August 7, 1908] 



SCIENCE 



173 



A PORTRAIT photograph of Mr. Thomas A. 

 Edison, showing him in bust length and nearly- 

 one half size, has been hung in the electrical 

 engineering reading-room of the Massachu- 

 setts Institute of Technology. It was pre- 

 sented for the purpose by Mr. Charles L. 

 Edgar, president of the Edison Electric Il- 

 luminating Company of Boston. 



Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, of the U. S. National 

 Museum, is at present in field work among the 

 Indians of the western states. He expects to 

 return to Washington in September. 



A CARAVAN that has arrived at Lhasa from 

 Leh, in the valley of the Indus, brings a report 

 that Dr. Sven Hedin, the explorer, is in good 

 health. 



The monument in honor of Robert Bunsen, 

 designed by Professor Volz, of Karlsruhe, 

 was unveiled at Heidelberg on August 1. 



Mr. Aniceto Garcia Menocal, who was bom 

 in Havana in 1839 and had served with dis- 

 tinction as an engineer in the service of the 

 United States, died in New Tork on July 20. 



Dr. Otto Pfleiderer, professor of system- 

 atic theology in Berlin and eminent for his 

 work on the philosophy and the history of re- 

 ligion, has died at the age of sixty-nine years. 



Sm Thomas Stevenson, M.D., scientific 

 analyst to the British Home Ofiice, known 

 for his work in forensic medicine, died on 

 July 28, at the age of seventy years. 



Dr. EIarl Han, professor of chemistry at 

 Buda Pesth, has died at the age of seventy- 

 four years. 



Dr. H. Jolt, professor of mathematics at 

 Lausanne, has died at the age of forty-eight 

 years. 



The Erench Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science will hold its thirty-seventh 

 annual meeting this year from AugTist 3 to 10 

 under the presidency of M. Paul Appeil. 



The eighth meeting of the Association of 

 Economic Biologists was held in Edinburgh 

 on July 28, 29 and 30, under the presidency 

 of Mr. A. E. Shipley, E.E.S., who delivered 

 a presidential address on " Eats and their 

 Parasites." 



Attention is again called to the approach- 

 ing meeting of the first International Con- 

 gress for the Repression of Adulteration of 

 Alimentary and Pharmaceutical Products to 

 be held in Geneva on September 8, 1908. A 

 large number of members from the United 

 States have already joined, but it is desirable 

 to have the largest representation possible 

 from this country. The congress is held 

 under the auspices of the White Cross Society 

 and the Swiss government. The fee for mem- 

 bei-ship is $4. Dr. H. W. Wiley, of Washing- 

 ton, D. C, chairman of the American com- 

 mittee, will undertake to forward names of 

 members and their subscriptions. Reduced 

 rates will be given on steamship lines and on 

 European railroads. Information will be sent 

 by Dr. Wiley to all persons who desire to be 

 apprised regarding the details of the Con- 

 gress. Intending members are urged to send 

 in their subscription at once. 



The Philadelphia Academy of Surgery an- 

 nounces that essays in competition for the 

 Samuel D. Gross prize of fifteen hundred dol- 

 lars will be received until January 1, 1910. 

 This prize is awarded every five years to the 

 writer of the best original essay, not exceed- 

 ing in length one hundred and fifty printed 

 octavo pages, and illustrating some subject in 

 surgical pathology or surgical practise, 

 founded upon original investigation, the can- 

 didates to be American citizens. 



The Board of Agriculture and Eisheries 

 of Great Britain states that the presence of 

 American gooseberry mildew on gooseberry 

 bushes in commercial gardens in Kent has 

 been confirmed. An order of the board re- 

 quires all occupiers of premises on which the 

 mildew exists to report the presence of the 

 disease, under a penalty of £10. Gooseberry 

 growers are advised to apply to the board for 

 a leaflet describing the appearance of the 

 disease, and giving the precautions that should 

 be taken. 



The Journal of the American Medical Asso- 

 ciation states that in Austria-Hungary, with 

 a population of about 45,000,000, the annual 

 mortality from tuberculosis is 750,000, or 14 

 per cent, of the total deaths from all causes. 

 The northern parts of the empire show a ratio 



