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SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1923. 
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The Pasteur Institute . . 693 
Hormones. By E. H. S. 694 
Modern Processes of Ore-Dressing. By s. Te s. 696 
New Works on Relativity . : - 697 
Fossil Mammals from Bolivia By A. = WEG + 699 
Our Bookshelf = a a -700 
Letters to the Editor :— 
Gravitation and Light- *-3: in Spiral Nebule.— 
Sir Oliver J. Lodge, F / 702 
Breeding Experiments on the Inheritance of Acquired 
Characters. —J. T. Cunningham 702 
Vertical Change of Wind and Tropical "Cyclones. — 
Sir Napier Shaw, F.R.S. 702 
The Relation of Actinium to Uranium. _pr. A. Ss. 
Russell . ‘ 703 
Bee. mistaken for a Meteorite at Quetta. 6: H. 
ipper + 704 
Vision and Light Sensitiveness, =F P.O Hea 705 
Phosphorescence caused by Active Nitrogen.—W. 
Jevons . 705 
The Dissolution of the. Conjoint Board of Scientific . 
Societies.—Sir Herbert Jackson, K.B.E., F.R.S, 
and Prof. W. W. Watts, F.RS. . 706 
The Capture of Electrons by Swiftly silael Alpha 
Particles.—Prof. Bergen Davis : 706 
Recent Aurore.—W. B. Housman 706 
Recent Experiments in Aerial B Mele by Vertical 
Photographs.—I. By Prof. B. Melvill Jones and 
Major J. C. Griffiths : : + 707 
Science and Radio-Communication. By Sir Richard 
Glazebrook, K.C.B., F.R.S. 709 
Terrestrial Magnetism and the Orientation Faculty 
ast Birds. By A. L. T. ‘ 711 
General Anesthetics 713 
Of ituary :— 
Mrs. Ludwig Mond . 713 
Current Topics and Events 714 
Our Astronomical Column 717 
Research Items x 3 718 
The Royal Society Conversazione . 721 
Conference of Universities : 722 
The Department of Geology, University of Liverpool 
New Grrr From Sir WILLIAM HERDMAN 723 
University and Educational ence ‘ 723 
Societies and Academies : : 725 
Official pe ticasions Received . 728 
Diary of Societies . 728 
Recent Scientific and Technical Books Supp. Vv 


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The Pasteur Institute. 
RANCE is occupied this week with the celebration 
of the centenary of Pasteur’s birth. We, in Great 
Britain, have made but a poor thing of the occasion. It 
is true that we have praised Pasteur, and published our 
recognition of his work ; but there has been nothing to 
show that he takes a foremost place in our national 
imagination. That is the worst of being an island. 
We are very proud of Shakespeare, but we are slow to 
admit foreigners into his company ; yet our national 
gratitude toward Pasteur, so far as it is possible to com- 
pare men so unlike, ought to be even more certain than 
our gratitude toward Shakespeare. It is strange and 
disgraceful that we have not yet set up a monument 
to Pasteur in London. Indeed, we have not even 
inscribed his name on any building to remind every- 
bédy of our national debt to him. 
‘Things have been done better in France. It is 
possible that the worship of Pasteur has gone too far, 
in the “filming” of him. This film was exhibited at 
the Jubilee meeting at the Sorbonne, on December 27 
last. There are really three films: one to popularise 
some scenes of Pasteur’s life, and two for the more 
exact teaching of schools and institutes. L’ Illustration 
for March 31 gives a delightful account, with many 
pictures, of these films. Doubtless we shall see them 
in/England. Meanwhile, some of us have seen Pasteur 
Staged,” and admirably acted by M. Guitry. 
“Men and women of science may or may not stand 
the test of acting; but they are not intended for 
“filming.” Take some names at random—Newton, 
Darwin, Lister, Kelvin: films “ featuring ” them would 
benightmares. Besides, the whole meaning and beauty 
of their work would be left out. Their work began in 
them, but did not stop there ; it became the work of 
their followers ; it took many shapes, and was ex- 
tended into many new fields of thought and of action. 
So with Pasteur’s work: he founded his kingdom 
in every country of the world; his influences are 
everywhere ; and that saying of his, in the last year 
of his life, ‘“‘ Tant de choses encore a travailler,”’ stands 
for the immeasurable extension of his kingdom. 
We have received Dr. Calmette’s report, “ L’ceuvre 
de l’Institut Pasteur pendant la guerre.”’ This valuable 
report is published by the Association “ pour l’extension 
des études pastoriennes.” An English translation has 
been issued. The immediate purpose of this Associa- 
tion, which was formed in 1922, is to collect funds to 
help students to work on the lines which Pasteur laid 
down. Twenty-six members of the Pasteur Institute 
died on active service during the war. The cost of 
living is a great difficulty in the way of students who 
are longing for good work. The Association proposes 
to enrol members, whose subscriptions shall provide 
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