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"Chemical warfare," to the student body; "The 

 properties of a substance that determine its 

 use in chemical warfare," to the students of 

 chemistry; "Chemical warfare — methods of 

 attack and defense," to the Elisha Mitchell 

 Scientific Society. 



De. Frank Bottomlet died of pneumonia 

 on January 16 at the age of 47. Dr. Bottom- 

 ley had done valuable work in chemistry and 

 physics. As Nature notes, heredity and en- 

 vironment conspired to make him a man of 

 science. His great-grandfather was Dr. James 

 Thomson, professor of mathematics in Glas- 

 gow University; his great-uncles were Lord 

 Kelvin and James Thomson, F.R.S., professor 

 of engineering in Queen's College, Belfast, and 

 Glasgow University; while his father is the 

 present Dr. James Thomson Bottomley, F.R.S., 

 of Glasgow University. 



The President has approved a joint resolu- 

 tion accepting the invitation of Brazil to pai- 

 ticipate in an international exposition to be held 

 in Rio de Janeiro, from September to Novem- 

 ber, 1922, in commemoration of the centenary 

 of the independence of BrazU. A deficiency 

 appropriation act approved December 15, 1921, 

 carries an appropriation of $1,000,000 for this 

 purpose. Under the terms of the joLat reso- 

 lution exhibits are provided of farming, cattle 

 industry, mining, mechanics, transportation, 

 communication, commerce, science, fine arts, 

 forestry, fisheries, and manufacturing. 



According to the Journal of the American 

 Medical Association, a society has been or- 

 ganized at Freiburg i. B., the headquarters 

 in the publishing house of T. Fischer, which 

 aims to publish the Bildarchiv, the purpose of 

 which is to collect and make possible the ra- 

 tional utilization of scientific illustrations for 

 teaching and other purposes. Besides a cen- 

 tral headquarters for negatives and illustra- 

 tions, it is proposed to make possible the pub- 

 lication of illustrations in a more perfect form 

 than would be possible for private individuals. 



The topics appointed for discussion at the 

 next international congi-ess on the history of 

 medicine are: (1) The principal foci of epi- 

 demic and endemic diseases of the middle ages 



in the Occident and the classic Orient, and 

 (2) The history of anatomy. The congress 

 is to be held at London on July 24-29, 1922, 

 Professor Singer, of Oxford, to preside. The 

 offtcers of the International Society for the 

 History of Medicine are Giordano, of Venice; 

 Singer, of Oxford; Jeanselme and Menetrier, 

 of Paris, with Trieot-Royer, president. Laignel- 

 Lavastine is the secretary. His address is rue 

 de Rome, 45, Paris. 



The Tenth International Congress of Oto- 

 logy wUl be held in Paris from July 19 to 

 July 22, 1922, under the patronage of M. 

 Bernard, minister of education, and will be 

 presided over by Professor Pierre Sebileau. 



Publication of the Geographic News Bul- 

 letins, distributed weekly to schools for the 

 past two years by the National Geographic 

 Society through the Bui-eau of Education, but 

 recently discontinued because of restriction of 

 franking privilege by the Government, wUl be 

 resumed. A charge will be made for postage. 



The trustees of the American Medical Asso- 

 ciation have made an appropriation of $1,500 

 to further meritorious research in subjects re- 

 lating to scientific medicine and of practical 

 interest to the medical profession, which other- 

 wise could not be carried on to completion. 

 Applications for small grants should be sent 

 to the Committee on Scientific Research, Ameri- 

 can Medical Association, 535 North Dearborn 

 Street, Chicago, before March 15, 1922, when 

 action wiU be taken on the applications at hand. 



The Journal of the Washington Academy of 

 Science reports that by a proclamation of 

 President Harding, signed January 24, a 593- 

 aere tract in the Nevada National Forest has 

 been set aside as the Lehman Caves National 

 Monument. The area remains a part of the 

 National Forest, but can be used for no pur- 

 pose which interferes with its preservation as 

 a national monument. The caves are in a lime- 

 stone formation at the base of Mt. Wheeler, 

 at an altitude of 7,200 feet, and contain a re- 

 markable series of stalactites and stalagmites. 



Foe the purpose of encouraging research 

 work on glass, the research committee of the 



