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Course of map making at Columbia University. 
Lectures on Geography of Northern France. 
Card system for personnel in geology and geography available in this country for special 
kinds of service. 
Assistance in selection of camp sites. 
Road material report (deposited in U. S. Geological Survey). 
Army map instruction in relation to armies in the field. 
Needs of war service to geologists. 
Instruction in training camps on the subject of Geology and Geography. 
Exchange of information bearing on geologic and geographic work. 
Cooperation with Committee on Scientific Research of California. 
Resources of clear quartz crystals available in this country. 
Instruction in geology and geography in educational institutions (in charge of a special 
committee as follows: C. K. Leith, Chairman, R. A. F. Penrose, Lawrence Martin, Isaiah 
Bowman, E. B. Matthews.) 
Division of Medicine and Related Sciences. — The Chairman of this 
Division., Mr. Pearce, after reviewing the activities of the Executive Com- 
mittee, reported progress on the following problems in research work: 
The toxicity of Preserved Foods. 
Protectors for the ear. 
Production of acetone by the fermentation of starch. 
Special researches on antiseptics and insecticides. 
Louse investigations. 
Study of special and rare sugars. 
Influence of high explosives in causing shock. 
Studies of peripheral nerve injury and repair. 
Experimental study of empyema due to streptococcus. 
Studies of Anaerobic bacteria. 
Studies of hemolytic streptococci occurring in cheese. 
Investigation of lung motor. 
Study of 13,000 records of soldiers discharged from service on account of nervous or 
mental trouble. 
Discovery of metal or other substitute for petri dish. 
Study of Hemostatics. 
Investigation of edema among infants 
Problems of munition workers. 
Critical study of Dreyer's method of testing agglutine of typhoid. 
Under the Sub-Committee on Physiology: 
Study of the Physiology of Shock. 
Respiratory Regulation of the C0 2 Capacity of the Blood. 
Under the Sub-Committee on Physiological Chemistry: 
A study of the availability of velvet beans. 
The use of malt sugar as a substitute for cane sugar. 
The substitution for acetone for various therapeutic products. 
Committee on Intoxications among Munition Workers. — The present member- 
ship of this Committee is as follows: 
H. Gideon Wells, University of Chicago, Chairman. 
Alice Hamilton, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
David L. Edsall, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass. 
A. D. Reilley, Captain, Ordnance Department. 
