not expect that the lesson of water protection would be learned by other towns and cities, but that such outbreaks would continue to occur. Thus far our gloomy prediction has been fulfilled. It now remains to be seen where the next terrible visitation of a preventable disease will

occur.

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The Tennessee State Medical Society will hold its annual meeting in Knoxville April 14, 1908. One of the most important topics for discussion will be pulmonary tuberculosis. Dr. George H. Price, 146 North Eighth avenue, Nashville, is secretary.

The Presidency of the New York State Society. Owing to the refusal of Dr. Edward L. Trudeau of Saranac Lake to act as president of the Medical Society of the State of New York, on account of illhealth, under Section 2 of Chapter VI of the by-laws, the first vice-president in numerical order, Dr. Arthur G. Root of Albany, becomes the president for the year 1908.

American Gastro-Enterological Association will hold its 11th annual meeting at Chicago, Ill., June 1 and 2, 1908.

Prof. William T. Sedgwick, '77 S., of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been elected Medical School orator at Yale, according to an announcement made by Dean Herbert E. Smith, '79 S., at the commencement exercises in celebration of the 95th anniversary of the Medical School next June.

His subject will be "Preventive Medicine and the Public Health." The address will be delivered before the graduating class of the Medical School and all others interested, in College Street Hall

on Monday afternoon, June 22, at 5 o'clock.

Professor Sedgwick is one of the most prominent graduates of the Sheffield Scientific School. After receiving his bachelor's degree at Sheff he continued his studies at Johns Hopkins University, receiving the degree of doctor of philosophy there in 1881. He was an instructor in biology in Sheff for one year, and fellow and associate in biology at Johns Hopkins for one and three years, respectively, and has been at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1883 as assistant, associate and full professor of biology. He was biologist to the Massachusetts Board of Health from 1888 to 1896, and has been curator of the Lowell Institute of Boston since 1897. He is the author of "General Biology," published in 1886, the standard work on the subject.

An Interesting Year's Work.-The Scientific Temperance Federation, at its annual meeting just held in Boston, received reports showing that during the year its collection of scientific and other data on the alcohol question has been increased by the addition of over 1000 books, pamphlets, abstracts and references. These were gleaned from German, French, Swedish, Italian, English and American sources, such as medical and other scientific publications, private contributions by authors, consular and other Government reports. This special library, regularly catalogued and indexed, is held at the disposal of every organization, student or social worker desiring information on the alcohol and narcotic questions. The library has been widely drawn upon to furnish information requested by physicians, educators, editors, Congressmen, lawyers, clergymen, social and temperance workers in this and other countries.

The secretaries reported also the prep

aration and publication of over 1,200,000 pages of scientific and educational matter relating to this special subject, a correspondence of more than 6000 letters to all parts of the United States and to 13 foreign countries, and the issuing of a press circular containing scientific facts to editors representing a wide range of interests and several millions of readers. Particular emphasis has been laid upon education as the rational method for securing permanent results in the temperance reformation.

Communication has been opened with many of the most active and best-known organizations in social improvement through the membership in the Scientific Temperance Federation of leading members of such organizations. Among its corresponding members are Prof. E. Kraepelin, professor of psychiatry, University of Munich; Prof. A. Aschaffenburg, formerly of Heidelberg University, now editor of Criminal Psychology and Penal Reform Monthly, Cologne; Dr. Max Kassowitz, professor of pædiatrics, University of Vienna; Dr. Reid Hunt, chief of Division of Pharmacology, United States Hygienic Laboratory, Washington, D. C., and Mr. Walter H. Edwards, F.C.S., London, England.

The officers elected for the ensuing year were William C. Lilley, Pittsburg, Pa., president; Mrs. S. S. Fessenden, Boston, vice-president; E. L. Transeau, Boston, recording secretary; Cora F. Stoddard, Boston, corresponding secretary; Robert H. Magwood, Boston, treasurer. The directors are Dr. T. D. Crothers, Hartford, Conn.; E. O. Taylor, D.D., Boston; Mrs. A. J. Gordon, Boston; Dr. T. Alex. MacNicholl, New York; John Herbert, Esq., Boston; W. A. Mowry, Ph.D., Hyde Park, Mass.; John Marshall Barker, Ph.D., Boston; Rev. Richard Wright, Cambridge, Mass. The head

quarters of the Scientific Temperance. Federation are at 23 Trull street, Boston, Mass.

DEATHS.

ARDREY.-In Bondera, Texas, February 12, 1908, Dr. Lucius Lee Ardrey, aged 34 years.

ARMISTEAD.-In San Francisco, Cal., February 6, 1908, Dr. Cecil Armistead, aged 37 years.

AVERY. In Chicago, February 17, 1908, Dr. Samuel Jeffrey Avery, aged 80 years.

· BADGER.-In Flushing, N. Y., February 13, 1908, Dr. William Badger, aged 73 years.

BAKER.-In Martinsburg, W. Va., February 4, 1908, Dr. Newton Diehl Baker, aged 65 years.

BALDWIN.-In Newark, N. J., February 9, 1908, Dr. Aaron K. Baldwin, aged 58 years.

