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Aberdeen with a fine collection of precious 

 stones " in memorial recognition of the scien- 

 tific eminence, personal worth, and perennial 

 influence of James Nicol, professor of natural 

 history, 1853-78." 



The deaths are announced of Dr. Karl Gar- 

 zarolli, associate professor of chemistry at 

 Vienna, and of Professor Lorenzo Tenchini, 

 professor of anatomy at Palma. 



There will be a civil service examination 

 on February 5, to fill the position of chief 

 food and drug inspection chemist in the Bu- 

 reau of Chemistry of the Department of Agri- 

 culture at a salary of $3,000, and of food and 

 drug inspectors, at salaries of $2,000. On the 

 same day there will also be an examination 

 for assistant in sugar-beet investigations at 

 a salary of $1,200 to $1,400. 



An examination will be held 'in Chicago 

 on January 22, under the direction of the 

 Civil Service Commission, to select a psycho- 

 pathologist for the Cook County Insane Hos- 

 pital, Dunning. The salary is fixed at $2,400, 

 in addition to living expenses, and an excel- 

 lent opportunity for original research is fur- 

 nished. 



The honorary treasurer of the Imperial 

 Cancer Eesearch Fund has received from Mr. 

 and Mrs. Bischoffsheim the munificent dona- 

 tion of £40,000 on the occasion of the celebra- 

 tion of their golden wedding. 



The International Association of Acad- 

 emies will hold its third general meeting at 

 Vienna, beginning on May 29. 



The Astronomical and Astrophysical So- 

 ciety of America at the New York meeting 

 during convocation week reelected its former 

 officers and determined that its next meeting 

 shall be held in the summer of 1908. The 

 president is E. C. Pickering, of Cambridge, 

 Mass.; the secretary is G. 0. Comstock, of 

 Madison, Wis. 



The American Forestry Association held 

 its annual meeting at Washington beginning 

 on January 9. The report of the board of 

 directors was read by Dr. Thomas E. Wills, 

 secretary, and addresses were made by Secre- 

 tary Wilson, Mr. Gifford Pinchot, Professor 

 H. S. Graves and others. 



The New York Association of Biology 

 Teachers will hold its annual meeting at the 

 High School of Commerce on the evening of 

 January 25. Professor Gary N. Calkins, of 

 Columbia University, will speak informally 

 on ' The Life Cycle of Protozoa.' 



The preliminary program of the seventh 

 meeting of the Congress of American Physi- 

 cians and Surgeons on May 7, 8 and 9, has 

 been issued. Sixteen national societies de- 

 voted to the medical sciences will meet in 

 affiliation at the congress. The program of 

 the congress itself is as follows : 



Tuesday, May 7, 3 p.m. — ' The Historical De- 

 velopment and Relative Value of Laboratory and 

 Clinical Methods in Diagnosis.' 



Db. William Oslee, of Oxford, England : ' The 

 Evolution of the Idea of Experiment in the Study 

 of Medicine.' 



Db. Lewellys P. Baekeb, of Baltimore, Md.: 

 ' On Neurological and Psychiatric Diagnosis.' 



Db. Alfbed Stengel, of Philadelphia, Pa. : ' On 

 Chemical and Biological Diagnosis.' 



Db. Richabd H. Cabot, of Boston, Mass. : ' On 

 Physical Diagnosis.' 



Followed by a discussion by Prof. Fred'k 

 Miiller, of Munich, Dr. George Blumer, of New 

 Haven, and others. 



8 P.M. — Address by the President of the Con- 

 gress, Reginald H. Fitz, M.D., LL.D. To be fol- 

 lowed by a reception. 



Wednesday, May 8, 3 p.m. — ' The Comparative 

 Value of the Medical and Surgical Treatment of 

 the Immediate and Remote Results of Ulcer of 

 the Stomach.' 



Db. John H. Musses, of Philadelphia, Pa., and 

 Db. Chaeles G. Stockton, of Buffalo, N. Y.: 

 ' On the Indications for, the Methods of, and the 

 Results to be expected in the Medicinal Treat- 

 ment.' 



Db. William J. Mato, of Rochester, Minn.: 

 ' On Surgical Treatment of Acute Ulcers of the 

 Stomach, including Perforations and Hemor- 

 rhage ' ; and Db. John C. Munko, of Boston, 

 Mass. : ' On Chronic Ulcers and the Indications for 

 Surgical Treatment.' 



Followed by a discussion by Mr. B. G. A. 

 Moynihan, of Leeds, England; Dr. A. Jacobi, of 

 New York; and others. 



Thursday Evening, May 9, 8 p.m. — Smoker. 



The permanent commission of the Interna- 

 tional Seismological Association has resolved 

 to hold a competition for the construction of 



