February 7, 1913] 



SCIENCE 



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Many of these men who are called upon in 

 emergencies have developed their own ways of 

 doing things and it is the opinion of the 

 organizers of this association that the most 

 efficient methods and apparatus should be 

 found through actual use and recommended 

 to the mining industry as a general standard. 

 Mr. H. M. Wilson, the engineer in charge of 

 the experiment station of the Bureau of Mines 

 at Pittsburgh, has been selected as chairman 

 of the executive committee of the association 

 and has been instructed to carry on the work 

 of organization. Membership in the Amer- 

 ican Mine Safety Association is open to any 

 individual, firm, corporation or society inter- 

 ested in the reduction of the loss of life and 

 property in mines. 



The faculty of medicine of Harvard Uni- 

 versity ofPers a course of free public lectures, 

 to be given at the Medical School on Sunday 

 afternoons at four o'clock, as follows : 



January 5 — "Preventive Medicine in relation to 

 Industrial and International Concord, ' ' Dr. Charles 

 W. Eliot. 



January 12 — ' ' The Care and Feeding of Young 

 Children, ' ' Dr. John Lovett Morse. 



January 19 — ' ' Leprosy and its Care in Massa- 

 chusetts, ' ' Dr. Charles J. White. 



January 26 — ' ' What the State Board of Health 

 is doing to protect the Health of the Citizens of 

 Ma,ssachusetts, " Dr. Mark W. Richardson. 



February 2 — ' ' The Sexual Instinct — its Abuse 

 and Control" (to men only), Dr. Edward H. 

 Nichols. 



February 9 — ' ' The Responsibility of the Com- 

 munity for the Prevalence of Venereal Disease," 

 Dr. Hugh Cabot. 



February 16 — "Dangerous Effects of Patent 

 Medicines," Dr. David L. Edsall. 



February 23 — "Fresh Air, Exercise and Phys- 

 ical Condition," Dr. Edward H. Bradford. 



March 2 — ' ' The Bladder Ailments of Men in 

 Later Life" (to men only). Dr. Paul Thorndike. 



March 9 — ' ' Ophthalmic Catastrophes, ' ' Dr. 

 Myles Standish. 



March' 16 — ' ' How to cultivate Emotional Poise 

 in an Emotional Age, ' ' Dr. George L. Walton. 



March 23 — "The Eise of Experimental Medi- 

 cine, ' ' Dr. Howard T. Karsner. 



March 30 — "Tumor Diseases Peculiar to Wom- 

 en" (to women only). Dr. WOliam P. Graves. 



April 6— "The Management of Scarlet Fever 

 and Measles," Dr. E. H. Place. 



April 13 — "The New State Psychopathic Hos- 

 pital," Dr. E. E. Southard. 



April 20 — "The Effect of Occupation on the 

 Hearing Power," Dr. Clarence J. Blake. 



April 27 — "The Hygiene of Pregnancy" (to 

 women only), Dr. Franklin S. Newell. 



May 4 — "Treatment of some Emergencies of a 

 Surgical Nature," Dr. Howard A. Lothrop. 



May 11 — "The Preservation of the Natural 

 Teeth," Dr. Charles A. Brackett. 



May 18 — "Future Lines of Investigation of 

 Infectious Diseases," Dr. S. B. Wolbaoh. 



Among the features of the British Associa- 

 tion meeting in Birmingham in September 

 next, as noted in the London Times, will be 

 a number of popular science lectures. In 

 view of the central position of Birmingham a 

 large attendance of members is expected, and 

 a local fund of not less than £6,000 is being 

 raised in order that the arrangements may be 

 worthy of the city. A private canvass has 

 already obtained the promise of nearly £4,000, 

 and an appeal for further subscriptions will 

 be made at an early date. Twenty-seven years 

 have elapsed since the last visit of the associa- 

 tion to Birmingham. The meeting this year 

 opens on Wednesday, September 10, and con- 

 tinues until the I'Tth. On the first day, in 

 addition to various meetings, there will be a 

 reception of the foreign guests and in the 

 evening the president. Sir William White, will 

 deliver his inaugural address. The program 

 for Thursday, September 11, includes sec- 

 tional meetings, a conference of delegates, a 

 garden party, a popular science lecture and a 

 reception. Next day the morning is to be de- 

 voted to sectional meetings. In the evening 

 a discourse will be addressed to members, and 

 there is again to be a popular science lecture 

 to the general public. Saturday will be given 

 up to excursions which are being arranged by 

 a special sub-committee, including the prin- 

 cipal local archeologists, geologists and botan- 

 ists. On Sunday there will be services at the 

 Cathedral and other places of worship. Sec- 

 tional meetings will again be held on the fol- 

 lowing day, and in the afternoon there is to 



