December 26, 1918J 



NATURE 



335 



Medicine and Surgery. Montyon prizes to Felix 



Lagrange (2500 francs), L. Ombredannc and R. 



2500 francs), A. Mignon, Henr) 



Billet, and Henri Martin (251 mentions to 



Andre 1 and Joseph Chalier (1500 francs), Alfred Khourj 



1500 fram s) ; a citation 



Henri Velu ; the Barbier prize to L. Bruntz and 

 Marcel Jaloux, for their memoir on medicinal plants; 

 ilit- Bream prizi (arrears ol interest) between Jean 

 Pignot (2001 Vlaurici Lceper (1500 francs), 



[ulien Dumas (1000 francs). The Hellion prize 

 is not awarded, bul encouragements (5011 francs each) 

 ccorded to Josefa loteyko, for her researches on 

 fatigue anil muscular work; to R. Legendre, for his 

 contributions to the treatment of carbon monoxide 

 poisoning, artificial respiration, and studies on bread 

 manufacture; and to B. Roussy, for his hook on the 

 • stic education of women. The Baron Larrey 

 prize is not awarded, but A. Rochaix receives a re- 

 compense (500 francs) for his studies on the rapid 

 detection of sewage contamination in drinking-water. 

 No awards were made of th< Mege and Godard 



jil izes. 



Physiology.- The Montyon prize to Stephen 



Chauvet, for his memoir on infantilism; the Lalle- 

 mand prize to Henry Cardot and Henri Laugier, for 

 their work on the electrical stimulation of nerves; the 

 I. l.a Caze prize to Raphael Dubois, for the whole 



..f his work in physiology; the Pourat prize, no 

 memoir on the subject proposed has been received; 

 the Martin-Damourette prize to Gerard de Parrel, for 

 his work entitled " Precis d'anacousie vocale et de 

 labiologie"; the Philipeaux prize to Ungues Clement, 

 for his studies on the application of the centrifuge 

 in producing alterations in the development of the 

 egg and embryo in several animals; the Fanny Linden 

 prize is not awarded, but the arrears are attributed to 

 Mm. . Albn t I >astre. 



Statistics, lbe Montyon prize is not awarded. 



Histofy and Philosophy 0) the Sciences, — The 

 Binoux prize to Maurice Delacre, foi bis memoir on 

 tin- history of chemistry. 



Medals.- Berthelol medals are awarded to Andre! 

 tnd to Marcel Guichard. 



General Prizes. lbe Bordin prize, no memoirs 



ired dealing with the subject proposed; the Estrade 



Delcros, Le Conte, Parkin, and Wilde prizes are not 



awarded; the Houllevigue prize to the late Camille 



, fur the whole of his work; the Saintour 



prize to Rene Koehler, for his work in zoology ; 



the Henri do Parville prize between R. Deyillers 



francs), for his book on the dynamics of 



tin- aeroplane, and Hector Pecheux (1000 francs), 



for his book on metallurgy; the Lqri champ! 



prize to Emile Guyeiiot, for his studies on 



the growth of organisms under aseptic conditions; 



uin'-re prize to Paul Sejourn£, for his engineering 



work; the Victor Raulin prize to Jules Rouch, for 



his work in meteorology, atmospheric electricity, and 



physical oceanography; the Gustave Roux prize to the 



1. 10 Georges Hover, for his geological work; the 



1 hoi let pi i. Kicll.II d. 



Special Foundations.— The Lannelongue foundation 



to Mmes. CuSGO and Ruck; lbe Laplace prize to 

 Jean Vignal; the L. E. Rivot prize to Jean Vighal 

 (750 francs), Paul Reufflel (500 bancs)', Henri Scail- 



1750 francs), and Camille Andre Antbipe (500 

 ti ancs). 



