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fallen debris. These rooms were in perfect 

 condition, just as left by the last occupants. 

 The ceilings were standing and the objects 

 left by the inhabitants scattered about on the 

 floor. Nothing has disturbed them except the 

 fine layer of dust sifted over all. One of the 

 rooms had been filled to the ceiling and was 

 found to be a burial room. 



Mr. Morris writes : 



lu two second-story chambers there was a large 

 accumulation of dry refuse. One of these yielded 

 some excellent specimens of textiles and a burial 

 with wrappings in a very good state of preserva- 

 tion. Above the refuse in the other room there was 

 upon the fallen third floor a surprising number of 

 stone implements, several bone tools, some beauti- 

 fully worked wooden boards, seven coiled basket 

 plaques (three well preserved), and a digging im- 

 plement with handle of wood and blade of moun- 

 tain sheep horn. In the refuse beneath this layer 

 we have to date found the burials of five children 

 (three with wrappings perfectly preserved), four 

 baskets in excellent shape, a wooden dipper, some 

 beads and various odds and ends. Three fourths 

 of the deposit is still to be gone over. The outer 

 covering of the wrapped bodies is particularly in- 

 teresting. Each body was placed upon a rush 

 mat. Then the sides were folded inward, and one 

 doubled upward. The whole was then tied into a 

 long package with cord or yuca strips. As yet I 

 have not opened any of the bundles, so do not 

 know what the interiors may contain besides the 

 bones. These finds certainly are important. They 

 are different from anything we have previously 

 uncovered. 



As a result of the excavations Aztec has 

 become a popular resort for visitors. About 

 100 miles southwest of the Mesa Verde Park 

 (in which the finest clifP-houses are to be 

 found), and not over two hours' ride from 

 Durango, Colorado, the ruin at Aztec is an 

 attraction to all automobile tourists. During 

 the present year more than 1,200 people 

 visited the ruin. 



THE AMERICAN CONGRESS OF SURGEONS 



The ninth annual convention of the Ameri- 

 can Congress of Surgeons was held in New 

 York City, beginning on October 20. War- 

 time developments in surgery and the possi- 

 bility of their adoption to industrial and civil 



practise were the principal topics for discus- 

 sion. 



More than 2,000 surgeons were present from 

 all parts of the United States. Major General 

 Sir Anthony Bowlby, who served as consult- 

 ing surgeon to the British forces in France; 

 and Sir Robert Jones, chief consulting sur- 

 geon and specialist in restoration of injured 

 limbs at the army hospitals in France, Eng- 

 land and Ireland, were present at the meeting. 



The convention was opened by an address 

 by Dr. J. S. Hill, of Bellows Falls, Vt, presi- 

 dent of the congress. The remainder of the 

 day's session was given over to technical dis- 

 cussions. Dr. William J. Mayo, of Rochester, 

 Minn., delivered the inaugural address on the 

 evening of October 20, the sessions continuing 

 throughout the week. 



A series of clinics covering every phase of 

 modern surgery, another of afternoon meetings 

 devoted to technical discussion of the morn- 

 ing's work, and a program of evening sessions, 

 which, while arranged especially for surgeons, 

 held much of direct interest to the general 

 public were in progress during the week. The 

 following program was presented: 



PRESIDENTIAL MEETING, MONDAY 



Address of welcome, Dr. J. Bentley Squier, New 

 York, chairman of committee on arrangements. 



Address of retiring president, Dr. John G. 

 Clark, Philadelphia. 



Inaugural address, Dr. William J. Mayo, Roch- 

 ester, Minn. 



Introduction of foreign guests. Sir Eobert Jones, 

 Liverpool; Major Gillies, B.A.M.C, Sidcup; Sir 

 Anthony Bowlby, London. 



Sir Anthony Bowlby, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., 

 F.E.C.S., London: "Fractures of the femur." 

 Discussion, F. N. G. Starr, M.D., Toronto. 



TUESDAY 



Dr. Harvey Gushing, Boston: "Brain tumor sta- 

 tistics. ' ' Discussion, Dr. Charles H. Frazier, Phil- 

 adelphia; Dr. Allen B. Kanavel, Chicago; Dr. 

 Charles A. Elsberg, New York. 



Dr. Alexis V. Moscheowitz, New York: "Em- 

 pyema; with particular reference to its patho- 

 genesis and treatment." Discussion, Dr. John L. 

 Yates, Milwaukee; Dr. James P. Mitchell, Wash- 

 ington. 



