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the commission visited the nutrition club, 

 taking two meals with the members. The 

 work already done was approved, and arrange- 

 ments were made for extending in several 

 ways the scope of the investigation now in 

 hand. 



American geologists who are interested in 

 modern interpretations of Alpine structure 

 will find a valuable series of colored sections 

 in several pamphlets by Professor C. Schmidt, 

 of Basel, as follows : " Bild und Bau der 

 Schweizeralpen," which appeared as a supple- 

 ment to Vol. XLII. of the Swiss Alpine Club, 

 1907 (Finckh, Basel, 5 francs), contains, be- 

 sides a beautifully illustrated test, a small 

 geological map and a remarkable group of 

 sections illustrating the extreme extension now 

 given to the idea of overthrust folds. " Fiihrer 

 zu den Exkursionen der deutschen geologiseh- 

 en Gesellschaft im siidlichen Schwarzwald, im 

 Jura und in den Alpen," August 1907, by 

 Schmidt, Buxtorf and Preiswerk (Schweizer- 

 bart, Stiittgart, 5 Marks), containing a num- 

 ber of more detailed sections, as well as the 

 same group of general sections. " Ueber die 

 Geologic des Simplongebietes und die Tek- 

 tonik der Schweizeralpen " (Eclog. geol. helv., 

 IX.), with a number of detailed sections and 

 a general geological map of the Alps between 

 St. Gotthard and Mont Blanc. " Tektonische 

 Demonstrationsbilder " (to be had of the au- 

 thor, 1 franc), with some of the same Alpine 

 sections and several additional sections for 

 the Vosges and the Schwarzwald. 



We learn from the British Medical Journal 

 that Mr. Toung J. Pentland, of Edinburgh, 

 has relinquished his publishing business in 

 favor of Mr. Henry Frowde, Oxford Univer- 

 sity Press, and Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton. 

 The copyright volumes transferred include the 

 well-known " Text-book and Manual of Anat- 

 omy," by Professor D. J. Cunningham ; the 

 " Text-book of Physiology," by Professor 

 Schafer; the "Manual of Bacteriology," by 

 Professors Muir and Ritchie; the "Manual 

 of Surgery," by Messrs. Thomson and Miles; 

 the " Outlines of Zoology," by Professor J. 

 Arthur Thomson, etc. These works will for 

 the future be published by Mr. Erowde and 

 Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton. 



A NEWSPAPER despatch from San Francisco 

 states that with only seven cases of plague 

 reported during the month of December and 

 but three cases remaining under treatment at 

 the isolation hospital, bubonic plague in San 

 Francisco is almost eradicated as a result of 

 the vigorous sanitary campaign conducted dur- 

 ing the past four months, by the United States 

 Marine Hospital Service, under the direction 

 of Dr. Rupert Blue, and with the cooperation 

 of the local health authorities. Dr. Blue's 

 staff consists of Dr. W. C. Bucker, his execu- 

 tive officer, and fourteen medical officers from 

 the Marine Hospital Service. Over $200,000 

 has been expended in a campaign of sanitation 

 and the monthly payroll at present is about 

 $43,000, of which the federal government is 

 paying three fourths. It is estimated that 

 approximately 130,000 rats have been destroyed 

 during the past four months. Thirty-five 

 thousand six hundred and forty-two rats were 

 brought to the laboratory of the health depart- 

 ment. Of this nmnber, 11,391 were examined 

 by bacteriologists for plague and 106 fovmd 

 to be infected. The total number of cases 

 reported to date are 136 ; deaths 73 ; cured 60, 

 remaining under treatment 3. 



Consul-General Richard Guenther reports 

 that a " Trade Hygienic Institute " is to be 

 established in Frankfort, where all matters 

 appertaining to the health and protection of 

 Gennan factory operatives and the working- 

 classes in general are to be studied and taught. 

 He continues : " This institution will be the 

 first of its kind and will have a highly impor- 

 tant mission and a great field in which to 

 work. Frankfort has been chosen on account 

 of its being in close proximity to some of the 

 great chemical factories, technical high schools 

 and universities, and the many economic and 

 social-scientific associations abounding in this 

 city and vicinity. The ' Institute for Com- 

 munal Advancement ' in Frankfort, aided by 

 contributions from prominent manufacturers, 

 has raised 100,000 Marks ($23,800) as an en- 

 dowment for this ' Trade Hygienic Institute.' 

 All the data concerning experiments and ex- 

 perience of physicians and others employed or 

 interested in the care for the working classes. 



