December 29, 1911] 



SCIENCE 



913 



a post of demonstrator in medical etymology in 

 connection with the Quick Laboratory. The 

 appointment will be made by the Quick pro- 

 fessor of biology." He suggests that the Slow 

 professor of philology may some day appoint a 

 demonstrator of oriental entomology. 



Carnegie University, at Wilmington, Del., 

 states in its announcement that it is " the 

 oldest and most celebrated institution of learn- 

 ing of its kind in the United States of Amer- 

 ica " and that " by virtue of the powers in- 

 vested in the university by the government of 

 the state of Delaware " it confers numerous 

 degrees, including M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D., M.D., 

 LL.D., etc. A member of the staff of the 

 Journal of the American Medical Association 

 wrote that he was unable to take the regular 

 course, but would pass the examination if the 

 university would send him the examination 

 papers. Among the questions and the answers 

 submitted were the following: 



Question — What is histology? 



Answer — Histology is the study of the history 

 of the anatomy and physiology of the body. 



Question — "What is embryology? 



Answer— Embryology is the study of the new- 

 born baby and how to care for it. 



Question- — Describe the portal circulation. 



Answer — The portal circulation is the circula- 

 tion of the chyle and chyme which is found in the 

 stomach when the food is being digested. It then 

 goes into the blood to build up the body. 



Question — Describe the fornix. 



Answer — The fornix is that part of the throat 

 at the back of the tonsils which is affected in 

 catarrh. An adjustment of the vertebra of the 

 neck will often help it. 



Question — How would you replace a dislocated 

 lower jaw? 



Answer — The jaw should be pulled forward or 

 pushed back, as the case may be, and the joint 

 massaged and adjusted. 



Question — Give pathology, etiology, symptoms 

 and treatment for malaria. 



Answer — Malaria is found in the south and in 

 swampy places. The patient should be given mas- 

 sage to make the bowels move and the spine should 

 be adjusted to improve the circulation. It is also 

 better to have the patient move from a malarial 

 place to where it is dry. 



The action of the " University " was given 

 in a letter which begins : 



We herewith have the pleasure to inform you 

 that you have passed your examination very satis- 

 factorily, and that the Carnegie University has 

 conferred on you the degree of Doctor of Mechano- 

 Therapy. The diploma will be forwarded to you 

 on receipt of post-office money order of $50. 



A COURSE of sixteen lectures on economic 

 agriculture is offered at Columbia University, 

 beginning with an introductory lecture on 

 Wednesday, November 22, 1911, at 4:30 p.m., 

 and continuing on successive Wednesdays 

 (except from December 20 to January 3 in- 

 clusive). These lectures, while dealing with 

 the scientific aspects of the subjects announced 

 in the course, will be divested as much as 

 possible of technicalities. The program is as 

 f oUows : 



November 22 — "How a City Man can Succeed 

 in Farming," Professor O. S. Morgan, Columbia 

 University. 



November 29 — "Agricultural Possibilities about 

 New Yorli City," Mr. George T. Powell. 



December 6 — "Soil Bacteria — their Importance 

 and How to Control them Advantageously," Di- 

 rector Jacob T. Lipman, New Jersey Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. 



December 13 — "Practical Problems in Develop- 

 ing the Dairy Herd," Professor Henry Wing, 

 Cornell University. 



January 10 — "Corn Growing in the East," Di- 

 rector Thomas F. Hunt, Pennsylvania State Col- 

 lege of Agriculture. 



January 17 — "The Farmer, as a Plant Breed- 

 er," Hon. W. N. Hays, assistant secretary of 

 agriculture. 



January 24 — "Problems in Feeding the Dairy 

 Herd," Professor E. S. Savage, Cornell Univer- 

 sity. 



January 31 — "Poultry Raising," Dr. Raymond 

 Pearl, State Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Orono, Maine. 



February 7 — ' ' Soil Drainage Problems and 

 Practises in New York State," Professor E. O. 

 Pippin, Cornell University. 



February 14 — "Fundamental Problems in Main- 

 taining Soil Fertility," Dr. O. Schreiner, Bureau 

 of Soils. 



February 21 — "Truck Farming and its Prob- 



