September 6, 1907] 



SCIENCE 



327 



The seventh International Physiological 

 Congress met in Heidelberg last month, 

 with Professor Kossel as president. Nature 

 states that about 300 members were present, 

 and 200 communications were made in the 

 four sections into which the congress was 

 divided. At the opening meeting Professor 

 Kronecker paid a tribute to the late Sir 

 Michael Foster. Professor Dastre, of Paris, 

 gave a short biography of the late Sir J. 

 Burdon-Sanderson, while Professor Sherring- 

 ton spoke of the loss sustained by the congress 

 through the deaths of Professor Errera, of 

 Brussels, and Professor A. Herzen, of Lau- 

 sanne. By order of Grand Duke Friedrich 

 of Baden each member of the congress was 

 given a bronze medal in memory of the meet- 

 ing. 



The Vienna correspondent of The British 

 Medical Journal states that a magnificent 

 building has just been completed which will 

 serve as part of the new institutes devoted to 

 the researches required by the extension of 

 modern science. At a distance of a few min- 

 utes' walk from the general hospital, a four- 

 floor building with three large fronts has been 

 erected. Therein will be situated the hy- 

 gienic institute, with Professor Schattenfroh's 

 lecture hall, the institute for the history of 

 pathology with a large museum, the serum 

 therapeutic institute (under Professor Pal- 

 tauf), and the institute for examination of 

 foodstuils. In the center block are two large 

 lecture halls, each accommodating 250 stu- 

 dents. In the courtyards and also on the top 

 floors, and under the roofs of the house, 

 stables for the animals used for experiments 

 have been erected. The arrangements are the 

 result of very extensive studies of similar 

 institutions made during the last five years. 

 The cost amounts to upwards of $750,000. 

 During this autumn and winter only a few of 

 the buildings will be used, but next spring all 

 the institutes will be ready for use and they 

 will then be formally opened. 



The British Medical Journal states that the 

 French Congress of Medicine will be held in 

 Paris under the presidency of Professor De- 

 bove. The opening meeting will take place 



on October 14, and will be continued on the 

 15th and 16th. Reports will be presented by 

 MM. Linossier and Castaigne on the treatment 

 of simple ulcer of the stomach; by MM. Gil- 

 bert Ballet and Delhelm and M. Sainton on 

 the pathogeny and treatment of exophthalmic 

 goitre; and by MM. Carriere and Marcel 

 Labbe on hsemophilia. Among the subjects 

 proposed for discussion are the surgical treat- 

 ment of simple ulcer of the stomach; is pul- 

 monary tuberculosis of aerial or intestinal 

 origin? acid-resistant bacilli; the therapeutic 

 action of radium; ionic medication; the use 

 of collargol; the therapeutic value of tuber- 

 culin; the serumtherapy of dysentery and 

 cutaneous sporotrichoses. 



We learn from the same journal that an 

 Italian Medico-Legal Society has lately been 

 founded. Its headquarters are in Rome. Pro- 

 fessor Lombroso is honorary president, the 

 actual president being Professor S. Ottolenghi. 

 The aims of the society are the development 

 of " a true and healthy medico-social con- 

 science," the furtherance of scientific re- 

 searches on medico-legal subjects, and the en- 

 lightenment of public opinion on such ques- 

 tions. The first problem with which the 

 society proposes to grapple is the necessity of 

 establishing intermediate institutions for the 

 reception of offenders who can neither be im- 

 prisoned nor admitted into a lunatic asylum. 



In the Scottish National Exhibition to be 

 held in Edinburgh in 1908 there will be, says 

 Nature, sections devoted to fine arts, educa- 

 tion and history, arts and crafts, mining, engi- 

 neering and metallurgy, transportation and 

 motive power, shipbuilding and waterways 

 construction, chemistry and scientific appli- 

 ances, lighting, heating and ventilation, agri- 

 culture, horticulture and sylviculture, domes- 

 tic economy, sports and pastimes, botany and 

 zoology, artisans' work, women's section, urban 

 and rural improvements. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 



The Massachusetts Agricultural College will 

 celebrate the fortieth anniversary of its open- 

 ing from October 2 to 5. The speakers in- 



