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in demand and passed through numerous editions. He contributed 

 articles on toxicol. subjects to Wood's " Handb. of the Med. Sciences," 

 and edited "Witthaus and Becker's Med. Jurisprudence," the fourth 

 volume of which he wrote. 



He was a Fellow of the Amer. Assoc. for the Adv. of Science, of 

 the N. Y. Acad. of Med. and other scientific bodies, including ehem. 

 societies in Paris and Berlin. 



Dr. Witthaus was a man of broad cuhure and had many interests 

 outside of his profession. He was an ardent disciple of Izaak Walton. 

 His love of books amounted to a passion. xA.t several different periods 

 of his life he collected libraries of first and other rare editions, Dur- 

 ing his last years his chief interest lay in the collection and cataloging 

 of books and original manuscripts. 



His fortune and med. library were bequeathed to the N, Y. Acad. 

 of Med. 



Resignation. Dr. S. P. Sadtler, prof. of ehem., Phila. Seh. 

 of Pharm. 



Appointments.^ Boston Floating Hosp. : Mr. A. W. Bos- 

 worth (N. Y. Agric. Exp. Sta.), biol. chemist 



British Dyes, L'td. : Dr. /. C. Cain, chief chemist. 



Cambridge Univ.: Dr. A. V. Hill (lect. in physiol. ehem.), 

 fellow of King's Coli. 



Chicago: Dr. W. IV. Armstrong (head of food bureau), super- 

 vlsion field-of^icer (transfer). 



Columbia Univ. : Dr. IV. A. Bastedo, assis. prof., clin. med. 

 (promotion) ; Dr. A. T. Martin, lect., pharmacol.; Dr. F. H. Pike, 

 assoc. prof., physiol. (promotion) ; Dr. W. M. Rhett, instr., phar- 

 macol. 



General Educ. Board: Prof. R. M. Pearce, ch'r'n commit. to 

 study the condition of med. educ. in Brazil. 



Harvard Med. Seh. : Dr. G. R. Minot, assis. in ehem. 



N. Y. Conserv. Commis. : Mr. Francis Harper, to make detailed 

 study of the fishing waters of Oneida Co., N. Y., as a basis for 

 scientific working plans for fish stocking and protection. 



N. D. Agric. Coli. : Prof. E. F. Ladd, dean of ehem. dep't, pres't. 



Rutgers Coli. (New Brunswick, N. J.) : Dr. A. R. Moore (Bryn 



iln this summary institutions from which appointments were made are 

 named in parentheses. See also page 245. 



