RECORDS 71 



SECTION OF BIOLOGY. 



October 13, 1902. 



The section met at 8:15 P. M., Professor Bashford Dean pre- 

 siding. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



The Secretary presented a letter from the Recording Secre- 

 tary of the Academy, calling attention to the fact that sectional 

 officers were to be elected at the November meeting, the officers 

 then chosen to take office at the first meeting in January follow- 

 ing. It was also stated that the election of a Chairman by the 

 section constituted his nomination to the Council as a candidate 

 for Vice-President. 



The following nominating committee was appointed by the 

 Chair to report at the next meeting : Professors Bristol, Lee, 

 Lloyd, Drs. Mayer and Calkins. 



The scientific program consisted of a series of reports by 

 members of the section upon their work during the summer. 



Professor E. B. Wilson spoke of some of the results of his 

 successful work, carried on at first at the Beaufort, N. C. Fish 

 Commission Station, and later at the South Harpswell Labora- 

 tory in Maine. Complete embryological material oi Rcnilla had 

 been obtained, after several years' efforts. Important results were 

 also obtained by experiments upon the regeneration of the large 

 claw in Aipheus, the conclusions of Przibram being confirmed, 

 and the influence of the nervous system being determined. At 

 South Harpswell experimental work was carried on upon the 

 development of the normal eggs, of isolated blastomeres, and 

 of egg-fragments of the worm Cerebratiihis, a form extremely 

 favorable for experimentation. In conclusion, the favorable 

 character of the fauna in general in this region was pointed 

 out. 



Professor F. S. Lee reported the results of investigations upon 

 the effect of alcohol on muscular work in Goiiioncnia, which 

 agreed in essentials with his earlier work upon the effect of 

 alcohol on frog muscle. It was pointed out that the effect 



