CONTENTS (continued). 

On the Chemical Mechanism of Gastric Secretion. By J. S. EDKINS, M.A., 
M.B. Cantab., Lecturer on Physiology in the Medical School of St. 
Bartholomew's Hospital, London ; : 3 : ; 3 . 376 
A Preliminary Note on the Susceptibility of Goats to Malta Fever. By : 
Dr. T. ZAMMIT, Member of the Mediterranean Fever Commission R77. 
Preliminary Note on Goats as a Means of Propagation of Mediterranean 
Fever. By Major W. H. HORROCKS, R.A.M.C., Member of the 
Mediterranean Fever Commission : 5 5 Ve eee : .~ 378 
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