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faces. Hzemorrhages are especially to be noted in the lungs. The urine 
of animals poisoned by Pseudechis always contains albumen, sometimes 
hæmoglobin, and frequently blood. 
An idea of the toxic value of the venom may be obtained by compar- 
ing it with other poisons, basing the comparison upon the number of 
grammes of an animal, viz., a rabbit, killed by one gramme of the 
venom injected subcutaneously. 
Cobra : : ; i è 4,000,000. 
Hoplocephalus curtus ; : 4,000,000. 
Pseudechis : ; : ʻ 2,000,000. 
Diptheria toxine : ; ; 4,000,000 (about.) 
Anthrax albuminoses . : 80. 
Toxo-peptone . : : i 3,000. 
—F. C. KENYON. 
PSYCHOLOGY.’ 
The Year 1896in Scientific Psychology.— While the past year 
has shown no startling developments in psychology, it has been marked 
by steady progress and an unusual amount of activity. The experi- 
mental laboratories everywhere have been busy, and a large number 
of Laboratory Studies have been published. 
In this country the activity has been especially marked; the Psycho- 
logical Review and the American Journal of Psychology have devoted 
more than usual of their space to experimental work. The psycholog- 
ical department of Cornell University has moved into larger quarters 
in Morrill Hall, where it is reported to have nine rooms and 4,000 
square feet of space. The laboratory at the University of Nebraska 
has moved into the new library building, and occupies a series of five 
rooms and 3,000 square feet of space. A laboratory of experimental 
psychology has been fitted up during the year at the University of 
Kansas, under the charge of Prof. Olin Templin. The University of 
Chicago and Columbia University are preparing to establish their 
laboratories in ampler quarters, when the new buildings are completed. 
In Russia it is reported that the Universities of St. Petersburg, Mos- 
cow and Kieff have taken steps, in connection with the Minister of 
Education, looking to the establishment of psychological laboratories. 
The University of Kieff has petitioned for an appropriation of about. 
1 Edited by H. C. Warren, Princeton University, Princeton, N. J. 
