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coli, of the univ., which will bring its three Chicago dep'ts into much 

 closer relations. 



The man who made quinin cheap. Sir Clement Markham died 

 at the age of 85, from burns due to a fire caused by reading in bed 

 by candlelight. He entered the navy in 1844, and served in the 

 Franklin search expedition in the arctic regions. He was a great 

 traveler and writer on geog. subjects. In 1852 he made his first 

 visit to Peru, mainly to inquire into the remains of the Incas. 

 When the gov't of India perceived the value of quinin in malaria, it 

 determined to introduce the cinchona plant into that country from 

 Peru. Markham was entrusted with the task, which he carried out 

 most successfully, with the result that the price of quinin was re- 

 duced from many Shillings to a few pence per ounce. The service 

 thus rendered by him to humanity has been everywhere recognized. 

 London letter: Jonr. Amer. Med. Assoc., 1916, Ixvi, p. 753. 



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Personalia. The Univ. of Tor. has granted Dr. V. E. Hender- 

 son, assoc. prof. pharm, and pharmacol., leave of absence on his 

 appoint. as major in Can. overseas exped. force. 



Dr. A, E. Taylor, Univ. of Penn., recently went to Ger. as an 

 attache of the Amer. Embas. at Berlin. He will study food condi- 

 tions in Ger. His colleague, Dr. D. J. McCarty, will perform similar 

 Service in Gr. Br. 



The decision of the Derby Educ. Commit., to dispense with the 

 Services of Dr. P. E. Bowles, as assis. lect. in ehem. at the Tech. 

 Coli, led Dr. A. /. Walker, head of the ehem. dep't, to tender his 

 resig., to take effect Mar. 31. In his letter to the commit. he as- 

 cribes his action to their "unfair and unjust treatment" of his col- 

 league, the impossibility of carry ing on the work single-handed, and 

 a determination not to be associated with anything lacking in effi- 

 ciency. He points out that Dr. Bowles was attested under Lord 

 Derby's scheme after receiving the promise that, if called to active 

 Service, he would be paid his salary, less War Office allowance, and 

 would have his appointment kept open. He also argues that any 

 type of retrenchment calculated to diminish the Output of ehem. 

 experts from the training establishments of the country is a fatal 

 form of war economy. 



