458 General Monthly Meeting. [Dec. 7, 



GENEEAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, December 7, 1891. 



Sir James Crichton Browne, M.D. LL.D. F.E.S. Treasurer and 

 Vice-President, in the Chair, 



Lorentz Albert Groth, Esq. 



John Imray, Esq. M.A. M. Inst. C.E. 



George Stillingfleet Johnson, Esq. F.C.S. 



John List, Esq. M. Inst. C.E. 



Mrs. Douglas Powell, 



James Shand, Esq. M. Inst. C.E. 



Mrs. Thomas Threlfall, 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned for the 

 following Donations to the Fund for the Promotion of Experimental 

 Research : — 



Professor Dewar (For Structural Alterations) .. £200 

 Mr. Ludwig Mond (For New Pressure Pump) .. £120 



The Honorary Secretary reported that the late Mr. J. P. Stocker, 

 M.B.I. had bequeathed £100 to the Eoyal Institution. 



The following Lecture Arrangements were announced : — 



On Life in Motion, or the Animal Machine. By Professor John G. 

 McKendkick, M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. Proft ssor of Physiology in the Univer.-ity of 

 Glasgow. Six Lectures (adapted to a Juvenile Auditory), on Dec. 29 {Tuesday), 

 Dec. 31, 1891; Jan. 2, 5, 7, 9, 1892. 



On The Structure and Functions of the Nervous System. The Brain. 

 By Professor Victor Horsley, F.R.S. B.S. F.R.C.S. M.R.I. Fullerian Professor 

 of" Physiology, R.I. Twelve Lectures on Tuesdays, Jan. 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, 

 March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, April 5. 



On Some Aspects of Greek Sculpture in Relief. By A. S. Murray, Esq. 

 LL.D. F.S.A. Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum. 

 Three Lectures on Thursdays, Jan. 21, 28, Feb. 4. 



On Some Recent Biological Discoveries. By Professor E. Ray Lan- 

 kester, M.A. LL.D. F.R.S. Three Lectures on Thursdays, Feb. 11, 18, 25. 



On The Progress of Romance in the Middle Ages. By Professor W. P. 

 Ker, M.A. Professor of English Literature in University College, London. 

 Three Lectures on Thursdays, March 3, 10, 17. 



On Epidemic Waves. By B. Arthur Whitelegge, M.D. B.Se. Three 

 Lectures on Thursdays, March 24, 31, April 7. 



