BIOCHEMICAL NEWS, NOTES AND COMMENT 



EDITORIAL SUB-COMMITTEE: 



Alfred P. Lothrop, 

 Walter H. Eddy, Arthur Knudson, 



Paul E. Howe, Emily C. Seaman. 



Contents.— I. General: Necrology, 112; honors, 112; resignations, declina- 

 tions and appointments, 113; Alvarenga prize, 115; grants, 116; endowment 

 funds, 116; notes on radium, 117; meetings of societies and congresses, 122; 

 miscellaneous items, 126. IL Columbia Univ. Biochem. Assoc.: (i) General 

 notes, 129; (2) proceedings, 131; (3) Columbia Biochem. Dep't, 131. 



I. GENERAL 



Necrology. John G. Curtis, emer. prof. of physiology, Colum- 

 bia Univ. — /. Lucas-Championniere, who introduced antisepsis into 

 France. — Jules Ogier, formerly president of the Societe de chimie, 

 a member of the Comite consultatif d'hygiene publique de France, 

 author of Traite de chimie toxicologique. — Friedrich Seiler, prof. 

 of pharmaceutical chemistry, Lausanne. — Charles Tellier, the in- 

 ventor of the cold storage System. — William T. Wenzell, emer. prof. 

 of chemistry, Univ. of Cal., Col. of Pharmacy. 



Honors. Honorary degrees. Dr. Svante Arrhenius (Nobel 

 Institute, Stockholm) and Madam Curie (Sorbonne, Paris) were 

 among the foreign representatives at the recent meeting of the 

 British Assoc. for the Adv. of Science upon whom the Univ. of 

 Birmingham conferred its doctorate of laws. (See p. 117). 



Presidency of the British Assoc. for the Adv. of Science. 

 Prof. William Bateson, director of the John Innes Horticultural 

 Institute, has been elected president of the British Assoc. for the 

 Adv. of Science for the meeting to be held next year in Austraha. 



Ovation. Prof. /. L. Prevost of Geneva was given an ovation 

 recently on the occasion of his reaching the time limit of age and 

 giving up the chair of physiology which he has so long filled. Dele- 

 gates from medical societies and universities were present from 



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