CONTENTS. 



C.-E. A. Winslow and G. T. Palmer: The effect upon appetite of the chemical 



constituents of the air of occupied rooms. 85 (1017). 

 A. F. Hess: Protective inoculation against mumps. 86 (1018). 



William N. Berg: A theory of internal disinfection with nascent formaldehyd. 



87 (1019). 



Richard Weil and B. S. Denzer: Anaphylaxis to formed or cellular elements. 



88 (1020). 



R. L. Stehle: The origin of endogenous uric acid. 89 (1021). 



C. G. Bull: The mechanism of the action of antipneumococcus serum. 90 (1022). 

 W. H. Barber and J. W. Draper: Notes on the surgical physiology of the dog. 



91 (1023). 



J. A. F. Pfeiffer, P. A. Kober and C. W. Field: Nephelometric study of the pro- 

 teins of cerebro-spinal fluid. 92 (1024). 

 A. S. Warthin and C. V. Weller: The blastophthoric effect of chronic lead poison- 

 ing. 93 (1025). 



Oskar Klotz and May E. Bothwell: Experimental calcification. 94 (1026). 



F. D. Bullock and G. L. Rohdenburg (by invitation): Tumor-like growths in the 



rat stomach following irritation. 95 (1027). 

 William Salant and C. W. Mitchell: The inhibition of peristalsis by chenopodium. 

 96 (1028). 



William Salant and Robert Bengis: Further observations on the toxicity of the 



oil of chenopodium. 97 (1029). 

 Franklin C. McLean: An index of urea excretion. 98 (1030). 



D. D. VanSlyke, Edward Stillman and G. E. Cullen: The nature and detection 



of diabetic acidosis. 99 (1031). 

 D. D. VanSlyke, M. Vinograd and J. R. Losee: The Abderhalden reaction II. 

 100 (1032). 



H. E. Jordan: The shape of the human red blood corpuscle. 101 (1033). 



A. H. Caulfeild: A note on the desensitization of rabbits. 102 (1034). 



A. H. Caulfeild: A note on the desensitization of guinea pigs. 103 (1035). 



Zeno Ostenberg: Further studies on the occurrence of parahydroxyphenyl-ethyl- 

 amine in mistletoes. 104 (1036). 



W. H. Moore (by invitation): On the mechanism of the anaphylactic reaction in 

 smooth muscle. 105 (1037). 



W. H. Moore (by invitation): Comparative physiology of immune and anaphylactic 

 smooth muscle. 106 (1038). 



Marcus C. Terry and E. R. Andrews (by invitation): Relation of dosage to re- 

 action in anaphylactic shock. 107 (1039). 



Theo. C. Burnett: The question of tonus in skeletal muscle. 108 (1040). 



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