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death rates from various diseases in selected 

 areas, in cities and in rural districts. The 

 proportion of deaths at all ages (1900) was 

 highest in March; the deaths of children un- 

 der five were at a maximum in August. For 

 diseases of the respiratory system, the deaths 

 are at a maximum in the colder months, as is 

 usually the case, for obvious reasons. The 

 same is true for diseases of the circulatory 

 system and for diphtheria. On the other 

 hand, for diarrheal diseases, typhoid fever and 

 malarial fever, the maxima come in the warmer 

 months. E. DeC. Ward. 



Harvard University. 



TBE AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



At the meeting of this society held in Ann 

 Arbor, Michigan, December 28 and 29, the 

 following officers were elected: 



President — Professor William H. Howell, Balti- 

 more, Md. 



Secretary — Professor Lafayette B. Mendel, New 

 Haven, Conn. 



Treasurer — Professor Walter B. Cannon, Bos- 

 ton, Mass. 



Additional Members of the Council — ^Professor 

 A. B. Macallum, Toronto, Canada; Dr. S. J. 

 Meltzer, New York City. 



The following new members of the society 

 were elected: Dr. C. L. Alsberg, instructor in 

 biological chemistry. Harvard Medical School, 

 Boston, Mass.; Dr. E. G. Martin, associate 

 professor of physiology, Purdue University, 

 Lafayette, Indiana; Dr. John Auer, fellow of 

 the Rockefeller Institute, New York City; 

 Dr. C. W. Edmunds, lecturer on materia 

 medica and therapeutics. University of Mich- 

 igan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Dr. W. B. Pills- 

 bury, director of the psychological laboratory. 

 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Dr. S. A. 

 Matthews, associate in pharmacology. Univer- 

 sity of Chicago; Dr. Swale Vincent, professor 

 of physiology. University of Manitoba, Winni- 

 peg, Canada; Dr. Shinkishi Hatai, assistant 

 in neurology. University of Chicago; Dr. V. 

 E. Henderson, demonstrator of physiology and 

 pharmacology. University of Toronto; Dr. 

 William Salant, assistant in physiological 

 chemistry, Columbia University and fellow of 

 the Rockefeller Institute, New York City; 

 Dr. O. P. Terry, assistant in physiology, St. 



Louis University; Dr. C. C. Guthrie, in- 

 structor in physiology, University of Chicago ; 

 Dr. R. S. Lillie, instructor in physiology. 

 Harvard Medical School, Boston; Dr. J. H. 

 Kastle, chief of Division of Chemistry, U. S. 

 Public Health and Marine Hospital Service. 

 The scientific proceedings of the society's 

 meetings will be published in the February 

 number of The American Journal of Physiol- 

 ogy. It is probable that the next annual 

 meeting of the society will be held in New 

 York City during convocation week, 1906-7. 



THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

 The following bills have been introduced in 

 the house of representatives : 



December IS, 1905- 



Introduced by Mr. Needham, a bill (H. R. 

 7017) providing for the transfer of certain 

 national parks from the Department of the 

 Interior to the Department of Agriculture. 

 Referred to the committee on public lands. 



By Mr. Lacey, a bill (H. R. 7019) for the 

 protection of animals, birds and fish in the 

 Forest Reserves. Referred to the committee 

 on agriculture. 



By Mr. Stevens, of Minnesota, a bill (H. R. 

 7108) to authorize the establishment of fish 

 culture and biology stations in the United 

 States. Referred to the committee on mer- 

 chant marine and fisheries. 



Becemher 18, 1905- 

 A bill introduced by Senator Teller (S. 2193) 

 for a public building for the United States 

 Geological Survey at Washington, D. C. Re- 

 ferred to the committee on public buildings 

 and grounds. 



By unanimous consent upon motion of Sen- 

 ator Cullom, a bill passed in the senate on 

 December 19, to appropriate the sum of $25,- 

 000 to establish a Fish Cultural Station in the 

 State of Illinois. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 

 The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science having decided to hold its 

 next regular meeting in New York City in 

 convocation week, beginning December 27, 



