July 5, 1901.] 



SCIENCE. 



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to 38,000,000, whereas that of the United King- 

 dom has risen from 27,000,000 to 41,000,000, 

 Germany from 35,000,000 to 56,000,000, Austria 

 from 30,000,000 to 45,000,000, and Italy from 

 23,000,000 to 32,000,000. 



Major-Suegeon W. C. Gorgas, chief sani- 

 tary officer of Havana, has presented his report 

 for May, showing a very gratifying state of 

 affairs in Havana. For the first time in its 

 history, there was not a single case of yellow 

 fever in Havana on June 1, and there was only 

 one death from this disease in the preceding 

 three months. Regarding the two slight out- 

 breaks of yellow fever. Major Gorgas writes : 

 Since March 8 outbreaks of yellow fever have 

 occurred twice. The first time, April 21 and 

 22, we had two cases; and again, on May 6 

 and 7, four cases. Each time the infected 

 houses and three or four contiguous houses on 

 every side of the infected house were carefully 

 gone over. Every room in each of these houses 

 "vV^as closed and sealed, and insect powder 

 burned in them at the rate of one pound to 

 1,000 cubic feet. All standing water was 

 drained away where possible, and oiled where 

 it could not be drained. The results look as if 

 the focus of infection at that particular point 

 had been eradicated. In the case of the patient 

 taken sick March 8, after our disinfection, we 

 went forty-two days till the next case. Then 

 an outbreak occurred, April 21 and 22. We 

 again disinfected, and went fifteen days till the 

 next cases. May 6 and 7. We again disinfected, 

 and have gone twenty-four days without a case. 

 I am more particularly impressed by these 

 figures, as we commenced our systematic de- 

 struction about the middle of February. 

 Formerly we paid no particular attention to 

 the mosquito, merely disinfecting for yellow 

 fever, as we do for other infectious diseases. 

 The only part of the process that killed the 

 mosquito was the formaline used in one or two 

 infected rooms. 



The Medical Society of the State of Califor- 

 nia has passed the following resolution : 



Whereas, It has been shown by our local bacteriolo- 

 gists, and by the Commission sent by the United 

 States Government, that the bubonic plague has ex- 

 isted in San Francisco, and probably does at the 

 present time ; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That the Medical Society of the State of 

 California express its confidence that the San Fran- 

 cisco Board of Health, the State Board of Health, 

 and the United States Commission will be able to 

 ■watch the disease, and to take proper measures for 

 its suppression. 



The Imperial Russian Association of Fish- 

 eries will hold an international exposition in 

 February and March, 1902, at St. Petersburg, 

 for the purpose of showing the condition of the 

 fresh and salt water fisheries of the world. 

 The expense of the exposition will be defrayed 

 by the association, the crown, the municipal 

 government, private contributions, and by 

 charges for exhibition space and for the admis- 

 sion of visitors. Premiums will be awarded in 

 the form of gold, silver and bronze medals, 

 diplomas of honor and money prizes. The 

 exposition will have nine departments, as fol- 

 lows : (1) Fisheries in general ; (2) salt and 

 fresh water fisheries ; (3) implements used in 

 the fisheries industry ; (4) products of the fish- 

 eries ; (5) manner and means for preserving 

 fish ; (6) arrangement of fish hatchei'ies ; (7) 

 fishing sport ; (8) aquai'iums and their inmates ; 

 (9) scientific researches concerning the lives of 

 fishes, etc. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



Mr. J. PiERPONT Morgan has undertaken 

 to erect for the Harvard Medical School three 

 new buildings at an estimated cost of $1,000,- 

 000. They are to be a memorial to his father, 

 Mr. J. S. Morgan, who began his business 

 career in Boston, This great gift was the re- 

 sult of an interview with Professors H. P. 

 Bowditch and J. C. Warren last winter, but 

 was communicated by cable from England at 

 the recent commencement exercises. The 

 Harvard Medical School can now be removed 

 from its present site in Boston to Brookline, 

 where twenty-one acres of land have been 

 secured. The three buildings to be erected are 

 for administration, for anatomy, histology and 

 embryology, and for physiology and physio- 

 logical chemistry. 



It was announced at the recent commence- 

 ment exercises of Yale University that it was 

 expected that the bicentennial fund of $21,000,- 

 000 would be collected by next autumn. The 



