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emy of Medicine, of Paris, elected Professor Delezenne of the 

 Pasteur Institute an honorary member of the section on anatomy 

 and physiology. 



Anniversary celebrations. On October 22 Prof. A. Kossei, 

 of Heidelberg, celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his pro- 

 fessorship. — The twenty-fifth anniversary of Prof. Charles Richefs 

 appointment to the chair of physiology in the Faculty of Medicine, 

 of Paris, was celebrated on December 22. Professor Chauveau 

 presided at the celebration and presented Dr. Riebet with a Fest- 

 schrift to which three score scholars had contributed from different 

 countries, among them being Pavloff, Kossei, Verworn, Sherring- 

 ton, Chauveau and Bouchard. After the presentation, addresses of 

 congratulation were made by Professors Landouzy, Dastre, Gley, 

 Langlois, and others. 



CoMPLiMENTARY DINNERS. Dr. Jacques Loeb was the guest of 

 honor at the second annual dinner of the Columbia University Bio- 

 chemical Association, at the Chemists' Club, N. Y., Nov. 6 (p. 322). 

 — Prof. R. H. C hütenden will be the guest of his many pupils and 

 friends at a dinner at Delmonico's, N. Y., on March i. 



AwARDs OF MEDALs. By the Royal Society: The Davy medal 

 to Prof. Otto Wallach, of Göttingen, for his researches on the chem- 

 istry of the essential oils and the cycloölefines; the Buchanan medal, 

 to Col. Wm. C. Gorgas, of the U. S. Army, chief sanitary officer of 

 the Panama Canal zone. — By the Prussian government: The gold 

 medal for science to Dr. Walther Nernst, professor of chemistry at 

 Berlin. — By the Swedish Medical Society: The Retsius medal to Dr. 

 J. N. Langley, professor of physiology at Cambridge, for his work 

 on the nervous System. 



Prizes. The Gedge pri::e of Cambridge University has been 

 awarded to Mr. A. V. Hill, of Trinity College, for his essay on the 

 heat production of amphibian muscle and of cold-blooded animals. 

 — Prize for work on diabetes: The medical society of Carlsbad has 

 offered $1,000 for the best work or works on "Treatment of dia- 

 betes mellitus, with special reference to balneotherapy." Competi- 

 tion is open to physicians of all countries, and any language may 

 be used. All Communications should be addressed to the Vereini- 

 gung Karlsbäder Aertze, Carlsbad, Austria. The jury consists of 



