200 Biochemical News, Notes and Comment [March, 



N. Y. Acad. of Med., Harvey Lect— Nov. 28, '14: Prof. Lafa- 

 yette B. Mendel, Nutrition and growth; Prof. Hans Zinsser, The 

 more recent developments in the study of anaphylactic phenomena. 



N. Y. Bot. Card. : Dr. C. Stuart Gager, Sept. 5, '14, Life history 

 of a tree. — Dr. F. J. Seaver, Oct. 3, '14, Economic importance of 

 fungi; May 29, Destructive insects. 



N. Y. Univ. and Bell. Hosp. Med. Coli., Herter Lect., Dec. 10, 

 II, 14, 15, '14: Prof. Lafayette B. Mendel, Aspects of the physiol- 

 ogy and pathology of growth. 



Penn. State Med. Soc, Sept. 24, '14: Dr. Jacob Rosenbloom, A 

 form of diabetic coma without any relation to acetone substances. 



Round Table Club, Pittsburgh, Nov. 10, '14: Dr. Jacob Rosen- 

 bloom, Research and medicine. 



Univ. of Penn., Qth Rush Society lect., Jan. 22 : Prof. Lafayette 

 B. Mendel: Nutrition and growth. 



West Va. State Med. Soc, Nov. 2, '14: Dr. Jacob Rosenbloom, 

 Infection and immunity. 



Miscellaneous items. At its Commencement last June, Jef- 

 ferson Med. Coli, conferred higher degrees in course for the first 

 time. All the candidates were from the Dep't of Physiol. Chem., 

 of which Prof. P. B. Hawk is the head. Olaf Bergeim, Ph.G., M.S., 

 received the degree of Ph.D. ; thesis, A study of calcium metabolism 

 in certain pathological conditions. Clarence A. Smith and James T. 

 Leary received the degree of M.S. 



New Hampshire State Coli, began the Organization of a depart- 

 ment of Home Economics in May 1913. The work was placed 

 under the direction of Miss Helen B. Thompson and classes were 

 opened in Sept. A splendid equipment was installed during the 

 summer. In response to the announcement of the course, the enroU- 

 ment of women increased to double the number for the preceding 

 year. Sixty-three women have been registered, most of them taking 

 work in the dep't and many of them entering the füll course. 



The first number of the Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sciences (see p. 275) 

 contains a paper (p. 44) by Dr. Jacques Loeb and Hardolph Was- 

 teneys, On the identity of heliotropism in animals and plants. 



Prof. Wm. H. Welker served on the catalog commit. of the 

 Coli, of Med., Univ. of III, and is also sec'y pro tem to the Jr. Fac- 