BARBOUR.-In Bristol, Ind., February 17, 1908, Dr. Julius E. Barbour, aged 61

years.

BARRON. In New York city, February 6, 1908, Dr. John C. Barron, aged 70 years.

BAXTER.-In Chattanooga, Tenn., February 12, 1908, Dr. George Alfred Baxter, aged 56 years.

BEST.—In Brucetown, Va., February 5, 1908, Dr. William J. Best, aged 73

years.

BIRKHOFF.-In Chicago, Ill., February 9, 1908, Dr. David Birkhoff, aged 51

years.

BLACK.-In E. Las Vegas, N. M., February 6, 1908, Dr. Bufort D. Black, aged 33 years.

BOLZ.-In Petaluma, Cal., February 2, 1908, Dr. Charles A. Bolz, aged 58 years.

BOONE. In Frederick, Md., February 22, 1908, Dr. Jermingham Boone, aged 87 years.

BRADY.-In Great Falls, Mont., February 14, 1908, Dr. Charles Brady, aged 44 years.

BROWN.-In Providence, R. I., February 15, 1908, Dr. Lucy A. H. Brown, aged 66 years.

BURBANK.-In Des Moines, Iowa, February 7, 1908, Dr. Oscar Burbank, aged 88 years.

CARPENTER.-In Seattle, Wash., February 18, 1908, Dr. Leonard W. Carpenter, aged 73 years.

CEDARHOLM.-In Brooklyn, N. Y., February 7, 1908, Dr. David Louis Cedarholm, aged 45 years.

CHACE. In Buffalo, N. Y., February 14, 1908, Dr. William Wolden Chace, aged 45 years.

CHESLEY.-In Concord, N. H., February 9, 1908, Dr. Andros Palmer Chesley, aged 52 years.

CHESSROWN. In Pittsburg, Pa., February 20, 1908, Dr. Archibald D. Chessrown, aged 63 years.

COVERLY.-In Brooklyn, N. Y., February 24, 1908, Dr. John Henderson Coverly, aged 65 years.

CRAIK.-In Louisville, Ky., February 10, 1908, Dr. Samuel S. Craik, aged 74 years.

CRAWFORD.-In St. Joseph, Mo., February 14, 1908, Dr. Barton Stone Crawford, aged 62 years.

CROOK.-In Glenwood Springs, Col., February 14, 1908, Dr. Joel J. Crook, aged 81 years.

DANZIGER.-In Cincinnati, Ohio, February 14, 1908, Dr. Leo Danziger, aged 36 years.

DAVIS.-In Lewis, Iowa, February 2, 1908, Dr. Mahlon J. Davis, aged 70 years.

DILLON.-In Rushville, Ind., February 9. 1908, Dr. Otto P. Dillon, aged 39 years.

DODGE.-In Tacoma, Wash., February 22, 1908, Dr. Maurice M. Dodge, aged 66

years.

DOUGLAS.-In Nashville, Tenn., February 19, 1908, Dr. Richard Douglas,

aged 47 years.

DYE.-In Philadelphia, Pa., February 3, 1908, Dr. Frank Hazzard Dye, aged 31

years.

EHINGER. In West Chester, Pa., February 13, 1908, Dr. George Ernest Ehin

ger, aged 79 years.

FEATHERSTON.-In Macon, Miss., February 13, 1908, Dr. John S. F. Featherston, aged 62 years.

FISHER. In Toronto, Ont., February 15, 1908, Dr. John Henry Fisher, aged 58 years.

FITZGERALD.-In New York city, February 27, 1908, Dr. Charles F. Fitzgerald, aged 35 years.

GIBSON.-In Cleveland, Ohio, February 8, 1908, Dr. John French Gibson, aged 62 years.

GOLDSBOROUGH.-In Walkersville, Md., February 6, 1908, Dr. Charles W. Goldsborough, aged 66 years.

GRAHAM.-In Denver, Col., February 14, 1908, Dr. John W. Graham, aged 64

years.

GROSS.-In Philadelphia, Pa., February 8, 1908, Dr. William Dana Gross, aged 46 years.

HALSTED.-In Newark, N. J., February 23, 1908, Dr. Alfred T. Halsted, aged 45 years.

HENCHLING. In Chicago, Ill., February 11, 1908, Dr. Theodore W. Henchling, aged 67 years.

HOLCOMBE.-In Lee. Mass., February I, 1908, Dr. Charles Clifford Holcombe, aged 78 years.

HOLMES.-In Biltmore, N. C., February 5, 1908, Dr. Lawrence Edward Holmes, aged 34 years.

INGRAM.-In Murphysboro, Ill., February 20, 1908, Dr. William T. Ingram, aged 78 years.

18, 1908, Dr. Charles W. Jamison, aged 62 years.

KRAMER. In Louisville, Ky., February 23, 1908, Dr. William F. Kramer, aged 40 years.

LANGHORNE.In Lynchburg, Va., February 10, 1908, Dr. Daniel A. Langhorne, aged 82 years.

LELERONE.-In Columbus, Ohio, February 11, 1908, Dr. Thomas W. Lelerone, aged 55 years.

