6 Prof. T. C. Allhutt on Blood Pressure in Man. [Feb. 3, 



had been upon rise of pressure in middle life beyond, often very far 

 beyond, that which he had mentioned as normal for elderly persons. 

 The reasons of this morbid tendency cannot yet be given, but fortu- 

 nately, by medicinal and dietetic means, it can be abated, and in early 

 stages abohshed. If permitted to persist, and it is not rarely con- 

 sistent with fair general health or but vague indisposition, it slowly 

 ruins the vascular system by overstretching it. It is in such persons 

 that the arteries may break, as in apoplexy, a catastrophe which, by 

 timely precautions, can Ije prevented. The lecturer strongly urged 

 upon all persons of middle and advancing years to have their arterial 

 pressures tested by their physicians every four or five years, so that 

 any disposition to excessive pressures may be averted and the integrity 

 of the arterial tree preserved. 



[T. C. A.] 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING. 



Monday, Febmary 6, 1905. 



His Geace the Duke of Northumberland, K.G. D.C.L. F.R.S., 



President, in the Chair. 



Lieut.-Col. Henry Edward Gaulter, 



Edwin Percy Harvey, Esq. 



Mrs. Ludwig Mend, 



Dr. Tcherniac, 



Evelyn C. B. A\'ilbraham, Esq., Ph.D. 



were elected Members of the Royal Institution. 



The PuESENTs received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

 table, and the thanks of the Members returned for the same, viz. : — 



FROM 



The Secretary of State for India — Linguistic Survey of India: Vol. II. ; Vol. III. 

 Part 3 ; Vol. VI. 4to. 1904. 

 Arch8e<jlogical Survey — 



Annual Keport, Panjab Circle, 1904. 4to. 



Progress Rei)ort of the Archaeological Survev of Western India for 1903-4. 



4to. 1904. 

 Annual Progress Report of the Archaeological Survey Circle, United 

 T Provinces. 4to. 1904. 



