NATURE 



[August 3, ign 



The pi' si i.i - "i I >i ■ Chittenden in our midsl enables 

 : . ,, .,■.. i« ..in. to .1 representativi ol out gi i a1 

 ndred across the seas, with whom we are on terms of 

 ffi . onati alliam e strengthened as ii is, or as 

 we trust ii soon will be, bj .1 permanent treaty of arbitra- 

 tion dealing with any and ever) difficulty such as may 



sometimes arise even betw lose Friends. 



Dr. Chittenden is professor of physiological chemistry 



Vale, and directoi of the Sheffield Scientific School of 



Vale University, where his researches hav« led him to 



dvocate a much less plentiful diet than is usually found 



.. satisfaction. He was for ten years presidenl "I the 



ii.in Physiological Society. He is already Doctor of 



Philosophy and Doctor of Science, and is well known as 



iihui ol important works on the physiology ol nutri- 



, which have been based on researches to which he lias 



d the labour of many years. He has come to 



Birmingham by invitation to open a discussion in the 



Section of Therapeutics, which has attracted much interest. 



Prof. Chittenden is welcome as a distinguished repre- 



tive of American university teachers, and we are 



oured by enrolling his name on the list of our honorary 



graduates. 1 present to you for the degree of Doctor of 



Laws 



Russell Henry Chittenden. 



Among all the movements of our time fraught with 

 bi in lit for the human race, surely the conquest of the 



I bell ol the earth from the diseases which ran riot 



there, and the fitting for white habitation of those sun- 

 favoured regions, is among the most promising. 



We do not forget that our Chancellor has exerted him- 

 51 II to promote the activity ol officers of the Crown in this 

 direction, and to-day we have the pleasure ol welcoming 



1. .I the enthusiastic pioneers in this endeavour. 



sir Francis Lovell, Baronet, C.M.G., Fellow of the 

 Royal College of Surgeons, has held high office in our 

 colonies, especially in the West Indies, and has been 

 entrusted with various missions on sanitary questions for 

 thi 1 nl1111i.il Office. He served his country first in the 

 then deadly district of Sierra Leone, and subsequently was 

 for many years chief medical officer and president of the 

 General Board of Health and member of the Council of 

 Government, first of Mauritius, and then of Trinidad 

 and Tobago. His active services abroad lasted from the 

 early 'seventies into the present century, and now con- 

 tinue during his holidays, for he di voles his well-earned 

 leisure to the promotion of the study of those diseases 

 which render tropical climates fatal to Europeans and 



1. .1 high rati of mortality among the native popula- 

 tions. 



\s dean of the London School of Tropical Medicine, 

 as president of the Section of Tropical Diseases at this 

 neeting of the British Medical Association, I have special 

 pli asure in presenting 



Francis Henry Lovell. 



lanes Alexander Macdonald is Doctor ol Medicine of 

 the Royal University of Ireland and physician -to the 

 Taunton and Somerset Hospital. He is the chairman .'I 

 ! ol the British Medical Vs ociation, and was for 

 three years chairman ol the representative meeting ol thai 

 body. He is al 1 membei ol the General Medical 

 cil, in which he sits as g direct representative ol the 

 medical profession. His work in the association, and the 

 important office he has so ably filled, mark him out for 

 the distinction which the University desires to confer upon 



him. For thi Do >f Laws 1 pi esi m 



to you 



J VMES \l EX wnli; M VI nnNAI.H. 



1 i . 1 . \ . 1 the opportunity of « 1 Ii om- 

 ul thi occi anj n presentatives of Fi 



with .ill "i which we 1 01 dially de ire to be, nol 

 peace, bul to bi link .I by I ies of friendship and 

 efforl all harmoniouslj working together Foi the 

 .1 ill. human r'aci 



Two of ii pn .hi. iin. I hall have tin honour o 



presenting on Dr. Oppenheim, Doctor 



itulai professor of the University of Berlin 



ol ion and the author 



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many important books on his subject. He ha opi 

 discussion in the Section of Neurology al this m 

 His reputation extends all over the world and is ol 

 highest kind. He is the author oi a text-book which 



been translated into many languages and is acce| 



standard work. His standing and repute as a sciei 

 physician 1 mour we can confer can 



enhance his dignity. I present for our honorarj 

 Hermann ( >ppi nheim. 



Of the self-governing Dominions of the Crown we 

 welcomi .1 repn entativi in Dr. R. A. Reeve, Bach. -lor of 

 Ails, Doctor ol Medicine, who is professor of ophth; 

 logy in 1I1. I niversitj ol Toronto, and was lor mam 

 dean of the faculty of medicine there. He enjoys a wide 

 reputation in Canada as a specialist in diseases ol thi 

 and the position he occupies is sufficiently attested b 

 having been elected president when the association mi 

 Toronto in 1906. As a distinguished representative "I the 

 Dominion of Canada, the University is proud to add his 

 name to its roll of graduates. I present in you 

 Rn hard Andrews Reeve. 



In tin- person "I the eminent surgeon Dr. Strassmann 

 wi recognise another representative ol a greal and friendly 

 nation, and to him tin- introductory remarks prefixed at 

 the presentation of our honorary gradual- I >i . Oppenheim 

 equally apply. 



Dr. Strassmann is titular professor anil assist; 



chair of obstetrics and gynaexologv in lie University of 

 Berlin, the author of many monographs on various sul 

 in his department, and an accomplished operating surj 

 He is visiting Birmingham by invitation to take part in 

 the proceedings of the Section of Obstetrics ami Gi 

 logy, in which he has this morning opened a discussion. 

 The University welcomes him as a shining example of 

 sterling ability in his branch of practice, and empower! 

 to present for the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws 

 Paul Strassmann. 



I In. professor of pathology in the University of Cam- 

 bridge is a friend of many of us, and a man regarded with 

 affection wherever he is known, whether in Edinburgl 

 Cambridge, or in Birmingham ; for Sims Woodhead is no 

 stranger to this University, which he has indeed served in 

 the capacity of an external examiner. He is an M.D. of 

 Edinburgh, the editor of The Journal of Pathology, thi 

 author of a manual of practical pathology, and for 

 years was superintendenl of a research laboratory in Edin- 

 burgh University. Moreover, In- is a member of tin- Royal 

 Commission on Tuberculosis, and has carried out an 

 enormous amount of experimental research in com. 

 with that subject. Little of this work is known to 

 public, ami tin I niversity i* glad to recognise it by • nroll- 

 ing among its honorary graduates the name of 

 1 .1 km \\ Sims Woodhead. 



SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF THE CNJVERSAL 



RACES CONGRESS. 

 IT appears that the idea of a Cnivers.il Raci - Congress 

 first originated with Prof. Felix Adler, ol New York, 

 but its realisation is due to the untiring energy and 

 enthusiasm of Mr, Gusta\ Spiller. Thi avowed object of 

 the cone, ess wa-. " in discuss, in the light of science and 

 the mod nee, thi general relations - ; ii 



between the peoples ol thi West and those of the East, 



between so-called white and so-called col I peopl -. with 



the view of enci « ei n them a lull. 1 undi rstand- 



ing, the most friendly feelings, and a hea lion." 



Invitations to attend the congress were scattered profusely, 

 and del >pointed by 



Governments and institutions, and there was an attend- 

 ance of more than two thousand members. Rarely, if ever, 

 e. different nationalities and varieties of man- 

 kind l"> 11 gathered under one roof. From this point of 

 view tin congress was an undoubted success; the bringing 

 together of this heterogeneous assembly was no small task, 

 and it cannot be doubted that the spirit of friendliness that 

 permeated ih 1 .! thi introduction to one am 



