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requires very special training and skill for its 

 performance. 



At St. Mary's Hospital the new department 

 is being controlled and financed by a special 

 committee, separate from and independent of 

 that of the hospital itself, and many members 

 of this committee have guaranteed large con- 

 tributions for a period of seven years. Sir 

 Ernest Cassel gives £1,000 a year for this 

 period, besides having contributed over £800 

 tovcards the eqiiipment of the laboratory. 

 Mr. William Bonn gives £500 a year for two 

 years and £250 a year for five years more. 

 Lord Justice Fletcher Moulton gives £250 a 

 year for seven years. Lord Iveagh and Major 

 Henry Davis have each contributed £1,000 to 

 equipment expenses, and many donations of 

 smaller amounts have been received ; but there 

 is still room for more if the objects of the de- 

 partment are to be completely secured. The 

 appeal from Mount Vernon is also for money, 

 which will be carried to a separate fund as a 

 provision for the totally new class of expense 

 which will be incurred; but we have not yet 

 been informed of the character of the re- 

 sponse which has been made to it. The meth- 

 ods and principles concerned are practically 

 the same in both cases; and it is probable 

 that the form of disease which attacks the 

 lung will not be left without many sympa- 

 thizing contributors to an effort which seems 

 to hold out renewed hope to a considerable 

 jjroportion of those who suffer from it. 



TBE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE 

 RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES 



Professor B. Menschutken, of St. Peters- 

 burg, writes to Nature in regard to the num- 

 ber of Russian students given by Professor 

 Guido H. Marx in Science (May 14, 1909) 

 as 23,000. He states that this number of 

 students was reached some fifteen years ago, 

 but at present the students of the higher col- 

 leges number at least 7Y,000, as can be seen 

 from the following data, showing how many 

 students there were in the different institu- 

 tions in 1908 (in some cases, as for St. Peters- 

 burg, the numbers refer to the present year) : 

 8t. Petersburg (University 9,800, Academy of 

 Law 350, Philological Institute 150, Medical 



Academy 800, Technological Institute 2,000, 

 Polytechnic Institute 4,200, Institute of Ways 

 of Communication 1,200, Institute for Engi- 

 neers 700, Electrotechnical Institute 650, 

 Mining Institute 650, Institute of Forestry 

 550, the three higher colleges for women 6,000, 

 Lyceum and three Military and two Nautical 

 Academies 1,200, Academy of Theology 300), 

 28,550; Moscow (University 9,000, Institute of 

 Oriental Languages 150, Academy of Theology 

 200, Technical Institute 2,500, Agricultural 

 Institute 850, Engineering Institute 550), 

 13,250; Eharhov (University 5,300, Technolog- 

 ical Institute 1,200, Veterinary Institute 500), 

 7,000; Kiev (University 3,200, Academy of 

 Theology 200, Polytechnic Institute 2,500), 

 5,900; Kazan (University 3,000, Academy of 

 Theology 170, Veterinary Institute 430), 3,600 ; 

 Tomsk (University 800, Technological Insti- 

 tute 1,900), 2,700; Warsaw (University and 

 Polytechnic Institute), 1,500; Odessa (Univer- 

 sity), 3,300; Novocherhask (Polytechnic In- 

 stitute), 700; Yuryev (Dorpat) (University 

 3,000, Veterinary Institute 350), 3,350; Hel- 

 singfors (University 2,400, Technical College 

 350), 2,750; Riga (Polytechnicum), 1,700; 

 Novaya Alexandria (Agricultural Institute), 

 400; Yaroslavl (Lyceum), 1,050; Yekaterino- 

 slav (Mining Institute), 500; Nezin (Philo- 

 logical Institute), 150; Saratov (University, 

 established this year), 200; Vladivostock (In- 

 stitute of Oriental Languages), 300. The total 

 number is therefore 76,900. There are also 

 many private higher colleges in different 

 towns, the number of students of which it is 

 impossible to ascertain; it is surmised that 

 this number is about 20,000. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 On the occasion of the recent Leipzig cele- 

 bration Dr. Wilhelm Wundt, the eminent psy- 

 chologist, who made the principal address, was 

 given the title of excellency. He was also 

 made an honorary citizen of the city of 

 Leipzig. 



The University of Birmingham will confer 

 on October 20 a considerable number of doc- 

 torates of laws to commemorate the recent 

 visit of King Edward. Among the scientific 

 men to receive the degree are Sir William 



