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(2) " Surgery of Lumbar Intervertebral Disk Protrusion : A Study of Principles and Results Based upon One Hundred Consecutive Cases Submitted to Operation " (M. A. Falconer, M. McGeorge, and A. C. Begg). British Journal of Surgery, 35, 225 (1948). (3) " Observations on Cause and Mechanism of Symptom Production in Sciatica and Low Back Pain " (A. C. Begg, M. A. Falconer, and M. McGeorge). Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry > Feb., 1948. (4) " Isomorphic Form of Urea Picrate " (P. A. Ongley) Nature, London, 159? 812 (1947). (5) " Bacterisemia, a Factor of Prognosis in Pneumonia " (K. S. Alstad). Edinburgh Medical Journal, LIV, 427 (1947). (6) " Factors Influencing Prognosis in Pneumococcal Pneumonia" (K. S. Alstad). New Zealand Medical Journal, XLVI, 273 (1947)» (7) " Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis " (K. S. Alstead). New Zealand Dental Journal, 44, 36 (1948). Tuberculosis Research:— (a) Annual report received from Dr. T. W. J. Johnson. (b) Annual report received from Travis Trust Laboratory for Tuberculosis Research. Publications : * (1) " Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis : Frequency of Infection with the Bovine Type of Tubercle Bacillus " (M. K. Finlayson and N. L. Edson). New Zealand Medical Journal, 46, 1947, 184. (2) " The Use of Yolk-enriched Egg Medium for the Cultivation of Tubercle Bacilli" (M. K. Finlayson and N. L. Edson). New Zealand Medical Journal, 46, 1947, 190. (3) " The Oxidation of Lactic Acid by Mycobacterium phlei " (N. L. Edson). Biochemistry Journal, 41, 1947, 145. (4) " The Respiration of Mycobacterium phlei" (N. L. Edson and G. J. E. Hunter). Biochemistry Journal, 41, 149, 139. Neuropathology and Neurophysiology Research. —Annual report received from Professor J. C. Eccles. Publications : (1) "A Study of the Effects of Anaesthesia and Asphyxia on the Mono-synaptic Pathway through the Spinal Cord " (C. McC. Brooks and J. C. Eccles). Journal Neurophysiology, 1947, 5, 349-360. (2) " Conduction and Synaptic Transmission in the Nervous System " (J. C. Eccles). Annual Review Physiology, 1948, 10, 93-116. (3) " Responses of Inhibited Motoneurones " (C. McC. Brooks, J. C. Eccles, and J. L. Malcolm). Federation Proceedings, 7, 15, 1948. (4) " An Analysis of Synaptic Excitatory Action " (C. McC. Brooks and J. C. Eccles). Journal Neurophysiology, 11, July, 1948. (5) "An Attempted Correlation between Inhibitory Action on a Motor Nucleus and the Focal Potentials Generated Therein " (C. McC. Brooks and J. C. Eccles). Journal Neurophysiology, 11, July, 1948.

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