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and surgeon, U. S. Vols, and mom. Typhoid 

 Commission, 98-99. Hon. Sc.D, Western Univ. 

 of Pa; LL.D, Michigan, 00; M.D, Illinois. Ass. 

 Path, and Bact; Soc. Bact; Physiol. Soc; Am. 

 Physicians; Soc. Exp. Biol, and Med; N. Y. 

 Acad; Chem. Gesell; hon. mem. French and 

 Hungarian Societies of Hygiene. The bacterial 

 toxins; food poisoning; the nucleins; tubercu- 

 losis; medicolegal subjects. Bacterial toxins. 



Vaughn, Prof. W(illia)m J(ames), Vanderbilt 

 University, Nashville, Tenn. Mathematics, 

 Astronomy. Wilcox Co, Ala, Feb. 15, 34. A.B, 

 Alabama, 57, A.M, 59. Tutor math, Alabama, 

 f>7-00, asst. prof. Latin and Greek, 60-63. prof, 

 math, 63-65; principal, Sch. for Girls, Tuska- 

 loosa, Ala, 65-66; Summerfield, Ala, 66-71 ; prof, 

 physics and astron, Alabama, 71-73; pres, Tenn. 

 Female Col, 73-78; -prof, math, Alabama, 78- 

 82; Vanderbilt, 82-, astron, 94- LL.D, Missis- 

 sippi, 83. Math. Soc; Am. Hist. Ass; S. Hist. 

 Soc. Mathematics and astronomy. 



Vaux, George, Jr, 404 Girard Building, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. Mineralogy, Glaciology. Philadel- 

 phia, Dec. 18, 63. B.S, Haverford, 84; LL.B, 

 Pennsylvania, 87. M.A.A; Philos. Soc; Phila. 

 Acad, (treas.). Glacial studies in British 

 Columbia. 



Veatch, A(rthur) C(lifford), U. S. Geological Sur- 

 vev, Washington, D. C. Geology. Evansville, 

 In'd, Oct. 26, 78. Indiana, 96, 98; Cornell, 

 98, 00-01; Wisconsin, 05. Teacher math, and 

 physical geog, High Sch, Rockport, Ind, 96- 

 98; asst. state geologist, La, 98-00; asst. in 

 charge of stratig. and areal geol, Summer Sch, 

 Cornell, 00-01, asst. stratig. geol, 01; consulting 

 geologist, Houston Oil Co, 01-02; prof, geol, 

 Louisiana, and geologist, La. Geol. Surv, 02; 

 field asst, U. S. Geol. Surv, 02-04. asst. geolo- 

 gist, 04- Mem. Indiana Univ. Geol. Surv, 97; 

 Cornell Geol. Surv, 98. Bronze medal, Charles- 

 ton Expos. M.A.A; Nat. Geog. Soc; Wash. 

 Geol. Soc. Salt deposits of Louisiana; stratig- 

 raphy of northern Louisiana, southern Arkan- 

 sas and Long Island; fluctuations of water- 

 level in wells. Stratigraphy of southwestern 

 Wyoming with special reference to coal and oil. 



Veblen, Prof. A(ndrew) A(nderson), Iowa City, 

 la. Physics. Ozaukee Co, Wis, Sept. 24, 48. A.B, 

 Carleton, 77, A.M, 80; Hopkins, 81-83. Instr. 

 English and math, Luther, 77-81; instr. and 

 asst. prof, math, Iowa, 83-86, asst. prof, physics, 

 86-89, prof, 89-05. M.A.A; Iowa Acad, (pres, 

 01). Elasticity of certain solids; viscosity of 

 liquids; mechanics of wave motion. Viscosity 

 of gases; behavior of rapidly moving air. 



Veblen, Dr. Oswald, 23 Madison St, Princeton, 

 N. J. Mathematics. Decorah, la, June 24, 80. 

 A.B, Iowa, 98; A.B, Harvard, 00 ; Ph. D, Chicago, 

 03. Lab. asst. physics, Iowa, 98-99 ; assoc. 

 math, Chicago, 03-05; preceptor, Princeton, 05- 

 Math. Soc; Circolo Mat. di Palermo. Founda- 

 tions of geometry. Pure geometrical formula- 

 tion of problems in analysis situs. 



