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SCIENCE 



[Vol. LVI, No. 1460 



' ' The necessity for aidvanoed reseaieh. on (blie 

 initestiual mucosa, the great ga/teway of disease 

 of the body" (vice-preaideiitial address). 



C. T. Brues, Bussey Institution, Harvard Uni- 

 versity: "Is poliomyelitis an inseot borne dis- 

 ease?" 



C. A. Kofoid, University of California: "Inci- 

 dence of the human intestinal proitozoan infec- 

 tions in the United States." 



Edchard P. Strong, Harvard University: "Some 

 aspects of disease associated with the fields of 

 zoology, entomology and parasitology. ' ' 



C. W. Stiles, U. S. Public Health Service: "Some 

 medico-zoological phases of our immigraition 

 problems. ' ' 



L. 0. Howard, U. S. Bureau of Entomology: 

 (Title to be amioimced). 



The secretary desires an expression of opin- 

 ion from all interested workers, an^d extends to 



them an invitation to attend. 



A. J. GOLDFOEB, 



Secretary of Secti-on N 



THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE 



At the Boston meeting of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science 

 from December 26 ito 30, the development of 

 science is to be recorded in more .than one 

 aspect. The members of the association will 

 be given an interesting opportunity to learn 

 of the value of hisitorieal introspeotion of seien- 

 tifie thoughts in terms of progress. Also some 

 aittempt wiU be made to discuss the meardng 

 and philosophy of the idea of ithis progress. 



Section L (of which itlie Hisboi-y of Science 

 is a part) is itihe youngest of the sections 

 formed within the American Association, and 

 will hold its third meeting on December 27. 



The fii'st meeting of those interested in the 

 field of the history of science was held with the 

 American Association for the Advancemenit of 

 Science in Chicago, Deceonber, 1920. At this 

 time plans of organization were formulated. 

 At the Toronto meeting in December, 1921, the 

 organiza/tion became a more definite reality. 

 Consequently the Bositon gathering of the his- 

 tory of science group vrill be the second official 

 meeting. 



The progress of the interest in the history 

 of science has been growing eonsitanily. Not 

 alone has this been manifested among tlie scien- 



tists, 'but with the totorians as weU. The value 

 of the study of the history of science is ithus 

 greatly emphasized by being cultivarted by two 

 distinct bodies of scholars. 



Therefore, at .the Boston oonvooa)tion of sci- 

 entists the program for the history of science 

 meeting will be pi-esented by two different 

 groups, namely. Section L and the group inter- 

 ested in the history of science from the Amer- 

 ican Historical Association. 



On Wednesday, December 27, at 2 P.M., 

 Section L will present its pi-ogram with the 

 following speakers : Dr. Florian Cajori, Uni- 

 versity of Calif omia; Dr. H. W. Tyler, Massa- 

 chusetts Institute of Technology; Dr. George 

 Sarton, Carnegie research 'associate; Dr. Wil- 

 liam A. Loey, Noiithwestern University, also 

 chairman, and the associaition's vice-president 

 for Section L, with two other scholars active in 

 the history of science movement, to be named 

 later'. 



On Thui-sday, December 28, at 2 P.M., the 

 joint conference with itthe history of science 

 group from the American Historical Associa- 

 tion will Ibe held. The foUomng is the pro- 

 gram: 

 Chairman: Dr. James Harvey Robinson, New 



School for Social Eesearch, New York City. 

 ' ' The origin of ideas ' ' : The chairman of the 



conference. ' ' 

 ' ' Some psychological and social conditions of the 

 scientific attitude of mind ' ' : Dr. George H. 

 Mead, University of Chicago. 

 ' ' The historieal background of modern science ' ' : 

 Dr. Lynn Thorndike, Western Eeserve Univer- 

 sity. 

 ' ' Science in the thirteenth century ' ' : Dr. George 



Sarton, Carnegie research associate. 

 ' ' What science has contributed to people 's think- 

 ing about life and destiny ' ' : Mrs. Mary 

 Hunter Austin, New York City. 

 General discussion, opened by WiUiani A. Lacy, 

 Northwestern University, chairman of Sec- 

 tion L. 



Frederick E. Brasch, 

 Secretary of Section L 



THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES 



The progi^m of the section of Social and 

 Economic Sciences at the Boston meeting wiH 

 deal with problems of the development and 



