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THE eighth Congress of Russian Naturalists and Physicians was opened on January 9 at St. Petersburg, and was a great success. It was attended by no fewer than 2000 members, half of whom came from the provinces, and at the three general public sittings (corresponding to the sittings of the British Association devoted to the delivery of the Presidential addresses), as well as the meetings of the Sections, the public were well represented. At the first general sitting, Prof. Mendeleeff delivered a most interesting address on the methods of natural science as applied to the study of prices. His parallels between the prices of goods and the specific weights and specific volumes of chemical bodies were very suggestive. The next address, by Prof. Sklifasovsky, was on the wants of Russian medical education. At the second general sitting, Prof. Stoletoff spoke of ether and electricity. Prof. Famintzyn's address on the psychical life of the simplest representatives of living beings, partly based upon his own recent researches into the intelligence of Infusoria, was full of facts as to the means used by various micro-organisms in attack and defence. Prof. Wagner dealt with the physiological and psychological views upon hypnotism, and Prof. Gustavson spoke of the micro-biological bases of agronomy.
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Eighth Congress of Russian Naturalists. Nature 41, 356 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/041356a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/041356a0