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equipment. It may or may not have the 

 qualities of permauence. In any event, while 

 it is upon its present basis, it is freely open 

 to such students and investigators as might 

 veish to work in its vicinity. 



Conway MacMillan. 



To THE Editor of Science: I have been 

 asked by Dr. A. G. Meyer to express an opin- 

 ion regarding the establishment of a marine 

 biological laboratory in the tropical Atlantic. 

 As I have never been south of Bermuda, in 

 these waters, I do not know that my ideas 

 on the subject will be of much value. I see 

 by the letters already published that the Tor- 

 tugas are very generally favored. While for 

 a botanist who is a student of marine algse 

 only, such a location might be an excellent 

 one, it would hardly be suitable for one who 

 wanted to study any other aspect of botany, 

 for if I am not mistaken the land flora there 

 is exceedingly scanty. A laboratory to be 

 much sought after by botanists must also af- 

 ford opportunities for the study of land 

 plants, and where tropical vegetation is de- 

 sired one must go further south than the 

 Tortugas, and in a region where there is more 

 moisture, to find much that is worth while. 

 Herbert M. Eichards. 



Baenard College, New York, 

 June 16, 1903. 



THE MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY OF COLORADO 

 COLLEGE. 



To THE Editor of Science: It is proposed 

 on the part of Colorado College to establish 

 a pathological and research laboratory. Eor 

 this purpose a room 23 by 14 feet has been set 

 aside in the new Science Hall, now under 

 erection. This room is to be equipped with 

 chemical hood, water, gas and storage battery 

 facilities. There are two windows in the 

 room having a south exposure. In this labo- 

 ratory it is planned that the following lines 

 of work be undertaken: (1) Blood examina- 

 tions, (2) sputum examinations, (3) urine 

 examinations, (4) drinl^ing-water examina- 

 tions, (5) milk examinations, (6) pathological 

 examinations, (7) stomach contents, (8) feces, 

 (9) X-ray work as an aid to diagnosis, (10) 

 papers and fabrics for mineral poisons. 



In addition to these lines of general work 

 sjiecial cases, requiring expert knowledge and 

 care, will be undertaken. It is also planned 

 that the director of the laboratory pursue lines 

 of original research such as may be suggested 

 by himself or by members of the committee 

 under which the laboratory is to be conducted. 

 It is hoped that this will grow to be the most 

 important feature of the whole undertaking. 

 Finally the laboratory will offer a limited 

 amount of instruction in the pre-medical 

 course of Colorado College. The amount and 

 character of this instruction will be deter- 

 mined by consultation with the president of 

 the college. 



The salary of the director will be $1,500 

 for the first year. It is hoped that thereafter 

 the income of the laboratory will prove suffi- 

 cient to warrant an increase. It is the desire 

 of the committee to receive applications for 

 the position of director of the laboratory, the 

 appointment being made for one year. The 

 applicant should be a man of scientific spirit 

 and one who is desirous of making his repu- 

 tation along lines of medical research. It is 

 not essential that he be a graduate of a med- 

 ical college, but rather that he have had train- 

 ing and experience in some of the best labo- 

 ratories of this country or Europe. He should 

 not be a person expecting later to enter the 

 practice of medicine. 



Applications with full information and 

 testimonials may be sent to 



W. F. Slocum. 



Colorado College, 

 Colorado Springs, Colo. 



abbreviations of new MEXICO. 



May I suggest that the name Xew Mexico 

 should always be abbreviated (if at all) to 

 New Mex. or N. M., never to N. Mex. or N. 

 Mexico? The latter abbreviations have been 

 used a great deal by naturalists, with the re- 

 sult of producing much confusion between 

 New Mexico and North Mexico. Foreigners, 

 especially, are almost sure to take N. Mexico 

 for North Mexico; and I am afraid a good 

 many people, not all foreigners, do not know 

 that there is any difference! (I received the 

 other day a letter from an important scientific 



