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France, Italy and other countries, and several decorations and de- 

 grees were conferred on him. He was one of the founders of the 

 Revue Med. de la Suisse Romande, now in its thirty-third year, and 

 has been a member of the editorial staff from the beginning. 



Legion of honor. Dr. Roux, director of the Pasteur Inst., 

 has been made a grand officer of the Legion of Honor. 



AwARDS OF PRiZES. The Academie des sciences has awarded a 

 Montyon prize ($500) to Dr. L. Amhard for his memoir on the 

 Renal secretion. — The Raymond Horton-Smith prize at the Univ. 

 of Cambridge for 1913 has been awarded to F. A. Roper and F. S. 

 Scales, who are adjudged equal for theses for the degree of M.D. 

 Their subjects were : Creatinin and creatin metaboHsm, especially 

 in reference to diabetes, and The electrocardiogram in diabetes. — 

 The Warren triennial prize for 19 13, amounting to $500, has been 

 awarded to Dr. Prof. Arrigo Viseritini, instr. in pathol. anatomy in 

 the Royal Univ. of Pavia, for his essay on the Function of the pan- 

 creas and its relation to the pathogenesis of diabetes. — The Intern. 

 Med. Congr., at its London meeting, awarded its three prizes as fol- 

 lows : The Moscow prize to Prof. Charles Richet (Paris), for his 

 work on anaphylaxis; the Paris prize to Prof. A. von Wassermann 

 (Kaiser Wilhelm Inst, for Exp. Therapy), for his work on exp. 

 therapy and immunity; and the Hungary prize to Sir Almroth 

 Wright (London), for his work on anaphylaxis. 



AwARD OF MEDAL. The Baly medal has been awarded, by the 

 Royal Col. of Physicians, to Dr. /. S. Haidane, F.R.S., reader in 

 physiology at the Univ. of Oxford. 



Resignations, declinations and appointments.^ Declina- 

 TiONS. Professor His, who was asked to accept the appointment 

 of director of the med. clinic as successor of von Noorden, at Vienna, 

 has declined the honor. — Dr. Franz Knoop, assoc. pro f. of physiol. 

 chemistry, at Freiburg, has declined appointment to membership in 

 the Rocke feller Inst. 



Appointments. Ala. Polytech. Inst, and Exp. Station: Dr. L. S. 

 Blake, head of the dep't of pharmacy, vice Prof. E. R. Miller resigned. 



^ In this summary institutions from which resignations occurred are named 

 in parenthesis. See page 129. 



