November 16, 1900.] 



SCIENCE. 



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vation on the ' short head ' of the Biceps femoris 

 muscle in the mammalian series. 



The chief excursion of the Congress was made 

 on Wednesday, September 26th, to Eisleben, 

 where the copper mines already referred to 

 were visited, and demonstrations of copper- 

 smelting were given by representatives of the 

 Mansfield Co. Subsequently the local collec- 

 tion of prehistoric pottery, etc., was inspected. 



The concluding session was held on Septem- 

 ber 27th, when the presidency (for the ensuing 

 year) was assumed by Professor Waldeyer (Ber- 

 lin). It is a matter of interest to note that the 

 Congress was made the occasion of circulating 

 ' special inquiry ' sheets regarding the structure 

 and building of boats in all parts of Germany. 

 General proposals regarding cartography and 

 systematic records for provincial localities were 

 brought forward by Dr. Voss (Berlin). 



In addition to the anthropologists already 

 mentioned in the foregoing notes, there wei-e 

 present Freiherr v. Audrian-Werburg (Vienna), 

 Professor Hein (Vienna), Professor Montelius 

 (Stockholm), Professor Kogauel (Tokio), and 

 others to the number of about 120. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



Peofessoe Schiapabelli retired on Novem- 

 ber 1st from the directorship of the Observatory 

 at Milan, where he has been at work for the 

 past forty j'ears. His successor Is Professor 

 Celoria, heretofore assistant astronomer at the 

 Observatory. 



The vacancy caused by the death of William 

 Saunders, for the past 38 years superintendent 

 of Experimental Gardens and Grounds, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, has been filled by 

 the appointment of B. T. Galloway, who in 

 turn has been succeeded by Albert F. Woods as 

 chief of the Division of Vegetable Physiology 

 and Pathology. 



Dr. T. A. Geddes, of the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry, Department of Agriculture, has been 

 detailed as a special inspector and ordered to 

 Great Britain to inspect cattle intended for im- 

 portation into the United States. Dr. Geddes 

 sailed on November 7th. 



Peofessoe Feedebice Stabb, of the Uni- 

 versity of Chicago, has received a silver medal 



from Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, as an ac- 

 knowledgment for the anthropological collec- 

 tion sent by him to the National Museum of 

 Holland. 



Dr. W. C. Eontgen has written from Mu- 

 nich, under date of October 3d, a letter to the 

 President of Columbia University, of which the 

 following is a translation : 



From the Secretary of our University I received 

 yesterday the Barnard Medal awarded to me, together 

 with your esteemed letter of June 13th. 



Through the bestowal of this medal by a soientifio 

 institution, so illustrious as Columbia University, 

 acting in conjuuction with the National Academy of 

 Sciences, my work upon the X-rays has received a 

 recognition which, though in my own estimation 

 greater than it deserved, has nevertheless pleased me 

 very much and will he a spur to further effort. 



Permit me, Mr. President, to request you to con- 

 vey to Columbia University my warmest thanks. 



Me. William Andeeson, professor of anat- 

 omy to the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 

 died on October 27th at the age of fifty-eight 

 years. He was the author of numerous contri- 

 butions to anatomy and surgery, and the rela- 

 tion of these sciences to the fine arts. He was 

 for some years director of the Naval Medical 

 College at Tokyo, where he made valuable col- 

 lections now in the British Museum. 



De. Joseph Mik, a distinguished dipterolo- 

 gist, died at Vienna on October 13th at the age 

 of sixty-two years. 



SuEGEON Majoe Reed and a board of ex- 

 perts will continue the investigation into the 

 propagation of yellow fever by mosquitoes, and 

 an experimental station will be established out- 

 side Havana. 



The Secretary of Agriculture has published 

 the following general order : " For the purpose 

 of unifying the work of certain branches of the 

 Department, it is hereby ordered that the Chief 

 of the Division of Vegetable Physiology and 

 Pathology, the Chief of the Division of Agros- 

 tology and the Chief of the Division of Pomol- 

 ogy confer upon all matters of general policy 

 and plan with the Superintendent of Expert 

 mental Gardens and Grounds, who is hereby 

 designated as Director of Plant Industry. In 

 carrying out this order the several branches of 

 the Department named will malintain their pres- 



