Febklary 17, 1905.] 



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Dk. Ludwig von Tetmajer, professor of 

 technical mechanics in the Technical Institute 

 of Vienna, died on January 31. 



Dr. Alpiieus S. Packard, professor of 

 zoology and geology at Brown University, 

 died on February 14, at the age of sixty-six 

 years. 



Five hundred dollars will be awarded by 

 the College of Physicians of Philadelphia to 

 the author of the best essay submitted in 

 competition on or before March 1, 1906, on 

 ' The Clinical and Pathological Diagnosis of 

 Sarcoma.' Further information may be ob- 

 tained by addressing Dr. Francis R. Packard, 

 College of Physicians, Philadelphia. 



The Colorado Experiment Station has re- 

 cently purchased additional land, to extend its 

 farm facilities and to use for the horse-breed- 

 ing experiments to be carried on with the 

 cooperation of the V. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture. The short course in agriculture at 

 the college has proved successful, over one 

 hundred students being in attendance. It 

 lasted for two weeks. 



The case brought by Kansas against Colo- 

 rado is now being heard before the IT. S. 

 Supreme Court through a commissioner. The 

 case involves the situation where the customs 

 applicable to one set of conditions have been 

 found to be inapplicable to those of another, 

 for the riparian doctrine of England and the 

 East is in conflict with the necessity to divert 

 water for irrigation. 



The state of Vermont, following the state 

 of Connecticut, has passed an act making it 

 obligatory to examine each year the eyes and 

 ears of public school children. 



TJie Briflsli Medical Journal gives further 

 details in regard to the celebration of the hun- 

 dreth birthday of Senor Manuel Garcia, which 

 occurs on March 17. The anniversary is to be 

 made the occasion of a great dem.onstration in 

 his honor by laryngologists of every nation- 

 ality, who will at the same time celebrate the 

 jiUiilee of their specialty. The program, as 

 far as at present arranged, is as follows : At 

 midday a ceremonial meeting will be held 

 at the rooms of the Royal Medico-Chirurgical 

 Society, Hanover Square. The Spanish am- 



bassador will attend to congratulate the illus- 

 trious centenarian in the name of the gov- 

 ernment of his native country, and addresses 

 will be i^resented by the Royal Society, before 

 which Senor Garcia read his paper entitled 

 ' Physiological Observations on the Human 

 Voice' just fifty years "ago; by delegates of 

 the Berlin, South German, French, Dutch 

 and Belgian Laryngological Societies ; by 

 musical societies and by old pupils of the 

 famous maestro. In order not to overtax the 

 strength of Senor Garcia, the addresses will 

 for the most part be only formally presented, 

 and the whole duration of the proceedings will 

 not exceed one hour. The meeting will con- 

 clude with the presentation to Senor Garcia 

 of his portrait painted by Mr. John Sargent, 

 R.A., at the request of admirers throughout 

 the world, together with an album containing 

 the names of the subscribers. In the after- 

 noon a scientific meeting will be held in the 

 same place for the purpose of giving foreign 

 specialists an opportunity of seeing the 

 methods of work and results of their British 

 brethren. In the evening there will be a 

 dinner, probably at the Hotel Cecil, at which 

 ladies will be present, and it is expected that 

 Senor Garcia will make a speech. Notwith- 

 standing his great age, he is still fairly 

 vigorous in body, and he was able to attend 

 the annual dinner of the Laryngological So- 

 ciety on January 13. His mental powers are 

 absolutely undimmed by age. 



In Massachusetts numerous spring waters 

 have been developed in the vicinity of large 

 cities. The population of the state is largely 

 concentrated in towns, and in all the larger 

 municipalities water systems are maintained. 

 Lake, stream and spring supplies are all util- 

 ized, although where the first two are used 

 great precautions are necessary to prevent 

 pollution. In the rural districts of the west- 

 ern or more hilly half of the state springs 

 constitute in many instances the commonest 

 source of water supply, but their use is by no 

 means confined to that region. In fact, be- 

 cause of the absence of other satisfactory sup- 

 plies, they are often of far greater economic 

 importance in the eastern part of the state, 

 where many of the waters are used in bever- 



