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(pres, 85, 86) ; N. Y. Co. Med. Ass. Occlusion 

 of arteries by cell proliferation; control of 

 hemorrhage in amputations at the hip and 

 shoulder joints; cure of vascular tumors by in- 

 jection of boiling water; correction of deformi- 

 ties of the alveolar arch; dextral preference in 

 man. 



Wylie, Prof. R(obert) B(radford), Sioux City, la. 

 Botany. Maquoketa, la, March 28, 70. B.S, 

 Upper Iowa, 97; Minnesota, 98; Chicago, sum- 

 mer, 99, fellow, 00-01, 02-04, Ph.D, 04. Prof, 

 biol, Morning side, 97- Instr. biol, Eastern Ills'. 

 State Nor. Sch, summer, 01 ; asst. bot, Chicago, 

 02-04. F.A.A; fel. Iowa Acad; Int. Ass. Bot. 

 Morphology of Elodea Canadensis. Morphology 

 of Vallisneria spiralis. 



Wyman, Dr. Levi P(arker), Chester, Pa. Chem- 

 istry. Skowhegan, Me, July 12, 73. A.B, 

 Colby, 96, A.M, 99; Ph.D, Pennsylvania, 02. 

 Principal, High Sch, Dennis, Mass, 99-00; 

 instr. chem, Pa. State, 03,-05; prof, Pa. Mil. Col, 

 05- Purification of tungstic acid. 



Wyman, Surg. Gen. Walter, Stoneleigh Court, 

 Washington, D. C. Public Health, Quar- 

 antine, Sanitation. St. Louis, Mo, Aug. 17, 48. 

 A.B, City Univ. of St. Louis, 66; A.B, Am- 

 herst, 70, A.M, 89; M.D, St. Louis Med. 

 Col, 73. Asst. physician, St. Louis Hosp, 73- 

 75; asst. surgeon and surgeon in charge of 

 hospitals, Marine Hosp. Serviee, at St. Louis, 

 Cincinnati, Baltimore and New York, in charge 

 quarantine, sanitary statistics, etc, Marine 

 Hosp. Bur, 79-91, supervising surg. gen, 

 91-92; surg. gen, Pub. Health and Marine 

 Hosp. Service, 02- Mem. Board of Visitors, 

 Govt. Hosp. for Insane; Med. Board, Providence 

 Hosp, Washington; chairman, Yellow Fever 

 Inst, Marine Hosp. Service; in charge nat. 

 quarantines and marine hospitals, Puerto Pico, 

 Hawaii, Philippines and Alaska. LL.D, West- 

 ern Univ. of Pa, 97. First Gen. Int. Sanit. 

 Convention of Am. Republics, Washington, 02 

 (pres.). F.A.A; Pub. Health Ass. (pres, 02- 

 03) ; Am. Med. Ass. (first v. pres.) ; Climat. 

 Ass; Ass. Mil. Surg, (pres, 04-05) ; Am. Acad. 

 Med; Nat. Gieog. Soc; Soc. Psychical Research; 

 Wash. Acad; hon. mem. Constantinople Impe- 

 rial Soc. Med. Public health; quarantine; 

 epidemics; sanitation. 



Wysor, Prof. Henry, Easton, Pa. Chemistry, 

 Metallurgy. Dublin, Va, April 20, 80. B.S, 

 Va. Polytech. Inst, 02. Asst. chemist, Carnegie 

 Steel Co, Duquesne, Pa, 01-04; asst. prof, 

 chem. and metal, Lafayette, 01f- Chem. Soc. 

 Elimination of impurities in the basic open 

 hearth process. Slag reactions. 



Yates, Dr. Lorenzo G(ordin), Carrillo and Anacapa 

 Sts, Santa Barbara, Cal. Natural science. 

 Isle of Sheppey, England, Jan. 8, 37. Private 

 schools, England. With Cal. Gteol. Surv, 71- 

 90; in charge, Science Dept, Frobel Inst, 90- 

 97 ; special expert, Park Mils, San Francisco, 



97- M.A.A; Geol. Soc; Archeol. Inst; fel. Lin- 

 nean Soc; Wash. Anthrop. Soc; S. Cal. Acad; 

 San Francisco Micros. Soc; Santa Barbara Soc. 

