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local authorities foeeome also a federalized offi- 

 cer and as such an integral part of the Depart- 

 ment of Public Health." The Department of 

 Public Health is directed to cooperate with the 

 Departments of Commerce, Labor and the In- 

 terior in the collection of vital statistics and 

 to estabKsh a uniform system of cards, records 

 and reports regarding diseases, disabilities, in- 

 dustrial accidents, births, deaths, physical con- 

 dition of school children, the number and con- 

 dition of existing hospitals, etc. The bill pro- 

 vides for the appropriation of $15,000,000 for 

 1920 to be prorated among the states in pro- 

 portion to their population as soon as the 

 states comply mth the provisions of the law 

 and the regulations of the secretary of public 

 health, provided that each cooperating state 

 must contribute to the public health work a 

 sum equal to that contributed by the federal 

 government and that it must make full and 

 complete reports of births, deaths and morbid- 

 ity. It also appropriates $48,000,000 for the 

 construction of sanatoriums and hospitals, this 

 sum to be distributed among the states in 

 proportion to their population, each state re- 

 ceiving its allotment to provide an equal 

 am.ount, also location, plans and means of fu- 

 ture support for the proposed hospital. 



THE ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL 

 RESEARCH 



The Board of Scientific Directors of The 

 Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research 

 announces the following promotions and ap- 

 pointments: 



Dr. Harold L. Amoss, hitherto an associate 

 in pathology and bacteriology, has been made 

 an associate member. 



Dr. Oswald T. Avery, hitherto an associate 

 in medicine, has been made an associate mem- 

 ber. 



The following have been made assistants : 

 Miss Clara J. Lynch (pathology and bacteriology). 

 Dr. Waro Nakahara (pathology and bacteriology). 



The following new appointments are an- 

 nounced : 



Dr. Homer P. Swift, associate member in medicine. 

 Dr. Francis G. Blake, associate in medicine. 

 Dr. Raymond G. Hussey, associate in pathology 



and bacteriology. 



Dr. J. Harold Austin, assistant in medicine and 

 assistant resident physician. 



Dr. Albert H. Ebeling, assistant in experimental 

 surgery. 



Dr. Ferdinand H. Haessler, assistant in pathology 

 and bacteriology. 



Dr. Thorsten Ingvaldsen, assistant in chemistry. 



Dr. Charles W. Barrier, fellow in pathology and 

 bacteriology. 



Dr. J. Jay Keegan, fellow in pathology and bac- 

 teriology. 



Dr. Philip D. McMaster, fellow in pathology and 

 bacteriology. 



Dr. Alphonse R. Dochez, hitherto an asso- 

 ciate member in medicine, has accepted an ap- 

 pointment as associate professor of medicine 

 in the medical department of Johns Hopkins 

 University. 



Dr. Arthur L. Meyer, hitherto an associate 

 in physiology and pharmacology, has accepted 

 an appointment as associate in physiology in 

 the school of hygiene and public nealth, Johns 

 Hopkins University. 



THE RAMSAY MEMORIAL 



At a meeting of subscribers of the Ramsay 

 Memorial Fund held at University College, 

 London, the committee submitted a report 

 showing that £43,000 in cash was already in 

 hand, and £70,000 was in view, so that £100,- 

 000 aimed at was within realization. The sum 

 already collected is probably the largest which 

 has ever been raised in honor of any man of 

 science, however distinguished. Sir Hugh 

 Bell explained the views of the committee with 

 regard to the application of the money, and 

 after hearing him the meeting agreed to the 

 following resolution: 



' 1. That a sum of £25,000 be definitely al- 

 lotted to the senate of the University of Lon- 

 don towards the provision of a laboratory of 

 chemical engineering at University College, 

 London, on the site proposed in close proxim- 

 ity to the existing engineering buildings. 



2. That the executive committee be empow- 

 ered to employ the balance of the fund already 

 subscribed, and all future donations to be re- 

 ceived, to the foundation of Ramsay Memor- 

 ial Fellowships to the number of three or to 

 such smaller number as they may deem expedi- 



