564 Biochcmical News, Notes and Comment [June 



led to the establishment o£ a new Journal intended for laboratory 

 investigator and practitioner alike. With the title of Zeitschrift für 

 Chemotherapie and verwandte Gebiete (Verlag von Georg Thieme, 

 Leipsic), the new publication is edited under the supervision of 

 Profs. Paul Ehrlich, Friedrich Kraus and August v. Wassermann 

 — names which serve to give the Journal an immediate prestige in 

 the field of immunotherapy and diagnosis. It is planned to publish 

 original articles at indefinite intervals, while the review features, 

 forming a continuation of the Fol'i Serologica, will appear regu- 

 larly. The first number of 200 pages is devoted to salvarsan (606) 

 therapy, and includes elaborate reports from Germany, Great 

 Britain, France, Italy, Russia and the United States. The American 

 review is by Dr. John A. Fordyce of New York. 



Miscellaneous items. Change of name. Prof. Carl Fraenkel, 

 director of the hygienic institute of Halle, has changed his name to 

 Fraenken with the consent of the government. 



The Harrington lectures at the University of Buffalo were de- 

 livered on May 28-31, by Dr. Ludvig Hektoen, subject, "Immu- 

 nity." 



Visiting agriciiltural commission. The consul general of Uru- 

 guay and six members of a commission on agricultural engineering 

 are visiting our Colleges of agriculture. The commission is on a 

 World tour for the study of agriculture in different countries. 



'" Phossy jaw" hill signed. The bill taxing white phosphorus 

 matches has become a law. It is expected that this law will prevent 

 the use of white phosphorus in the manufacture of matches. 



Sanitary survey. Prof. George C. Whipple, Dr. J. W. M. 

 Bunker and Mr. M. C. Whipple, of Harvard University, are making 

 a sanitary survey of Lake Ontario near the mouth of the Genesee 

 River, in order to ascertain the effect of the sewage of the city of 

 Rochester on the river and lake. 



Prohibition of absinthe. A senatorial committee has unani- 

 mously decided that the essence of thujone should not be used in 

 any liquor, that the nomenclature of plants containing thujone 

 should be officially established, and that traffic in such plants should 



