August 9, 1901.] 



SCIENCE. 



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border of the tidal fiats. Ttie outlying islands, 

 of which Sylt is here described, consist of rem- 

 nants of Tertiary strata, overlaid by drift. 

 Long wings of beach and dunes stretch north 

 and south from the western front of the island, 

 with slightly convex outline towards the North 

 sea and in-bent hooks at their end. The wings 

 are much longer than the front of the island 

 from which they are spread. 



W. M. Davis. 



JESSE WILLIA3I LAZEAB MEMORIAL. 



On the 25th of September, 1900, Jesse Wil- 

 liam Lazear, at that time Acting Assistant Sur- 

 geon in the United States Ai-my and a member 

 of the Government Commission for the investi- 

 gation of yellow fever, lost his life from that 

 disease at Quemados, Cuba. 



Doctor Lazear was born in Baltimore County, 

 Maryland, in 1866, and graduated from the 

 academic department of the Johns Hopkins 

 University in 1889. In 1892 he received the 

 degree of M.D. from Columbia Univ.ersity. 

 From 1892 to 1895 he spent his time in study and 

 investigation in Europe and as an interne 

 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. 

 During the following three years and a half, 

 while a member of the staff of the Out- Patient 

 Department of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, 

 he did much valuable work as a teacher and 

 investigator in the laboratory of clinical pathol- 

 ogy. In February, 1900, induced by the oppor- 

 tunity for research concerning malarial and yel- 

 low fevers, Lazear became an acting assistant 

 surgeon in the United States Army and was 

 assigned special laboratory duties at Columbia 

 Barracks, near Havana. Later, he was ap- 

 pointed member of a special government com- 

 mission for the investigation of yellow fever. 

 The brilliant discoveries of this commission 

 concerning the aetiology and manner of infec- 

 tion of yellow fever have recently been referred 

 to in public by a distinguished pathologist as 

 the most important piece of work by American 

 students since the discovery of anaesthesia. 

 To these results Lazear, as a member of the 

 commission, contributed largely. The final 

 proof of their discovery that the disease is 

 transferred by the bite of a certain mosquito 

 could only be obtained by direct experiment 



upon a human being. To this experiment 

 Lazear, with another of the committee, cour- 

 ageously and heroically subjected himself, and 

 in the performance of this noble duty he lost 

 his life. 



The many friends and admirers of the tal- 

 ented and accomplished student, of the brave, 

 true, self-sacrificing man, desire to establish a 

 lasting memorial to him and to his work. To this 

 end a meeting was held on the evening of Wed- 

 nesday, May 22, which was presided over by 

 Professor William Osier. At this meeting it 

 was concluded that the nature of the memorial 

 could better be decided upon when some idea 

 could be obtained as to the amount of money 

 available. It was, therefore, decided that a 

 committee consisting of Dr. Stewart Paton and 

 Dr. William S. Thayer be appointed to arrange 

 for the distribution of a circular among the 

 friends and admirers of Lazear, setting forth 

 the object of the meeting. It is earnestly hoped 

 that not only those who have known and ad- 

 mired Lazear and his work, but also others, 

 who appreciate courage and manliness and self- 

 sacrifice, may contribute to the fund for the 

 Jesse William Lazear Memorial. 



Subscriptions may be sent to Dr. Stewart 

 Paton, treasurer, 213 West Monument Street, 

 Baltimoi'e, Md. It is to be hoped that the re- 

 sponse to this circular may be made early, as it 

 is hoped to be able to decide upon the nature 

 of the memorial by the middle of June. 

 William Osler, Chairman. 

 Stewart Paton, 



William S. Thayer, 



Committee. 



THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. 



At the annual meeting of the American 

 Library Association, held at Waukesha, Wis., 

 the 3d to 10th of July, a Round Table meet- 

 ing was devoted to professional instruction in 

 bibliography. The chairman, Mr. A. G. S. 

 Josephson, of Chicago, in his introductory re- 

 marks, pointed out the need of solid biblio- 

 graphical scholarship as a prerequisite of the 

 librarian and urged the establishment at some 

 university of a post-graduate school of bibliog- 

 raphy. Such a school should, in the opinion 

 of the speaker, offer instruction in bibliography 



