ITALY

Summer Institute for Italian and Foreign Physicians  As a result of the initiative of Professor Cattaneo of the University of Milan, the first summer institute for Italian and foreign physicians has been organized. The seat of the institute will be at Colle di Varese, near Milan. The courses will begin July 1 and will include readings and lectures by the professors of the Italian faculties of medicine, and also practical exercises. For the latter the University of Milan has placed its own scientific laboratories at the disposal of the institute. Abstracts of the readings will be prepared in the principal foreign languages.

The Società di Medicina and Colonial Hygiene  The directorate of the Società di medicina met recently in Rome, under the chairmanship of Professor Gabbi, senator and medical clinician of Parma. The headquarters of the society have been permanently established at Rome. The rules and regulations have been completed;