July 28, 1922] 



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juxta-articular nodes, their etiology and path- 

 ology; and on baeiluria as a cause of pyrexias 

 of uncertain origin in the tropics. According 

 to the report, the time when the prophets of 

 research had to clamor for a hearing is happUy 

 past, and there is no longer any hesitation on 

 the part of government departments or pri- 

 vate enterprise in appealing for assistance. Of 

 the two possible methods of extension to meet 

 these increased responsibilites Major Archibald 

 advocates decentralization, by the establishment 

 in various parts of the Sudan of local labora- 

 tories, temporary or permanent, for medical, 

 chemical, and entomological research. This he 

 considers preferable to the creation of new and 

 larger laboratories at Khartoiun. His recom- 

 mendation has been unhesitatingly approved 

 by the government. 



In order to present to the public more 

 promptly the results of its scientific investiga- 

 tions, the Bureau o£ Mines issues a series of 

 brief mimeographed reports of investigations 

 as an adjunct to the printed publications. Be- 

 sides affording a medium of prompt publica- 

 tion of information, the reports of investiga- 

 tions provide a vehicle for the publication of 

 briefer material which would hardly justify 

 issuance in the form of printed bulletins. 

 These reports deal with major metals, minor 

 and rare metals, non-metallic minerals, petro- 

 leum, gasoline, coal, coke, safety, sanitation, 

 mine accidents and other subjects. The reports 

 are mailed free to interested applicants as long 

 as the editions are available. Descriptive no- 

 tices of issues in the series are mailed regularly 

 to all who desire to receive the information. 

 Serial 2316, just issued, is a subject list of 

 reports of investigations issued to December 31, 

 1921, and describes some 300 reports, whose 

 range covers such subjects as abrasives, auto- 

 mobile exhaust gases, breathing apparatus, 

 carbon black, Fuller's earth, liquid oxygen ex- 

 plosives, mine telephones, oil pipe lines, slate 

 dust, valuation of oil properties, airplanes in 

 mine-rescue work, powdered coal, helium, mine 

 timbers, lead poisoning, smoke prevention, 

 clays, building stones, safety in quarrying, etc. 

 Serial 2316 may be obtained from the Bureau 

 of Mines, Washington, D. C. 



The Journal of the Royal Geographical Soci- 

 ety reports that a short account is given in 



Ymer of the scientific expedition organized by 

 Prince "William of Sweden for zoological re- 

 search in the region of the Kirunga volcanoes, 

 north of Lake Kivu. The expedition left Mar- 

 seilles towards the end of 1920, landed at Mom- 

 basa, and passed through the Kenya colony 

 and Uganda to its destination. Various camps 

 were established among the volcanoes and on 

 the north shore of the lake, and extensive zool- 

 ogical collections made, including specimens of 

 the mountain goriUa. Near the lake the barren 

 lava-fields due to the sudden eruption of a new 

 volcano in December, 1912, were found to be 

 but sparsely covered here and there by new 

 vegetation. The expedition went north to the 

 Belgian post of Ruchuru and Lake Edward, 

 through a district described as a paradise for 

 sportsmen. Passing rapidly through the Sem- 

 liki valley, where interesting collections were 

 made in the outliers of the great equatorial 

 forest, it spent some time at the Belgian post 

 of Isumu, and made some study of the Wam- 

 butti dwarfs. Thence the return was made by 

 Lake Albert and the Nile. The collections, 

 which have been deposited at the Natural His- 

 tory Museum at Stockholm, include about 1,000 

 mammals, 1,700 birds, and some hundreds of 

 reptiles and amphibia, besides a large number 

 of insects. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 NOTES 



Six medical students from Polish universities 

 have been selected to go to America to finish 

 their studies preparatory to entering the new 

 Institute of Hygiene recently established at 

 Warsaw by the Rockefeller Foundation. Pro- 

 fessor Selskar Gunn, representing the Rocke- 

 feller interests, has made the final choice of 

 the students after a competitive examination 

 organized by the Polish ministry of health. 

 An endowment of $250,000 has been given for 

 the establishment of the institute by the Rocke- 

 feller Foundation. 



The departments of engineering and medi- 

 cine at the Kjrushu Imperial University have 

 just been opened to women students. Women 

 are still barred from attendance at the Imperial 

 University in Tokio and at most of the other 

 higher schools. 



