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wh«n they came to such large lums aa thow mentioned 

 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it was possible to 

 waste money on ixnnancni l)iiil(!!ni<s which might be better 

 devoted t.. m i. m > the cause of the 



disease. Ilicy imi • all that they had to 



do was to spend money on these sanatoria in order to 

 fffr'it a rnre. What was important w.-is that medical 

 made great progress, and red further 



1 and perfKstual study as u, ..... ihese people 

 treated when in the sanatoria. One of the 

 ».. 'fits, perhaps, of establishing these sanatoria 



We ^^i^ing expert medical authorities the oppor- 



tu: ' 'yii'g on investigations which would rnrihjc 



th' .'iiiiire to deal with this di-' i'- in ,1 \\.i\ ;'i' y 



wt'if iiv/i .lOle to do nt prrsmt. In r(i)ly, .Mr. l.lovd 

 George said he agreed iIku ih'> important thin^,' w.is to 

 encourage scientific invrsiij^.itii'H, so as to arrive at the 

 best methods of curr. I Iiat was jirovid.ii for in his Bill. 

 There would be set aside a special fund for the purposes 

 of scientific research. The Government would make use 

 of and assist existing sanatoria, those which had been 

 maintained by voluntary contributions, and even those 

 wliicli wore built by private enterprise. 



At a mci'tiiij:; of pathologists intfrostrd in medical 

 imi-. mil work, recently held at the Royal Coll.;;' of 

 Surf^eons of lingland, for the purpose of receiving in- 

 formation upon the International Association of Medical 

 Museums, and with a view to extend the membership and 

 general usefulness of that body in Great Britain, the 

 following resolutions were passed : — (i) That after the 

 arrangements for the meeting of the International Congress 

 of Mrdicinc at London in 1913 are completed, steps shall 

 be taken to arrange for a meeting of the International 

 Association of Medical Museums in conjunction with this 

 congress. (2) That the three great English medical socie- 

 ties, namely, the Pathological Society of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, the Anatomical Society, and the Royal Society of 

 Medicine, be made cognisant of the action of the Inter- 

 national Association of Medical Museums, and that co- 

 operation with these societies be attempted with special 

 reference to the publication in their journals of the Depart- 

 ment of Exchanges, as well as announcements and short 

 reports of meetings. (3) That one or more correspondents 

 in London be appointed to act as local secretaries. 



The Entomological Society of London held a Conversa- 

 zione on Wednesday, May 17, in the rooms of the Linnean 

 Society, which had been kindly lent for the purpose. 

 The exhibits were very varied, and there was much to 

 interest the non-entomological as well as the scientific por- 

 tion of the assembly. The " livestock," including Observa- 

 tion Nests of ants with various myrmecophilous insects, 

 shown by Messrs. Donisthorpe and Crawley, larvae and 

 pupae of British Lepidoptera by Mr. Newman, fleas with 

 ova, larvae, and cocoons by Mr. Bacot, and " stick 

 insects " in every stage of development by Mr. Baldock, 

 were a constant source of attraction. Many fellows 

 exhibited interesting and attractive insects of various 

 orders, including eight drawers of mimetic Lepidoptera 

 brought by Prof. Poulton, the three newest European 

 butterflies (Callophrys avis, Pieris manni, and Erebia 

 palarica) by Dr. Chapman, the pick of the results of 

 thirteen years' breeding of Angerona prunaria by Mr. 

 Pickett, and a wonderful drawer of gynandromorphs from 

 the Tring Museum. There were several microscopic and 

 photographic exhibits, Mr. Main's stereoscopic photos and 

 Mr. Enock's Mymaridse deserving special mention, while 

 further variety was secured by Mr. EltringhamV and Mr. 

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Wheeler's water<olour drawings of butterflies, Mr. 

 Prideaux's method of scal«-transferenc< Image's 



interesting books, including Stainton's id -opy of 



Wood's " Index Entomol<^icus," the Obligation Book ol 

 the Society with its many interesting autographs, and the 

 various relics of Linn.ius exhibited by the Linnean Society. 

 During the f vf-n'mi- l(>ctures were given, with lantern illus- 

 trations, \, I'oulton on " Recent Discoveries in 

 Insit Mill ,1 by Mr. Enock on the Tiger Beetk 



A I io.N has been received from the Decimal 



Assocl.. ring attention to a recent report of the 



council of ' dical .'\s50ciation with reference 



to the ado, metric system of weights and 



measures by medical practitioners. This report recommends 

 that both the theoretical and the practical instruction of 

 medical students in pharmacology and materia medica 

 should henceforth be according to the metric system. As 

 regards practitioners who have been trained in the imperial 

 system of weights and measures, the suggestion is put 

 forward that a transitional procedure should be adopted 

 which, while immediately introducing some of the 

 advantages of the metric system, would also facilitate the 

 change from the old system to the new at a later date. 

 Cooperation with pharmacists will be necessary in order 

 to deal witli ■-<t where prescriptions are given to be 

 made up 1 mist the patient may choose. It b 



recomniendc<i ...... .we local divisional bodies should, after 



ascertaining that medical opinion in their district is ripe 

 for the step, arrange a conference with the local pharma- 

 ceutical association in order to arrive at a mutual under- 

 standing in r'v mr!*r-r. 



Mr. p. W . ^ I AKT Mknte.ath continues in Biarrits- 

 Association his somewhat controversial papers on " Les 

 Gisements metallifferes des Pyr^n^es Occidentales." 

 Despite the title adopted, the work is mainly directed 

 against the too hasty adoption of the theory of recumbent 

 overfolds as an explanation of the facts of mountain- 

 structure. Numerous sections illustrating the author's 

 observations are given in the third part (March, 1910). 

 The fifth part (March, 191 1) criticises the views of 

 Pyrenean structure held by ^L Dalloni ; but the argu- 

 ments are marred by a certain obsession in regard to 

 " Darwinisme," the evolutionary theory being held re- 

 sponsible for most of the errors of geologists. Perhaps 

 the same obsession explains a mysterious allusion, at the 

 conclusion of part iv., to the reduction of our " faculty 

 legitimes i celles des singes et des perroquets." Where 

 the author emphasises the effects of ramifying igneous 

 injections, associated with mineral veins, in inducing meta- 

 morphism, he seems to be on more serious and surer 

 ground. 



The Geologische Rutjdschati continues to provide admir- 

 able essays on current work and problems in geology, 

 in addition to original papers. The " Besprechungen " 

 themselves are original, in that they consist of critical 

 reviews by H. Potonie brings together his own 



results unci ad of " Kaustobiolithe" in part vi. 



of the tirst volume, p. 327 (December, loiol. In the follow- 

 ing pan (March. 101 11. R. Lepsius urges that the high 

 watershed in Scandinavia lay to the east of the present 

 one in glacial times, and thus allowed of the recognised 

 movements of the ice. He does not approve of the theory 

 of the ice-dome, and prefers to rely on considerable warping 

 and faulting of the country to account for its present 

 general contour and the basins of many of its lakes. Critics 

 may point out the evidence that exists in Jiimtland and 



