194 Biochemical News, Notes and Comment [Sept. 



$275,000 for the endowment of research into the cause, prevention 

 and eure of Cancer. Mr. Openhym's will stipulates that if at any 

 time further investigation of Cancer is not required, the income of 

 the fund may be used for research in any brauch of medicine or sur- 

 gery. The endowment under Mr. Openhym's will is to be known 

 as the Openhym Research Fund, and the terms of the gift are sub- 

 stantially the same as those of the Crocker Research Fund, which 

 amounts to $1,440,777.13. 



Meetings of congresses and societies. The Fifteenth Inter- 

 national Congress on Hygiene and Demography was officially opened 

 in the Continental Memorial Hall on September 23 and continued 

 until September 27. President Taft delivered an address at the 

 opening exercises. The delegates numbered about 3,000, represent- 

 ing 33 foreign governments, every American State and territory, 

 over 300 American cities, and leading Colleges and universities and 

 many scientific, medical and social institutions throughout the world. 

 The congress was divided into eleven sections and four general ses- 

 sions were held. President Taft was honorary president, Dr. 

 Henry P. Walcott, of Massachusetts, was president, and Dr. John S. 

 Fulton, of Maryland, was secretary-general, of the congress. A 

 füll account of the proceedings is given in the Journal of the Amer- 

 ican Medical Association, beginning at page 1207 (September 28). 

 The proceedings of the biochemical section — " dietetic hygiene ; hy- 

 gienic physiology" — are reported at page 129 of this issue of the 

 Biochemical Bulletin. 



The Eighth International Congress of Applied Chemis'try was 

 officially opened at Continental Memorial Hall, in Washington, on 

 September 4, and continued in New York from September 6-13, in- 

 clusive, where the work was centralized at Columbia University and 

 the College of the City of New York. About 2,500 members were 

 in attendance. Dr. Edward W. Morely was honorary president, 

 Prof. William H. Nichols was president, and Dr. Bernhard G. 

 Hesse was secretary, of the congress. The scientific work of the 

 congress was organized in twenty-four sections. Among the gen- 

 eral addresses was one by Prof. Gabriel Bertrand on " The part 

 played by infinitely small quantities of chemicals in biological 

 chemistry." 



