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LAMARCK BICENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

CELEBRATIONS in honour of the bicentenary of the birth of Lamarck were held in Paris during June 15-18 under The auspices of the Muséum National d Naturelle, the Société Zoologique de Fra Zncf tne Sacipte Botanique de France. A Number of foreign i Mts were invited, and included representitives Belgium, Denmark, Great Bfrnkin, Holland Mexico, Portugal and Switzerland.

Anniversaries of foreign Academies and Societies

The relations between the Royal Society and the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. are of old standing, for there would seem to be little doubt that it was the activities of the Royal Society that suggested to Peter the Great the foundation of the Russian Academy of Sciences. When he was in England in 1698 he frequently met Edmond Halley, with whom he discussed his plans for the encouragement of navigation and science in Russia. It was therefore fitting that a distinguished delegation from the Royal Society should accept the invitation to attend the celebration in honour of the two hundred and twentieth anniversary of the foundation of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. in June 1945. Twenty-one delegates from Britain were flown to Moscow on 14 June in Russian planes and were there joined by Professor Ashby of Sydney University, and Miss Tripp of the British Council; Professor Saha and Dr Joseph Needham came from Calcutta and Chungking respectively. Canada, France, Sweden and Mexico were represented. The strong American delegation, headed by Professor Shapley, came by way of the Azores, Casablanca, Cairo and Teheran and returned by Siberia and Alaska, thus circling the globe. Delegations from Jugo-Slavia, Iran, Roumania and Bulgaria, as well as from all parts of the U.S.S.R. also attended the celebrations.

Workmanlike Research: “Learning and Living”: Proceedings of an Anniversary Celebration in Honor of Alexander Meiklejohn

Workmanlike Research: “Learning and Living”: Proceedings of an Anniversary Celebration in Honor of Alexander Meiklejohn

"Learning and Living": Proceedings of an Anniversary Celebration in Honor of Alexander Meiklejohn

"Learning and Living": Proceedings of an Anniversary Celebration in Honor of Alexander Meiklejohn

JELLIFFE, THE PSYCHIATRIST AND PSYCHOANALYST

NEW YORK *Given at the Celebration in Honor of Smith Ely Jelliffe, M.D., at the New York Academy of Medicine, April 22, 1938.

Lord Rutherford, 1871-1937

On October 25, 1937, were interred in the Nave of Westminster Abbey, the ashes of Rutherford-beside the remains of Newton, Faraday, and Kelvin; and thus the pinnacle of earthly greatness in science was the last reward of the New Zealand lad who had entered Nelson College in his native land almost fifty years before. Coming from the smallest of the overseas Dominions, with no prestige of family or wealth, this boy had risen to be the dominating figure in science in the British Empire and a recognized leader of physics in the whole world. Many honours came to Rutherford: in 1914 he was knighted; in 1925 he was awarded the highest gift from the King, the Order of Merit; and in 1931 he was raised to the peerage as First Baron Rutherford of Nelson. At a centenary celebration in honour of Galvani at Bologna, which opened the day after Rutherford's death, Professor Niels Bohr paid this remarkable tribute: "His achievements are indeed so great that, at a gathering of physicists, like the one here assembled in honour of Galvani, where recent progress in our science is discussed, they provide the background of almost every word that is spoken."

Celebration in Honor of Dr. Guéniot

Celebration in Honor of Dr. Guéniot

Celebration in Honor of Dr. Welch

Celebration in Honor of Dr. Welch

PRIORITY IN THE "INVENTION" AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE STOMACH TUBE

<h3>To the Editor:</h3> —InThe Journal, February 21, p. 606, it appears that our German confrères are exercised over who first suggested and used the stomach tube and when a celebration in honor of the man and the event should be staged. As so frequently happens in Europe, particularly in Germany, important contributions to scientific and clinical medicine pass unrecognized, should such occur<i>extra muros</i>. To the average German physician, credit for the stomach tube and its employment goes to Kussmaul. Since a celebration in honor of that distinguished scientist and his tube is impending, it would seem proper that the facts relative to the introduction of tubes into the stomach be reviewed. To Dr. Julius Friedenwald of Baltimore we are indebted for a history of this gastro-enterologic milestone (<i>Proc. Am. Gastro-Enterol. A</i>., 1917; Introduction, Tice's "Practice of Medicine,"<b>7</b>, Sect. X, p. 15). Friedenwald called attention to an article

The Bloemfontein Meeting of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science

THE twenty-first annual meeting of the South o African Association for the Advancement of Science was held at Bloemfontein on July 10-14, under the presidency of Prof. J. D. F. Gilchrist. The meeting was well attended, and some 60 papers were presented, including a symposium on the drought problem and a discussion on Mendelism. There were various visits to places of scientific and historic interest in the vicinity, and after the close of the meeting some of the members went on a short excursion into Basutoland that was of considerable scientific interest. Two popular lectures were given in Bloemfontein, one by Sir G. Cory on the Piet Retief-Dingaan Treaty, and one by the Rev. Noel Roberts on South African birds. A scientific conversazione arranged by Profs. Logeman and Potts was held at the Grey University College. Opportunity was taken to identify the Association with the celebrations in honour of the centenary of the birth of Louis Pasteur, and Dr. Annie Porter gave a short illustrated account of Pasteur's life and researches.

Celebration in Honor of Professor E. H. S. Bailey

Celebration in Honor of Professor E. H. S. Bailey

Celebration in Honor of Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn

Celebration in Honor of Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn

Celebration in Honor of Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn

Celebration in Honor of Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn

I.—The Centenary of The Geological Society of London

In January last we referred to the celebrations in honour of this important event.1 We have now the pleasure to call attention to the “History of the Geological Society of London,”2 a work which has been written by Mr. Horace B. Woodward, F.K.S., F.G.S., in commemoration of the Centenary. Mr. Woodward has had the help of Mr. H. W. Monckton, Treasurer, who has described the Medals of the Society, Mr. E. S. Herries, M.A., V.P., who supplies a correct version of the Charter, and Professor E. J. Garwood, M.A., Secretary, who undertook to deal with illustrations. Sir A. Geikie, K.C.B., President, Professor Watts, F.K.S., Secretary, Professor Bonney, F.R.S., and Dr. H. Woodward have assisted by reading the proofs, but they are “not responsible for any individual statements” except where expressly acknowledged. These and other persons are duly thanked for the help afforded.The result of Mr. Woodward' laborious researches has been the production of a book of the greatest possible interest, and one which should be read, not merely by the Fellows of the Geological Society, but by all geologists interested in the history of their science. It is a record of first-class importance, and is, on the whole, a fair and accurate account of the events which have occurred in theGeological Society up to 1860, for the later years are perhaps too fresh in the memories of many to allow of that pleasing view obtained by distance.Opening with a rapid sketch of the histories of academies and learned societies before 1800 and a note on early geological researches in England, the author refers to the Askesian Society, which, founded in 1796, became the parent of the British Mineralogical Society in 1799.

Celebration in honour of V. A. Kolosov, the director of the Karamzin Colony of the Mentally Ill in Simbirsk Province, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his medical and social activity

The celebration in honour of V.A. Kolosov took place on November 21, 1901. On this day, in the morning, a divine liturgy was performed in the colony, and at the end of it, a thanksgiving service was held, after which the priest P.P. Georgievsky addressed the hero of the day with a heartfelt word.

Celebration in honour of Theodor Schwann, the founder of the Cell-theory

Celebration in honour of Theodor Schwann, the founder of the Cell-theory

Zeiss’ Objectives

Zeiss’ Objectives