CONTENTS 



David I. Macht: On the relation of the chemical structure of the opium alkaloids 



to their effect on smooth muscle, and the discovery of a new therapeutic agent 



as a consequence thereof. 146 (1324). 

 Maurice H. GlVENS: Studies in calcium and magnesium metabolism. Further 



observations on the effect of acid and dietary factors. 147 (1325). 

 C.-E. A. Winslow and I. S. Falk: Studies on salt action. I. Effect of calcium 



and sodium salts upon the viability of the colon bacillus in water. 148 (1326). 

 N. W. Janney and V. I. Isaacson: Protein sparing by glucose in experimental 



diabetes. 149 (1327). 

 T. S. Githens and S. J. Meltzer: Studies in experimental shock. 150 (1328). 

 Lafayette B. Mendel and Thomas B. Osborne : Further observations on the 



nutritive factors in animal tissues. 151 (1329). 

 Leo Loeb and A. E. C. Lathrop: The effect of continued inbreeding on jhe tumor 



rate in mice. 152 (1330). 

 Max Kahn: Sulpho-conjugation as a test of hepatic function. 153 (1331). 

 J. C. Torrey and Alfred F. Hess: The relation of the intestinal flora to scurvy 



of guinea-pigs and of infants. 154 (1332). 

 T. Addis and A. E. Shevky: Sources of error in the estimation of dextrose by the 



calorimetric picrate method. 155 (1333). 

 Theodore C. Burnett: Does the liver secrete a catalase accelerator? 156 (1334). 



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