October 2, 1908] 



SCIENCE 



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We learn from Nature that the following 

 arrangements have been made for the opening 

 of the winter session of certain of the British 

 medical schools. At Guy's Hospital (in con- 

 nection with the Physical Society), Sir E. 

 Douglas Powell will deliver an address on 

 October 8 entitled " Just Procedure of Medi- 

 cine"; Dr. Charles Slater is to speak on Oc- 

 tober 1 at St. George's Hospital on " The 

 Laboratory in Medical Education and Prac- 

 tise"; on the same date an address will be 

 delivered at the Middlesex Hospital by Dr. 

 A. M. Kellas; at King's College Hospital 

 Professor Alexander MacAlister, F.E.S., will 

 deliver an address on October 1; Sir Edward 

 Pry, F.E.S., is to speak at University CoUege 

 Hospital on October 2. At St. Mary's Hos- 

 pital, on October 1, an address is to be given 

 by Sir John Broadbent; Dr. Harrington 

 Sainsbury is to speak on the same day at the 

 London School of Medicine for Women; at 

 the West London Postgraduate College an 

 address is to be given on October 13 by Sir 

 E. Douglas Powell; Dr. E. Jones is to speak 

 on " Insanity, Wit and Humor " on October 

 1 at the Polyclinic; at the Northeast London 

 Postgraduate College Mr. Jonathan Hutchin- 

 son, F.E.S., is to speak on October 8; Sir T. 

 Clifford Allbutt, K.C.B., F.E.S., is to give an 

 address at the University of Manchester, on 

 October 1, on " Hospitals, Medical Science 

 and Public Health " ; and at University Col- 

 lege, Bristol, on October 1, Sir Eubert Boyce, 

 F.E.S., is to speak. 



According to foreign journals, steps are 

 being taken by the commonwealth government 

 in regard to the adoption of uniform food 

 standards throughout Australia. Under the 

 present system each state fixes its own stand- 

 ards, the result being considerable variance, 

 and consequent annoyance and expense to 

 manufacturers and importers. Now that a 

 commonwealth analyst has been appointed, the 

 way is cleared for federal action, and the pro- 

 posal is made for a conference of common- 

 wealth and state expert authorities with the 

 object of discussing the basis of united legis- 

 lation. 



Foreign papers state that news has been 

 received from the Jacques Cartier, the ship 

 of the French Arctic Expedition, which 

 started in April. After touching at Hammer- 

 fest, the ship crossed Parent's Sea and reached 

 the Bailutsia Fjord in Novaya Zemlya, where 

 extensive surveying was undertaken, lead- 

 ing to the discovery of several uncharted 

 fjords. The first sledge expedition left the 

 ship on July 25 with provisions for 20 days, 

 intending to cross Novaya Zemlya from west 

 to east, and it was followed by a second six 

 days later. The expedition will probably not 

 winter in Barent's Sea, but will return to 

 Norway and remain there till the spring. 



The Central University of Equador at 

 Quito publishes the following notice request- 

 ing exchanges in its monthly " Anales " : 

 " The University of Quito, desiring to in- 

 crease its museums of zoology, botany, miner- 

 alogy and ethnology by means of exchanges 

 with public and private museums, has re- 

 solved to invite the correspondence of parties 

 who wish to exchange for collections of Ecu- 

 adorian fauna, flora, etc. Those who wish 

 to have sent any particular specimen or col- 

 lection (e. g., an ornithological collection) 

 have only to apply to the rector or the secre- 

 tary of the Central University of Equador at 

 Quito." 

 VNIVER8ITT AND EDUCATIONAL NEW8 



By the will of the late John B. Brown, of 

 Chicago, the bulk of his wealth, estimated at 

 $7,000,000, is to be devoted to establishing and 

 maintaining a technical school at Ipswich, 

 Mass. A high-school education or its equiva- 

 lent will be prerequisite for admission, thus 

 placing the school among the higher institu- 

 tions of learning. 



By the will of Henry J. Braker, of New 

 York City, Tufts College receives a bequest 

 of $500,000, to be known as the Henry J. 

 Braker fund, the income to be used for the 

 establishment of a school of commerce, ac- 

 counts and finance. Mr. Braker also be- 

 queaths $1,000,000 to establish a home for 

 aged people. 



President John H. Finley announces that 

 the Board of Aldermen has increased the an- 



