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organism was recovered in pure culture from 

 the lungs of these inoculated animals. The 

 bacillus is also highly virulent for rabbits, 

 killing them often within twenty-four hours. 



No exact identification of the organism or 

 organisms concerned in this epidemic can 

 be offered, although in general they are very 

 closely related to the rabbit septicemia group. 

 The bacteriological studies, for which I am 

 greatly indebted to Mrs. Julia T. Parker, were 

 not carried to completion but they show that 

 although the gram negative bacilli found in 

 all the cases were morphologically identical, 

 they differed somewhat in their fermentation 

 reactions and did not, except in the case of the 

 homologous strain, agglutinate with the one 

 specific serum produced in a rabbit. The 

 latter result may be because of an unfortunate 

 choice of one aberrant strain for the produc- 

 tion of the serum or it may be because the 

 various strains occurred in different species of 

 reptile. 



Since this was a well-defined epidemic of 

 pneumonia affecting a variety of reptiles it 

 seems probable that the original infecting 

 organism may have acquired slightly different 

 biological characters in its growth in different 

 species. 



G. A. MacCallum 



Dept. of Pathology, 

 College of Physicians and Surgeons, 

 Columbia University 



THE OHIO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 



The thirty-first annual meeting of the Ohio 

 Academy of Science was held at Western Ee- 

 serve University and Case School of Applied Sci- 

 ence, Cleveland, March 25 and 26, 1921, under 

 the presidency of Mr. W. H. Alexander, of the 

 United States Weather Bureau, Columbus. Pifty- 

 nine members were registered as in attendance; 

 forty-seven new members were elected. 



An excursion, organized in connection with the 

 meeting, was carried out by the Section for 

 Geology on May 28, 29, and 30. The itinerary 

 (Wilmington, Clarksville, Fort Ancient, Oregonia, 

 Dayton) was planned for the study of the Rich- 

 mond formations of southwestern Ohio. The party 

 of fifteen geologists was under the guidance of 

 Drs. August Poerste and W. H. Shideler. 



The trustees reported a gift of two hundred and 

 fifty dollars from Mr. Emerson McMillin, of New 

 York City, in furtherance of the research work of 

 the Academy. 



The death of one member was reported: Mr. 

 Thomas Piwonka, of Cleveland. Mr. Piwonka was 

 born of Bohemian stock in New York City, Sep- 

 tember 10, 1854; he died May 9, 1920. His mem- 

 bership in the Academy began in 1893. The obit- 

 uary notice, prepared by Professor J. E. Hyde, 

 closes with these words: "His life work was law, 

 but in spare moments he was a naturalist with 

 particular interest in geology, botany and mi- 

 croscopy. His passing removes one more (very 

 few are left ! ) of that generation of men interested 

 in the natural history of their locality, with the 

 collector's keen instinct, to which paleontology is 

 profoundly indebted. With them is passing a 

 phase of our culture. ' ' 



Another of the older members of the academy. 

 Professor G. Frederick Wright, of Oberlin, died 

 on April 20, less than a month after the meeting. 

 His name appears on the program; but he was 

 too ill to be present, and the paper was read by 

 another. He had been a member since 1892. 



Officers were elected as follows: President, R. 

 C. Osburn, Ohio State University; Vice-presidents : 

 Zoology, J. E. Kindred, Western Reserve Uni- 

 versity; Botany, E. N. Transeau, Ohio State Uni- 

 versity; Geology, J. E. Hyde, Western Reserve 

 University; Physics, W. G. Hormell, Ohio Wes- 

 leyan University; Medical Sciences, F. C. Waite, 

 Western Reserve University; Psychology, Rudolph 

 Pintner, Ohio State University (since removed to 

 Teachers College, Columbia University) ; Secretary, 

 E. L. Rice, Ohio Wesleyau University; Treasurer, 

 A. E. Waller, Ohio State University. 



The scientific program was as follows: 



presidential address 

 Thunderstorms: especially those of Ohio: Mr. W. 

 H. Alexander, U. S. Weather Bureau, Columbus. 



PUBLIC lectures 



Hoolcworm aiid human efficiency: Professor 

 Charles A. Kofoid, University of California. 



Scientific worTc at the Ohio Bureau of Juvenile 

 Research: Dr. Henry H. Goddard, Ohio Bureau 

 of Juvenile Research, Columbus. 



papers 

 The new Cleveland Museum of Natural History: 



Paul M. Rea. 

 The state park situation in Ohio: J. Ernest 



Carman. 

 Chronological vieio of men of science: J. A. 



Culler. 



