SCIENCE 



A ftfEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, PUBLISHING THE 



OFFICIAL NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



Feidat, April 24, 1908 



CONTENTS 



The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science: — 

 Section K — Physiology cmd Experimental 

 Medicine : De. Wm. J. GiES 641 



Publication in German Journals of the Re- 

 sults of American Chemical Research: 

 Pbofessob J. Bishop Tingle 659 



Soientifio Journals and Articles 662 



Societies and Academies: — 



The Washington Academy of Sciences: 

 De. J. S. DiiLEB 663 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



Wild Jamaica Cotton: De. Feederick V. 

 CovnxE, Dr. N. L. Bkitton, 0. F. Cook. 

 The Corrosion of Iron: Dr. Allerton S. 

 CusHMAN. The Discovery of the Satellites 

 of Mars: Professor John K. Eastman .. 664 



Special Articles: — 

 Pre-CamiriOM Sediments and Faults m the 

 Grcmd Canyon of the Colorado: De. F. L. 

 Ransome. An Early Figure of the King 

 Crab : W. T. Calman 667 



A Plan for Increasing the Efficiency of 

 Marine Expeditions: Dr. Alfeed Golds- 

 BOROXJGH Mayer 669 



The Maryland Geological Survey 671 



International Congress for the Suppression 

 of Adulteration: De. H. W. Wiley 672 



Correspondence in regard to the Pensioning 

 of ividows of Professors by the Carnegie 

 Foundation for the Advancement of Teach- 

 ing 672 



Academic Freedom in Austria 675 



Predatory Politics in Oklahoma 675 



Scientific Notes and News 676 



University and Educational News 680 



MSS. iutended for publication and books, etc., intended for 

 review sbould be sent to the Editor of Science, Garrison-on- 

 Hudson. N. Y. 



TBE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE 



ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 

 SECTION K— PHYSIOLOGY AND EXPERI- 

 MENTAL MEDICINE 



SUMMAET OP THE PROCEEDINGS 



There were four meetings of the section 

 at the University of Chicago during con- 

 vocation week, as follows : 



First Meeting.— Manual Training School 

 Building. Tuesday afternoon, December 

 31, 1907. Presiding officer : Vice-president 

 Ludvig Hektoen. A large audience was 

 present to hear the address of the retiring 

 Vice-president, Simon Plexner, on " Tend- 

 encies in Pathology." (See Sciencb, 

 XXVII., p. 128, 1908.) 



Second Meeting.— Vhysiology Building. 

 Tuesday afternoon, December 31, 1907 

 (immediately after the adjournment of the 

 first meeting). Joint session with the 

 American Physiological Society. Presi- 

 ding officer, Frederic S. Lee. Eight papers 

 were read. (See the scientific proceed- 

 ings.) 



Third Meeting.— Reynolds Club Theater. 

 Wednesday afternoon, January 1, 1908. 

 Presiding officer, Vice-president Ludvig 

 Hektoen. This session was devoted to a 

 symposium on Immunity (see the scientific 

 proceedings) and to the election of officers 

 and other executive matters ^see the execu- 

 tive proceedings). 



Fourth Meeting.— Reynolds Club Thea^ 

 ter. Thursday afternoon, January 2, 

 1908. Presiding officer, Charles E. Mar- 

 shall. Joint session with the Society of 



