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"Eflfects of the Prolonged Feeding of Alumi- 

 num," by George B. Roth and Carl Voegtlin. 



"The Toxicity of Various Commercial Prepara- 

 tions of Emetin Hydrochloride," by L. G. Rown- 

 tree and E. L. Levy (by invitation). 



"Further Observations on the Clinical Actions 

 of Veratrum," by E. J. Collins (by invitation). 



"The Detoxifying Action of Sodium Salts upon 

 Potassium Salts on Intravenous Injection," by S. 

 Amberg and H. F. Helmholtz. 



' ' The Influence of Temperature on the Onset of 

 Strychnine Convulsions in the Intact Frog," by 

 B. H. Sehlomowitz (by invitation) and C. S. 

 Chase (by invitation). 



"On the Action of Epinephrin and Papaverin 

 on the Ureter," by David I. Macht (by invita- 

 tion). (Presented by J. J. Abel.) 



The third independent session was held on 

 Wednesday morning, December 29, the Tuesday 

 afternoon meeting being a joint session of the 

 federation. 



The following papers were presented and dis- 

 cussed: 



"Salicyl in Blood and Joint Fluid of Individ- 

 uals Receiving Full Therapeutic Doses of Sali- 

 cylate," by R. W. Scott (by invitation), T. W. 

 Thoburn (by invitation) and P. J. Hanzlik. 



' ' Excretion of Salicyl in the Urine of Rheu- 

 matic and Non-Eheumatic Individuals," by E. W. 

 Scott (by invitation), T. W. Thoburn (by invita- 

 tion) and P. J. Hanzlik. 



"Some Observations on the Elimination of 

 Hexamethylenetetramin (Urotropin)," by K. 

 George Falk and K. Sugiura (by invitation). 



' ' Some Observations on Anesthesia and Anal- 

 gesia," by D. E. Jackson. 



" Paraoxyphenylethylamin as a Morphin Antag- 

 onist, " by H. G. Barbour, L. L. Maurer (by invi- 

 tation) and W. C. v. Glahn (by invitation). 



"Action of Some Derivatives of Phenylethyla- 

 min," by H. G. Barbour. 



"The Comparative Action of the Chief Alka- 

 loids of Cinchona," by Worth Hale. 



"The Fate of Sodium Citrate in the Body," by 

 Wm. Salant and L. F. Wise (by invitation). 

 (Read by title.) 



"Further Studies on the Pharmacological Ac- 

 tion of Oil of Chenopodium," by Wm. Salant and 

 A. E. Livingston (by invitation). (Eead by 

 title.) 



" Colorimetrie Method for the Estimation of 

 Free Formaldehyde," by R. J. Collins (by invita- 

 tion), and P. J. Hanzlik. 



' ' Salicyluric Acid, " by P. J. Hanzlik. 



"The Anesthetic Tension of Ether Vapor in 

 Man," by W. M. Boothby (by invitation). 



Officers for 1916: During the first executive ses- 

 sion on Monday afternoon, December 27, the fol- 

 lowing ofiicers for the year 1916 were elected: 



President: Reid Hunt. 



Secretary: J. Auer. 



Treasurer: Wm. de B. MacNider. 



Additional Members of the Council: A. D. 

 Hirschfelder, George B. Roth. 



Membership Committee: C. W. Edmunds (term 

 expires 1918), Torald Sollmann (term expires 

 1916). 



New Members. — During the second executive 

 session held Tuesday morning, December 28, the 

 following candidates for membership, who have 

 been passed by the membership committee and the 

 council were elected by the society. 



Russel J. Collins, Western Reserve University 

 Medical School. 



J. F. Corbet, University of Minnesota. 



O. Folin, Harvard Medical School. 



R. J. Hoskins, Northwestern University Medical 

 School. 



Paul D. Lamson, Johns Hopkins Medical School. 



Robert L. Levy, Johns Hopkins Medical School. 



C. C. Lieb, Columbia University. 



E. K. Marshall, Jr., Johns Hopkins Medical 

 School. 



David I. Macht, Johns Hopkins Medical School. 



Louise Pearce, Rockefeller Institute. 



Richard Weil, Cornell University Medical School. 



At the close of this session a motion was made, 

 seconded and unanimously carried, that a vote of 

 thanks be extended to the Harvard authorities and 

 to the local committee for their efforts which con- 

 tributed largely to the success of the meetings. 



Dinners. — Two informal subscription dinners 

 were given on the evenings of December 27 and 28 

 at headquarters, the Hotel Lenox. At the first 

 dinner the chairman of the federation, Dr. Soll- 

 mann, gave a brief review of the history of the fed- 

 eration and pointed out some possible future de- 

 velopments. The chairman then called upon Dts. 

 W. B. Cannon and Walter Jones, who responded by 

 pithy speeches. 



Meeting Place for 1916. — The Pharmacological 

 Society, together with the other members of the 

 federation, will meet in New York City in 1916 

 with the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science. J. AUEE, 



Secretary 



EOCKEFELLEE INSTITUTE, 



January 6, 1916 



