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George Massee, for many years head of the 

 eryptogamic department of the Herbarium of 

 the Kew Gardens, distinguished for his work 

 in mycology, died on February 17, at the age 

 of sixty-seven years. 



M. Jules Codemont, professor of hygiene at 

 Lyons, died on February 24. 



W. H. H. Jessop, a well-known English 

 ophthalmic surgeon, died on February 16, at 

 the age of sixty-four years. 



The death is announced of G. Paladino, pro- 

 fessor of histology and general physiology at 

 the University of Naples, senator of the realm, 

 president of various scientific societies and 

 member of numerous others in various coun- 

 tries, aged seventy-five years. 



It is planned to dedicate the completed lab- 

 oratory building and plant houses of the Brook- 

 lyn Botanic Garden on April 19-21. There 

 will be formal exercises, followed by a recep- 

 tion, on Thursday evening, April 19. Ses- 

 sions for the reading of scientific papers will 

 be held on Friday morning and afternoon, and 

 on Saturday morning. On Friday evening 

 there will be a popular scientific program in 

 the lecture hall, and on Saturday afternoon a 

 conference for teachers to consider how the 

 Botanic Garden may become most useful to 

 the public and private schools of the city. The 

 public is cordially invited to the sessions on 

 Friday and on Saturday morning. 



Professor E. Tripier, formerly of the Uni- 

 versity of Lyons, has bequeathed to the uni- 

 versity the sum of $40,000, the income of 

 which is to be used to encourage works on 

 operative medicine and pathologic anatomy. 

 He also left a similar sum to the city of Lyons 

 for the purchase every fifth year of some work 

 of art. 



A BILL has been introduced in the Minnesota 

 legislature requiring the board of regents to 

 terminate the arrangement between the Uni- 

 versity of Minnesota and the Mayo foundation. 



According to the British Medical Journal 

 the city of Paris has adopted the policy of 

 erecting in the garden of its hospitals huts for 

 men discharged from the army suffering from 

 tuberculosis. Some 660 beds have already 



been provided in this way, and huts for 1,500 

 more are being put up as fast as the scarcity 

 of labor permits. A sum of £200,000 has been 

 voted for construction, and the expense of 

 maintenance is estimated at £120,000 a year. 



The German Congress of Internal Medicine 

 will be held in April, 1917, under the chair- 

 manship of Professor Minkowski. The most 

 important subjects for discussion will be: (1) 

 N"utrition during the war, by M. Eubner 

 (Berlin) and F. von Miiller (Munich), (2) 

 Constitutional diseases, by F. Kraus (Berlin) 

 and A. Steyrer (Innsbruck), (3) The rare 

 infectious diseases of the war. War experi- 

 ences in the field of internal medicine will 

 also be discussed. 



Several research fellowships in the depart- 

 ment of preventive medicine and hygiene at 

 Harvard University are available for the 

 scientific investigation of food poisoning. The 

 work may at the same time be credited towards 

 the doctor of public health degree. Candidates 

 should apply to Dr. M. J. Eosenau, Harvard 

 Medical School, Boston, Mass. 



Last year Dr. Charles Mclntire resigned the 

 secretaryship of the American Academy of 

 Medicine after twenty-five years of service. 

 In appreciative commemoration the American 

 Academy of Medicine decided to raise a fund, 

 the income of which should be expended in ac- 

 cordance with Dr. Mclntire's suggestions. As 

 a consequence the academy now announces two 

 prize offers, the prizes to be awarded at the an- 

 nual meetings for 1918 and 1921, respectively. 

 The subject for 1918 is " The Principles Gov- 

 erning the Physician's Compensation in the 

 Various Forms of Social Insurance." The 

 members of the committee to decide the rela- 

 tive value of the essays awarding this prize are : 

 Dr. John L. Heffron, dean of the College of 

 Medicine, Syracuse University; Dr. Reuben 

 Peterson, professor of obstetrics and diseases 

 of women. University of Michigan, and Dr. 

 John Staige Davis, professor of pediatrics and 

 practise of medicine. University of Virginia. 

 The subject for 1921 is "What Effect Has 

 Child Labor on the Growth of the Body?" 

 The members of the committee to award this 

 prize are: Dr. Thomas S. Arbuthnot, dean of 



