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Rh were meeting' at Ithaca, the geologists at Ottawa and the zoologists at Ann Arbor. On the other hand, the chemists had their usual strong meeting with a program of eighty-two titles.

The section of social and economic science also presented a full and good list of papers. Perhaps the most appropriate and interesting program was that of the section of physiology and experimental medicine, which arranged a discussion of yellow-fever and other insect-borne diseases, taken part in by some of those who have contributed in an important measure to our knowledge of these diseases, including Dr. James Carroll, who made the original experiments proving that yellow fever is transmitted by the mosquito and not by direct contagion.

The association decided to hold a special meeting at Ithaca at the end of June, and to hold its regular annual meeting at New York next winter. The decision to hold two meetings, reached after careful consideration at Philadelphia and at New Orleans, is an important movement, showing the growth of science in the country and the increase in the influence of the association which has now 4,300 members.

The vice-presidents elected are:

 Section A—Dr. Edward Kasner, New York City. Section B—Professor W. C. Sabine, Cambridge, Mass. Section C—Mr. Clifford Richardson, New York City. Section D—Mr. W. R. Warner, Cleveland, O. Section E—Professor A. C. Lane, Lansing, Mich. Section F—Professor E. G. Conklin Philadelphia, Pa. Section G—Dr. D. T. MacDougal, Washingington. D. C. Section H—Professor Hugo Münsterberg, Cambridge, Mass. Section I—Mr. Chas. A. Conant, New York City. Section K—Dr. Simon Flexner, New York City.

Dr. W. H. Welch, professor of pathology in the Johns Hopkins University, was elected president of the association to preside at the Ithaca and Now York meetings. His portrait is