1914] Institutes 505 



nal is a special issue in honor of the sixtieth birthday of Prof. Paul 

 Ehrlich, which occurred on Mar. 14. 



III. INSTITUTES 



Proposed Internat. Chem. Inst. The recent foundation, with 

 exceptional rapidity and unanimity, of the Internat. Assoc. of Chem. 

 Soc. shows that chemistry, as a science, has advanced to a position 

 where unregulated individual efforts are no longer sufficient and 

 must be replaced by organizing the efforts of all chemists. Such 

 possible and necessary undertakings of general value discussed in 

 the proceedings were: (i) Uniformity of nomenclature of chemic 

 substances; (2) inclusion of the Internat, commit. on atomic 

 weights in the Assoc. of Chem. Soc; (3) uniformity in the nomen- 

 clature of physic and chemic constants; (4) conformity in the edit- 

 ing of tables of contents of chemic publications ; (5) standardization 

 of the writing of abstracts and other reviews of new publications 

 in chemistry; (6) preparation of an Internat, auxiliary language for 

 publications of universal interest; (7) standardization of the size of 

 publications; (8) arrangements for limiting the printing of an ar- 

 ticle in different publications; (9) preparation of a chemic thesaurus 

 in which the gist of all chemic knowledge will be presented in a clear 

 and trustworthy manner. (Wilhelm Ostwald.- Science, 19 14, xl, 

 p. 147.) 



Russell Sage Inst, of Pathol. At a meeting of the board of 

 directors of the Russell Sage Inst, of Pathol., held in New York, 

 June 5, the following officers were elected : Pres., D. Bryson De- 

 laven; vice-pres., Simon Flexner; sec, T. C. Janeway; treas., Gra- 

 ham Lusk. Appointments to the scientific staff: Scientific direc, 

 Graham Lusk; med. direc, Eugene F. Du Bois; chemist, F. C. Gep~ 

 hart, assis., A. L. Meyer. 



Radium Inst, of Amer. The work of the Radium Inst, of 

 Amer. was inaugurated at a public meeting in Fayerweather Hall, 

 Columbia Univ., Feb. 17, at which Prof. Nicholas Murray Butler 

 presided. Scientific pro gr am. —Inivodnciory remarks : President 

 Butler. — The experiment of counting the alpha particles : Prof. Geo. 

 B. Fe gram. — Some experiments with radium emanation : Prof. Wil- 

 liam Duane. — Therapeutic use of radium : Dr. Robert Abbe. — Some 



