SCIENCE. 



FRIDAY, JULY 27, IS'^. 



THE ADVANTAGES OF STUDY AT THE 

 NAPLES ZOOLOGICAL STATION. 



The opening of the marine laboratorv in 

 Naples in 1874 marks an important epoch in 

 the progress 

 of biological 

 studies, as 

 seen, not onh' 

 in the prodi- 

 gious and 

 cver-inereas- 

 ingamountof 

 work which 

 it produces, 

 but also in 

 the general 

 interest which 

 its success 

 has inspired 

 in other quar- 

 ters. As in 

 America sea- 

 side schools 

 and laborato- 

 ries maj' be 

 traced to the 

 example set 

 at Penikese, 

 so in Eurojje 

 most of the 

 marine labo- 

 ratories owe 

 their origin 

 to influences 

 emanating 

 from Naples. 

 But the ben- 

 eficial influ- 

 ence of the 

 Naples station is by no means confined to 

 Europe. Already we hear of marine stations 

 in Algiers, in Sydne}-, and in Java. In Japan 

 too, as we are informed, a laboratory has been 

 established b}- Professor Mitsukuri in a Buddh- 



No. 2.').— 1883. 



ist temple, — an example the moral of which 

 is easily drawn. Thus the prediction made 

 by the founder of the Naples station. Profes- 

 sor Anton Dohrn, some ten years ago, — that 

 marine zoology was destined to become para- 

 mount, and that the earth would soon be 

 cncii-ded by 



views, and with such wise prevision of the 

 course its development should take in order 

 to secure a long and prosperous existence. 

 With the addition of a physiological depart- 

 ment now determined upon, it becomes a bio- 



