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other institutions are scattered over the whole world. We were glad, therefore, 

 to see that the Marquess of Crewe expressed his regret that Government was 

 shelving the question, and averred that he thought Government should now 

 take steps to further the reform. The debate was adjourned in order to give 

 the Government an opportunity to review the question further, and we hope 

 that in the interests of the people the measure will ultimately pass. 



Physiological Reviews^ (W. L. Symes, M.R.C.S.) 



In Physiological Reviews the American Physiological Society has launched 

 an exceedingly valuable publication. 



It is to appear in four quarterly parts, constituting one volume {ca. pp. 500) 

 comprising about twenty articles of which the subjects and authors are selected 

 by the Editorial Board. 



The first part (pp. 176), issued in January of this year, contains articles 

 on : (i) " The Origin and Conduction of the Heart-beat " (J. A. E. Eyster 

 and W. J. Meek) ; (ii) " The Present Status of the Problems of Anaphylaxis " 

 (H. Gideon Wells) ; (iii) " Photo-electric Currents in the Eye " (Charles 

 Sheard) ; (iv) " Evidence of Functional Activity on the Part of the Capil- 

 laries and Venules " (D. R. Hooker) ; (v) " The Carbon-dioxide Carriers of 

 the Blood " (Donald D. Van Slyke), which fulfil admirably the editor's 

 aim " to provide concise but comprehensive reviews of the recent literature 

 and present status of various subjects in physiology." 



Such reviews will appeal to all concerned with biological science, and 

 are to be welcomed and recommended cordially as interesting and helpful 

 summaries of the matters with which they deal. 



Notes and News 



The first triennial award of the Kelvin gold medal has been made to 

 Dr. W. C. Unwin by a committee of the presidents of the chief engineering 

 institutions of Great Britain. 



The John Fritz gold medal for notable scientific and industrial achievement 

 has been awarded to Sir Robert Hadfield by the unanimous vote of a com- 

 mittee representing the national organisations of civil, mechanical, mining, 

 metallurgical, and electrical engineers of the U.S.A. 



The gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society has been awarded to 

 Dr. T. Norris Russell, of Princeton University. 



The Founder's medal of the Royal Geographical Society has been given to 

 Vilhjalmur Stefansson for his services to the Dominion of Canada in the 

 exploration of the Arctic Ocean. The Patron's gold medal goes to Gen. 

 Bourgeois for his services to geography and geodesy as Director of the Service 

 geographique de I'Armee and as President of the Conference Internationale 

 de la Carte du Monde au Millionieme. 



The Boyle medal of the Royal Dublin Society has been given to Dr. F. H. 

 Pethybridge, of the Department of Agriculture, Dublin. 



Dr. G. E. Hale, of the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, has been awarded 

 the Actonian prize of the Royal Institution. 



Prof. Sydney Young has been elected President of the Royal Irish 

 Academy, Sir James Walker President of the Chemical Society, Mr. A. 

 Chaston Chapman President of the Institute of Chemistry (in succession to 



1 Physiological Reviews, edited for the American Physiological Society by 

 W. H. Howell, Baltimore (Reid Hunt, Boston) ; F. S. Lee, New York ; J. J. R. 

 MacLeod, Toronto ; Lafayette B. Mendel, New Haven ; H. Gideon Wells, 

 Chicago ; D. R. Hooker, Baltimore. (WiUiams & Wilkins, Baltimore, U.S.A. 

 $6.50 per volume.) 



