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been generally recognized. They say that : 

 " The Brown Institution was founded under 

 the will of Mr. Thomas Brown of Dublin, who 

 died in December, 1852, and left about £20,000 

 to the University of London for the purpose of 

 ' founding ... an institution for investigating, 

 and, . . . endeavoring to cure maladies, dis- 

 tempers and injuries, any quadrupeds or birds 

 useful to man may be found subject to.' . . . 

 The institution, at 149 Wandsworth-road, was 

 opened in 1871. Many of its researches have 

 been carried out at the instance and on behalf 

 of government departments, and the diseases 

 investigated have been numerous and diverse 

 in character, including anthrax, actinomycosis, 

 hydrophobia (for the Hydrophobia Commis- 

 sion), vaccinia (for the Local Government 

 Board), tuberculosis, swine fever (for the 

 Board of Agriculture), and sleeping sickness. 

 We may refer particularly to the research on 

 Johne's disease of cattle by Mr. F. W. Twort, 

 the present superintendent of the institution, 

 and Mr. G. L. T. Ingram, who succeeded in 

 growing outside the animal body the causative 

 bacillus of the disease. The work had to be 

 curtailed owing to the fact that the institution 

 was unable to provide the funds necessary for 

 the keep of infected animals for experimental 

 purposes. We are thoroughly in agreement 

 with the Berks and Oxon Chamber of Agricul- 

 ture that such investigatons are best carried 

 out in a place like a university. We beg 

 further to point out that in the Brown Institu- 

 tion the University of London has the nucleus 

 of exactly such a research department as is re- 

 quired, and that nothing but adequate funds 

 are needed for its further development." 



VNIVEBSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 

 At the celebration of the centenary of the 

 foundation of the Yale University Medical 

 School, large gifts were announced in addi- 

 tion to the $500,000 from the General Educa- 

 tion Board. These included a provisional gift 

 of $500,000 for the Anthony N. Brady founda- 

 tion and $600,000 from donors not officially 

 named. 



By the will of James Campbell, the St. 

 Louis University Medical School will receive 



his entire estate after the death of his heirs, 

 who have a life interest in it. The present 

 value of his estate is estimated to be from 

 $15,000,000 to $40,000,000. 



By the will of Thomas W. Holmes, of Troy, 

 Eensselaer Polytechnic Institute is bequeathed 

 the sum of $50,000. 



By the will of the late Dr. Joseph D. Bryant, 

 professor of surgery in the University and 

 Bellevue Hospital Medical College, a trust 

 fund of $1,000 is established for the benefit of 

 New York University. The directions regard- 

 ing it left by Dr. Bryant were as follows: 

 " The income of this fund shall be devoted to 

 instilling in the minds of the senior class the 

 principles of ethics of the American Medical 

 Association." Upon the death or remarriage 

 of his widow, one seventh of Dr. Bryant's 

 residuary estate is to be given in trust to New 

 York University, and one seventh in trust to 

 the New York Academy of Medicine. One 

 contingent bequest of $10,000 is to be devoted 

 to opposing the efforts of auti-vivisectionists in 

 New York State. 



Miss Susan Minns has given $50,000 to the 

 department of botany of Wellesley College, 

 in memory of Susan M. Hallowell, the former 

 head of the department. 



Sir George Kendrick has given $90,000 to 

 the University of Birmingham to endow the 

 chair of physics in memory of the late Pro- 

 fessor John Henry Poynting. 



The trustees of Columbia University have 

 appointed Dr. Warfield T. Longeope, to be 

 Bard professor of the practise of medicine to 

 succeed Dr. Theodore C. Janeway, who goes to 

 the Johns Hopkins University. Professor 

 Long-cope is also nominated medical director of 

 the Presbyterian Hospital. The department of 

 therapeutics has been merged with that of 

 clinical medicine and Dean Samuel W. 

 Lambert, formerly professor of therapeutics, 

 has been appointed professor of clinical medi- 

 cine. Dr. Charles C. Lieb has been appointed 

 assistant professor of a new department of 



