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the skin, and block the blood and lymph 

 vessels. This stoppage of circulation robs 

 the tissues of the foot of their natural de- 

 fenses, and leads to gangrene, which fre- 

 quently necessitates amputation. There are on 

 exhibition a broken shoe and a moldy sock 

 such as those that have caused the prevalence 

 of "trench foot" in the French army, and a 

 culture of one of the molds at fault. There 

 are shown also cultures of the gas bacillus, 

 which infects the wounds of men living in 

 the trenches in regions like Flanders, where 

 the soil has been cultivated abundantly with 

 manure. This bacillus, growing in the 

 depths of the wound from which the air is 



excluded, may reach the blood stream, where 

 it produces gas bubbles that clog the blood 

 vessels and cause death. 



The exhibit properly includes pictures of 

 several of the men who have rendered nota- 

 ble service in adding to the scientific knowl- 

 edge of combating disease, even in some 

 cases laying down their lives for the cause. 

 We never can be too familiar with the faces 

 and achievements of Walter Reed, Aristides 

 Agramonte, James Carroll, Jesse W. Lazear, 

 and Surgeon General Gorgas, heroes of the 

 war against disease who conquered yellow 

 fever in Havana and made possible the con- 

 struction of the Panama Canal. 



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Since the last issue of the Journal, the 

 following persons have become members of 

 the Museum : 



Life Members, Mrs. James B. Haggin, 

 Mrs. Horace Russell, and Messrs. Ed- 

 ward Dudley Kenna and Edmund J. 

 Scheider. 



Annual Members, Mrs. W. H. Aldridge, 

 Mrs. Agnes C. L. Donohugh, Mrs. Warner 

 M. Leeds, Mrs. Rufus L. Patterson, Mrs. 

 William A. Read, Mrs. M. M. Riglander, 

 Mrs. Samuel Sloan, Mrs. Jacques Wein- 

 berger, Mabel Choate, the Misses Anna 

 E. Chaires, Alice S. Coffin, Margaret H. 

 Garrard, and Mary O. Stevens, and 

 Messrs. F. H. Brownell, T. B. Bry'son, 

 H. B. Dominick, F. H. Ecker, John S. 

 Fiske, Matthew C. Fleming, Herman L. 

 Heide, a. R. Horr, Seymour Worrall 

 Hy'De, Henry Necarsulmer, Geo. M. Siden- 

 BERG, Frank V. Storrs, A. T. Thomson, 

 W. J. K. Vanston, and G. H. Walbridge. 



In the work of general preparedness now 

 being carried on throughout the United 

 States the American Museum is taking part 

 along the following lines: 



A meeting of the faculty was held on 

 March 6, at which a Preparedness Committee 

 was appointed by President Osborn, com- 

 posed of Messrs. Frederic A. Lucas, George 

 H. Sherwood, Henry E. Crampton, W. B. 

 Matthew, Clark Wissler, C.-E. A. Winslow, 

 Barnum Brown, Chester A. Reeds, George 



N. Pindar, Fred H. Smyth, Charles Lang, 

 and George B. Dill. A subcommittee Avas 

 appointed with Mr. George N. Pindar as 

 chairman to make arrangements for a mili- 

 tary drill among the Museum men. Drills 

 are now being held in the Philippine Hall 

 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 

 eleven to twelve and from four to five. A 

 second subcommittee was appointed to con- 

 sider the matter of Red Cross and first aid 

 instruction in the building. Of this com- 

 mittee Mr. George H. Sherwood is chairman, 

 assisted by Dr. R. W. Tower and Miss Mar- 

 guerite Engler. The work of this committee 

 is further assisted by a special committee 

 of which Miss Engler is chairman, that has 

 been actively engaged in an inquiry into all 

 forms of work which the women of the Mu- 

 seum may undertake. Blanks have been 

 distributed for the registration of all em- 

 ployees in the lines of Avork they would be 

 willing to undertake in case of need, these 

 blanks to be eventually turned over to the 

 National Council of Defense. Believing that 

 the women of the Museum can do more effec- 

 tive work along the lines in which they are 

 daily employed than by organizing a Red 

 Cross Auxiliary for the making of hospital 

 supplies, yet Avishiug to assist in Red Cross 

 work, it was decided to undertake to secure 

 members for the Red Cross Society both in 

 the Museum and among friends outside. For 

 this purpose another special committee was 

 formed Avith Mrs. N. C. Nelson as chairman. 



