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As a preliminary to attacking certain problems in the physiology of development of chicks, a number of trials of incubating eggs lying in shallow water have been made. As these trials cannot be continued for the present it has seemed worth while to present a brief report of the most successful method used so far, and the results obtained. A review of the literature has failed to disclose any previous attempts of a similar nature, and but few investigators appear to have reported work bearing even indirectly on the problem in hand. Fere (1893b and 1894) has reported that varnishing the upper hemisphere of eggs retarded development during the first days of incubation, but that varnishing the lower hemisphere acted favorably on development. Fere (1893 a) also reported that the injection of 1 cc. of distilled water in an egg did not retard development up to 96 hours. Mitrophanow (1900) . . .

The right to lite is the right which every human person has to conserve his physical integrity with regard to health, in order that he may achieve, in the fullest manner possible, his existential destiny. This is an evident truth which is guaranteed by the existence of pro-lite behavior such as legitimate defense or medicine. However, since there exist at the same time anti-life conducts which attack Iife -from bodily injury to homicide- it becomes necessary to establish this right upon a firm foundation. The foundation of the right to Iife rests upon three pillars: 1) The Theological foundation: in the will of God; 2) The Ontological foundation: in the human tendency toward survival; 3) The Ethical foundation: in the dictates of conscience. From this affirmation comes the moral condemnation of anti-life behavior and the corresponding formulation as crimes of such actions as homicide, abortion, suicide and euthanasia. But equally trom this comes the positive valuation of justifiable behavior such as legitimate defense, surgical operations, etc. In summary, man has a right to Iive which is encompassed by two extremes: the acceptance of the lite received from God and the acceptance of death -also received from God- for God is the Lord of lite and ºLdeath.

The family is the medium most suitable for the formation of the complete and balanced human person, or, as one says, the well-finished personality. This is due to the fact that the family is like a second foetal surrounding for the baby and the child, in which they can be protected in the best way from the aggressions of the world outside during the process of the formation of the personality. At the same time the family is the best agent to ensure a balanced society; firstly, because it is the origin of all the population, producing as it does the new generations in the best possible conditions; secondly, because it constitutes the primordial living community insofar as it is the centre of the elementary stages of economic and cultural life; thirdly, because it is the first school of good habits, as it is the nucleus of the social exercise of the moral and religious virtues; and finally, because it is the first social unit of political power, as the basic cell from which grow all social and political structures of an organic nature. From both of the above considerations it becomes obvious that it is necessary to revitalize, fortify and strengthen the family. To this end the interiorally equilibrated family ought to be given preference. The ideal family is that formed by three generations that determine their necessities in co-operation and dialogue according to rules of conduct proven and handed down by family traditions. It is also necessary to eliminate the main causes of internal family problems: abandonment of the educational role, low cultural level of the parents, exaggerated individuality, low economic leve!. and lack of group-promotion and political involvement of the parents. Both processes, stimulation and prevention, ought to be co-ordinated in the framework of a global family policy that includes the cultural, economic, political and group·forming aspects.

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