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M. BiCHAT, iDrofessor of physics and dean 

 of the faculty at Nancy, died on July 26, at the 

 age of sixty years. He was a correspondent 

 of the Paris Academy of Sciences, and a mem- 

 ber of the council of public instruction. 



Mr. Christopher Heath^ a well-known Brit- 

 ish surgeon, emeritus professor of clinical sur- 

 gery in University College, London, died on 

 August 8, at the age of seventy years. 



Professor L. Errera, who held the chair of 

 botany at the University of Brussels, died on 

 August 1. 



It is reported in the daily papers that a 

 seventh satellite of Jupiter has been observed 

 at the Lick Observatory. 



The first telegraphic longitude station in 

 Labrador has been established at Chateau Bay 

 by Dr. Otto Klotz, Dominion astronomer, in 

 conjunction with Sir William Macgregor, 

 governor of Newfoundland. 



The International Congress of Anatomy was 

 opened at Geneva, on August 7, in the pres- 

 ence of 300 representatives of the principal 

 universities of Europe and America. Dr. 

 Eternod, of Geneva, delivered the opening 

 speech. The meeting then entered upon the 

 business to be dealt with, under the presidency 

 of Mr. Symington, of Belfast. The congress 

 has accepted the invitation to assemble at 

 Boston in 1907. 



The seventh meeting of the International 

 Congress of Hydrology, Climatology, Geology 

 and Physical Therapeutics will be opened at 

 Venice on October 10 under the honorary presi- 

 dency of the Italian Minister of Public In- 

 struction, and the acting presidency of Pro- 

 fessor A. De Giovanni, of the University of 

 Padua, senator of Italy. 



The International Earthquake Conference 

 met at Berlin on August 15. Dr. Theodor 

 Lewald, who was the German commissioner 

 general to the St. Louis Exposition, was 

 elected chairman. 



The Latin American Scientific Congress was 

 opened on August 8, delegates from all the 

 South American Republics being present. 



The ninth Northern Congress of School- 

 masters was opened in the town-hall at Copen- 

 hagen, on August 10. There were present 



about 7,000 schoolmasters, teachers, instruct- 

 ors and professors, Denmark sending 3,600, 

 Sweden over 2,000, Norway 1,000, and Finland 

 nearly 400. Teachers of every kind are 

 represented, from the poorest village school- 

 masters to university professors. 



The membership enrolment of the National 

 Educational Association at the forty-fourth 

 annual meeting, held at Asbury Park, from 

 July 3 to 7, is officially reported to be 20,941. 



We learn from The Botanical Gazette that 

 a new botanical institute, well arranged for 

 research and instruction, has recently been 

 completed for Professor R. Wettstein in the 

 Imperial Botanical Gardens in Vienna. 



The British Medical Journal states that a 

 medical group has recently been formed in the 

 Italian Parliament. The members are Drs. 

 Agnetti, Angiolini, Baccelli, Badaloni, Basetti, 

 Botteri, Cacciapuoti, Campi, Cantarano, Cas- 

 ciani, Castellino, Ciartoso, Earanda, Eazzi, 

 Eede, Gatti, Lampiasi, Licata, Maresca, Ma- 

 sini, Masselli, Pianese, Queirolo, Rampoldi, 

 Rummo, Sanarelli, Santini, Santoliquido, 

 Scellingo and Tiiiozzi. The new group, which 

 recently held its first meeting, will direct its 

 efforts to influencing all legislation relating to 

 public health and the legitimate interests of 

 the medical profession. Under the auspices 

 of the group, a general congress of the medical 

 practitioners, poor-law medical officers, phar- 

 macists and veterinarians of Italy, to discuss 

 questions affecting professional interests, will 

 be held in Rome in November. 



The Annates de Vlnstitut Pasteur state that 

 the nu.mber of persons treated for hydrophobia 

 in Paris during the year 1904 was 755, of 

 whom three died, the rate of mortality being 

 .39 per cent. Eor the last ten years the rate 

 of mortality has ranged from .18 per cent, in 

 1902 to .39 per cent, in 1897 and 1904. The 

 department of the Seine (Paris) furnished the 

 largest contingent (233) of persons bitten, the 

 departments which came next in order being 

 the Finistere (50), the Correze (28), the 

 Vendee (27), the Loire Inferieure (26), the 

 Lot (25), the Cher and the Deux Sevres (21). 



The final results of the Russian census of 

 1897 are still appearing at intervals. Among 



