MEDICAL RESEARCH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 753, 28 February 1910, Page 5

MEDICAL RESEARCH.

3 ' , , , TEN CANDIDATES ELECTED. ,'".'

By Teleiraoh -Press Associatlon-OoDrrlehfc . * (Eeo. February 27, 5 p.m.) e *

'"•' .-fh'AK- ;vL'ondon, - The.-irustees'iappointed, to; control Beit Memorial/Fellowship : r for':'■: Research".. (established ■■ by t'the '• late ■Alfred Beit, whose- bequesi.. was;: ys; supplements :by;,his; ; brbther,oMr;;;.;Otto;;( /: Sfi; Beit) :■ have" elected, ten candidates, ■ iriclud-= "fiv#? 'tag Mr ; research -in' connection,:'with'-:respir'atibhi'vy .',&: ; Each, appointments carries ; year for three.years.;;'Applications;fdrj'^ : §:;v the second election must :be ;Teaiiyed the trustees before.November 15;neit.;;.:i : A'-'tjS';

a; fund:;bF;,;£2ls^o;':^,^^^^^ •-.Mr. Ottaßeit.in W letter.-to the of the ..University' of London, announced?- ; V-S : in.December.a'gift of -a!l(K,000 tb-supple-SW-f ment the .£50,000 given by his' brother,/':; 1 the. late Mr; Alfred -Beit,', for the benefit of medical research; : .- ; -- - ' ■:,"-" .'. : . :: '':\* : -:- : ;'; Mr. Alfred Beit "intended-■,-650,000/ should go: -to. the' fund- for "-.'the',';- 1 S;3? proposed "Institute 'of' Medical/ Sciences." ikt ;X Jhe formation of this institute, was found,'-"'iS';';

to. be. : inipossible, ; and the'-treasurera -'oifry'W the/fund; were directed by.ai order. of/theV/'g.vjy; High Court;to/return all moneys/received'-/,.'■-,»■ for/this:purpose to; the-donors. The of ■'. thei iESO,<IOO already•;paid: was ;handcd,■*,:' JjU to .Mr; Otto. Beit as ■;legateeX'- ; -.' : -'S-; ■under his:brothers will. ■':,':..*•';;■■■'?.' ..'•v" : ': "~V : 4/;A

.'' -.The;new fundv'of.: J3215,000 about J87500.- annually,:-. and■-.--isV:'namedS''/i ! ;;to ■'Whe.;.'-'Beit-V\'-Memo'rial ,, i-Medical Research". Ten fellowships,':eachJ>,>.s* of.;:the/ value of; £250. ;':,a awarded Annually, the usual/tenure to.- be?;; 'fss three;years. : Men and,/women- ofvEuro-^ 'iffi). pean' descent "who" have' taken ' a /degree;;?i"j?.£' (or/in ;the'caso ! of ; -.women'.; passed. //an ; ;; ; :'J;i:'//» equivalent, examination) at any:university /in the; British' Empire'; approved -by .tha^s 'h.s : trustees of!the/fund-are eligible;-!There;;/'V'u ,: V; are' no: restrictions' on. account' of.' age'OT'-./v.'Sra.' religious /or. medical -opinions;':/ jfev";vtt*;:a£-'-;fc -V'The-/trustees:of .the.-fund- ;are: v Lord-/oVs".-/:

.Milner, Lord Curzon,. Mr: ; .Haldane,'; the J?: py,S : /Principal' of : the University,of,-London:'ex-.vll/v-.f '■■:' . officio; (D.r. H.;-A. Mie'rs),. Mr> Otto,'Beift'ts";- v '-**f Dr. James -Kingston: Fowler,:/ { Bourchier■ Hawksley.V■ "k—--: /•-/■':/ '>'■-:■' V?.'■■. •';';■';VyC| -To'' assist'the /trustees/ there is .'the ; fol-:;;i".;--o,i lowing; advisory board ;'■ T. ,H Clifford;:;-.?/-Jv,< Allbntfc-: (Regius '- Professor; V of ■/: .Physic, t; ■■ *. 's Cambridge), Dr. .J..Rose'Bradford <Pri> : />J;.;:! fessor of;:Medicine,\ UniversityiCollege);*;:/..;;;?-/ Dr. J." K. --. "Fowler-.--' (senior .-phymcian, , /:-"'/;:A-; ■Middlesex Hospital); Mr; C. ';j./Martin;/' (director of the Lister Institute), Dr. WU- / :;;-/*-.:. liam',Osler (Regius Professor''of Medicine,--/,'/*/;•:; Oxford),''and Dr.- 8..H; Starling; sor v .of ./, Physiology;''/.University ■■: 'London)iV«'"'-v>'.T-i- I' .''>'./ ;' ; : ;i/.::'-, '■■/^■;r'^.