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July 8 — " The Contribution of Biology to Im- 

 proved Conditions of Life," Professor Simon H. 

 Gage. 



July 15 — " The Nature of Infectious Disease," 

 Professor Veranus A. Moore. 



July 22 — " Tuberculosis," Professor Veranus A. 

 Moore. 



July 29 — "The Duty of the Teacher in Pre- 

 vention of Disease," Professor Veranus A. Moore. 



August 5 — " The Preservation and Purification 

 of Public Water Supplies," Professor Emile M. 

 Chamot. 



A COMMITTEE of whicli M. Emile Loubet, es- 

 president of the Frencli republic, is chainnan, 

 has been formed for the erection of a monu- 

 ment to the late Professor Brouardel. The 

 artist selected for the execution of the work 

 is M. Denys Puech. 



Dr. William L. Ralph, the well-known 

 oologist, died on July 8, at Washington, D. 

 C, in his fifty-seventh year. He was for 

 many years an enthusiastic collector, and 

 early made the acquaintance of Major Ben- 

 dire, who was then the foremost authority on 

 the subject in this country. On the death of 

 the latter, in 1897, he became curator of the 

 Section of Bird's eggs, in the U. S. National 

 Museum, which post he retained until his 

 decease. His collection, numbering some 

 10,000 specimens, including many rarities, was 

 deposited in the National Museum several 

 years ago. 



Sir William BteNRY Broadbent, Bart., 

 F.R.S., a leading London physician, died on 

 July 10 at the age of seventy-two years. 



Professor Siegfried Czapski, director of 

 the Zeiss Optical works at Jena, died on June 

 29, aged forty-six years. 



The Institution of Mechanical Engineers 

 will hold ' its summer meeting at Aberdeen 

 from Tuesday, July 30, to Friday, August 2. 



The Eoyal Society of Medicine, composed 

 by a union of medical societies in London, 

 has received a royal charter. The society 

 begins with a membership of 4,000 and an 

 income of $40,000. Sir William Church has 

 been elected the first president. 



The thirty-sixth annual meeting of I'Asso- 

 ciation frangaise pour I'Avancement des Sci- 

 ences will be held in Eheims on August 1-6, 



under the presidency of Dr. Henrot, honorary 

 director of I'Ecole de Medecine at Eheims. 

 The presidents of the sections are : Sections 1 

 and 2 (Mathematics, Astronomy, Geodesy and 

 Mechanics), Professor C. Bourlet; Sections 

 3 and 4 (Navigation and Civil and Military 

 Engineering), M. Bourguin; Section 5 (Phys- 

 ics), Professor Blondin; Section 6 (Chem- 

 istry), Professor Hugounenq; Section 7 

 (Meteorology), M. Luizet; Section 8 (Geol- 

 ogy and Mineralogy), M. Peron; Section 9 

 (Botany), Professor Lecomte; Section 10 

 (Zoology, Anatomy and Physiology), Pro- 

 fessor CauUery; Section 11 (Anthropology), 

 Dr. Guelliot; Section 12 (Medical Science), 

 Professor Landouzy; Section 13 (Medical 

 Electricity), Professor Guilloz; Section 14 

 (Odontology), M. Francis Jean; Section 15 

 (Agronomy), M. Armand Walfard; Section 16 

 (Geography), M. Richard; Section 17 (Poli- 

 tical Economy and Statistics), Dr. Papillon; 

 Section 18 (Pedagogy), Dr. Berillon. 



At a meeting of the board of directors of 

 the American Electrochemical Society, held 

 on June 1, Professor S. A. Tucker, Mr. F. J. 

 Tone and Mr. F. A. J. Fitzgerald were elected 

 to fill the vacancies on the board caused by 

 the election of Mr. C. F. Burgess to the 

 presidency and of Professor Jos. W. Eichards 

 to the secretaryship, and the resignation of 

 Colonel Samuel Eeber, vice-president, owing 

 to his transference to Manila. Dr. Harrison 

 E. Patten was appointed chairman of the 

 committee on papers. The following were 

 elected as an executive committee: C. F. 

 Burgess, Chas. A. Doremus, Carl Hering, J. 

 W. Richards, E. F. Roeber, S. S. Sadtler, S. 

 A. Tucker. 



The American School Hygiene Association 

 has appointed as delegates to represent at the 

 second International Congress of School 

 Hygiene, to be held in London, from August 

 5 to 10 the following : Henry P. Walcott, A.B., 

 M.D., president of American School Hygiene 

 Association, chairman of Massachusetts State 

 Board of Health; William Henry Burnham, 

 Ph.D., professor of pedagogics, Clark Uni- 

 versity; Luther H. Gulick, M.D., M.P.E., 

 director of physical training, New York City 

 public schools; Thomas Darlington, M.D., 



