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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. XLV. No. 1157 



E. Barnard, A. Earland, E. G. Hebb, E. SMl- 

 lington Scales; Treasurer, G. F. Hill; Secre- 

 taries, J. W. H. Eyre, D. J. Scourfield; Li- 

 hrarian, P. E. Eadley ; Curator of Instruments, 

 C. Singer; Curator of Slides, E. J. Sbeppard; 

 Editor of Journal, K. G. Hebb. 



Professor Frederic S. Lee, of Columbia 

 University, lectured before tbe Science Club of 

 the University of "Wisconsin on February 12, 

 on " Air and Efficiency." 



On February 8 Professor Murlin, of Cornell 

 University, addressed a meeting of tbe Biolog- 

 ical Society of the College of tbe City of New 

 York on " Tbe Eelation of Acidosis to Carbo- 

 hydrate Metabolism." Professor Abraham J. 

 Goldfarb and Dr. Dayton J. Edwards partici- 

 pated in tbe discussion following the lecture. 

 Professor William K. Gregory, of Colum- 

 bia University and tbe American Museum of 

 Natural History, delivered an illustrated lec- 

 ture before the Biological Society of the Col- 

 lege of the City of New York on " The Evolu- 

 tion of the Human Eace," on March 1. 



Nearly $400,000 was bequeathed in 1910 to 

 the city of Munich by Dr. G. Krauss to found, 

 as a memorial to his father, an institution for 

 mechanical and other forms of orthopedics, 

 especially those practised by the elder Krauss. 

 The building is now completed. It stands on 

 the grounds of the university orthopedic clinic 

 with which it is closely affiliated, Professor F. 

 Lange being in charge. 



Edward Dyer Peters, Gordon McKay pro- 

 fessor of metallurgy. Harvard University, died 

 on February 17, in the sixty-eighth year of his 

 age. 



C. Owen Waterhouse, formerly assistant 

 keeper of the British Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, died on February 4, at the age of seventy- 

 three years. 



The death is announced of J. M. Alvarez, 

 professor of hygiene at the University of Cor- 

 doba, Argentina, senator of the realm and gov- 

 ernor of the Province of Cordoba, aged fifty- 

 seven years. 



The death at the age of fifty-four years is 

 announced of Dr. H. Scbulthess, of Zurich, 

 known for his work on heart diseases, the 

 sphygmometer and photography of the pulse. 



M. HoNNORAT, deputy of the department of 

 the Lower Alps, is said by the Journal of the 

 American Medical Association to have ready 

 for publication the demographic statistics of 

 France for 1915. The data at hand are as fol- 

 lows: 



Therefore, in the departments which can be 

 accounted for, registry shows: in 1913, an ex- 

 cess of 15,645 births; in 1914, an excess of 53,- 

 327 deaths, and in 1915, an excess of 261,835 

 deaths. The figures do not represent correctly 

 the births and deaths in the invaded depart- 

 ments in the war zone, where almost all the 

 deaths of combatants are registered. 



The Imperial Eussian Society of Mineral- 

 ogy celebrated its centenary in January. 

 Owing to existing circumstances, a special ses- 

 sion was not held, but there was a general 

 meeting and an exhibit showing the history of 

 the society. 



At the two hundred and twenty-eighth meet- 

 ing of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society at 

 the University of North Carolina on Februai-y 

 20, Mr. Collier Cobb spoke on ' ' Eecent 

 Changes in Currituck Sound," and Mr. Horace 

 Williams on " The Philosophy of Science." 



The second annual Drainage Conference of 

 the University of Ulinois is to be held March 

 13-15, 1917. Engineers, drainage officials, con- 

 tractors, public officials, land-owners and busi- 

 ness men from all parts of the state will be in 

 attendance to consider such subjects as the 

 reclamation of swamp and overflowed lands, 

 flood control and the conservation of the soil. 

 The subject of land reclamation in Illinois is 

 one of greater importance than is generally 

 supposed. Although some three million acres 

 of uplands have been drained, there remain 

 great overflow areas of rich lowlands along 

 tbe rivers, the aggregate extent of which is 

 greater than that of Holland and the reclama- 

 tion of which would add $150,000,000 to the 

 land values of the state. The conference to be 

 held at Urbana will have for its purpose the 



