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every way. Clinical and laboratory work will 

 be carried on under experienced direction, with 

 tlie aim of enlisting the interest of physicians 

 and others in the solution of many problems 

 awaiting study. 



The facilities for research are as follows: 



1. The Trudeau Sanatorium Medical Department 



(150 beds), inehiding the Infirmary, 

 (a) The Clinical Laboratory. 

 (6) The Research Laboratory. 



(c) The X-Ray Laboratory. 



(d) The Statistical Department. 



2. The Saranae Laboratory. (In the village of 



Saranac Lake.) 



3. By cooperation with the various tuberculosis 



sanatoria and hospitals in the vicinity, clin- 

 ical and laboratory facilities are available 

 in the following institutions : 



(a) The State Sanatorium, Ray Brook, 350 

 beds. 



(6) The Stony Wold Sanatorium, 150 beds. 



(c) The Gabriels Sanatorium, 70 beds. 



(d) The Reception Hospital, 20 beds. 



(e) The Saint Mary's Hospital, 20 beds. 



AWARDS AND PRIZES OF THE PARIS ACADEMY 

 OF SCIENCES 



The committee, as we learn from Isaiure, 

 has had to examine thirteen requests for grants 

 from the Bonaparte Fund. The following 

 grants are recommended: (1) Charles AUuard 

 (4,000 francs), for continuing the publication, 

 in conjunction with R. Jeannel, of the scien- 

 tific results of three expeditions in eastern 

 Africa (1903 to 1912). (2) M. Bondroit 

 (2,000 francs), for collecting the material in 

 France necessary for the constitution of a 

 fauna of French ants. (3) Pierre Lesage 

 (2,500 francs), for the continuation of his ex- 

 periments on the plants of the coast zone, and 

 in particular his researches on the transmissi- 

 bility of the characters acquired by plants 

 watered with salt water. (4) The Touring 

 Club de France (3,000 francs), to contribute 

 to the establishment of the new botanic gar- 

 den at Lautarel (Hautes-Alpes). (5) Camilla 

 Sauvageau (3,000 francs), for extending to 

 the species of Laminaria of the Mediterranean 

 and the Channel the remarkable discoveries of 

 the author on the development of a single spe- 

 cies which grows in the Bay of Biscay. (6) 



Em. Vigorous (2,000 francs), to contribute to 

 the purchase of apparatus useful for the con- 

 tinuation of his interesting researches on the 

 state of silicon dissolved in metals. (7) Eaoul 

 Bayeux (2,000 francs), to aid him in continu- 

 ing his researches on the physiological effects 

 and the therapeutics of hypodermic injections 

 of gaseous oxygen. The author proposes to 

 study experimentally the action of hypodermic 

 oxygenation on the defensive reactions of the 

 organism against asphyxia and against infec- 

 tions. (8) Joseph Lais as a contribution to the 

 expense of photogravures relating to the photo- 

 graphic chart of the heavens, the copper-plates 

 to become the property of the Paris Observa- 

 tory. 



The committee has in reserve, after payment 

 of these grants, 55,000 francs. 



Among prizes awarded by the academy were 

 the following: 



The Jean Eeynaud prize to the late Henri 

 Amagat, for the whole of his work; the Baron 

 de Joest prize to Ernest Esclangon, for his re- 

 searches on the sound phenomena produced by 

 cannon and projectiles; the Houllevigue prize 

 to Edmond Bordage, for his studies on the 

 fauna and flora of Reunion; the Henri de 

 Parville prize to Auguste Barbey (1,000 

 francs), Louis Eaveneau (500 francs), Daniel 

 Bellet (500 francs), and E. Montoriol (500 

 francs) ; the Lonchampt prize to Mile. Therese 

 Robert (2,500 francs), for her researches on 

 the function of calcium salts on the growth of 

 plants, and H. Busquet (1,500 francs), for his 

 physiological and pharmaco-dynamical re- 

 searches; the Wilde prize to M. Mansuy 

 (2,000 francs) and F. Garrigou (2,000 francs), 

 for the whole of their work; the Camere prize 

 to M. Freyssinet, for his novel applications of 

 reinforced concrete; the Gustavo Rous prize 

 to (the late) Michel Longchambon (2,000 

 francs), for his geological and petrographical 

 work; the Thorlet prize to Adolphe Richard; 

 the Lannelongue foundation between Mmes. 

 Cusco and Riick; the Laplace and Rivot prize 

 is not awarded; the Tremont foundation 

 (1,000 francs) to Charles Fremont, for his 

 work on the deformations of metals submitted 

 to stresses : the Gegner foundation to A. Claude 



