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moral support ; Professor Porter took upon himself the editorial and 

 the financial burdens. These he has borne through sixteen years 

 and through the Journal's first thirty-three volumes. From its in- 

 ception his ideals were high. He beheved that a meritorious dis- 

 covery may fail of appreciation because of the faulty manner in 

 which it is announced to the world, and that an editor may be of 

 Service to an investigator. He beheved that a scientific Journal, the 

 organ of a national science, should be characterised by scientific 

 merit, rhetorical excellence, the prompt publication of its contribu- 

 tions, and typography and illustration that are pleasing to the eye. 

 These ideals he has maintained. A rigid pursuit of ideals by one 

 individual frequently arouses in others lack of appreciation, criti- 

 cism, and Opposition ; and these he has received without complaint. 

 Time and effort and sacrifice of personal considerations have been 

 given by him without stint. In now laying down these burdens and 

 generously transferring to the American Physiological Society his in- 

 terests he has given over a Journal that has an assured position of 

 merit among Journals of physiology and that has been one of the 

 Chief agencies in the unification of American physiology. For his 

 unselfish labors Professor Porter deserves the thanks of American 

 physiologists and as an expression of this gratitude they gladly ded- 

 icate to him this volume." 



A recent number of the Zeitschrift für Untersuchung der Nahr- 

 ungs- und Genussmittel has been issued in honor of Dr. Joseph 

 König, prof. of hygiene and food ehem., Münster, in celebration of 

 the 7oth anniv. of his birth. The number consists wholly of papers 

 by some of König's pupils. 



Prof. £lie Metchnikoff, assis. director of the Inst. Pasteur, will 

 soon celebrate his 70th birthday and the Soth anniv. of his doctorate. 

 A commit. has been formed, under the presidency of Dr. Roux, di- 

 rector of the Inst. Pasteur, for the celebration of the anniv., which 

 will include the publication of a *' Festschrift." 



Lectures and addresses. Endowed lectures. Coli, of 

 Phys., Phila.; Mütter Lect., Dec. 4, '14: Prof. F. H. 'Alhee, The 

 fundamental principles involved in the use of the bone graft in 

 surgery. 



Columbia Univ.; Phi Lambda Upsilon Lect., Dec. 10, '14 Prof. 

 H. A. Huston (German Kali Works), The potash industry. 



