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action of the various tissues of the body by means of 

 the blood, the functions of the ductless glands, the 

 problems of immunity, are all being worked out upon 

 a chemical basis. In this country there are but two 

 professors of physiological chemistry, whereas in 

 Germany there are eleven, in Austria eight, in France 

 six. That Great Britain is lamentably behind in this 

 branch of learning is even more markedly shown when 

 we consider the output of original memoirs. In 1903 

 over 3,000 papers, written by some 2,500 workers, 

 were published ; to this total the United Kingdom 

 contributed no more than seventy. Cambridge has 

 produced many brilliant physiologists ; but the school 

 cannot afford the outlay for even a necessary piece of 

 apparatus costing ;£'io; and the demonstrators pay, 

 out of their pittances, part of the wages of their 

 attendants. 



The new medical schools, opened by the King in 

 March, 1904, are but a portion of the original plan; 

 and, until the remaining laboratories can be erected 

 (at a probable cost of about ;^i2,ooo), the various de- 

 partments must necessarily be cramped. Many more 

 teachers in special subjects are wanted, and the need 

 of a professorship, or at least a readership, in hygiene 

 is pressing. A new lecture-room is wanted in the 

 department of human anatomy, which at present 

 shares a room with physiology. A considerable sum 

 is also needed for instruments, fittings, attendants, 

 and libraries. 



The school of engineering needs provision in metal- 

 lurgy, mining subjects, and naval architecture ; of the 

 latter, in the greatest shipbuilding country of the 

 world, but two chairs — one at Glasgow, and one at 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne — exist. New workshops and 

 engine-rooms are also greatly needed. The present 

 workshops date from 1878, and are far too small for 

 the demands on them. The provision of a sum of 



