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influence of the bureau would tend to encour- 

 age the work already commenced in the direc- 

 tion of the unification of pharmacopceias. 



At the request and with the cooperation of 

 the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention 

 of Cruelty to Animals, the faculty of medi- 

 cine of Harvard University offers a course of 

 free public lectures, to be given at the Medical 

 School, on Sunday afternoons, beginning Oc- 

 tober 5 and ending December 21, 1913. The 

 lectures begin at four o'clock. 



October 5, ' ' The Protection of Domesticated 

 Andmala, ' ' Professor Veranus A. Moore, of Cor- 

 nell University. 



October 12, "Our Increased Knowledge con- 

 cerning the Nature of Animal Diseases, ' ' Dr. 

 George W. Pope, of the Bureau of Animal In- 

 dustry, Washington. 



October 19, "The Dangers of Live-stock 

 Traffic," Professor Karl F. Meyer, of Philadel- 

 phia. 



October 26, "Stable Ventilation" (with lan- 

 tern-slide demonstration). Professor James B. 

 Page, of Amherst. 



November 2, "Modern Operative Methods ap- 

 plied to Veterinary Surgery, ' ' Professor Harvey 

 Gushing, of Boston. 



November 9, ' ' The Relation between Human 

 and Animal Tuberculosis, ' ' Professor Theobald 

 Smith, of Boston. 



November 16, "Protection of Animals from 

 Infective Diseases, ' ' Dr. Charles H. Higgins, of 

 Ottawa. 



November 23, "The Diseases and Care of Poul- 

 try and the Pig, ' ' Dr. Austin Peters, of Boston. 



November 30, ' ' The Diseases and Care of the 

 Dog and the Cat, ' ' Dr. Arthur W. May, of Bos- 

 ton. 



December 7, ' ' The Diseases and Care of the 

 Horse and the Cow," Dr. F. H. Osgood, of Bos- 

 ton. 



December 14, ' ' Babies and Glanders, ' ' Dr. 

 Langdon Frothingham, of Boston. 



December 21, "The Relationship between Hu- 

 man and Animal Diseases in the Tropics, ' ' Pro- 

 fessor R. P. Strong, of Boston. 



The Vienna correspondent of the British 

 Medical Journal writes that the events of the 

 past year have forced the senate of the Univer- 

 sity of Vienna to the unwelcome conclusion 

 that the university no longer occupies the posi- 



tion it once held in the esteem of foreign sci- 

 entific men. This has been proved by the fact 

 that the well-known physiological chemist. 

 Professor Abderhalden, refused the director- 

 ship of the chemical institute left vacant by 

 the departure of Professor Ludwig, whilst the 

 post of director of the medical clinic, formerly 

 held by Professor von Noorden, has likewise 

 been declined by Professor His, of Berlin. 

 These refusals, which were totally unexpected 

 and caused very great surprise, are in them- 

 selves sufficient to prove that the university is 

 to blame for this loss of prestige; whilst the 

 resignation of two such eminent German sci- 

 entific men as Professor von Striimpell and 

 von Noorden, both men in the prime of life, 

 seems to point to the existence of some grave 

 cause for dissatisfaction on the part of foreign 

 professors. It is said that the matter has pro- 

 voked much comment among the medical pro- 

 fession in Austria, which is beginning to ex- 

 press its disapproval of a regime that has had 

 the effect of driving strangers away from 

 Vienna, instead of attracting them to it. It is 

 evident that some reformation of the existing 

 conditions is needed, and it rests with the pro- 

 fession to see that this is properly carried out. 

 In the meantime, temporary substitutes have 

 been appointed to vacant posts in the persons 

 of Professor Nauthner to the chemical insti- 

 tute and Professor Salomon to von Noorden's 

 clinic. Public opinion is said to be in favor of 

 the reservation of these posts in future for 

 Austrians but religion, race and politics play 

 as important a part in their selection as scien- 

 tific attainments. 



Statistics of the electrical machinery, appa- 

 ratus and supplies industry in the United 

 States for 1909 are presented in detail in a 

 bulletin soon to be issued by the Bureau of the 

 Census. It was prepared under the supervi- 

 sion of W. M. Steuart, chief statistician for 

 manufactures. This industry includes the 

 manufacture of the machines and appliances 

 used in the generation, transmission and utili- 

 zation of electric energy, together with most of 

 the parts, accessories and supplies for them. 

 It does not include, however, the production 

 of poles, whether of wood, iron or steel; nor 



