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CONTENTS ZOOL.OGICAL GARDENS. I. PROFESSOR E. A. ANDREWS .............................. 5
LIVING GUIDE-POSTS OF THE PAST. DR. RAYMOND E. JANSSEN 22
AEROEMBOLISM: A MEDICAL PROBLEM IN AVIATION AT HIIGH ALTITUDE. DR. W. R. LOVELACE, DR. W. M. BOOTHBY and DR. 0. 0. BENTSON .............SON.. . . ........... 30
THE BIMILLENNIUM OF THE BIRTH OF AUGUSTUS CAESAR. PROFESSOR WALTER W. HYDE ............... ...... ...... ... 38
SCIENCE AND SOCIETY. DR. F. CYRIL JAMES .51 THE HAPPY ACCIDENT. PROFESSOR FRANKLIN C. MCLEAN ...............I ....... 61 THE ANNUAL NUMBER OF ECLIPSES. WILLIAM and BERTRAM
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WRITTEN RECORDS OF FOREST SUCCESSION. ELIZABETH (CHAVANNES ..........7................................................................................. 76
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THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE: Franklin Medalists for 1941; National Nutrition Conference for Defense; The National Science Fund; Demonstration of the Effect of Radiation on Organisms at the Smithsonian Institution; Bausch Hall of Science and History of the Rochester Museum; Solar Worlds... 84
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