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 Germany, and America, as well as of many public offices and bodies at home and abroad. I may further mention here that the interests of the so-called lower animals are not ignored in the investigation of particular subjects bearing on their well-being. As an illustration I may refer to the fact that a committee has recently been appointed by the President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to inquire, by means of experimental investigation and otherwise, into the pathology and ætiology of epizootic abortion, with the view to the adoption of preventive and remedial measures.

There are other aids and encouragements to research in relation to the advancement of medicine at the present time, which I need only briefly mention. The presentation of "Research Scholarships" to deserving individuals, either for general or special purposes, has already proved, and is still more likely to prove in the future, of conspicuous advantage in relation to scientific medical investigation. The British Medical Association is doing excellent work in this direction; and we are also indebted for valuable help of this kind to certain of the richer City Companies and other corporate bodies, as well as to a few private benefactors. There is abundant room, however, for the addition of further scholarships, to aid capable students who are not in a position to pursue a scientific career on their own account.