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NATURE 



[November ^^ nji i 



UiiLat;il •luili'^ in ihis ((iuiiii\ li;iv-- sulfi-n d a griovous 

 loss. -Ml. Ir\in.- dm iii;^ :i Imif; .iiid disi in)^iiislicd s. i •, !■ • 

 in lndi:i :iri|uiird :i sliii.;ul;ii l\ u idi Icilowli-df^r nl ill' 

 ;l;ii l.in^u.ii;'-^ and i<\ l''i--ian. \\' was one ot tli'- 

 ;, ,. .. hdlais \Uiii dr\<it'(l liinis.dl In th<.' history ot ttw 

 lai' r M'li^ul |>.ii.i<|. Iliv pulilislied work largely consisted 

 uj paptis ( (Mill ilini. d 1(1 111'- Journ.'d of the Royal Asiatir 

 Society and <>ili'i |iii indiraK divnird to Oriinlal I'-arniiif^. 

 These disi)la\'d lii-> wid. aiqiiirenicnls in history and 

 philolof^N , and Ills -.n. rolls sympathy with India and her 

 pt-opl.'. Mi- nidi, important works were an olahorate 

 acroimi 111 ill. aimics of the Moguls, and an admirahle 

 edition ot ih.- lanuuis " Storia do Mogor," or Mnf^ul India 

 between 1653 and 1708, the record nl his journcNs and 

 expirii'iuc's by the Venetian traveller, Niccolao Maiunii, 

 wliich was published in four volumes in the lii<lian 1 . \t 



S.-li.s. 



1 111 protest recently made by Lord Curzon against the 

 i.iion of the Indian Government in proposing the sup- 

 pissinii of the Central Department of Archaeology was 

 -.iruiiL;l\ -u|)|)uii.(l in these columns and by the numerous 

 -riciitiru l.odics and individuals in this country who are 

 ini.i.si.d in the prescrvaiiun of historical monuments and 

 th.j excavation of ancient sites. In addition, it has been 

 shown conclusively that the work of the department had 

 commended itself to the native princes and to all classes 

 of the population who loolc back with pride upon the 

 splendid buildings — the work of vanished races and 

 dynasties. In the course of the debate on the subject, 

 raised b\- a motion from Lord Curzon on November 3, 

 the Secrt laiy of State, the Marquess of Crewe, announced 

 that while the Government agreed with the contention of 

 the Government of India that the proposed reorganisation 

 would not necessarily put an end to the work of conserva- 

 tion and excavation, he, as representing the Council of 

 India, took the view " that it is necessary to retain the 

 r. ntr.il department for advice, for general supervision, 

 and for the collection of information in connection with 

 archaeology." This satisfactory result of the controversy, 

 for which all students of art and history are indebted to 

 iord Curzon, will be received with general approbation. 



The " Uto " photographic paper of Dr. J. H. Smith, 

 AV'hich when exposed under a coloured transparency would 

 furnish a coloured copy of the transparency, was referred 

 to in these columns two or three years ago when it was 

 placed on the market. For some time past it has been 

 unobtainable ; and it was known that Dr. Smith was seek- 

 ing to perfect it. The Soci6t6 \nonyme Utocolor of La 

 Garenne-Colombes, Paris, is now introducing an improved 

 paper under the name of *' Utocolor-paper," which 

 embodies the results of Dr. Smith's investigations. The 

 new paper is stated to be much more rapid than the old, 

 and it is free from the odour of anethol, the sensitiser 

 previously employed. The gelatinous coating of the paper 

 contains three dyes, red, yellow, and blue, which are 

 bleached by exposure to light ; and if a coloured light is 

 employed, the dye, or mixture of dyes, that matches the 

 colour of the light survives longer than the other dyes, 

 which absorb the light, and therefore a coloured original 

 is reproduced. The exposure necessary to copy an auto- 

 chrome is about two hours of direct sunshine, or several 

 hours of good diffused light and one hour of sunshine to 

 finish it. Coloured light-filters are supplied, and one or 

 both of them are placed over the frame during the exposure. 

