The present contribution examines the history of the genetic biology experts reports in Austria up until 1938. This field of activity effected the research topics and -methods at the Viennese Institute for Anthropology considerably and caused an increase of application in practice. The motives of the scientists, the coalition of interests as well as the orientation towards the content of the di...

In May, 1939, a report on the financial results secured on 98 " mixed " dairy farms on the North Cork-Limerick border, m the accounting year ended 30th April, 1938, was presented to the Society. (Journal S S I 1938-39) For 93 of these farms, comparable data were again collected m 1939, covering the accounting-year ended 30th April, 1939, and portion of these data appeared m the Society's Journa...

A male child about a year and quarter old Vas brought to the dispensary on the morning ?\4th July, 1938, for the treatment of high fever Wlt^ unconsciousness for the last six days. Previous history.?The child had been quite n?rrnal and healthy since its birth and on the ?Vening of 28th June, 1938, it suddenly got high ^ver with vomiting, convulsions and epistaxis. ?nsciousness was soon lost and...

THE following case of actinomycosis of the brain is described since it presents several interesting -features, particularly the involvement ofthe sphenoid bone, a rare occurrence according to the literature, and the spread of the disease to the venous sinuses. The literature has been examined from these aspects and a summary added of cases of actinomycosis of the brain reported in the ten years...