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biological effects from radiiim : Prof. F. C. Wood. The names of 

 the officers of the Inst, follow : Pres., Prof. Nicholas Murray Butler; 

 ist vice-pres., Provost Edgar F. Smith; 26. vice-pres., Dr. Robert 

 Abbe; treas., Dr. Hugo Lieber; sec'y, Prof. Geo. B. Pegram. Board 

 of directors: the officers, and Dr. C. F. Chandler (chair.), Prof. 

 Bergen Davis, Prof. IVm. J. Gies, Mr. Ellwood Hendrick, Dr. Willy 

 Meyer and Dr. Hugo Schweitzer. 



Leegen Inst, for Physiology. By the bequest of $300,000, under 

 the will of the late Prof. Leegen, a former member of the Vienna 

 med. faculty, the Acad. of Sciences of Vienna has obtained means 

 to erect a special institute for physiology. The idea is to devote the 

 Institute wholly to scientific research, no beginners to be admitted, 

 and the men working there to be appointed as " whole-time " officers, 

 who may not devote their time to any other office. The Acad. has 

 also obtained control of the Vienna Biol. Inst., together with a large 

 endowment to keep it going. From this Inst, emanated the biolog- 

 ical discoveries by Drs. Kammerer and Pribram, and now, in con- 

 nection with the Leegen Inst., exp. physiol. on a large scale, for 

 purely scientific purposes, will be possible in Vienna, apart from the 

 research in progress in the univ. laboratories. 



Kaiser Wilhelm Inst, for the Physiol. of Work. An Inst, 

 devoted to the physiology of work is being erected under the aus- 

 pices of the Kaiser Wilhelm Soc. for the Adv. of Science. Prof. 

 Rubner has been appointed direc. and will have three assis., one for 

 physiol. ehem. and metabolism, one for exp. physiol. and psychol., 

 and one for Statistical and economic studies. The purpose of the 

 Inst, is to obtain exact data regarding human effort of a physical 

 and intellectual nature, both in general and with reference to special 

 conditions in childhood, youth and old age, and in various condi- 

 tions and for different races. 



Lister Inst. Arrangements have nearly been completed for the 

 establishment, as a memorial to Lord Lister in Edinburgh, of a 

 Lister Inst. It is proposed that the Inst., which will be devoted 

 mainly to research in bacteriol. and pathol., shall work in connection 

 with the Univ., but that it shall be managed by an independent board 

 consisting of representatives of the Royal Coli, of Phys. and Surg. 

 and of the Univ., and probably of the Carnegie trustees, who have 