 They serve to absorb the ultra-violet and adjust the com- 

 parative colour intensities. The paper after exposure is 

 desensitised, or " fixed," and the prints may then be kept 



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in a feebly lifjhted room for a considerable time without : 



oli\iou- .hail-' n .-in album, they 



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has is>ued llie lirsl insialmint oct-cding» for* 



1908-9 and 1909-10. It is maiidy - inquiries and 



sp. ( nlaiioiiv i.;;ardin;4 (.Main tvjus ,,\ iliru implemontf; 

 hiuml !- pr-sid-nt. I»r. W. All' n Sturge, and hii 



fellox II.: r>-m:trks ih.tt "not only is our di»- 



tri( t • An^^lia on. of th.- rich, st in the world for 



the old. r ralaoliihi. i. mains, hut it is probably the rii ' 

 — I ni:: l.t p. I haps ;;i, furth-r and say incomparably 



ill.- world in N.(dithi<: r«ni.iin^." The work "t 

 ''■ w will 1).: w.li(.ni<d !■. ■■•■\'' -ludents of j.^ ■ - 

 lii-i.. d his I idtur. . Dr. ssay discii 



in di_i.... . Mr-,,-:;;,. :,, ;i,,. • ■ ....plements \\) 



he has di attribute to ti 



a hitjher ao, ,^|.i,L_> i.i..i. -- .■>■> - ■■:• other author;: 



Ai an\ rate this essay, which is w. 11 provided with i! 

 traiionv, di'ser^vs .^erioiis attention. 



Dij. Ri:iH III 11; \. "--M \M\\ I . ir.ii ;'.i.:.s to The J: _, 

 Rfvii'w for (). lol,., ntitled " Hen . 



and the Jew." Of u. ... ;... .. observes that i 



unlikely that any people residing in the centre of the g: 

 highway of the Old World, as did the Jews and ih .. 

 neighbours, should have, .ir an\ time, maintained a bio- 

 logical purity as we understand it in the animal and p! • ' 

 world. Proceeding to discuss certain cases of m 

 marriages between Jews and Gent'' '• arrives at 

 conclusion that " the Jewish faci. whether it 



considered to rest on a gross anatomical oasis or whf 

 it be regarded as the reflection in the facial musculatur- 

 a peculiar psychical state, is a charai t« r which is sul 

 to the .Meiid.lian law of heredity." i he obvious criti. 

 is that the materials are too scanty to warrant this 

 elusion. The paper, however, suggests an interesting 

 of inquiry, which the writer might with advantage s; 

 on a wid.r scale. 



.\ r a rec-.-nr di'monstration ijiv.-n ti\' Prof. A. Keiti 

 the Royal (oll.i^. i>f ^in ;.^. ons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 

 series of pr.parauon- w . i • ~i;own which illustrate the 

 markable growth chan^. s which occur in the bodies 

 those suffering from acroni. ^aly. Not only was 

 skeleton affecttd * uliar form of overgrowth, but 



were the muscl -era, the joints, the heart, 



the lungs. Even llie coats of the appendi.x were increa- 

 Many of the features of the skeleton recalled thos- 

 Neanderthal man. The great enlargement of the i 

 sternum, and clavicles produced a thorax which had ni 

 points in common with that of the gorilla. The pitui; 

 bod\ was tir. atly enlarged. It becomes more evident, 

 our knowledge of acromegaly is extended, that the 

 pituitary body has a profound influence on the growth 

 of the body. It is Generally recognised that it coordin. 

 in som.- maniK r the growth of the skeleton and muse 

 but it is becoming manifest that it also influences 

 other systems of the body. A great development of tl 

 bones and muscles would be useless to the individual ur 

 there was a corresponding hypertrophy of the heart, lu: 

 and of the viscera connected with nutrition. The ] 

 parations added recently to the College of Surge. 

 Museum show that all these systems are affected. One of 

 the preparations illustrates a very remarkable structuial 

 change. In the subject of the disease, a male, t: 

 had assumed by a process of growth all the char;.c. . 

 the female pelvis 



