OUTSTANDING WORK AND WORKERS 115 



tional or local need. The volume summing up Italian bio- 

 logical history is entitled: 



/ Pr ogres si della Biologia e delle sue Applicazioni prac- 

 tiche consequiti in Italia nelV ultimo cinquantennio . Rome 

 {1911). 



The great names in Italian biology are: 



1. Artrom, for his work on the relationship of the nu- 

 cleus and the cytoplasm, and for his work on chromosomes 

 and genetics ; 



2. Bruschettini, for his work on diphtheria; 



3. Celli, (4) Grassi, and (5) Marchiafava for their work 

 on the malarial parasite; 



6. Cotronei, for his work on the experimental morphol- 

 ogy of the development of the eye ; 



7. Enriques, for his work on the reproduction of pro- 

 tozoans ; 



8. Ghigi, for his work in genetics ; 



9. Giacomini, for his work concerning the action of the 

 thyroid gland on the metamorphosis of Amphibia ; 



10. Giardina, for his work on the dorsal cord; 



11. C. Golgi, for his work on the anatomy of the nerv- 

 ous system and his studies on the malarial parasite which 

 brought him the Nobel Prize in 1906 ; 



12. Levi, for his work on tissue culture; 



13. Pentimalli and (14) Fichera, for their work on 

 cancer ; 



15. Raffaele, Giacomini, Giardina, and Cotronei for 

 their work on the mechanism of development; 



16. Ruzzini, for his work in embryology and for his 



