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organic ehem. — M. Chatton, 2000; researches on the parasite Peri- 

 dinians. — Dr. Mauguin, 2,000; liquid crystals. — Dr. Chauvenet, 

 2000; zirconium and its complex Compounds. — Prof. Lauvageau, 

 2000; marine algae. 



Prize. Paris Acad. of Science, 400 francs: A. Lanzenherg, 

 for his work on ammonia and urea — origin, methods of estimation. 



Medals. Perkin medal: To Dr. Edward Weston, For dis- 

 tinguished achievement in the field of ehem. engineering and metal- 

 lurgy. — Willard Gibbs medal: To Dr. A. A. Noyes, For de- 

 vising an improved system of quäl, analysis. 



Journalistic. Amer. Jour. of Surgery. Dr. Yandell Hender- 

 son is a member of the staff which will publish, for the Amer. Journ. 

 of Surg., a quarterly Supplement devoted to anesthesia. It has been 

 adopted as the official organ of the Amer. Assoc. of Anesthetists and 

 the Scottish Soc. of Anesthetists. The first issue of this Supple- 

 ment appeared in October. 



Chemical Ahstracts. Dr. A. M. Patterson resigned, last July, 

 the editorship of Chem. Ahstr. and was succeeded by J. J. Miller, one 

 of the two assoc. ed. Since Jan., E. J, Crane, assoc. ed., has been 

 the acting editor, aided by Eimer Hockett, assis. ed. 



Of the total of 2,967 pages and 16,468 abstracts comprising 

 Chem. Ahstr., for 1914, 706 pages and 4,692 abstracts were devoted 

 to biol. chemistry. 



Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sciences. The Nat'l Acad. of Sciences began, 

 in Jan., the publication of monthly proceedings. (See page 275). 

 The first paper in it of biochem. interest was published, in the Feb. 

 issue, by Drs. F. G. Benedict and Paul Roth, on The basal caloric 

 Output of vegetarians as compared with that of non-vegetarians of 

 like weight and height. Biochemistry is represented in the editorial 

 board by Prof. J. J. Abel. 



Funds and endowments. Drs. W. J. and C. H. Mayo, 

 Rochester, Minn., established a $1,000,000 foundation for med. re- 

 search and presented the foundation, under certain restrictions, to 

 the Board of Regents of the Univ. of Minn. Interest from the fund 

 will be used for research at Rochester. 



The Univ. of Oxford has received $2,200 from friends of the 

 late Prof. Gotch to perpetuate his memory and to encourage study 

 of physiology. The income from the fund will be applied to the 



