BIOCHEMICAL NEWS, NOTES AND COMMENT 



Contents. I. General: Necrology, i88; in memoriam, i88; anniversary 

 celebrations, 189; honors, 190; retirements, resignations and appointments, 190; 

 prizes, grants, endowments and funds, 193; meetings of congresses and societies, 

 194; buildings and general equipment, 195 ; acts of congress, 196; miscellaneous, 

 197. IL Columbia University Biochemical Association: General notes, 200; pro- 

 ceedings, 201 ; biochemical department, 201. 



I. General 



Necrology. Dr. W. W. Daniels, emeritus professor of chemis- 

 try at the University of Wisconsin. — Thomas Doliber, president of 

 Mellin's Food Co., and one of the best known manufacturing drug- 

 gists in America. — Dr. Morris Loeb, professor of chemistry at New 

 York University and president of the Chemists' Club. — Dr. Her- 

 mann Munk, formerly professor of physiology at the veterinary Col- 

 lege in Berlin. — Dr. E. A. Holmström, Sweden's foremost pharma- 

 cist. — Dr. Edmund von Neusser, professor of internal medicine at 

 Vienna. — Prof. Melville Amasa Scovell, director of the Kentucky 

 Agricultural Experiment Station and dean of the College of Agri- 

 culture of the Kentucky State University. — Dr. Henry Adam 

 Weber, professor of agricultural chemistry, Ohio State University. 

 — Dr. Thomas Winter, professor of agriculture in University Col- 

 lege of North Wales, Bangor. 



In memoriam. Lord Lister. A memorial to Lord Lister will 

 be established at University College Hospital. It was in 1843 that 

 Joseph Lister entered the College as an arts Student and graduated 

 bachelor of arts in 1847. He then became a Student of medicine 

 and entered the hospital to complete his studies. A special commit- 

 tee has been formed under the presidency of the Duke of Bedford, 

 President of the hospital. The exact nature of the tribute will be 

 largely decided by the amount of the subscriptions received, but it 

 has been suggested that either a bust or a tablet should be placed in 

 both the hospital and the College. It is understood that the memo- 

 rial will be entirely local in character, and only those who have been 



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