This is believed to be as low a mortality as reported in any of the large clinics.

Two members of the staff will return in the autumn after periods of study abroad. Dr. Wilder Penfield reached Spain in April, and will be there until September studying the newer histological methods developed in Cajal's laboratory. He is working with Rio Hortega, who fortunately is engaged in studying repair in the brain and spinal cord, a subject Dr. Penfield has been working on in the Pathological Department for the past two years. It is felt that as the result of this period of learning the methods and acquiring a knowledge of Spanish, Dr. Penfield will be able to carry out fundamental research in neuro-surgery.

Dr. Hanford is leaving for Switzerland in June to study heliotherapy and treatment of surgical tuberculosis in Rolliers Clinic in Leysin. This is an especially interesting subject and Dr. Hanford is especially desirous. of applying it at the Presbyterian. He will be in the Clinic for about a month.

Dr. Jay McLean has joined the staff this year after two years as Research Fellow under the National Research Council. He worked for one year in Leipsic with Payr, and one year in Paris in several of the well known clinics. As Chief of Clinic of the Vanderbilt, it is hoped to obtain through him closer cooperation between the Vanderbilt and Presbyterian Clinics. There is much material in the Gastro-Intestinal Department that could be studied to advantage by both medical and surgical staff, and this is being arranged with Dr. Kantor and Drs. Herrick and Knapp. There is a considerable amount of thyroid work that should come to the Presbyterian Hospital in the same way.

Dr. Penfield:

PUBLICATIONS

Cranial and Intracranial Endotheliomata-Hemicraniosis. Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, May 1923, pp. 657–674. Osteogenetic Dural Endothelioma: The True Nature of Hemicraniosis. The Journal of Neurology and Psychopathology, London, May 1923, Vol. IV, pp. 27–34.

Prolonged Intravenous Infusion and the Clinical Determination of Venous Pressure. Archives of Surgery, July 1923, Vol. 7, pp. 111-124. Drs. Penfield and Teplitsky.

Subdural Effusion and Internal Hydrocephalus. American Journal of Diseases of Children, October 1923, Vol. 26, pp. 383-390. DR. WHIPPLE:

Pancreatic Esthonia as a Post-Operative Complication in Patients with Lesions of the Pancreas. Annals of Surgery, August 1923. Pre-Operative and Post-Operative Care of Lesions of the Biliary Tract. Read before the Morristown Medical Society, September 1923.

End Results in Operations for So-Called Chronic Appendicitis. Read before the Agnew Society, University of Pennsylvania, November 1923.

DR. BAUMAN:

The Role of Anhydremia and the Nature of the Toxin in Intestinal Obstruction. Drs. Bauman, Invaldsen, Whipple and B. C. Smith. January 1, 1924, Vol. xxxix, No. 1, pp. 117-127.

Attempts to Separate the Active Constituent of Ragweed Pollen. Dr. L. Bauman, Mildred Chudnoff and Dr. Geo. M. Mackenzie. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1924, xxi, pp. 226–227.

DR. PARSONS:

Traumatic Fat Necrosis. (To be published.) Journal of the American Medical Association.

There have been no radical changes in the teaching at the Surgical Division at Bellevue. As formerly, one-half of the fourth year class was taken care of by the director and his assistants. This year Dr. Frank Berry, the Resident, acting as instructor, made excellent liaison between the attending surgeons and the clinical clerks and it was made possible through Dr. McWhorter to give the students much more surgical pathology.

Considerable investigation was carried on during the past year and various reports have been published. Dr. Hooker has continued the study of end results of the chronic appendicitis cases with the hope that it will be possible to more clearly determine what class of cases can better be helped by treatment other than surgical. Dr. Lambert has continued his investigation of the operative treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. The work is carried on in close connection with Dr. J. A. Miller of the Tuberculosis Service. This work has steadily progressed and the procedure has so far been standardized as to offer to some of these unfortunate and otherwise hopeless cases a fair chance of recovered health. Dr. McCreery has studied and reported on a most instructive series of acute perforated ulcers of the stomach and duodenum and is continuing his study of the chronic ulcers.

Drs. McGuire and McWhorter have completed and published a most exhaustive study of sarcoma of bone, thoroughly analyzing fifty cases with complete records and follow-up.

