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Tue Stxra ANNUAL Meerine of the American Physiological So- 
ciety was held at New Haven, Conn., December 28th and 29th, 1893. 
The following papers were read: G. D. Goodyle, Concerning the 
Corrosive Action of Root Hairs. J. W. Warren, on the Zymogen of 
the Saliva. Wm. A. Setchell, Proteolytic Ferment of Drosera. C. F. 
Hodge, daily life of a Protozoan, Vorticella gracilis. C. S. Minot, 
on Growth. W. T. Porter, on Growth of Children. H. G. Beyer, 
Normal Growth and Physical development of the Human Body. J. 
H. Pillsbury, Color Sense. C. F. Hodge, a Comparative Study of the 
Fovea Centralis. E. W. Scripture, some Work on Statistics. Isaac 
Ott, the Location of the Cerebral Motor Center of the Bladder. F. 
S. Lee, the Sense of Equilibrium in Fishes. J. W. Warren, a Finger 
Jerk. H. P. Bowditch, on Muscular Rigor. H. P. Bowditch, on the 
Effect of varying Rates of Interruption in Nerve. W. H. Howell, 
the relations of Calcium Salts to the irritability of the Muscle and 
Nerve. G. Lusk, the Influence of ingested Sugars in Phlorizin Dia- 
betes. P. A. Levene, Preliminary Communication; the Blood in 
Phloridzin Diabetes. H. E. Smith, Acidity of the Urine. W. Gil- 
man Thompson, Notes on the Physiological Effect of Ozonizing 
Agents. 
The following demonstrations were given: S. J. Meltzer, Demon- 
stration of a Pleura canula. W. G. Thompson, Demonstration of 
inexpensive Models for teaching purposes. A. P. Brubaker, Demon- 
stration and Determination of the Radius of the Corneal Curvature 
with the Opthalmometer. W. P. Lombard, Model, showing Effect of 
Rotation of Ribs. i 
THE GEOLOGICAL Socrery or America met in Boston, Dec. 27th 
and 29th, 1893. The following is a list of papers read before it: 
Sir J. William Dawson, some recent discussions in geology (Presi- 
dential address). George M. Dawson, Geological notes on some of the 
coasts and islands of Behring Sea and its vicinity. Frank H. Knowl- 
ton, Fossil flora of Alaska. Sir J. William Dawson, New discoveries 
of Carboniferous Batrachians. William H. Dall and Joseph Stanley- 
Brown, Cenozoic geology along the Apalachicola river. Alfred C. 
Lane, Geological activity of the earth’s originally absorbed gases. 
William B. Clark, Certain climatic features of Maryland. H. 8. 
Williams, Dual nomenclature in geologic classification. George 
‘Huntington Williams, Johann David Schoepff, and his contribu- 
tions to North American Geology. Bailey Willis, Relations of syne- 
lines of deposition to ancient shorelines. Alexander Agassiz, an 
