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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XLV. No. 1154 



for the feebleminded, as well as repairs for 

 existing institutions. 



We learn from the Journal of the American 

 Medical Association that plans have been pre- 

 pared for the new John P. Scripps Memorial 

 Hospital for working men and women in San 

 Diego. As a preliminary step, the San Diego 

 Diagnostic Group Clinic for John P. Scripps 

 Foundation is at once to be put into operation 

 in the Scripps residence, which has been do- 

 nated for that purpose. Mr. Scripps guaran- 

 tees a sum up to $250,000 for the clinic and the 

 erection, furnishing and equipment of the hos- 

 pital. He also agrees for a term of years to 

 meet, up to the sum of $30,000, any deficit in 

 the amount required for the maintenance of 

 the institution. Drs. Bernard J. O'Neill, 

 Harry C. Loos, John E. Jennison, Vernon G. 

 Clark and Harold A. Thompson comprise the 

 executive committee of the institution. 



The first lecture in the spring term of the 

 course of popular science lectures maintained 

 by the California Academy of Sciences in its 

 new museum building in Golden Gate Park, 

 San Francisco, was given Sunday afternoon, 

 January 14, by Dr. E. G. Aitken, astronomer, 

 of Lick Observatory. Dr. Aitken's subject, 

 "A Total Eclipse of the Sun," proved one of 

 very great interest. Other lectures are: 



January 17. By Dr. F. M. McParland, professor 

 of histology, Stanford University, on "The Struc- 

 ture and Development of the MoUuscan Shell." 



January 21. By Dr. Frank W. Weymouth, as- 

 sistant professor of physiology, Stanford Univer- 

 sity, on "The Edible Crabs and Pishing Methods 

 on the Pacific Coast." 



January 28. By Dr. James Perrin Smith, pro- 

 fessor of paleontology, Stanford University, on 

 ' ' Alexander von Humboldt. ' ' 



February 4. By Miss Alice Eastwood, curator 

 of botany, California Academy of Sciences, on 

 "Trees and Shrubs of the Grand Canon." 



The Journal of the Americal Medical Asso- 

 ciation states that the ninth quadrennial 

 Scandinavian congress for internal medicine 

 was to have been held in Finland this spring, 

 but the war prevents. Arrangements have 

 now been made for the meeting to be held at 

 Copenhagen in August, 1917. The subjects ap- 

 pointed for discussion are " Importance of 



Dieting in Treatment of Insuificiency of the 

 Heart and Kidneys," and " Neurasthenia in 

 Relation to Psychopathic Conditions." V. 

 Scheel, Bispebjaerg Hospital, Copenhagen, is 

 the secretary. The twenty-third annual meet- 

 ing of the German internists is planned to con- 

 vene at Wiesbaden in the coming April. The 

 main addresses announced are on " Nutrition 

 in War," " The Constitution as a Cause of 

 Disease," and " The Rarer Infectious Diseases 

 encountered during the War." W. Weintraud, 

 Rosselstrasse 20, Wiesbaden, is the secretary. 

 The announcement of this meeting specifies 

 that communications for it will not be accepted 

 if their essential content has already been pub- 

 lished. 



The Board of Agriculture and the Develop- 

 ment Co m missioners of Great Britain have 

 been considering the establishment of a re- 

 search institute to investigate problems relat- 

 ing to agricultural machinery, and they con- 

 sider that the institute could be most suitably 

 established at Cambridge in association with 

 the existing schools of engineering and agri- 

 culture. The Board of Agricultural Studies 

 feel that the university should give a cordial 

 welcome to the proposal. It is suggested that 

 the principal officers of the institute should be 

 (1) a director with experience of mechanism, 

 and (2) an assistant director, who would be an 

 agriculturist. For the former a stipend of 

 £700 a year is suggested, and for the latter one 

 which would range between £250 and £500. 

 The building, probably at first of a temporary 

 nature, could be erected adjoining the School 

 of Agriculture, and land required for experi- 

 mental work could be found on the two uni- 

 versity farms. The establishment of the in- 

 stitute in Cambridge would not throw any 

 burden on the ujiiversity funds. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 



NEWS 

 The Hon. William B. McEinley, congress- 

 man from the Nineteenth District, Chaiapaign, 

 HI., has given bonds and stocks valued at $120,- 

 000 to the University of Illinois for the estab- 

 lishment of an infirmary for the use of the 

 students and faculties of the institution. 