Vedder, Dr. Edward B (right), Care Surgeon Gen- 

 eral, Manila, P. I. Medicine. New York, N. 



Y, June 28, 78. Ph.B, Rochester, 98; M.D, 

 Pennsylvania, 02, Scott fellow, 02-03, A.M, 

 03. Research student, Rockefeller Inst, for Med. 

 Research, 01 ; first lieut. asst. surgeon, U. S. A, 

 Philippine Islands, 03- Bacteriology ; pathology. 



Veeder, Dr. M(ajor) A(lbert), Cor. Broad and 

 Queen Sts, Lyons, N. Y. Sanitary science, 

 Solar physics, Geophysics. Ashtabula, O, Nov. 

 10, 48. A.B, Union, 70, A.M, 71 ; Leipzig, 78- 

 79; M.D, Buffalo, 83. Principal, Ives Sem, 

 Antwerp, N. Y, 76-78. Health officer, Lyons, 

 87- Pub. Health Ass ; Micros. Soc ; N. Y. State 

 Med. Soc; London Soc. Arts. Sanitation of 

 typhoid fever, diphtheria and tuberculosis; lo- 

 calization of solar and terrestrial electromag- 

 netic conditions; ice action in the basin of the 

 Great Lakes of North America; sense-percep- 

 tion. Open air treatment of consumption; ru- 

 dimentary forms of sense-perception. 



Venable, Dr. F(rancis) P(reston), Chapel Hill, 

 N. C. *Chemistry. Prince Edward Co, Va, 

 Nov. 17, 56. Virginia, 74-78; Bonn, 79-80; 

 Ph.D, Gottingen, 81; Berlin, 89. Prof, chem, 

 North Carolina, 81-00, pres, 00- Hon. Sc.D, 

 Lafayette, 04. F.A.A. ( sec'y, 96, v, pres, 99 ) ; 

 Chem. Soc. (pres, 05) ; Philos. Soc; fel. London 

 Chem. Soc; Chem. Gesell. Zirconium and its 

 compounds; heptane and its derivatives; quali- 

 tative analysis; inorganic chemistry; history of 

 chemistry; development of periodic law; study, 

 of the atom. 



Verhoeff, Dr. F(rederick) H(erman), 233 Charles 

 St, Boston, Mass. Ophthalmology. Louisville, 

 Ky, July 9, 74. Ph.B, Yale, 95; M.D, Hopkins, 

 99; A.M, Harvard, 02. Asst. surgeon, Balti- 

 more Eye, Ear and Throat Charity Hosp, 00- 

 01; asst. path, Harvard, 01-03; pathologist, 

 Mass. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, 01-; 

 asst. ophthal. surgeon, Carney Hosp, 02- Ass. 

 Path, and Bact; Ophthal. Soc; Am. Med. Ass; 

 Mass. Med. Soc; New Eng. Ophthal. Soc; Bos- 

 ton Soc. Med. Sci. Pathological anatomy of 

 the eye; physiological optics. Diseases of the 

 eye. 



Verrill, Prof. A(ddison) E(mory), 86 Whalley 

 Ave, New Haven, Conn. *Zoology. Green- 

 wood, Me, Feb. 9, 39. B.S, Harvard, 62; A.M, 

 Yale, 67. Asst, Mus. Comp. Zool, Harvard, 

 60-64; prof. zool. and curator, Zool. Dept, Pea- 

 body Mus, Tale, 67/- Prof, entom. and comp. 

 anat, Wisconsin, 67-70; assoc. ed, 'Am. 

 Jour. Science,' 69-; instr. geol, Yale, 70- 

 94; asst. in charge marine invert, zool, U. 

 S. Fish Commission. 71-87. Nat. Acad; 

 F.A.A; Soc. Nat; Soc' Zool; Am. Acad; Conn. 

 Acad, (pres.) ; Phila. Acad; Wis. Acad; Bos- 

 ton Soc. Nat. Hist, (curator, 64-74); Essex 

 Inst; Soc. zool. de France. Marine inverte- 

 brate zoology, especially Anthozoa, echino- 

 derms, annelids, nemerteans, planarians, Mol- 

 lusca, tunicates and Bryozoa; deep-sea zoology 

 in general. Invertebrates of southern New Eng- 

 land; general report on the natural history, 

 productions, geology, early history, zoology, etc, 

 of the Bermuda Islands; West Indian and 



