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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XLIII. No. 1103 



THE AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL 

 SOCIETY 



The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the 

 American Physiological Society was held in con- 

 junction with the constituent societies of the Fed- 

 eration of American Societies for Experimental 

 Biology in the physiological laboratory of the 

 Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., December 

 26 to 29, 1915. There was an unusually large at- 

 tendance of the members. No less than 63 scientific 

 papers, 23 demonstrations and 4 papers by titles 

 were presented on the program. 



The initial joint meeting with the biochemists, 

 pharmacologists and pathologists Monday morn- 

 ing, the twenty-seventh, was opened by a sym- 

 posium on "Food Accessories" in which the dis- 

 cussion was led by Drs. L. B. Mendel, E. V. Mac- 

 Collnm and Carl Voegtlin. The high scientrfic 

 excellence of this first joint meeting is indicated 

 by the list of names of participants, namely, W. 

 H. Howell, Jacques Loeb, W. B. Cannon, Otto 

 Folin, A. L. Meyer, E. K. Marshall, Leo Loeb, J. 

 B. Murphy and Harvey Gushing. 



The complete list of papers and demonstrations 

 is as follows: 



'Symposium. — ' ' Food Accessories. ' ' Discussion 

 opened by T. B. Osborne and L. B. Mendel, Casi- 

 mir Funk, E. V. McCoUum, Carl Voegtlin. 



"The Formation and Structure of the Fibrin 

 Gel," by W. H. Howell. 



"Experiments on the Mechanism of Osmosis," 

 by Jacques Loeb. 



"Further Observations on Over-activity of the 

 Cervical Sympathetic," by W. B. Cannon and B. 

 Fitz (by invitation). 



' ' Some New Observations on the TJric Acid 

 Content of the Blood," by Otto Folin and E. D. 

 Bell (by invitation) with the assistance of G. Le 

 B. Foster. 



' ' On Continuous InsufSation Through the Hu- 

 merus in Fowl," by A. L. Meyer (by invitation) 

 and S. J. Meltzer. 



' ' The Infiuence of the Adrenals on the Kid- 

 ney, " by E. K. Marshall and D. M. Davis (by 

 invitation). 



' ' Heredity and Internal 'Secretion in the Origin 

 of Cancer in Mice," by Leo Loeb. 



"The Effect of X-rays on Cancer Immunity," 

 by James B. Murphy. 



"The Presence of Posterior Lobe Secretion in 

 the Cerebro-spinal Fluid," by Harvey Cushing 

 and Gilbert Horrax (by invitation). 



"The Influence of Gastrectomy on Subsequent 

 Pancreatectomy in Dogs," by J. E. Murlin and 

 J. E. Sweet. 



' ' The Distribution of Suprarenin-yielding 

 Tissue in Different Animals," by M. E. Fulk (by 

 invitation) and J. J. E. Macleod. 



"The Action of Minimal Doses of Adrenalin," 

 by Walter J. Meek. 



"The Effects of Suprarenal Feeding on the 

 White Eat," by E. G. Hoskins and Augusta D. 

 Hoskins (by invitation). 



"Adrenalin Content of the Blood in Conditions 

 of Low Blood Pressure and 'Shock,' " by E. A. 

 Bedford (by invitation), and H. C. Jackson. 



' ' Ehythmical Changes in the Eesistance of Di- 

 viding Sea-urchin Eggs to Hypotonic Sea-water," 

 by Ealph S. Lillie. 



"Mass-action in the Activating Effect of Butyric 

 Acid on Unfertilized Starfish Eggs," by Ealph S. 

 Lillie. 



' ' The Permeability of Animal and Plant Cells, ' ' 

 by W. J. V. Osterhout. 



"On the Eole Played by Electrolytes in Deter- 

 mining the Permeability of Protoplasm," by G. 

 H. A. Clowes. 



' ' Three Types of Muscular Response in Sea- 

 anemones, " by G. H. Parker. 



"The Eelation of Certain Muscles to Oxygen," 

 by F. S. Lee, A. E. Guenther and H. E. Moloney 

 (by invitation). 



' ' Influences Affecting Voluntary Muscular Work 

 • — Especially Age and Tobacco/' by Warren P. 

 Lombard. 



' ' The Function of the Badney When Deprived 

 of its Nerves," by Wm. C. Quinby. 



"Electrocardiographic Studies in Normal In- 

 fants," by Edward B. Krumbhaar. 



"The Time Eolations of Auricular Systole," by 

 C. J. Wiggers. 



"The Movements of the Mitral Valves in Eela- 

 tion to Auricular and Ventricular Systoles," by 

 A. L. Dean (by invitation). 



"Further Researches on the Eelation of the 

 Chronotropic Action of the Vagus to the Nodal 

 Tissues," by H. Steenboek, J. A. E. Eyster and 

 Walter J. Meek. 



"The Tension of Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen 

 in Venous Blood at Best and at Work, " by W. M. 

 Boothby (by invitation) and I. Sandiford (by in- 

 vitation). 



' ' The Chief Physical Mechanisms Concerned in 

 Clinical Methods of Measuring Blood-pressure," 

 by Clyde Brooks and A. B. Luckhart. 



" Haemodynamical Studies," by B. Burton- 

 Op itz. 



"The Mechanism of the Arterial Compression 

 Sounds of Korotkoff," by Joseph Erlanger. 



