Gibson, University of Missouri; P. H. 

 Hiss, Jr., Columbia University; Paul Lewis, Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania; L. B. Mendel, Yale Uni- 

 versity; Isaac Ott, Medico-Chirurgical College, 

 Philadelphia; J. H. Pratt, Harvard University. 



The following officers were elected for the year 

 1911: 



President — J. J. Abel. 



Secretary — Reid Hunt. 



Treasurer — ^A. S. Loevenhart. 



Additional Members of Council — W. deB. Mac- 

 Nider, G. ti. Wallace. 



Membership Committee — S. J. Meltzer, C. W. 

 Edmunds, Torald Sollmann. 



The following resolutions were adopted con- 

 cerning the recent death of Dr. C. A. Herter, one 

 of the charter members of the society: 



" By the death of Dr. Christian A. Herter, one 

 of its charter members and founders, the Amer- 

 ican Society of Pharmacology and Experimental 

 Therapeutics has suffered a loss which it can but 

 inadequately express. Dr. Herter's breadth of 

 view, his intimate knowledge and grasp of vital 

 experimental problems, his clearness of expression 

 and his valuable contributions to medical science 

 made his connection with the society of great 

 value to it. His encouragement and ever-ready 

 assistance in the work of younger men, his appre- 

 ciation of their difflculties, his own constancy in 

 adhering to the high ideals of earnest and sincere 

 work which he taught to them have made his 

 death a personal loss to each individual member. 



" The sorrow felt by the- members of the society, 

 however deep it may be, is but a small part of 

 the general sorrow felt by the large number of 

 men throughout this country with whom Dr. 

 Herter came directly or indirectly in contact. 

 The society desires to express its share of this 

 sorrow, however, and it is therefore 



" Resolved, that there be spread upon the record 

 of its minutes this expression of its feeling of 

 loss at the death of Dr. Herter, of its sincere 



