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to send any suitable papers read before the Society to the 

 "American Naturalist" for publication. 



The following committee to nominate officers for the ensuing 

 year was appointed by the Chair : Messrs. Ilvatt, Lee, Emerson, 

 Rice, and Comstock. 



Messrs. Davis and Kingsley were appointed a committee to 

 audit the accounts of the Treasurer. 



The chair was then taken by Vice-President H. N. Martin, 

 and the President delivered his address entitled : " The in- 

 culcation of scientific method by example, with an illustra- 

 tion drawn from the quaternary geology of Utah," by G. K. 

 Gilbert. 



[This address has since been published in full in " The Ameri- 

 can Journal of Science " for April, 1S86. — Sec.'\ 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Prof. E. S. Morse. On museum cases. 



2. Dr. H. P. BowDiTCH. Demonstration of physiological 



apparatus. 



3. Dr. H. P. BowDiTCH. Model of the eye for class demon- 



strations. 



tuesday, december 29, 1ss5. 



Harvard Medical School. 



After7ioon Sessioit . 



President Gilbert in the chair. Thirty -eight members present. 

 The following papers were read : — 



1. Prof. B. G. Wilder. On the use of alinjected sheeps' hearts 



in class practicums. 



2. Prof. B. G. Wilder. Illustrations of the advantages of 



alinjection, vascular and visceral, in preserving material 

 for class practicums and for permanent preparations. 



3. Dr. Thomas Dwight. Modern anatomical methods. 



4. Dr. S. J. MiXTER. Exhibition of corrosive preparations. 



5. Dr. H. C. Ernst. Cultivation of micro-organisms. 



6. Prof. W. M. Davis. Methods of observing thunder-storms 



and discussinsf the results. 



