In a recent number of the Medical Record the statement is made that "a conference of the masters and medical officers of the great schools of England is to be called to consider the subject of the hours of sleep necessary for the scholars: a course fully justified by the importance of the question."
We read in the public prints that the second International Congress on School Hygiene is to be held in London next August under the patronage of the King and the presidency of that eminent physician and philanthropist, Sir Lauder Brunton. I quote from the prospectus:
The marked success of the First International Congress in School Hygiene, held in Nuremberg in 1904, in bringing together workers of all countries, and in giving an impetus to this work, has already been signalized by increased literary activity in nearly every country.... One of the happiest results of the Nuremberg