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In conclusion it may be pointed out that the results of this 

 paper are not without physiological significance, for the ready 

 formation of chemical or physical complexes between native 

 and derived proteins and compounds containing trivalent iron, 

 either as cation or as part of the anion, may possibly throw new 

 light on the metabolism of iron^. 



Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, 

 Halifax, Nova Scotia, 



March 2nd, 1912. 



1. See the following paper in this Journal, by Professor Fraser Harris. 



