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Central Nervous System in Pellagra and in Ani- 

 mals on an Exclusive Vegetable Diet," by M. L. 

 Koch (by invitation), and Carl Voegtlin. 



"A Study of a Lecithin-glueose Preparation," 

 by Ernest L. Seott. 



"Effect of Excluding Pancreatic Secretion 

 from the Intestine on the Absorption of Nitrogen 

 and Fat," by Joseph H. Pratt. 



"The Eat of the Blood in Eelation to Heat- 

 production, Narcosis and Muscular "Work," by 

 J. K. Murlin and J. A. Riche (by invitation). 



"The Fat and Lipase Content in the Blood in 

 Eelation to Fat Feeding and to Fasting," by C. 

 W. Greene and W. S. Summers (by iavitation). 



"Some Practical Applications of Feeding Ex- 

 periments with Albino Eats," by Thomas B. Os- 

 borne and Lafayette B. Mendel. 



"The Influence of Chemical Substances on Im- 

 mune Eeactions, with Special Eeference to Oxida- 

 tion," by Aaron Arkin. 



"The Effect of Thyro-parathyroidectomy on the 

 Blood Coagulation Time in the Dog," by Suther- 

 land Simpson and A. T. Easmussen (by invita- 

 tion). 



"Detection with the String Galvanometer of 

 Afferent Impulses in the Brain-stem and Their 

 Abolition with Ether Anesthesia," by A. Forbes 

 and E. H. Miller (by invitation). 



"A Smooth-muscle Nerve Preparation," by C. 



D. Snyder. 



"Cinematograph and Lantern Demonstration of 

 Some Effects of Lesions of the Nervous System," 

 by F. H. Pike. 



"On the Secretory Discharge of the Pituitary 

 Body Produced by Stimulation of the Superior 

 Cervical Ganglion," by V. N. Shamoff (by invi- 

 tation). 



"Concerning the Action of Various Pituitary 

 Extracts on the Isolated Intestinal Loop," by V. 

 N. Shamoff (by invitation). 



"The Influence of Certain Cereal Foods on the 

 Gastric Secretion," by C. C. Fowler (by invita- 

 tion), M. E. Eehfuss (by invitation), and P. B. 

 Hawk. 



"Changes in the Composition of the Body of 

 Fasting Lobsters," by Sergius Morgulis. 



"A Note on the Contractility of the Muscula- 

 ture of Auriculo-ventricular Valves," by Joseph 

 Erlanger. 



"The Psychic Secretion of Gastric Juice," by 



E. J. Miller (by invitation), M. E. Eehfuss (by 

 invitation), and P. B. Hawk. 



Notwithstanding the limited time of fifteen 

 minutes allowed for each paper and its discus- 



sion, there was sustained interest in the meetings 

 throughout the six sessions. This was contributed 

 to in no small part by the vigorous discussions. 

 The secretary feels that this was one of the most 

 fruitful features characterizing the meetings. 



Of the business transactions the most important 

 to the progress of physiological science was the 

 vote to collaborate with the British Physiological 

 Society in the publication of "Physiological Ab- 

 stracts. ' ' It was the feeling that the society owed 

 it to the younger physiologists and to the ever- 

 growing fields of practical research in the sub- 

 ject to make the results of physiological investi- 

 gation available in the English language. 



The Council reported an unusually prosperous 

 year in the publication of the American Journal 

 of Physkflogy, and it was recommended and the 

 society voted to take steps to increase the circu- 

 lation of the Journal, especially among the mem- 

 bership. The hope was expressed that an increased 

 circulation would make possible both a reduction 

 in the cost per volume of the Journal to members 

 and an increase in the size of the volumes. 



An unusual number of new members were 

 elected as follows: Walter E. Bloor and Walter 

 M. Boothby, Harvard Medical School; Thornton 

 M. Carpenter, Nutrition Laboratory of the Carnegie 

 Institution; George H. Baitsell, A. L. Prince and 

 Eeynold A. iSpaeth, Yale University; T. S. Githers, 

 Eookefeller Institute; Edward C. Day, Syracuse 

 University; C. K. Drinker, Katherine E. Drinker, 

 E. K. Marshall, George Peirce and D. W. Wilson, 

 Johns Hopkins University; N. E. Blatherwiek, 

 Department of Agriculture, Washington; Herbert 

 S. Gasser, University of Wisconsin; Addison Gu- 

 lick. University of Missouri; C. W. Hooper, 

 Hooper Foundation, San Francisco; Benjamin 

 Kramer, University of Iowa; Walter L. Menden- 

 hall, Dartmouth College; Maud L. Menton, Bar- 

 nard Skin and Cancer Hospital, St. Louis; S. W. 

 Eanson, Northwestern University. 



The officers elected for the ensuing year are: 

 President, W. B. Cannon; Secretary, C. W. Greene; 

 Treasurer, Joseph Erlanger; Member of the 

 Council for 1916-1919, W. J. Meek. 



A hopeful feature of the meeting was the fact 

 that the attendance persisted through the entire 

 series of six sessions, a fact that was contributed 

 to in no small measure by the active cooperation 

 and boundless hospitality of the "Local Com- 

 mittee." Chas. W. Gbeenb, 



Secretary 



University op Missotjki, 

 January, 1916 



