Asiatic Society of Bengal. ci 
SEPTEMBER, 1922. 
A meeting of the Medical Section of the Society was held 
on Wednesday, the 13th September, 1922. 
Dr Upendranath Se ae Rai Bahadur, M.A., M D., 
Ph.D., F.A.S.B., in the chai 
Members : a 
Acton, Major H. W., I. M.S. Knowles, Major R., I.M.S. 
Chopra, } Major R. N., LM M.S. Stewart, Major _ Dp: I.M.S. 
Ganguli, Capt. P. Strickland, D 
Visitors : 18. 
The minutes of the last meeting were confirmed and 
signed, 
Dr. Brahmachari read a paper on “ Further Biochemical 
Researches in Kala-azar and a new Globulin Test.” 
org showed ms in the serum from the blood of kala-azar 
tion of 1 j n3t ‘tek _ another at 1 in 30 to 50, a third at lin 200. 
An appliotion of this principle was described by which the 
total globulin content could be measured in special test tubes 
held over print by dilution methods with distilled water, and 
@ new test for the diagnosis of kala-azar by serological methods 
introduced. The paper was ninete by Dr. L. E. Napier, 
Major Acton and Capt. P. Gang 
Major ¥. Chopra, 1.M.S., then read a paper on “ The 
Nature, Paice and Actions of the Toxins of the Cholera 
Vibri oh 
this he summarised the Ean pane work on the 
sie ee published in a sl nt paper with M pote 
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acids, such as could be obtained by using d reais veal 
and then sterilising the ones before inoculation, it yielded 
a rich production of poisonous amines, or pressor bases. 
These had been salted out ia such cultures and isolated in a 
state of chemical purity, separated into constituent volatile 
and non-volatile fractions and each experimentally tested. As 
uterus and was responsible for the abortions in pregnant 
