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SCIENCE 



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in carrying out the ideal policy which was ar- 

 .rived at in planning the eleventh edition of the 

 Encycloptedia Britannica, namely a combina- 

 tion of forces between the two great branches 

 ■of the English speaking world. In the intel- 

 lectual sphere it stands as a notable achieve- 

 "ment of Anglo-American unity with which I 

 am proud to have been associated. I thank 

 the American contributors for their more than 

 kind recognition of my labors towards that 

 end." 



A NEW research hospital, in which the com- 

 mittee for the study of special diseases will 

 continue their researches on rheumatoid ar- 

 thritis and allied diseases, is now in course of 

 erection at Cambridge. The site, which has 

 been presented by Miss Sykes at a cost of 

 £300, has a southeast slope, with gravel soil, 

 and the building has been designed with a 

 view to simplicity and economy. As at pres- 

 ent arranged provision is made for eight or 

 nine patients, but should naore accommodation 

 be required double that number could be ad- 

 mitted. The funds available for the building 

 now amount to a little over £1,000, and there 

 is a sum of £800 still required in order 

 to open the building free from debt. Dr. E. 

 C. Brown, of Preston, who for the last four 

 years has given a research scholarship of £160 

 a year, has during the past week signified his 

 intention of continuing the scholarship for a 

 further term of two years. The committee is 

 at present making efforts to raise the remain- 

 ing £800 required to complete the building 

 and is also asking for subscriptions towards 

 an endowment fund of £8,000. The executive 

 committee are Sir Clifford Allbutt, regius pro- 

 fessor of physic, Cambridge; Sir W. Selby 

 Church, late president of the Royal College of 

 Physicians; Sir William Osier, regius pro- 

 fessor of physic, Oxford ; Mr. T. S. P. Strange- 

 ways, Huddersfield lecturer in special pathol- 

 ogy, Cambridge, and Professor Woodhead, 

 professor of pathology, Cambridge. 



The first provisional announcement of the 

 new course for public health officers, which is 

 to be given for the first time during the 

 coming year at the University of Wisconsin, 

 has just been made. This course will be open 

 to those who hold a degree in medicine or in 



medical or sanitary science and desire to fit 

 themselves for public health work. The course 

 extends through one year and leads to a 

 diploma in public health. The work of the 

 course is devoted largely to a study of bac- 

 teriology and practical field work in the use 

 of disinfectants, the inspection of slaughter 

 houses, schools, factories and work shops. 

 Additional courses in physiology, zoology, 

 meteorology, hydrology, public health admin- 

 istration and vital statistics, and the micro- 

 scopic examination of foods and drugs will 

 comprise the remainder of the work. The 

 course in meteorology, or the study of weather 

 conditions, is given for the purpose of deter- 

 mining to what extent the weather affects 

 public health. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 



Work is now being carried on to arrange 

 and equip an entomology building at Eutgers 

 College, New Brunswick, ~N. J. The building 

 will have two stories, will provide for class- 

 rooms and laboratory work on the first floor 

 and will furnish offices and space for collec- 

 tions on the second, floor as well as accommo- 

 dations for the assistants in experiment station 

 work. 



Eeal estate belonging to the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College to the value of $850,000 

 has been transferred to the state of Massa- 

 chusetts in a deed recorded in Northampton. 

 By this transfer the land and buildings of the 

 college heretofore vested in the incorporated 

 board of trustees passes under the direct con- 

 trol of the state. 



The Missouri College of Agriculture and 

 Experiment Station is to have a regularly or- 

 ganized poultry department, the purpose of 

 which is to investigate the various diseases 

 and pests that affect farm fowls, to study the 

 relative utility of different breeds of poultry 

 for various localities of the state, to experi- 

 ment with the problem of feeding poultry for 

 breeding purposes and for market, besides 

 giving regular courses of instruction in poul- 

 try husbandry to students. 



Official reports of the universities in 

 Switzerland note that for the half year just 

 finished, there were 10,311 students of which 



