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Science, New Series, Vol. 84, No. 2191, Dec. 25, 1936


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Front Matter (1 p.)


Medals of the National Academy of Sciences
Introductory Remarks by the President of the Academy, pp. 561-562
F. R. Lillie
Presentation of the Public Welfare Medal to Dr. Hugh Smith Cumming, pp. 562-563
Ludvig Hektoen
Response of the Medallist, pp. 563-564
Hugh Smith Cumming; F. R. Lillie
Presentation of the John J. Carty Medal and Award to Dr. Edmund Beecher Wilson, pp. 564-565
Frank B. Jewett; F. R. Lillie
Response on Behalf of the Medallist, pp. 565-567
Ross G. Harrison


Obituary
James Newton Pearce, pp. 567-568
L. Chas. Raiford


Scientific Events
The Section of Medicine and Science of the Paris Exposition, p. 568
International Exhibition of Applied and Scientific Photography, pp. 568-569
The American Standards Association, p. 569
Symposium on Early Man at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, pp. 569-570
Broadcasts by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, p. 570
Election of Officers of the American Chemical Society, pp. 570-571
Award of the Charles Frederick Chandler Medal, p. 571


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 571-574


Discussion
Significant Figures in Statistical Constants, pp. 574-575
F. R. Moulton
Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Photoassimilation in Purple Bacteria, p. 575
C. S. French
Length of Life of a Rabbit, p. 575
Mary Sayle Tegge


Scientific Books
Proboscidea, pp. 576-577
A Monograph of the Discovery, Evolution, Migration and Extinction of the Mastodonts and Elephants of the World
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Review author[s]: F. B. Loomis


Academies and Meetings
The Tennessee Academy of Science, p. 577
John T. McGill
The Texas Academy of Science, pp. 577-578
H. B. Parks


Special Articles
The Size of the Universe and the Fundamental Constants of Physics, pp. 578-579
Arthur Haas
Type Specific Antipneumococcus Rabbit Serum, pp. 579-581
Frank L. Horsfall; Kenneth Goodner; Colin M. MacLeod
Identical Twins in a Mouse Cross, p. 581
W. E. Castle; W. H. Gates; S. C. Reed; Geo. D. Snell


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A New Apparatus for Constant Temperature, pp. 581-582
R. E. Coker; E. W. Constable
The Visualization of Different Organs in Normal Unanesthetized Animals, p. 582
F. R. Steggerda; C. Gianturco
A Method of Demonstrating CO2 Production during Respiration, p. 582
Samuel Lewis Meyer


Books Received, p. 582
Science News, pp. 17a-19a
Back Matter (7 pp.)

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