PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



Series B. Vol. 84. No. B 574. 



BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 



CONTENTS. 



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Address of the President, Sir ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, K.C.B., at the Anniversary 



Meeting on November 30, 191 1 435 



Action of Dissolved Substances upon the Autofermentation of Yeast. By 



ARTHUR HARDEN, F.R.S., and SYDNEY G. PAINE .... 44$ 



Further Experiments upon the Blood Volume of Mammals and its 

 Relation to the Surface Area of the Body. By GEORGES DREYER, 

 MA., M.D.. Professor of Pathology in the University of Oxford, and 

 WILLIAM RAY, M.B., B.Sc, Philip Walker Student in the University of 

 Oxford (Abstract) 460 



The Origin and Destiny of Cholesterol in the Animal Organism. Part VIII. — 

 On the Cholesterol Content of the Liver of Rabbits under Various Diets 

 and during Inanition. By G. W. ELLIS and J. A. GARDNER . .461 



Herbage Studies. I. — Lotus corniculatus, a Cyanophoric Plant. By 

 HENRY E. ARMSTRONG, F.R.S., E. FRANKLAND ARMSTRONG and 

 EDWARD HORTON 47 « 



Antelope Infected with Trypanosoma gambiense. By Captain A. D. FRASER, 



RA.M.C., and Dr. H. L. DUKE 484 



The Bacterial Production of Acetylmethylcarbinol and 2.3-Butylene Glycol 

 from Various Substances. By ARTHUR HARDEN, F.R.S., and 

 DOROTHY NORRIS 492 



The Chemical Action of Bacillus cloacae (Jordan) on Glucose and Mannitol. 



By JAMES THOMPSON 5«o 



Herpetomonas pediculi, nov. spec, Parasitic in the Alimentary Tract of 

 Pediculus vestimenti, the Human Body Louse. By H. B. FANTHAM, 

 D.Sc, BA., Christ's College, Cambridge, and Liverpool School of Tropical 

 Medicine (Plate 14) 505 



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