MEN OF SCIENCE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18150, 13 August 1924, Page 9

MEN OF SCIENCE.

TORONTO CONFERENCE. MYSTERIES OF DIETETICS. <«? casus—inuas AasoctATtoy—comtasr (icth's tk*oiu3«*\) (Received August 12th, 10J6 jfctt. TOKONTO, Ampj* II An interesting prorarsuK-erreßt isi t"?discussion at the sectional Msasums aii tho British Association for th* Advancement of Science was that of Pr= - fessor Herbert Evan.*, of th» tfai**fsity of California, in which fv» eiaj/Kfn? to have discovered a my-tterfntw soks ponent of diot which is e>*#nlu! for tho performance of ths reprodsetr.•:.» function. Professor Brans, reporting on fci* researches in a symposium on Til*mines, said that synthetic Urd mittures containing adequate arnoitsfo ni sugar, fat; salts and pretiously fcwiw:* vitanunes will produv norm-;; s-nd apparent health in rodents, !.<*::*, thoy lead to the occurrence of steuhtr. When vitamiites aro prevalent inleaves, grains and meats, added fertility returns.

"isteriliiy is a STvd£i dietary d-p----oase, prevented or cured by c*»rl*ii» natural food:.tuffs owl urjaS«*.t«d bf others," declared PnrfcMor £*%£*. Dr. E. Mellandy, of London, d*iiß#d that phosphate*, long coasidfted te he s, controlling and necessnry fartos* f*f tho proper growth of boa*, are rrally only of secondary value. Ho said hj» performed experiments on than by varying tins diet of dogs. MATHEMATICAL CONGRESS HONOURS FOR CANADA. (Received August I2tb. 10.65 pusU TORONTO, Anput 12Added interest was pven to tfc*» activities of the wortd-fcmooß arieretwts when tho International 3£afh<rs*i*MtJ Congress, gathering for the first tinm on this side of tho Atlantic, omneu lis annual session.

The Congress, in ita firrt nsMsting, recognised the work of Canadian m*B «f science by choosing Dr. O. J. Fiffai, of Toronto University, a* praideftt fat the year. A further honour w*# &#» stowed on Canada by the *ek*twn x 0 Professor J. L. Synge, of Toronto, &sd Professor L. V. King, of 3fcGiH Vtaversity, Montreal, as secretaries.