LEWIS.-In Tip Top, Ky., February 13, 1908, Dr. James C. Lewis, aged 63 years. LUDEKING.-In St. Louis, Mo., February 29, 1908, Dr. Robert Ludeking, aged 54 years.

MANN.-In Linden, Ohio, February 18, 1908, Dr. Austin D. Mann, aged 82

years.

MCELWAIN. In Pratt, Kan., February 8, 1908, Dr. Pratt McElwain, aged 46

years.

MILLER. In Topeka, Kan., February 5, 1908, Dr. George Washington Miller, aged 80 years.

MIXTER. In Worcester, Mass., February 6, 1908, Dr. Orlando Mixter, aged 66 years.

MOODY.-In Harlem Springs, Ohio, February 7, 1908, Dr. John B. Moody, aged 97 years.

MORRISON.-In Kansas City, Mo., February 7, 1908, Dr. Henry C. Morrison, aged 64 years.

MORSE.-In Marquette, Mich., February 3, 1908, Dr. Charles Hamilton Morse, aged 70 years.

NETTLETON.-In Rochester, N. Y., February 21, 1908, Dr. Henry R. Nettleton, aged 60 years.

NOWLAN. In Havelock, Iowa, February 2, 1908, Dr. David Nowlan, aged 64

years.

OWENS.-In Kansas City, Kan., February 17, 1908, Dr. Francis M. Owens,

PAINE.-In Oneida, N. Y., February 2, 1908, Dr. Ridley C. Paine, aged 56 years.

PEASLEE.-In Schodack Landing, N. Y., February 8, 1908, Dr. John Peaslee, aged 58 years.

PFEIFFER.-In Louisville, Ky., February 17, 1908, Dr. Robert M. Pfeiffer, aged

5 years.

PORTER-In Wardensville, W. Va., February 3, 1968, Dr. J. Hampton Porter, aged 72 years.

PROBASCO.—In Plainfield, N. J., Feb

ruary 25, 1908, Dr. John B. Probasco, aged 66 years.

PROCTOR.-In Shalersville, Ohio, February 3, 1908, Dr. George Monroe Proctor, aged 69 years.

PUTNAM.--In Lyons N. Y., February 9, 1908, Dr. James Wallace Putnam, aged 58 years.

REEVES. In Iresdale, Ill., February 42. 1908, Dr. William C. Reeves, age years.

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RENICK.-In Butler, Mo., February 14, 1908, Dr. Oscar F. Renick, aged 83 years. RICE. In Newmarket, Va., February 22, 1908, Dr. F. E. Rice, aged 74 years.

RICHARDS. In Union City, Tenn., February 14, 1908, Dr. William P. Richards, aged 63 years.

RICHARDSON.-In Baltimore, Md., February 5, 1908, Dr. Charles C. Richardson, aged 78 years.

ROBINSON.-In Sayville, N. Y., February 22, 1908, Dr. George A. Robinson, aged 57 years.

ROFFEY.-In Columbus, Ohio, February 9, 1908, Dr. George W. Roffey, aged 60 years.

Ross.-In Madisonville, Ky., February 26, 1908, Dr. W. S. Ross, aged 78 years. ROSSER.-In Atlanta, Ga., February 10, 1908, Dr. James T. Rosser, aged 71 years. SAUNDERS.-In Memphis, Tenn., February 23, 1908, Dr. Dudley D. Saunders, aged 73 years.

SAXTON.-In Milwaukee, Wis., February 5, 1908, Dr. William Dwight Saxton, aged 70 years.

SCHLEY.-In New York city, February 8, 1908, Dr. Fayette E. Schley, aged 49

years.

SMITH. In New York city, February 8, 1908, Dr. Charles Peck Smith, aged 59

years.

SMITH.-In Sharonville, Ohio, February 3, 1908, Dr. Henry Hubbell Smith, aged 49 years.

SONNENSCHMIDT.-In Washington, D. C., February 28, 1908, Dr. Charles W. Sonnenschmidt, aged 76 years.

STARR.-In Washington, D. C., February 15, 1908, Dr. William M. Starr, aged IOI years.

STERRETT.-In Lochs Mills, Pa., February 19, 1908, Dr. Woods Sterrett, aged 55 years.

TRIMBLE.-In Baltimore, Md., Februan 24, 1908, Dr. Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, aged 48 years.

TUCK.-In Annapolis, Md., February 5, 1963, Dr. Washington G. Tuck, aged 71 years.

URQUHART.-In Orange, N. J., Febru ary 20, 1908, Dr. William Morris Urquhart, aged 34 years.

UTLEY.-In Thayer, Ill., February 16, 1908, Dr. Joseph Henry Utley, aged 68

years.

WALKER.-In Delphi, Ind., February 17, 1908, Dr. Edward Walker, aged 78 years.

WEST.-In Gerrardtown, W. Va., February 20, 1908, Dr. George Silas West, aged 41 years.

WING. In Los Angeles, Cal., February 12, 1908, Dr. Horace B. Wing, aged 50 years.

WOOD.-In New Bethlehem, Pa., February 7, 1908, Dr. George Hilton Wood, aged 54 years.