January 11, 1907] 



SCIENCE 



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March 15 — 'The Regeneration of Korea/ by 

 Mr. George Kennan. Illustrated. 



March 21 — 'Our Immigrants: Where They 

 Come From, Wnat They Are, and What They 

 Do After They Get Here,' by Hon. F. P. Sargent, 

 Commissioner General of Immigration. Illus- 

 strated. 



March 23 — ' Queer Methods of Travel in Curi- 

 ous Corners of the World,' by Hon. O. P. Austin, 

 Chief Bureau of Statistics. Hlustrated. 



March 29 — ' Mexico — the Treasure-house of the 

 World,' by Mr. N. H. Darton, of the U. S. Geo- 

 logical Survey. Illustrated. 



April 5 — ' A Popular Explanation of Earth- 

 quakes and Volcanoes,' by Dr. G. K. Gilbert, of 

 the U. S. Geological Survey. Illustrated. 



April 12 — ' Captain John Smith and Old James- 

 town,' by Mr. W. W. Ellsworth, Secretary of the 

 Century Co. 



Announcements will be made later of ad- 

 dresses by Commander Eobert E. Peary, U. S. 

 Navy, who has recently attained ' Farthest 

 North,' and by Dr. F. A. Cook, of Brooklyn, 

 who has accomplished the first ascent of 

 Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in 

 North America. 



Scientific meetings will be held at the home 

 of the society, Hubbard Memorial Hall, Six- 

 teenth and M Streets, at 8 p.m., on the follow- 

 ing dates: 



January 11 — Annual Meeting. 'Aboriginal 

 Agriculture in Guatemala,' by Mr. 0. F. Cook, 

 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Illus- 

 trated. 



January 16— ' The U. S. Forest Service,' by 

 Mr. Gifford Pinchot, Forester. Illustrated. The 

 Forest Service has charge of 114,606,058 acres of 

 forest land, worth $400,000,000. 



January 22 — 'The Coal Lands of the U. S. 

 Public Domain,' by Mr. M. R. Campbell, of the 

 U. S. Geological Survey. Illustrated. 



February 9 — 'A Visit to Sumatra,' by Mr. 

 George H. Peters, of the U. S. Naval Observatory. 

 Illustrated. 



February 18 — 'Reclaiming the Desert,' by Mr. 

 C. J. Blanchard, of the U. S. Reclamation Service. 

 Illustrated. The Reclamation Service has a fund 

 of $40,000,000, which is being invested in irriga- 

 tion works. 



February 22 — ' Reclaiming the Swamp Lands of 

 the United States,' by Mr. H. M. Wilson, of the 

 U. S. Geological Survey. Illustrated. 



March 8 — ' Twenty Years in Beirut and Damas- 



cus; or. The Syria of Today,' by Rev. F. E. 

 Hoskins. Illustrated. 



March 22 — ■' Utilizing the Surface Waters of 

 the United States for Power,' by Mr. H. A. 

 Pressey, C. E. Illustrated. 



April 6 — ' The South Sea Islanders,' by Mr. A. 

 B. Alexander, of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 

 Illustrated. 



April 15 — ' Photographs of Wild Game taken 

 by Themselves,' by Hon. George Shiras, 3d. Illus- 

 trated. 



April 19 — ' A Trip to Argentine and Paraguay,' 

 by Mr. John W. Titcomb, of the U. S. Bureau of 

 Fisheries. Illustrated. 



MEDICAL LECTURES AT THE HARVARD 

 MEDICAL SCHOOL 



The faculty of the Harvard Medical School 

 has arranged a course of free public lectures, 

 to be given at the new Medical School build- 

 ings, Longwood Avenue, Saturday evenings 

 and Sunday afternoons, beginning January 

 12, 1907, and ending May 12. Following is 

 a list of the lecturers and their subjects, with 

 dates : 



January 12 — ' Unfavorable Conditions of 

 Modern School Life/ by Dr. Robert W. Lovett. 



January 13 — ' Deformities of the Feet from 

 Shoes,' by Dr. Edward H. Bradford. 



January 19 — ' Round Shoulders and Lateral 

 Curvature,' by Dr. Robert W. Lovett. 



January 20 — ' Costume Deformities in Growing 

 Children,' by Dr. Edward H. Bradford. 



January 26 — ' Bacteria in Health and Disease,' 

 by Dr. Harold C. Ernst. 



January 27 — ' Public Milk Supplies/ by Dr. 

 Charles Harrington. 



February 2 — ' Under What Circumstances 

 should you send for the Doctor,' by Dr. George 

 W. Gay. 



February 3 — ' The Adulteration of Food and 

 Drugs,' by Dr. Charles Harrington. 



February 9 — ' Bacteria in Health and Disease ' 

 (No. 2), Dr. Harold E. Ernst. 



February 10 — ' How the Common Infectious 

 Diseases are Spread,' by Dr. George B. Magrath. 



February 16 — 'The Care of the Sick Room,' by 

 Dr. Elbridge G. Cutler. 



February 17 — ' Public and Individual Water 

 Supplies,' by Dr. Charles Harrington. 



February 23 — ' Antitoxins and Vaccines,' by Dr. 

 Theobald Smith. 



February 24 — -'What Surgery can and cannct 

 do,' by Dr. Maurice H. Richardson. 



