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Monday, July 19, to receive and adopt the re- 

 port of the executive committee appointed in 

 1912. The chairman. Sir Archibald Geikie, 

 stated that the sums received in respect of 

 subscriptions from the British Empire and 

 foreign countries amounted to £11,846 5s. lOd. 

 A memorial tablet, executed by Sir Thomas 

 Brock, was unveiled in Westminster Abbey on 

 Ifovember 1, 1915, and steps are being taken 

 for the erection of a monument in a public 

 place in London. In order to carry out the 

 scheme for the establishment of the Interna- 

 tional Lister Memorial Fund for the Advance- 

 ment of Surgery, it was resolved that: (a) Out 

 of the general fund a sum of £500, together 

 with a bronze medal, be awarded every three 

 years, irrespective of nationality, in recogni- 

 tion of distinguished contributions to surgical 

 science, the recipient being required to give 

 an address in London under the auspices of 

 the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 

 (6) The award be made by a committee con- 

 stituted of members nominated by the Royal 

 Society, Royal College of Surgeons of Eng- 

 land, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 

 University of Edinburgh, and University of 

 Glasgow, (c) Any surplus income of the gen- 

 eral fund, after providing for the erection of a 

 monument and defraying administrative ex- 

 penses, be either devoted to the furtherance of 

 surgical science by means of grants or invested 

 to increase the capital of the fund. The Royal 

 College of Surgeons of England has consented 

 to become the trustees and administrators of 

 the Lister Fund and to carry out its objects, 

 subject to the above provisions of the scheme. 

 The subscription list is still open, and the hon- 

 orable treasurer of the fund is Sir "Watson 

 Cheyne, Bart., to whom donations may be ad- 

 dressed at the Royal Society, Burlington 

 House, London, W. 1. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



Cambridge University has conferred the de- 

 gree of doctor of laws on Dr. John J. Abel, 

 professor of pharmacology at the Johns Hop- 

 kins Medical School, and on Dr. Harvey Cush- 

 ing, professor of surgery in Harvard Univer- 

 sity. 



Dr. William W. Keen, professor emeritus 

 of surgery at the Jefferson Medical College, 

 president of the International Surgical So- 

 ciety, recently in conference at Paris, presided 

 at the opening sessions. 



Professor M. T. Bogert, of Columbia Uni- 

 versity, recently nominated a tarifE commis- 

 sioner by President Wilson, has declined the 

 appointment. 



Dr. John G. Adami, vice-chancellor of the 

 University of Liverpool, formerly professor of 

 pathology and bacteriology in McGill Univer- 

 sity, has been elected to an honorary fellow- 

 ship in Christ's College, Cambridge. 



The Journal of the American Medical Asso- 

 ciation reports that having reached the age 

 limit. Dr. Amalio Gimeno y Cabanas, pro- 

 fessor of pathology at the University of Mad- 

 rid, senator and at one time minister in the 

 cabinet, was given an ovation in the university 

 amphitheater at a special gathering for the 

 purpose. He was presented with a medallion 

 and a banquet followed. 



Professor Albert S. Flint, of the depart- 

 ment of astronomy of the University of Wis- 

 consin, retires from active work this month 

 after thirty-one years of service on the uni- 

 versity faculty. He vsrill continue his associa- 

 tion with the department as emeritus professor 

 of astronomy. 



Dr. Marcus Benjamin, editor of the publi- 

 cations of the United States ITational Museum 

 ill Washington, has received from the French 

 minister of public education the award of the 

 Palms, with the rank of " Officier de I'instruc- 

 tion publique." 



The Canadian Council of Scientific and In- 

 dustrial Research has awarded $5,000 to 

 Professor J. C. McLennan, of the University 

 of Toronto, for his research into the properties 

 of helium. 



The Prussian Academy of Science has 

 granted Dr. Agnes Bluhm 1,000 Marks to con- 

 tinue her experimental work on problems of 

 heredity. 



Dr. 'Samuel W. Hamilton, of the Utica State 

 Hospital, has been appointed chief medical di- 



