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sented by a special committee from the Grad- 

 uate School, including Professor S. E. Barney. 

 Professor L. B. Mendel, Professor L. F. Winter- 

 nitz and Professor C.-E. A. Winslow. 



After very full discussion of the various 

 points involved the following resolutions were 

 unanimously adopted: 



1. That the degree of Doctor of Public Health 

 (for which the abbreviation should be Dr.P.H.) for 

 graduates in medicine should normally be awarded 

 after two years of work done under aoademie di- 

 rection, of which one year at least should be in 

 residence; and that the requirements for the de- 

 gree should include class work, practical field 

 work, and an essay based on individual study of 

 a particular problem. 



2. That tihie degree of Doctor of Philosophy or 

 Doctor of Science in Public Health or Hygiene 

 should be conferred upon students who hold the 

 bachelor 's degree from a college or technical school 

 of recognized standing, and have satisfactorily 

 completed not less than three years of graduate 

 study. It is understood that this degree is based 

 upon the fundamental sciences associated with 

 hygiene and public health, including a knowledge 

 of physics, chemistry, general biology, anatomy, 

 physiology, physiological chemistry, pathology and 

 bacteriology, in addition to the thesis and other 

 usual requirements for the Ph.D .or Sc.D degree. 



3. That the Certificate in Public Health should 

 be granted for not less than one academic year of 

 work to those who have received a bachelor's de- 

 gree from a recognized college or technical school, 

 or have satisfactorily completed two years of work 

 in a recognized medical school, provided they have 

 previously pursued satisfactory courses in physics, 

 chemistry, general biology and general bacteriol- 

 ogy- 



4. That the degree of Bachelor of Science in 

 Public Health or Hygiene should be given for the 

 completion of a four years course, the last two 

 years of which have been devoted to the funda- 

 mental sciences associated with hygiene and public 

 health. 



5. That the authorities having the appointment 

 of health officials be urged to give preference so 

 far as possible to persons holding degrees or certifi- 

 cates in public health or hygiene. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 Sir J. J. Thomson has expressed his desire 

 to resign the Cavendish professorship of ex- 



perimental physics at the University of Cam- 

 bridge, but has offered to continue his services 

 in the promotion and direction of research 

 work in physics without stipend. 



Colonel Willlam H. Welch, of the Johns 

 Hopkins University, has sailed for France, 

 where he wiU attend the health conference of 

 the International Red Cross. 



The following fifteen candidates have been 

 nominated by the council of the Royal Society 

 for ejection into the society: Professor F. A. 

 Bainbridge, Dr. G. Barger, Dr. S. Chapman, 

 Sir C. F. Close, Dr. J. W. Evans, Sir Maurice 

 Fitzmaurice, Dr. G. S. Graham-Smith, Mr. 

 E. Heron-Allen, Dr. W. D. Matthew, Dr. C. G. 

 Seligman, Professor B. D. Steele, Major G. I. 

 Taylor, Professor G. N. Watson, Dr. J. C. 

 Willis and Professor T. B. Wood. 



Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 

 have been elected as follows : Dr. A. R. Cushny, 

 Dr. W. J. Dundus, Dr. R. O. Morris, Dr. T. S. 

 Patterson, Mr. B. D. Porritt, Mr. A. H. Rob- 

 erts, Mr. W. A. Robertson, Dr. A. Scott, Dr. 

 A. R. Scott, Mr. W. W. Smith and Captain 

 D. A. Stevenson. 



Lieutenant General Sm Charles H. Burt- 

 CHAELL, K.C.B., director-general of the British 

 Army Medical Service in France, has received 

 the honorary degree of LL.D. of the Uni- 

 versity of Dublin, from which he graduated in 

 1889. He has also received the honorary fel- 

 lowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 

 Ireland. 



Dr. William K. Gregory, associate in paleon- 

 tology in the American Museum of Natural 

 History, New York, was recently elected a cor- 

 responding member of the Zoological Society 

 of London. 



Major John W. Churchman, M.R.C, pro- 

 fessor of surgery at Yale University, has been 

 named " Officier de I'Instruction Publique " by 

 the French government in recognition of his 

 services as Medicin chef of Hospital militaire 

 32*='% Passy, France, during 1916. 



Dr. M. G. Seelig, professor of surgery in the 

 medical school of St. Louis University, has 

 received his honorable discharge from the 



