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Prof. Charles Baskerville, for his investigations on the chemistry 

 of anesthetics (ethyl ether, Chloroform, nitrous oxide and oxygen). 



The third annual award of the Hunterian Society's medal has 

 been made to Dr. A. Goulston, Heavitree, Exeter, for his essay on 

 the use of sugar in heart disorders. 



The second Willard Gibbs medal, founded by William A. Con- 

 verse of Chicago, for distinction attained in chemistry, was pres- 

 ented to Prof. Theodore W. Richards by the Chicago section of the 

 American Chemical Society, at a dinner on May 17. After the 

 presentation, Professor Richards delivered an address on "Atomic 

 weights." 



Edward Longstreth Medals of Merit have been awarded to Drs. 

 Oswald Schreiner and Elbert C. Lathrop in recognition of their im- 

 portant discoveries in agricultural chemistry. Dr. Milton Whitney, 

 chief of the U. S. Bureau of Solls, has expressed the opinion that 

 the results of the investigations which Dr. Schreiner has been con- 

 ducting will revolutionize current methods for the enrichment of 

 soils. 



The Royal Society of Edinburgh has awarded to Professor 

 Alexander Smith, the Keith Prize for the biennial period 1909- 

 191 1. The award was made for his researches on sulfur and on 

 vapor pressure, which have been published in the Journal of the 

 'American Chemical Society. 



Dr. Jokichi Takamine, who first prepared epinephrin in a com- 

 mercial form ("adrenalin"), has been awarded a prize on that 

 account by the Imperial Academy of Japan. The ceremony of pre- 

 sentation recently occurred in Tokyo. 



H onorar y degrees. Among the degrees conferred by the Uni- 

 versity of Michigan, at its recent celebration, was the doctorate of 

 laws on Prof. W. H. Howell and the doctorate of science on Profs. 

 John J. Abel and Henry Sezvall. — Dr. H. IV. Wiley received the 

 degree of doctor of science from Lafayette College. 



Memhership in international scientific societies. Dr. Henry P. 

 Armsby has been elected a foreign member of the Royal Academy 

 of Agriculture, of Sweden. — Sir Victor Horsley, F.R.S.^ has been 