Dr. Grace has begun a study of the end results of fractures of the femur. Dr. Carlucci has about completed a two-year analysis of the hernia operations, and Dr. Potter has published a valuable article on infections of the fingers.

A slight change has been made in the follow-up system this year by attempting to have all cases of one type return the same evening. This has not only made the follow-up more interesting but has facilitated the study of the cases.

DR. LAMBERT:

PUBLICATIONS

Treatment of Lung Abscess. Lambert and Miller. Archives of Surgery, 8, 446-456 (pt. 2), January 1924.

Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Lambert and Miller. American Review of Tuberculosis. (In publication.)

DR. MCCREERY:

Acute Perforated Ulcers of the Stomach and Duodenum. Annals of Surgery, 79: 91-99, January 1924.

Acute Perforation of the Gall Bladder. (In publication.)

Fracture Dislocation of the Tarsal Scaphoid. (In publication.)

DR. NEUHOF:

The Transplantation of Tissues. Monograph. Appleton.

DRS. MCGUIRE AND MCWHORTER.

Sarcoma of Bone. A Study of Fifty Cases. Archives of Surgery. (In publication.)

DRS. MCWHORTER AND Weeks:

Multiple Zanthoma of the Tendon Sheaths. S. G. and O. (In publication.)

DR. CARLUCCI:

Wounds of the Lower Extremity Communicating with a Fracture or Joint. Annals of Surgery, May 1924.

DR. POTTER:

Bone Regeneration Following Chronic Suppurative Ostitis of Distal Phalanx. Potter and Levine. (In publication.)

Respectfully submitted,

WILLIAM DARRACH, M.D.,

June 30, 1924

Dean

FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE

REPORT OF THE DEAN

FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1924

To the President of the University

SIR:

I have the honor to present to you the following report on the work of the Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry in the academic year just closed:

The number of students registered this year was in the third year 48, second year 52, first year 66, naval officers 39, non-matriculates 23, total 228. The corresponding total in the previous year was 221. The number of students graduating in the class of 1924 was 44. The degree of Master of Science was awarded to 36 officers of the U. S. Navy on completion of the special post-graduate course in mechanical or electrical engineering. The distribution of the entering class among the several courses of study followed the same lines as in the previous year, with the number in electrical engineering largest, and in mining engineering next.

The report of the Department of Chemical Engineering notes that seventeen men were graduated with the degree of Chemical Engineer, six with the Master of Arts degree and four with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Candidates for the Master of Arts or Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chemical Engineering are not registered in the Schools of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry, but the number of graduates mentioned above shows how this primarily engineering department is serving the needs of students not only in the regular professional course but also in instructing and directing the research of properly prepared students who are interested in more specialized studies.

The report calls attention to the large number and wide. range of industrial plants and factories in and near New York

City which have been visited and studied by the students as part of their assigned work, and lists also the names and subjects of the seventeen special lecturers of the year on chemical engineer subjects, each a man qualified to discuss his subject with the authority of experience.

In the Chandler Museum of chemical substances and manufactured products, the University has material of high educational and scientific value, nearly all of which has been collected and given to the University by Professor Charles F. Chandler, retired. The advantages that would come from a proper further development of this museum have been realized for some time. As a most important step in this direction, Mr. Elwood Hendrick, D.Sc., well known for his writings on chemical subjects and for his wide interest in all chemical developments, has accepted an appointment as curator of the Chandler Museum. Under his guidance it is expected that the usefulness of the museum to the work of the departments of Chemistry and of Chemical Engineering will steadily in

crease.

The Department of Chemistry reports activities and publications of its staff and students that exhibit well the sustained scientific productiveness of this great department of the University. My report last year emphasized the well recognized plight of this department as to lack of laboratory space. The Trustees have now made provision for an addition to Havemeyer Hall, as discussed later in this report, which will happily meet the acute need of the present.

Charles R. Wyckoff, B.S., C.E., A.M., was added to the staff of the department as Associate in Civil Engineering. The Civil Engineering Testing Laboratories report an increased volume of work, the total number of tests for the year being 4,423. From receipts for commercial tests in the laboratory and at the Greenpoint Fire Testing Station, the laboratory has accumulated a fund, sufficient to purchase a large amount of needed equipment, but no substantial expenditures can be made until more floor space can be provided for this laboratory. The work in the laboratory, not only of testing. but what is more important, that of research, could at once