Abstract

Special Correspondence

The article focuses on various developments related to books and education. The sale of the great library of M. Firmin Didot is continuing this year, the family of M. Didot having wisely distributed it over several years. Though the passion for fine books and bindings has never been as intense as it is now, the floating capital which can be invested in books is limited after all, and it is not safe to throw too many books on the market at the same time. In another development, the growth of physiology during the last quarter of a century in Germany has been by general acknowledgment unprecedented in the history of science. Instead of being united with anatomy in one professorship in the universities it is now often argued that it is too wide a field for a single specialist.