Foundations far Scientific Research.— The Tremonl 



foundation (lOOO francs) to Charles Fremont, for his 



felating to the working of metals; the 



Gegner foundation between F, Pisahi (2pqb francs), fbi 



his work in mineralogical chemistry, and the late Samuel 



-, for his work on mathematical analysis; th^ 



NO. 2565, VOL. I02] 



Jerome Ponti foundation between Paul Barharin (2 



francs), for his work on non-Euclidean g< imetfy, and 

 Louis Fabry (1500 franc-,), foi his work on Lh< smaller 

 planet.-.; the Henri Becquerel foundation between 

 ( amille Gutton (2000 francs), for his work iri physic-, 

 1 spei [ally that having refen m e to the national defem 1 . 

 Pierre Fatou, 2000 francs. 

 Ih, Bonaparte Foundation. — Twenty-one request-, 



.nits have been Considered, and the following six 



commended: 2000 francs to E. de Boury, to 



allow him to continue his studies of the gasteropod 

 molluscs; 3000 francs to Auguste Chevalier tor his 

 studies on the forest flora of Indo-China, and for his 

 researches on the woods of that region capable ,,1 

 being utilised; 2000 francs to Paul Garrigou-Lagrange, 

 for the continuation of his meteorological studies and 

 attempts at the kinematography of the atmosphi ric 

 movements; 2000 francs to Louis Germain, for the 

 publication of his works on the malacological fauna of 

 Africa and Asia, and for {the continuation of his stud) 

 of the molluscs of the Loire basin and the French 

 coast of the Atlantic Ocean; 2500 francs to C. Le 

 Morvain for completing the publication of the "Carte 

 photographique et syst<5matique de la liine " ; 5000 

 francs to H. Perrier de la Bathie, for the continuation 

 of the geological and botanical researches which he- 

 has pursued with success at Madagascar for manv 

 years. The balance of the fund in hand, after paving 

 the above grants, amounts to 72,500 francs. 



The Loutreuil Foundation. — 4000 francs to R. 

 Anthony, for printing the osteological catalogue of 

 the collections of the National Museum of Natural 

 History; 5000 francs to Charles Moureu, for com- 

 pleting the equipment and collections of the laboratory 

 of the College de France ; 5500 francs to the Lyons 

 National Veterinary School, for the installation of a 

 kiru matograph for teaching purposes; 3000 francs to 

 the Toulouse National Veterinary School, to complete 

 the radiological installation for the diagnosis of dis- 

 eases of animals; 4000 francs to Edouard Sauvage, 

 for the construction of an apparatus designed to study 

 the forces of inertia in the parts of a machine; 1000 

 francs to E. Aries, for the purchase of a calculating 

 machine for use in his researches on the equation of 

 state of fluids; 2000 francs to Henry Bourget, for 

 assisting the publication of the Journal des dbserva- 

 teurs; 2000 francs to Maurice Cossm.tnn, for his 

 various publications on palaeontology ; 2000 francs to 

 A. Menegaux, for the French ornithological review; 

 6000 francs to Aloys Verschaffel, for the calculation 

 and publication of the ephemerides of the minor planets, 

 according to a plan approved by the Bureau des Longi- 

 tudes; 5000 francs to Col. Roche, for the equipment 

 of the laboratory of the Ecole SupeYieure d'Aero- 

 nautique. 



Charles Bouchard Foundation. — 2000 francs to Jean 

 Nageotte and Louis Sencert, for researches on grafting 

 with dead tissues; 1500 francs to Paul Brodin and 

 Francois Saint-Girons, for their work on bleeding; 

 1500 francs to Pierre Duval and Adrien Grigaut, for 

 their researches on traumatic shock. 



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1 NEW THEORY OF THE ICE AGE. 



VVO recerjl papers in the Quarterly Journal of the 

 Royal Meteorological Society by Mr. C. E. P. 

 Brooks have 1 mphasised the point of view that there is 

 no necessity to appeal to astronomy or to make any 

 arbitrary assumptions, such as that of a specially cold 

 region in space, in order to account for an Ice age. 

 The subject of the papers is " Continentality and 

 Temperature" (Quart. Jqu'rn. Roy. Met. Soc.; vol. 

 xliii., pp. i.ir7s". and vol. xliv., pp. 253"-?t>); and 



