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the Wiirttemberg students were matriculated 



in Prussian universities. In Heidelberg there 



were 763 Prussians and 654 Badenese, and in 



Freiburg 1,437 Prussians and 688 Badenese, 



a state of affairs probably due in large part 



to the attractive surroundings of the two 



Baden universities. 



Edwin O. Jordan 



LECTURES IN SANITARY SCIENCE AT 

 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 



The committee in charge announces the fol- 

 lowing lectures in the course in sanitary sci- 

 ence and public health for the second term, 

 -1909-1910 : 



February 1 — ^A. H. Seymour, Esq. : " The De- 

 velopment of Public Health Law and the State 

 Control of Health." 



February 3 — ^A. H. Seymour, Esq.: "Provisions 

 of Public Health Law as applied to Specific Regu- 

 lation." 



February 8 — Dr. V. E. Sorapure : " Transmis- 

 sion and Prevention of some Infectious Diseases." 



February 10 — Dr. V. E. Sorapure : " Immunity." 



February 15 — Dr. James Ewing: "Cancer and 

 its Relation to Public Health." 



February 17 — Dr. W. Oilman Thompson: "The 

 Occupation Diseases of Modem Life." 



February 22 — Professor A. D. MacGillivray : 

 " Insects and the Transmission of Disease." 



February 24 — Professor A. D. MacGillivray: 

 " Insects and the Transmission of Disease." 



March 1 — Dr. John B. Huber : " Tuberculosis, 

 its Nature and Causes." 



March 3 — Dr. John B. Huber : " Tuberculosis, 

 its Prevention and Cure." 



March 8 — Hon. Homer Folks : " Voluntary Or- 

 ganization in Public Health Work." 



March 10 — Dr. John H. Pryor: "Results of 

 Tuberculosis in New York State." 



March 15— Dr. E. R. Baldwin: "Early Diag- 

 nosis of Tuberculosis." 



March 17 — ^Dr. D. M. Totman: "Local Quaran- 

 tine Measures." 



March 22 — Dr. H. H. Crum: "The Supervision 

 of Infectious Diseases." 



March 24 — Dr. H. W. Wiley: "Food Adultera- 

 tion and its Effects." 



March 29 — Professor E. M. Chamot: "The De- 

 tection of Food Adulteration." 



March 31— Professor B. M. Chamot: "The De- 

 tection of Food Adulteration." 



April 5 — Professor W. A. Stocking: "Dangers 

 of Impure Milk." 



April 7 — Professor W. A. Stocking: "Dairy 

 Hygiene." 



April 12 — Dr. L. H. Gulick: "School Hygiene." 



April 14 — Professor G. W. Cavanaugh : " Ani- 

 mal Wastes and their Disposal." 



April 19— Professor H. N. Ogden: "The Rela- 

 tion of the Engineer to Sanitation." 



April 21 — Mr. Geo. C. Whipple: "Principles of 

 Water Purification." 



April 26 — Mr. Theodore Horton: "Water Puri- 

 fication Plants." 



April 28- Professor H. N. Ogden: "The Prob- 

 lem of Sewerage." 



May 3 — ^Mr. H. B. Cleveland : " Sewage Disposal 

 Plants." 



May 5 — Professor Alfred Hayes : " The Law of 

 Nuisances." 



May 12 — Rudolph Hering: "The Garbage Prob- 

 lem." 



May 17 — Professor C. A. Martin : " House Plan- 

 ning with reference to Health." 



May 19— Professor C. A. Martin : " The Health- 

 ful House." 



May 26 — Professor 6. N. Lauman : " Health . in 

 Rural Communities. Public Health." 



SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS FOR FREE 

 DISTRIBUTION 



On January 13 a resolution was passed in 

 the Plouse of Representatives ordering the 

 whole stock of the scientific publications 

 named below in the House Polding Room to 

 be disposed of in order to make room for new 

 documents. Any reader of Science desiring to 

 procure any of these documents should apply 

 to the member of congress from the congres- 

 sional district in which he resides within 

 sixty days from the date of passage of this 

 resolution. 



The publications to be distributed free are 

 as follows : 



Geological Resources, Cripple Creek, Colo. 



Geological Report on Mercur Mining District, 

 Utah. 



Astronomical Papers of the American Ephem- 

 eris, Vols. 5 and 6. 



Catalogue, Prehistoric Works. 



Indian Languages: Algonquin, Athapascan, Chi- 

 nookan, Iroquoian, Muskhoegan, Salishan. 



National Academy of Sciences. — Memoirs: Vols. 



