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itCIENGE. 



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The British Medical Journal states that the 

 King of Italy has promised to open a hygienic 

 exhibition at Naples in April, and it will re- 

 main open until September. The construction 

 of the buildings is being pushed on with great 

 zeal, and funds are assured partly by direct 

 donations and partly by redeemable shares. 

 Several conferences will be held. The most 

 important will be those on the prevention of 

 tuberculosis, and on the promotion of physical 

 education. Amongst the most interesting 

 'side shows,' will be an exhibition of works of 

 ' Sacred Art. ' The Minister of Public Instruc- 

 tion has directed that objects of this description 

 at present located in public museums and 

 buildings shall be lent. There will also be a 

 'Pompeian Pavilion,' in which will be repro- 

 duced the public and private baths of Pompeii 

 and other objects of interest. 



The Medical Society of the State of New 

 York held its 94th annual meeting, at Albany, 

 on January 30th and 31st, and February 1st. 

 We learn from the report in the New York 

 Medical Record, that the inaugural address of 

 the president. Dr. W. G. Macdonald, reviewed 

 especially the work of the Society. He said 

 that the eiforts of the Society's committee and 

 of the New York Bar Association to improve 

 the status of medical expert testimony had un- 

 fortunately resulted in nothing more than a 

 better general understanding of the intricate 

 problems involved. In the opinion of the 

 speaker the legal profession is responsible for 

 the present order of things. Presiding judges 

 could readily remedy existing abuses by exclud- 

 ing medical advocates from the witness box. A 

 voluntary society of men doing expert work 

 could do much to regulate the condition. On 

 the topic of State control of such chronic dis- 

 eases as tuberculosis and syphilis, the speaker 

 stated that the tendency at present was toward 

 such State control and isolation in sanatoria. 

 The Committee on Legislation reported that 

 two hundred and sixty-five bills of a medical na- 

 ture had claimed the attention of the committee 

 during the four months' session of the last legis- 

 lature. The committee on the United States 

 Pharmacopceia, favored the establishment of a 

 bureau of materia medica for the disinterested 



investigation into the character and value of 

 new drugs, the bureau to be under the authority 

 of the dicennial convention of 1900, subject to 

 the provision that this bureau should report 

 annually. The Society recommended the con- 

 tinuation of the State appropriation for the 

 support of the Pathological Institute, but there 

 was some criticism of its methods. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



The Regents of the University of California 

 have adopted the policy of giving the professors 

 of the University one year's leave of absence in 

 seven. They are usually to receive two-thirds 

 of the regular salary, but those who have not 

 yet received a leave of absence may receive full 

 salary. 



It is now said that the decision of the Court 

 of Appeals of New York sustaining the will of 

 William Lampson, ends the litigation over his 

 will, so far as any question of law is concerned. 

 The heirs, however, will contest the will on the 

 ground of the incompetency of the testator. The 

 value of the propeerty which is largely real estate 

 is estimated at $850,000 or more. 



President Low of Columbia has been asked 

 to deliver the address at the celebration at 

 Dartmouth College nest year of the centennial 

 anniversary of the graduation of Daniel Webs- 

 ter from that institution. 



Dr. G. a. Miller of Cornell University was 

 recently elected to membership in the Mathe- 

 matical Society of France. 



M. Gabriel Tarde, well known for his con- 

 tributions to psychology and sociology, has 

 been elected to the chair of modern philosophy 

 in the College de France. 



Professors Ebner and Schatfner, who have 

 hitherto acted as assistants in the Embry- 

 ological Institute of the University of Vienna, 

 have been appointed acting directors on the 

 retirement of Professor Schenk. 



Dr. a. Klaus, professor of chemistry in the 

 University of Frieburg in Br., has retired on 

 account of ill health. 



