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ously mentioned, now in its third edition, for the hun- 

 dreds of important findings there recorded. 



Switzerland 



Switzerland, bordered by Germany, Austria, France, 

 and Italy, finds its various regions lying closest to each of 

 these lands influenced by them. Thus, Switzerland has 

 really no distinctive contribution to offer. It partakes of 

 all Europe, so to speak. Nevertheless, this little country 

 has produced two Nobel laureates : 



Theodore Kocher in medicine for 1909, for his re- 

 searches in the physiology, pathology, and surgery of the 

 thyroid body, and Alfred Werner in chemistry for 1913, 

 for his work on valence and on chemical constitution. 



Asia 

 India 



As with Spain, so with India, there is one outstanding 

 biological worker known to all the Western World. He is 

 Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose, whose work on the so-called 

 nervous system of plants has laid a foundation for enough 

 experimentation to keep botanists busy for an entire gen- 

 eration. All of his experimental results are not only inter- 

 esting, but they show what really can be done by patiently 

 working out fine and finer mechanisms with which to 

 experiment. 



His outstanding works are mentioned in the bibli- 

 ography. 



