1038 The American Naturalist. [November, 
SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 
The death is announced of Prof. Alexander Strauch, director of the 
Zoological Museum of St. Petersburgh, and author of several works 
on Zoology. _ Prof. Strauch was an authority on reptiles. 
According ‘to the Revue Scientifique Dr. R. Lydekker started 
early in August to La Plata, to visit the Natural History Museum 
of that city. As they go by invitation from M. Moreno, the direcrto 
of the museum, they will have an opportunity of studying the rich 
paleontological collections from southern Patagonia which the institu- 
tion has acquired during the last few years. 
Mr. W. F. C. Gurley has been appointed director of the Geological 
Survey of Illinois by Gov. Altgeld. Mr. Gurley is the author of sev- 
eral papers on paleozoie paleontology, and has a very valuable collec- 
tion of fossils. 
Prof. E. D. Cope has been appointed Professor of Comparative 
Anatomy and Zoology in the Biological School of the University of 
Pennsylvania; and Prof. A. P. Brown Professor of Geology and 
Mineralogy in the Auxiliary Medical Faculty of the same institution. 
W J McGee has been appointed Director of the Bureau of Eth- 
nology of the United States. é 
The distinguished French physician, Charcot, is dead. He had an 
immense practice in Paris and France, and he will be long known for 
his researches in hypnotism. 
In view of the recent meeting of the Pan-American Medical Con- 
gress in Washington, D. C., and of the prospective meeting of the 
Coggress of American Physicians and Surgeons in Washington, D. C., 
in May, 1894, the Executive Committee of the Association of Ameri- 
can Anatomists think it advisable to postpone the next meeting of the 
Anatomists from December, 1893, until May, when the Association 
will meet as an integer of the Congress. 
