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problems and of individuals engaged in the 

 investigation of war problems. 



8. To maintain a bureau for tbe dissemina- 

 tion of up-to-date bibliographies of all forms 

 of medical research bearing on war problems. 



9. (a) Prepare lists of individuals and lab- 

 oratories equipped and ready to undertake re- 

 search at short notice. 



(&) Prepare lists of individuals who will 

 hold themselves in readiness to move from lab- 

 oratory to laboratory to work for shorter or 

 longer periods on special or emergency prob- 

 lems or to augment existing la'boratory staffs in 

 a group of selected laboratories. 



10. To hold conferences from time to time 

 in Washington or other central city for discus- 

 sion of important research problems and meth- 

 ods of attack. 



11. To hold military medical meetings from 

 time to time, in the neighborhood of large can- 

 tonments for the discussion of medical prob- 

 lems by military and civilian physicians. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



Dr. Allan J. McLaughlin, health commis- 

 sioner of Massachusetts, has been recalled to 

 Washington by federal authorities. He will 

 become assistant surgeon-general in the public 

 health service of the United States. As second 

 in command he will have control of aU the do- 

 mestic health work, particularly with respect 

 to the military cantonment areas. 



Major Frank Billings, professor of medi- 

 cine in the University of Chicago, who was 

 appointed medical adviser to the governor of 

 Illinois, in the creation of the medical advisory 

 boards, has been assigned to the Provost Mar- 

 shal General's office in Washington. Major 

 Billings' work is understood to be that of ad- 

 viser to the Provost Marshal in connection with 

 the medical problems under the Selective Serv- 

 ice Law. 



Dr. Douglas W. Johnson, associate pro- 

 fessor of physiography in Columbia Univer- 

 sity, has recently been commissioned major in 

 the Intelligence Section of the National Army, 

 and expects to leave for Euroi)e on a special 

 mission for the government. 



Professor William B. Herms, associate pro- 

 fessor of parasitology and acting head of the 

 department of entomology. University of Cali- 

 fornia, has been appointed captain in the Sani- 

 tary Corps, National Army, and has been 

 ordered to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, for duty. 

 Captain Herms was actively engaged during 

 the past summer and autumn in investigating 

 the sanitation of military camps in the western 

 department, particularly as regards mosqui- 

 toes and flies. 



Dr. Paul H. M.-P. Brinton, professor of 

 analytical chemistry in the University of Ari- 

 zona, has been commissioned captain in the 

 Ordnance Reserve. 



Albert T. Popfenberger, Ph.D., instructor 

 in psychology in Columbia University, has been 

 commissioned a captain in the Sanitary Corps 

 of the National Army and wiM be assigned to 

 the psychological examination of recruits. 



Dr. Dennie H. Udall, professor of medicine 

 and superintendent of the ambulatory clinic of 

 the New York State Veterinary College, has 

 been made a major in the Veterinary Corps of 

 the National Army and has asked for a leave 

 of absence for the duration of the war. Dr. W. 

 E. Muldoon, assistant professor of materia 

 medica of the same institution, has also been 

 commissioned and has asked for a leave of ab- 

 sence. 



Captain Walter L. Conwell, of Cornell 

 University, until last June assistant professor 

 of railroad engineering in the college of civil 

 engineering, has been promoted to Major of 

 the 307th Field Artillery, at Camp Dix. 



A. P. Mills, assistant professor of materials 

 in the college of civil engineering, Cornell 

 University, received his commission as cap- 

 tain in the Engineer O.E.C., and is awaiting 

 orders. 



Pope Teatman, consulting engineer of New 

 York, has been placed in charge of the non- 

 ferrous metals department of the War Indus- 

 tries Board, in succession to Eugene Meyer, 

 Jr. 



At the recent meeting of the American As- 

 sociation of Anatomists, held in the new In- 

 stitute of Anatomy at the University of 



