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Science, New Series, Vol. 97, No. 2524, May 14, 1943


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Front Matter (4 pp.)


Medals of the National Academy of Sciences
Medal Presentations: Remarks by the President, pp. 429-431
Frank B. Jewett
Presentation of the Henry Draper Medal for 1942 to Ira Sprague Bowen, p. 431
J. H. Moore
Presentation of the Agassiz Medal for the Year 1942, with Accompanying Honorarium of $300, to Columbus O'Donnell Iselin, II, pp. 431-433
Thomas Barbour
Presentation of the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal for 1935, with Accompanying Honorarium of $200, to Edwin H. Colbert, pp. 433-434
William K. Gregory
Presentation of the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal for 1936, with Accompanying Honorarium of $200, to Robert Cushman Murphy, p. 434
Frank M. Chapman
Presentation of the John J. Carty Medal and Award (Monetary Award $4,000) to Edwin Grant Conklin, pp. 434-435
O. E. Buckley


Obituary
Mary Jane Rathbun, pp. 435-436
Lucile McCain
Recent Deaths, p. 436


Scientific Events
Museum Attendance and the War, p. 436
The American Coordinating Committee on Corrosion, p. 437
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, p. 437
The Radcliffe Chapter of the Society of the Sigma XI, pp. 437-438
Dorrit Hoffleit
Positions with the Navy, p. 438
The American Chemical Society and the Kilgore Bill, pp. 438-439


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 439-441


Discussion
The Formation of Moss Peat beneath Translucent Pebbles in Semi-Arid Regions of the Great Plains, pp. 441-442
B. H. Williams
Biological Specificity of Folic Acid, p. 442
Herschel K. Mitchell
The Kilgore Senate Bill, pp. 442-443
Gustav Egloff


Quotations
Science and the Censor, p. 443


Scientific Books
Hydraulics, p. 444
Hydraulics
George E. Russell
Review author[s]: W. F. Durand
Human Reproduction, pp. 444-445
The Hormones in Human Reproduction
George W. Corner
Review author[s]: F. C. Koch


Reports
Wartime Activities of Mellon Institute, 1942-43, pp. 445-447
W. A. Hamor


Special Articles
Synthetic Biotin, pp. 447-448
Stanton A. Harris; Donald E. Wolf; Ralph Mozingo; Karl Folkers
Persistence of Yellow Fever Virus in the Brains of Monkeys Immunized by Cerebral Inoculation, pp. 448-449
H. A. Penna; A. Bittencourt


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
New Method of Determination of the Choline-Esterase Activity, pp. 449-450
A. Sack; E. A. Zeller
Chemical Studies on Crystalline Barium Acid Heparinate, p. 450
M. L. Wolfrom; D. I. Weisblat; R. J. Morris; C. D. DeWalt; J. V. Karabinos; Jay McLean


Science News, pp. 10-12

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