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Univ.), Dr. A. R. Moore (Bryn Mawr), and others; officers in the 

 dep't of physiol. 



Univ. of Colo. : Dr. Robert C. Lewis (assis. biochem. U. S. Pel- 

 lagra Hosp., Spartanburg, S. C), prof. of physiol. 



Univ. of Utah: Dr. /. A. Widtsoe (pres., Utah Agric. Coli.), 

 pres. 



Washington Agric. Exp. Sta'n: Dr. /. 5. Caldwell (prof. of 

 bot., Ala. Polyt. Inst, and Agric. Exp. Sta'n), "by-products 

 specialist." 



Honors. Among the New Year Honors conferred upon 

 British men of science was a " C.B." on Dr. A. W. MacFadden, 

 chief inspec. of food, Local Gov. Board. 



A bust of von Behring has been erected in the Marburg Inst, 

 for Hygiene, in memory of the 25th anniv. of v. Behring's publica- 

 tion of his first work on serum therapy. 



The fifth annual dinner of the Columbia Univ. Biochem. Assoc. 

 was given in honor of Prof. A. B. Macallum, Feb. lo (see p. 123). 



Lectures and addresses. Endowed lect's. Physical Soc. 

 (London); Imperial Coli, of Science, Guthrie Lect., Jan. 28: Dr. 

 W. B. Hardy, Some problems of living matter. 



Univ. and Bell. Hosp. Med. Coli., Herter Lect., Jan. 10-14: 

 Dr. V. C. Vaughan, Course of five lects. on poisonous proteins. 



MiscELLANEous iTEMs. Amer. Chem. Soc, N. Y. Sect., Mar. 

 10: Dr. C. S. Hudson, Acetyl derivatives of the sugars; Dr. C. L. 

 Aisberg, Development of the U. S. Bureau of Chemistry. 



Franklin Inst. ; Feb 9 : Dr. G. E. de Schweinitz, Drug and occu- 

 pational amblyopias; Feb. 10: Dr. Charles Baskerville, Refining of 

 animal and vegetable oils; Mar. 9: Prof. G. C. Whipple, The ele- 

 ment of chance in sanitation. 



Harvard Univ. ; Five public lect's : Prof. L. /. Henderson, Tele- 

 ology and natural science. 



Harvey (Society) Lect.; N. Y. Acad. Med., Jan. 15 : Dr. D. D. 

 Van Slyke, Present significance of the amino acids in physiology 

 and pathology; Feb. 26: Prof. IV. T. Longcopc, Susceptibility of 

 man to foreign proteins; Mar. 11: Prof. H. A. Christian, Some 

 phases of the nephritis problem; Mar. 25: Dr. R. T. Woodyatt, 

 Intermediate carbohydrate metabolism. 



