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last meeting, and Henry K. Benson, pro f. of industrial ehem., was 

 appointed director. The Bur. will coordinate the research activities 

 already undertaken by the univ., in order fully to utilize the re- 

 sources of Washington. Contributions have already been assured to 

 initiate the plan and the univ. will lend all its facilities for the 

 furtherance of the work of the bureau. 



Prophylactic Inst. Under this title an association has been 

 formed in Paris whose object is to conduct a campaign for the 

 gradual extinction of syphilis. Besides the direct treatment of 

 patients, it will undertake seien, researehes, and bring continuous 

 aetion to bear on the admin. authorities. Among the members are 

 Dr. Roux, Diree, Pasteur Inst., Dr. Ladouzy, Dean Paris Fac. of 

 Med., M. Painleve, Min. of Instr. and of Invent. affeeting Nat'l 

 Defence, and M. Brieux, author of Les Avaries. Mr. F. J. Gould 

 has sent 250,000 f. to the Foundation Commit. of the new Inst. 



CuRRicuLUM IN PuBLic Health. The Univ. of Cal. offers, 

 besides the work usual to a med. seh., a " Curric. in Pub. Health," 

 in which the grad. degree of " Grad, in Pub. Health" may be earned 

 by those who speeialize in med., ehem., bacteriol., or san. engin., and 

 who plan a eareer in prevent. med., san. science, and pub. hygiene. 



Warning regarding treatment of " HAY FEVER." The 

 authors feel it ineumbent upon them to warn the med. profession 

 against "hay fever" vaeeines whieh eontain a mixture of a large 

 number of pollen extr., sueh mixture being glven both for spring and 

 fall cases. No diagnostic means are employed to determine whieh 

 pollen or pollens are operative in a given ease. Under these eondi- 

 tions many a patient who is suffering from the spring variety of 

 pollinosis, being already a fit subjeet for further sensitization, is 

 plaeed in danger of beeoming sensitized to those pollens whieh are 

 active during the fall. It may also be stated that pollen extraets in 

 large doses are extremely dangerous, and with the dosage not 

 properly eontrolled by experieneed workers in this partieular field, 

 a ealamity from mishandling may cast a shadow upon a very valu- 

 able proposition. S. Oppenheimer and M. J. Gottlieb: Med. 

 Reo., 19 16, Ixxxix, p. 508. 



ViRUSES, SERUMS, TOXINS AND ANALOGOUS PRODUCTS FOR USE 

 IN THE TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS TO BE BETTER SUPER- 



