EMIL CHR. HANSEN FUND 



Pursuant to the last will and testament of the late Professor 

 Emil Chr. Hansen and bis wife, a Fund bearing bis name bas been 

 establisbed, tbe Statutes of wbicb were ratified by tbe Danisb Gov- 

 ernment on June 17, 191 1. At proper intervals, as a rule every 

 two or tbree years, beginning in the year 191 4, a Gold Medal bear- 

 ing Hansen's effigy and accompanied by a sum of (at least) Five 

 hundred dollars (2000 Kroner) is to be awarded on the donor's 

 birthday, the 8th of May, to the author of a distinguished publica- 

 tion on some microbiological subject that has appeared of late years 

 in Denmark or elsewhere. 



The Fund is committed to the administration of the Chiefs of 

 the two departments of Carlsberg Laboratory, together with a 

 Danish biologist elected by the governing body of Carlsberg 

 Laboratory. ^ 



The person to whom the Medal is to be assigned shall be desig- 

 nated by a Committee composed of the above mentioned Trustees 

 of the Fund, together with at least two f oreign microbiologists, who, 

 at the request of the said Trustees, will have accepted appointment 

 to membership in the Committee. Professeur et Dr. Calmette, Lille ; 

 Geh. Ober-Med.-Rath Prof. Dr. Gaffky, Berlin; and Professor 

 Theobald Smith, M.D., Boston, have become members of the 

 Committee. 



It is proposed to award the medal, in 19 14, to a scientist in the 

 field of Medical Microbiology {comprehending the morphology, 

 biology and mode of action of the microbes generative of disease 

 in the human or animal body). 



All Communications regarding the Hansen Fund should be sent 

 to, and all further particulars will be given by, the President of the 

 Board of Trustees. 



Board of Trustees: 



Professor C. O. Jensen, Dr. med., 



Serum Institute of the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College; 



JoHS. Schmidt, Dr. phil., 



Physiological Department of Carlsberg Laboratory; 



Professor S. P. L. Sörensen, Dr. phil., 



President of the Board of Trustees, 



Chemical Department of Carlsberg Laboratory. 



Copenhagen, Valby, Denmark, 



June, 1913. 



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