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Versal evil. The man who could compel the education of medical 

 authors in the art of conciseness, before they be permitted to speak 

 or write, would deserve a place in history among the benefactors of 

 humanity. (London letter: Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc, 1913, xli, 

 p. 612.) 



Amer. Chem. Soc'y. The annual meeting (48) of the Amer. 

 Chem. Soc'y was held at Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 8 to 12. This was 

 the first meeting in Sept. under the newly adopted Constitution. 

 The large number present and the enthusiasm of the meeting amply 

 justify the change in date from the Christmas holidays to the fall 

 of the year, 



Dr. Charles L. Parsons was re-elected secretary of the society, 

 and Dr. A. P. Hallock, treasurer, for a period of three years, under 

 the revised Constitution. Prof. W. A. Noyes was re-elected editor 

 of the Jour. of the Amer. Chem. Soc'y, and the board of associate 

 editors was continued, with the exception of Drs. H. P. Talbot and 

 A. A. Noyes, who asked to be relieved of this duty. Prof. W. Lash 

 Miller, of the Univ. of Toronto, was elected to the board with 

 special reference to physical chemistry. Prof. M. C. Whitaker was 

 re-elected editor of the Jour. of Indus, and Eng. Chem., and the 

 board of associate editors was continued and the editorial staff 

 strengthened by the addition of two assist. editors. Prof. A. M. 

 Patterson was re-elected editor of Chemical Abstracts, and Drs. /. 

 /. Miller and E. J. Crane assoc. editors. ( See page 76. ) 



Intern. Congr. of Refrigeration. The Third Int. Cong. 

 of Refrig., with an attendance of nearly 2,000 delegates, over 400 

 of whom were from abroad, convened in Washington and Chicago, 

 from Sept. 15 to Oct. i. The officers of the Third Section (on the 

 " application of refrigeration to f oods for the purpose of conserving 

 and preserving them") were: President, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley; 

 vice-pres., Mr. C. H. Parsons; sec'y, Dr. M. E. Pennington; addi- 

 tional member of the sect. commit., Prof. R. M. Allen, Prof. H. J. 

 Eustace, Mr. H. C. Gardner, Prof. Wm. J. des, Mr. /. L. Hughes, 

 Prof. W. A. Stocking, Prof. A. V. Stubenrauch, Mr. R. H. Switzler. 



Miscellaneous items. Lane lectures. The f ourteenth course 

 of Lane med. lectures was delivered in Lane Hall, San Francisco, 



