SCIENCE 



Friday, February 4, 1921 



CONTENTS 

 Samuel James Meltzer: Propessor W. H. 

 Howell 99 



The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science: — 



The Relations of Psychology to Medicine: 

 Dr. Robert M. Yerkes 106 



Scientific Events: — 



Medical Education in China; The Forest 

 Service; Gypsum Fellowships; The National 

 Museum and Dr. Jordan Ill 



Scientific Notes and News 113 



University and Educational News 116 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



Astronomical Mesearch in the Southeastern 

 States: Dr. W. W. Campbell. Technical 

 Study at Oberlin College: Professor Mat- 

 NARD M. Metcalf. ' ' The Use of the Term 

 Fossil ' ' : Professor Richard M. Field. The 

 Biographical Directory of American Men 

 of Science: Dr. J. McKeen Cattell 116 



When an Invention is not an Invention. . . 118 



Scientific Boohs: — 



Bedell on "The Airplane": Professor 

 Lionel S. Marks 119 



Special Articles: — 



A Further Note on War and Population: 

 Professor Raymond Pearl 120 



The Washington Conference on the History of 

 Science: Professor Lynn Thorndike 122 



MSS. intended for publication and bool^s, etc., intended for 

 review should be Bent to The Editor of Science, Gairison-on- 

 Hudson, N. Y. 



SAMUEL JAMES MELTZERi 



Du. Samuel James Meltzer was bom in 

 Curland, northwestern Russia, March 22, 

 1851. He received his preliminary education 

 in a Real Gymnasium in Konigsberg and his 

 later training in the University of Berlin 

 where he graduated in medicine in 1882. 

 After taking his medical degree he decided 

 to make his career in America, as the country 

 which in his opinion had the best form of 

 government. He had not sufficient means to 

 make the journey and was therefore obliged 

 to secure a position as ship's surgeon on one 

 of the transatlantic vessels. On arriving in 

 New York it was necessai-y in the begin- 

 ning to devote his time mainly to build- 

 ing up a practise sufficient to support his 

 family, but almost from the beginning he 

 made arrangements also to give part of his 

 time to research. From that period until his 

 death on November Y, 1920, in his seventieth 

 year he was a tireless investigator. When in 

 the course of time the opportunity came to 

 him from the Rockefeller Institute to give 

 his time entirely to research he did not hesi- 

 tate in making his decision. At a consider- 

 able financial sacrifice he abandoned his med- 

 ical practise to devote himself to the kind 

 of work that he most loved and most valued. 

 By his good work and his high character he 

 attained a position of honor and distinction 

 in American medicine and endeared himself 

 to his fellow-workers in all parts of the 

 country. His productivity was remarkable. 

 The list of his published papers includes over 

 two hundred and forty titles, distributed 

 among some forty-eight scientific journals of 

 this country, Germany and England. These 

 papers contain contributions to the subjects 



1 Read before tlie Federation of American So- 

 cieties for Experimental Biology, Chicago, Decem- 

 ber 28, 1920. 



