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SCIENCE 



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f erred to the program committee of the Aiaer- 

 ican Society of Zoologists, and will he read hy 

 title only if there is not time for presentation 

 at the announced meetings of that society. 

 Titles and abstracts should be sent to Pro- 

 fessor W. C. Curtis, Columbia, Mo., before 

 December 1. 



The fourth annual meeting of the American 

 Phytopathological Society will be held in con- 

 junction with the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, at Cleveland, 

 Ohio, December 31, 1912, to January 3, 1913. 

 Titles of papers should reach the secretary not 

 later than December 10 to insure their appear- 

 ance in the society's program. Papers should 

 not require more than ten to fifteen minutes, 

 and in no case exceed twenty minutes, for 

 presentation. Abstracts not exceeding 200 

 words, and preferably 100, of all papers to be 

 presented should be submitted with the titles, 

 if possible. In order to appear in the official 

 report of the meeting, all abstracts must be in 

 the secretary's hands at the close of the meet- 

 ing. The pathological exhibition, which was 

 such an interesting and successful feature of 

 the Washington meeting, will be continued at 

 Cleveland. Correspondence in regard to ex- 

 hibits and space should be addressed to Pro- 

 fessor A. D. Selby, Wooster, Ohio. Facilities 

 will be provided for displaying exhibits of all 

 kinds. 



The Ohio Academy of Science will hold its 

 annual session at the Ohio State University, 

 November 28-30. The program contains fifty 

 papers. The academy will decide the ques- 

 tion of establishing a series of publications 

 which shall include the results of the work 

 done for the Biological Survey of Ohio, which 

 was recently established by the Ohio State 

 University. Several of the colleges of the 

 state are cooperating with the university in 

 making the survey. 



The New York State Science Teachers 

 Association will hold its annual meeting in 

 the Central High School, Syracuse, IS!. T., on 

 December 26-28, 1912. The sections are: 



(a) Physics and Chemistry, (&) Biology and 

 Nature Study, (c) Home Economics. 



The International Union for Solar Re- 

 search will meet at Bonn beginning August 1, 

 1913. 



A society for the study of medical history 

 has been established in London as a section of 

 the Eoyal Society of Medicine. The first 

 meeting was held on November 20. 



The fourth Congress of Physiotherapy will 

 be held at Berlin, March 26-30, 1913, under 

 the presidency of Professor His. The prin- 

 cipal subject proposed for discussion is the 

 treatment of disturbances of the circulation. 

 The work of the congress will be divided 

 among four sections : (1) hydrotherapy, balne- 

 ology, seaside and climatic treatment; (2) 

 electro-therapy and radium-therapy ; (3) ortho- 

 pedics, movement treatment and massage; 

 (4) dietetics. There will be an exhibition in 

 connection with the congress. 



The tenth International Congress of Agri- 

 culture will be held at Ghent next year. The 

 Belgian government and the provincial coun- 

 cils as well as the municipal authorities of 

 Ghent have promised their support to this 

 congress. The various foreign governments 

 have been asked to send delegates. The op- 

 portunity of visiting the agricultural exhibi- 

 tion, or " The Modern Village " as it will be 

 called, and the numerous excursions which 

 will be arranged, will make the congress one 

 of special interest. County councils, agricul- 

 tural societies and colleges, professors of agri- 

 culture, farmers, market gardeners and agri- 

 culturists generally in all parts of the world 

 are invited to become members of the con- 

 gress. The reports and proceedings, to be 

 issued in six volumes, will form an agricul- 

 tural encyclopedia of all subjects of current 

 interest. The congress will meet from the 

 eighth to the thirteenth of June inclusive. 

 Applications for membership, enclosing a 

 money order for 20 francs, should be sent to 

 M. Inspector Vandervaeren, 228, chaussee 

 d'Alsemberg, Brussels. The American com- 

 mittee, so far formed, consists of the follow- 



