SC I E NO NEW SERIES SUBSCRIPTION, $6.00 VOL. 99, No. 2579 FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1944 SINGLE COPIES, .15 STI EGLITZ' GERIATRIC MEDICINE The need for such a book as this has become increasingly urgent as the number past the meridian of life, both absolutely and relatively, are increasing in our population. The purpose of the editor and his 53 fellow-contributors has been to stimulate thought and investigation into the clinical and biologic problems peculiar to the elderly, at the same time giving practical and immediately applicable knowledge of geriatric medicine which can be put to use in adding breadth and depth, rather than just mere length, to life. By 54 contributors. Edited by EDWARD J. STIEGLITZ, M.S., M.D., F.A.C.P., Consultant in Gerontol- ogy, National Institute of Health. 887 pages, 6" x 91/4 'A, illustrated. $10.00 BOGERT'S NUTRITION and PHYSICAL FITNESS Fourth Edition-Dr. Bogert presents in her book the facts useful in meeting everyday nutritional problems, pointing out how this knowledge applies to prevention of ill health and to the promotion of a high degree of physical fitness. A distinguished feature of the book is Dr. Bogert's faculty of making even the more involved matters plain and understandable. By L. JEAN BOGERT, PH.D., formerly Instructor in Medicine, University of Chicago. 500 pages, 51/4" x 7", | illustrated. $3.00 WILLIAMS' ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY Seventh Edition-Regarded as one of the really outstanding teaching instruments of elementary human anatomy and physiology, the seventh edition of this book is a thoroughly modern discussion from which the reader gains a vivid and unified pic- ture of structure and function. The 344 illustrations, including 31 in colors, are alone of unusual value. By JEssE FEIRING WILLIAMS, M.D., Sc.D., Visiting Profe ssor of Health and Physical Education, Uni- versity of North Carolina. 573 pages, 5'4" x7T4", with 344 illustrations, 31 in colors. $2.75 HEILBRUNN'S GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY New (2nd) Edition--One teacher in a leading New England college writes: "It is the first text on the subject I have been able to read with pleasure. I think it is the first text of any standing in the English language which presents general physiology as an integrated subject in its own right." By L. V. HEILBRUNN, Professor of Zoology in the University of Pennsylvania. 748 pages, 6" x 9", 135 illustrations. $6.00 W. B. SAUNDERS COMPANY West Washington Square Philadelphia 5 Science: published weekly by The Science Press. Lancaster, Pa. Entered as second-class matter July 18, 1923, at the Post Office at Lancaster, Pa., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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SCIENONEW SERIES SUBSCRIPTION, $6.00VOL. 99, No. 2579 FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1944 SINGLE COPIES, .15
STI EGLITZ'
GERIATRIC MEDICINE
The need for such a book as this has become increasingly urgent as the numberpast the meridian of life, both absolutely and relatively, are increasing in ourpopulation. The purpose of the editor and his 53 fellow-contributors has beento stimulate thought and investigation into the clinical and biologic problemspeculiar to the elderly, at the same time giving practical and immediatelyapplicable knowledge of geriatric medicine which can be put to use in addingbreadth and depth, rather than just mere length, to life.By 54 contributors. Edited by EDWARD J. STIEGLITZ, M.S., M.D., F.A.C.P., Consultant in Gerontol-
ogy, National Institute of Health. 887 pages, 6" x 91/4'A, illustrated. $10.00
BOGERT'S NUTRITION and PHYSICAL FITNESSFourth Edition-Dr. Bogert presents in her book the facts useful in meeting everydaynutritional problems, pointing out how this knowledge applies to prevention of ill healthand to the promotion of a high degree of physical fitness. A distinguished feature ofthe book is Dr. Bogert's faculty of making even the more involved matters plain andunderstandable.By L. JEAN BOGERT, PH.D., formerly Instructor in Medicine, University of Chicago. 500 pages, 51/4" x 7", |illustrated. $3.00
WILLIAMS' ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGYSeventh Edition-Regarded as one of the really outstanding teaching instruments ofelementary human anatomy and physiology, the seventh edition of this book is athoroughly modern discussion from which the reader gains a vivid and unified pic-ture of structure and function. The 344 illustrations, including 31 in colors, arealone of unusual value.By JEssE FEIRING WILLIAMS, M.D., Sc.D., Visiting Profe ssor of Health and Physical Education, Uni-versity of North Carolina. 573 pages, 5'4" x7T4", with 344 illustrations, 31 in colors. $2.75
HEILBRUNN'S GENERAL PHYSIOLOGYNew (2nd) Edition--One teacher in a leading New England college writes: "Itis the first text on the subject I have been able to read with pleasure. I think itis the first text of any standing in the English language which presents generalphysiology as an integrated subject in its own right."By L. V. HEILBRUNN, Professor of Zoology in the University of Pennsylvania. 748 pages, 6" x 9",135 illustrations. $6.00
W. B. SAUNDERS COMPANYWest Washington Square Philadelphia 5
Science: published weekly by The Science Press. Lancaster, Pa.Entered as second-class matter July 18, 1923, at the Post Office at Lancaster, Pa., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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History and Activities of the U.S.S.R. Academy ofSciences during the Past Twenty-five Years: FRED-
Obituary:Charles Benedict Davenport: DR. OSCAR RIDDLE.Leroy Sheldon Palmer: DR. CORNELIA KENNEDY.Deaths and Memorials .................. 441
Scientific Events:The Hall of Mexican and Central American Arche-ology of 'the American Museum of Natural His-tory; The Munsell Foundation to Promote ColorStandardization; The North Carolina State CollegeChapter of the Society of the Sigma Xi; Elections
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Discussion:Stream Double Refraction Studies on the Orienta-tion of Tobacco Mosaic Virus Particles: DR. T. E.RAWLINS. The Incompleteness of Some EcologicalGrassland Studies: DR. GEORGE N. WOLCOTT. Den-tal Caries and Saliva: DR. HARRY G. DAY .. ...... 447
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HISTORY AND ACTIVITIES OF THE U.S.S.R. ACADEMYOF SCIENCES DURING THE PAST
TWENTY-FIVE YEARSBy FREDERICK E. BRASCH
CONSULTANT IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
THE Library of Congress has appropriately takensteps to recognize the heroic efforts of the Russianpeople, who are making a stand to safeguard theirborders and their civilization. This effort is beingmade according to the most logical and modern con-cept of defense and progress, namely, through con-certed scientific, technical and cultural development.The past twenty-five years has taken on the aspectof a new "Renaissance" of Russian culture.At the Library of Congress there has been installed
an exhibition portraying this new "Renaissance."The exhibition centers principally about the historyand work of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences. TheAcademia Imperiale des sciences de Saint-Peters-bourg, Imperatorskaya Akademiya najik, was pro-jected in 1718 by Peter the Great in cooperation andwith the advice of German scholars of that period,
principally Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz and BaronChretien Wolff. Peter died in 1725 and his widow,Catherine I, ordered the opening of the academy ac-cording to prepared plans. The first meeting was heldon December 27, 1725, with Laurent Blumentrost(1692-1764) as the first president, and with a largeand distinguished group of foreign scholars in attend-ance. Catherine furthered Peter's plan by appointinga faculty of mostly German-Swiss scholars to the uni-versity, which was at the same time the academy. In-cluded in the large number of scholars appointed andassociated with the academy were Jacques Hermann,1678-1733, professor of mathematics from Switzer-land; Chretien Goldbach, 1690-1764, professor ofmathematics from Germany; Leonard Euler, 1707-1783, professor of mathematics from Switzerland;Nicolas Bernoulli, 1695-1726, professor of mathe-
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