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IN compliance with the provisions of the will of the late Francis Amory, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as trustee of a fund given by the testator, announces a prize to be known as "The Francis Amory Septennial Prize", to be awarded for conspicuously meritorious work performed during the immediately preceding septennial period, "through experiment, study or otherwise, in the treatment and cure of diseases and derangement of the human sexual generative organs in general, and more especially for the cure, prevention or relief of the retention of urine, cystitis, prostatitis, etc. "If any work of quality warrant it, the first award will be made in 1940. The total amount will exceed 10,000 dollars, which may be divided at the discretion of the Academy among several nominees. While formal nominations are not expected and no essays or treatises in direct competition for the prize are desired, suggestions are invited. Communications should reach the Francis Amory Septennial Prize Award Committee not later than May 15, 1940, and should be addressed in care of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 28 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
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Francis Amory Septennial Prize. Nature 145, 220 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145220c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145220c0