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Dr. Woodhead said before the British association at the 

 Liverpool meeting- that v^^hile continental laboratories were 

 supported by the state, in England they received practic- 

 ally no g-overnment support, and very little from the com- 

 munity, usually depending on the g-enerosity of single in- 

 dividuals. 



An international exposition of hygiene, of alimentation, 

 and of industrial arts will take place at Lille in March and 

 April, 1897. . 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



Advantages of Chastity. — By Dr. M. L. Holbrook, New 

 York, 12 mo., pp 120. 



In these days of nervous disorders Vk^hich the members 

 of the medical profession confess themselves powerless to 

 cure, such a book as this is very timely. We especially 

 recommend it to those scientists who find themselves get- 

 ting- nervous. We also recommend it to those married 

 people who suppose that they can rig-htly seek pleasures 

 which they deny to the unmarried. That the married 

 may have children and the unmarried not, goes without 

 saying-. But to use the married relation, as a cloak for 

 licentiousness and a cover for debauchery is not chaste, 

 and the penalties are visited not only upon the people them- 

 selves but to the third and fourth generations in inherited 

 nervounsess. 



PERSONALS. 



Pasteur. — A crypt to receive the remains of Pasteur is in 

 course of preparation beneath the Institute of Paris. It is 

 most elaborate in its conception and execution, and is 

 decorated with symbolical wing-ed figures representing- 

 Faith, Hope, Charity and Science. The body of the g-reat 

 scientist is to be removed thereto from Notre Dame on 

 the 27th of December. 



Dr. B. Boccardi has been appointed associate professor 

 of microscopical anatomy in the University of Naples. 



