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Paul Ehrlich (1908) for his researches on immunity; 

 Albrecht Kossel (1910) for his work on albuminoid 

 substances and the derivatives of nucleic acid; 



0. Meyerhaff (1922) for his work on the transforma- 

 tion of energy in muscles. 



Holland 



The work emphasized by the correspondents from Hol- 

 land was entirely confined to a mention of De Vries' mu- 

 tation theory and the results of various scientific expedi- 

 tions described in : 



1. Monographs of the Siboga Expedition; and 



2. Nova Guinea; Resultats de Vexped. scientif. Neer- 

 land, (a la Nouv. Guinee. 1917). 



The important workers mentioned were : 



1 . De Vries for his book Die Mutationtheorie ; 



2. Weber for his Die Saugethiere ; and the two Nobel 

 Prize men; 



3. L. H. van't Hoff, in chemistry in 1901, for his studies 

 on molecular structures, on solutions, and on salt de- 

 posits; and 



4. Willem Einthoven, in medicine in 1924, for his work 

 with the electrocardiograph in measuring heart-action 

 currents. 



Italy 



Here one finds great emphasis on morphology and some 

 on endocrinology. Nearly all biological efforts have for 

 their goal some practical application of immediate na- 



