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No. B 519.— April 12, 1906. 



PASE 



The Growth of the Oocyte in Antedon : A Morphological Study in the Cell- 

 Metabolism. By Gilbert C. Chubb, D.Sc, Assistant to the Jodrell Professor 

 of Zoology, University College, London. Communicated by Professor E. H. 

 Starling, F.E.S. (Abstract) 384 



On the Inheritance of Coat Colour in Horses. By C. C. Hurst. Communicated by 



W. Bateson, F.R.S 388 



Note on the Offspring of Thoroughbred Chestnut Mares. By W. F. R. Weldon, 



F.R.S 394 



Chemical Action of Bacillus lactis aerogenes {Escherich) on Glucose and Mamiitol : 

 Production of 2 : 3-Butyleneglycol and Acetylmethylcarbinol. By Arthur 

 Harden, D.Sc, Ph.D., and George Stanley Walpole, B.Sc. (Melbourne). Com- 

 municated by Dr. C. J. Martin, F.R.S 399 



The Alcoholic Ferment of Yeast-Juice. By Arthur Harden, D.Sc, Ph.D., and 



William John Young, M.Sc. Communicated by Dr. C. J. Martin, F.R.S 405 



The Quantitative Estimation of Small Quantities of Nickel in Organic Substances. 

 By H. W. Armit and A. Harden, D.Sc. Ph.D. Communicated by Dr. 



C. J. Martin, F.R.S 420 



On Voges and Proskauer's Reaction for Certain Bacteria. By Arthur Harden, 



D. Sc, Ph.D. Communicated by Dr. C. J. Martin, F.R.S 424 



A Further Communication on the S2">ecificity and Action in Yitro of Gastrotoxin. 

 By Charles Bolton, M.D., Research Scholar of the Grocers' Company. Com- 

 municated by Professor Sidney Martin, F.R.S. (Plates 16 and 17) 426 



The Influence of Increased Barometric Pressure on Man. — No. I. By Leonard 

 Hill, F.R.S., and M. Greenwood, Jim., M.R.C.S., Research Scholar of the 

 British Medical Association 442 



Studies on Enzyme Action — Lipase. By Dr. Maurice Nicloux. Communicated by 



Professor W. D. Halliburton, F.R.S 454 



No. B. 520.— May 18, 1906. 



On the Function of Silica in the ^Nutrition of Cereals. — Part I. By A. D. Hall 



and C. G. T. Morison. Communicated by Professor H. E. Armstrong, F.R.S... 455 



On Innervation of Antagonistic Muscles. Ninth Note. — Successive SjDinal 



Induction. By C. S. Sherrington, F.R.S 478 



On the Existence of Cell Communications between Blastomeres. By Cresswell 

 Shearer, Trinity College, Cambridge. Communicated by Adam Sedgwick, 

 F.R.S. (Plate 18) 498 



An Experimental Enquiry into the Factors which Determine the Growth and 

 Activity of the Mammary Glands. By Miss J. E. Lane-Claypon, D.Sc. (Lond.), 

 and Prof. E. H. Starling, F.R.S. (Plate 19) > 505 



