60 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



Three hundred and eighty-fifth meeting. 



October 12, 1853. — Special Meeting. 



The President, and afterwards Professor Parsons, in the 

 chair. 



The President stated that this meeting of the Academy, in 

 committee of the whole, was called for the special purpose of 

 acting upon the reports made by committees on the revision 

 of the Statutes of the Academy. 



Three hundred and eighty-sixth meeting. 



November 8, 1853. — Monthly Meeting. 



The Academy met by invitation at the house of the Presi- 

 dent, — Dr. George Hay ward, and afterwards the President, 

 in the chair. 



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A letter was read from the Academy of Archaeology of Bel- 

 gium, at Antwerp, presenting the seventh volume of their 

 Annals, requesting an exchange of publications, and a mutual 

 election of Corresponding Members. 



Professor J. Wyman made some further observations on the 

 effect of low temperature and darkness in arresting the devel- 

 opment of tadpoles. The experiment, at the time of his first 

 observations, had lasted for about seventeen months ; now, at 

 the end of two years, some specimens are living in the same 

 condition, showing no disposition to undergo metamorphosis. 



Dr. Hay ward related the case of a boy who had recently 

 died from perfectly marked hydrophobia, commencing just 

 thirty days after the bite of the dog. The wound, which was 

 near the angle of the eye, was thoroughly cleansed by suction 

 and cauterized with nitrate of silver, and in a few days seemed 

 quite well ; pain in the wound came on after a month ; the 

 boy became irritable, and much disturbed by cold air and 

 water ; attempts to swallow produced convulsions ; stupidity 

 soon came on, and death took place apparently from effusion 

 in the brain. This disease is perfectly distinct from tetanus. 

 In tetanus, the mind is unaffected, and deglutition is perfect 



