CONTENTS. 



Cyrus W. Field: Blood sugar curves with glucose, lactose, maltose, mannite and 



cane sugar. 17 (i477)- 

 Marshall C. Pease: The bacteriology of infectious gaseous gangrene. 18 (1478). 

 D. T. MacDougal and H. A. Spoehr: Hydration effects of amino-compounds. 



19 (1479). 



Robert H. Halsey (by invitation): Profound effects of digitalis on the vagus pro- 

 ducing severe detrimental subjective symptoms, as shown by simultaneous 

 electrocardiograms and pneumograms. 20 (1480). 



A. R. Moore: The action of camphor on the central nervous system of the squid. 

 21 (1481). 



Frederick L. Gates: A method of standardizing bacterial suspensions. 22 (1482). 

 Robert Chambers: Some studies on the surface layer in the living egg cell. 23 

 (1483). 



David I. Macht: Concerning the toxicity of acetanilid and bicarbonate combinations 



for muscle-nerve preparations. 24 (1484). 

 Zalia Jencks (by invitation): A note on the carbohydrates of the root of the cat-tail 



(typha latifolia). 25 (1485). 

 Thomas B. Osborne and Lafayette B. Mendel: Do fruits contain water-soluble 



vitamine? 26 (i486). 

 Paul F. Orr (by invitation): Some observations on the biological characteristics 



of bacillus botulinus. 27 (1487)- 



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