CONTENTS(Contents of the Scientific Reports of The Whales Research Institutefrom No. 1 to No. 6)

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Digestive Enzyme in Whale
S. Akiya
S. Akiya
Tryptase from a Whale
The Utilization of Whale meat by the use of Pancreatic
S. Akiya
Tryptase of Whales
Test Culture of some Microorganisms with Whale-Meat
S. Akiya
PeptoneChemical Studies on the Freshness of Whale Meat (I)T. Nakai
Chemical Studies on the Freshness of Whale _Meat (II)T. Nakai
Simultaneous Extraction of Vitamin A, D and Vitamin
T. Tawara
B2 Complex from the Liver of a fin Whale
Studies on Whale Blood (I)T. Tawara
Sinus-hair of the Sei Whale
T. OgawaNo.

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Acoustic System in Cetacean Brains
T. Ogawa
2. Auditory Organ of the Whalebone Whales
M. Yamada
3. Chemical Studies on the Freshness of Whale Meat (III)T. Nakai
4. Analytical Distillation Vitamin A in the Whale Liver Oil
S. Ishikawa
5. Molecular Distillation of Sperm Whale Blubber Oil
S. Ishikawa
A. Kaneko.
6. Molecular Distillation of Fin Whale Liver Oil
7. Determination of Tryptophane in Whale Meat
S. Akiya
8. Protein Digestive Power of Sperm Whal~ Pancreatic Enzyme
Y. Ishikawa
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Experiment on Digestion of Whale Meat by Koji-Mould
S. Tsukamoto

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Sensory Tubercles of Lips and Oral Cavity in the Sei andthe Fin Whale
T. Ogawa
Distribution of Red Marrow in the Bones of the FinWhale
T. OheCetacean Larynx, with Special Remarks on the Laryngeal
Sack of the Sei Whale and the Aryteno-Epiglottideal
H. Hosokawaof Sperm Whale
Bacteriological Studies on Freshness of Whale Meat (I)T. AkibaProtein Digestive Power of Sperm Whale
Y. Ishikawa
Properties of Fats and Oils contained in Various Parts ofSperm Whale Body
T. Mori
Studies on Kitol (I)T. Tawara
Studies on Kitol (II)T. Tawara
Studies on Kitol (III)T. Tawara
Respiratory Pigment of Whale (Studies on Whale Blood(II)
T. Tawara
Methionin in Whales
M. Yoshida
Factory Ship Whaling Around Bonin Island in 1948
K. Mizue
Statistic Study of Foetues of Whales
K. Mizue
Biological Survey of Fin and Blue Whales Taken in theAntarctic Season 1947-48 by the Japanese Fleet
M. Nishiwaki

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Body Weight of Sperm and Sei Whales located in theAdjacent Waters of Japan
H. Omura
Diatom Infection on Blue and Fin Whales in the Antarctic
H. Omura
Whaling Area V (the Ross Sea Area)
Whales in the Adjacent Waters of Japan
H. Omura

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Determination of the Age of Antarctic Blue and Fin
Whales by the Colour Changes in Crystalline Lens
M. Nishiwaki
5. Age Characteristics in Baleen Plates
M. Nishiwaki
6. Body Weight of Whales
M. Nishiwaki

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1. · Bactriological Studies on Freshness of Whale Meat (II)T. Akiba
2. Pelvic Cartilages of the Balaenoptera-Foetuses, with Remarks on the Specifical and Sexual Difference
H. Hosokawa
3. Iconography on the Abdominal Cavity and Viscera of theBalaenoptera, with Special Remarks upon the Peritoneal
T. OheCoverings
4. Isolation of Histidine from Whale Blood using 3, 4-DichlorS. Akiya
benzen Sulfonic Acid
5. Studies on Kitol, IV. Purification of Kitol by Chromatographie
T. Tawara
6. Substances Related to Vitamin A in the Whale Liver Oil
S. Ishikawa
S. Ishikawa
7. Thermal Decomposition of Kitol
K. Mizue
8. Grey Whales in the East Sea Area of Korea
9. Food of Whales
K. Mizue
10. Biological Investigation on Blue and Fin Whales Caught
by the Japanese Antartic Whaling Fleets
M. Nishiwaki, T. Ohe

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6Extrinsic eye muscles of the whale, with special remarks
upon the innervation and function of the musculus
retractor bulbi
H. Hosokawa
2. Histological Studies on the Respiratory Portions of theLungs of Cetacea
T. Murata
3. Brain of the Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon, L.)
T. Kojima
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Biological Investigation on the Whales Caught by theJapanese Antarctic Whaling Fleets Season 1949-50
K. Mizue, T. Murata
Periodic Mark on the Ballen Plates as the Sign of Annual
M. Nishiwaki
GrowthSexual Maturity of the Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon)
found in the Adjacent Waters of Japan (I)M. Nishiwaki, T. Hibiya
Chemical Studies on Freshness of Whale Meat (IV) Some
Informations of Achromobacter ubiquitum isolated fromWhale Carcass
T. Nakai
The Effects of Electric Shock and Fatigue on Post-mortem
Changes in Muscle
T. NakaiComplete Recovery Vitamin A from Molecular Distillation
Y. Omote
Residue of Whale-liver Oil
Chemical Structure of Kitol (I) Double Bonds and Hydroxyl Groups
Y. Omote
Experimental Investigation on Flattend Head Harpoon an
Attempt for Restraining Ricochet
M. Hirata