 Nat. Hist, (pres.); Torrey Bot. Club; Victoria 

 Inst. Origin and distribution of animals and 

 plants; geology; mineralogy; ethnology; con- 

 chology. Fauna and flora, living and extinct; 

 ethnology. 



Yatsu, Dr. Naohide, Department of Zoology, Co- 

 lumbia University, New York, N. Y. Zoology. 

 Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 8, 77. A.B, Imperial Univ, 

 Tokyo, 00; Ph.D, Columbia, 05. Soc. Exp. Biol, 

 and Med; Tokyo Zool. Soc. Embryology of 

 Brachiopoda; cytology and experimental embry- 

 ology of Nemertines. The egg of Cerebratulus. 



Yendell, Paul S(ebastian), 19 Winter St, Dor- 

 chester, Mass. Astrophysics. Boston, Mass, 

 April 29, 44. High Sch. Draftsman, Mass. 

 Metrop. Sewerage Commission, 90-94; Mass. 

 State Topog. Surv, 94-99; Mass. Metrop. Sew- 

 erage Commission, 99-04; city engineer's office, 

 Boston, 05- Fel. Am. Acad; Boston Sei. Soc. 

 Variable stars, their light changes and periods. 

 Light curves and periods of variable stars of 

 the Algol and short-period types. 



Yerkes, Dr. Robert M (earns), Harvard University, 

 Cambridge, Mass. Psychology, Physiology. 

 Breadysville, Pa, May 26, 76. A.B, Ursinus, 97 ; 

 A.B, Harvard, 98, A.M, 99, Ph.D, 02. Asst. 

 psychol, Harvard, 99-01, teaching fellow, 01-02, 

 instr. comp. psychol, 02- F.A.A; Psychol. 

 Ass ; Physiol. Soc ; Soc. Zool. Physiology 

 of the senses and central nervous system; sen- 

 sory reactions of organisms; animal reaction- 

 time. The senses of frogs; comparative reac- 

 tion-time studies; reinforcement and inhibition 

 phenomena ; the senses of dancing mice ; psy- 

 chology of tortoises; reactions to light; color 

 vision; time- and space-perception. 



Young, Prof. A(bram) V(an) E(ps), Evanston, 

 Ills. *Chemistry. Sheboygan, Wis, June 5, 

 53. Ph.B, Ph.C, Michigan, 75; fellow, Hop- 

 kins, 78-80. Asst. chem, Michigan, 75-77; 

 Harvard, S4-85 ; prof, Northivestem, 85- F.A.A; 

 Chem. Soc. Chemistry. 



Young, Dr. A(rcher) E(verett), 712 South St, 

 Lafayette, Ind. Mathematics. Haddam Neck, 

 Conn, March 12, 73. A.B, Wesleyan, 98j 

 Ph.D, Princeton, 03. Instr, Shady Side Acad, 

 Pittsburg, 98-01; math, Purdue, 03- Math. 

 Soc; Math. Verein. Differential geometry. 

 Isothermal asymptotic surfaces; certain iso- 

 thermic surfaces. 



Young, Prof. C(harles) A(ugustus), Hanover, N. 

 H. *Astronomy. Hanover, Dec. 15, 34. A.B, 

 Dartmouth, 53, A.M, 56. Teacher classics, 

 Phillips Acad, 53-56; prof, math, nat. philos. 

 and astron, Western Reserve, 56-66; nat. philos. 

 and astron, Dartmouth, 66-77; astron, Prince- 

 ton, 77-05, emer. prof, 05- Pres, Board of Vis- 

 itors, U. S. Naval Observatory, 01-02. Janssen 

 medal, Paris Acad, 91 ; lion. Ph.D, Pennsylvania, 

 70; Hamilton, 71; LL.D, Wesleyan, 76; Colum- 

 bia, 87; Western Reserve, 93; Dartmouth, 03; 



