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The reason why the members ot the Executive Committee have been chosen 

 thus far solely from Germany and Austria, is merely to facilitate communication 

 with the present President whose home is in Berlin, but this arrangement must not 

 be regarded as establishing a precedent. 



Owing to vacancies caused by death, certain changes became necessary in the 

 special commissions established in London in 1904 for the several departments of 

 brain research. These changes were made at the meeting in Vienna in May, 1906, 

 and are as follows: 



Retzius was made President of the Commission on Embryology, and Donald- 

 son was named on this commission in the place of Schaper, deceased On the 

 Commission on the Pathology of the Brain, Mingazzini was named in place of 

 Weigert, deceased. 



At present the seven special commissions are constituted as follows: 



I. Commission on descriptive Anatomy. Waldeyer (President), Cunning- 

 ham, Mall, Manouvrier, Zuckerkandl. 



II. Commission on comparative Anatomy. Ehlers (President), Edinger, 

 Giard, Guldberg, Elliot Smith. 



III. Commission on histological Anatomy. Golgi (President), Ramon y 

 Cajal, Dogiel, van Gehuchten, Lugaro. 



IV. Commission on Embryology. Retzius (President), Bechterew, Donald- 

 son, V. Lenhossek, C. S. Minot. 



V. Commission on Physiology. H. MuNK (President), V. Horsley, Luciani, 

 Mosso, Sherrington. 



VI. Commission on pathological Anatomy and Physiology. Obersteiner 

 (President), Dejerine, v. Monakow, Langley, Mingazzini. 



VII. Commission on clinical Neurology. Flechsig (President), Henschen, 

 Ferrier, Lannalongue, Raymond. 



The following were recognized as interacademic Institutes for brain study. 



1. The Neurological Institute of the Madrid University conducted by Ram6n 

 y Cajal. 



2. The Neurological Institute of the Leipzig LTniversity conducted by P. 

 Flechsig. 



3. The Neurological Institute of the Vienna University, conducted by H. 

 Obersteiner. 



4. The Neurological Institute of the Zurich University, conducted by v. MoNA- 

 KOW. 



5. The neurological department of the The Wistar Institute, Phila., U. S. A., 

 conducted by H. H. Donaldson; M. J. Greenman, Director of the Institute. 



6. The Neurological Institute in Frankfort a/ M., conducted by Edinger. 



In addition to the Institutes already recognized. The Wistar Institute in its neuro- 

 logical department was accepted as a Central Institute for brain study, and conse- 

 quently will be regarded by the Brain Commission as the Central Institute for brain 

 study in the United States of North America. 



The Messrs. v. Monakow and Obersteiner proposed that the Central Com- 

 mission should request the proper authorities in the countries mentioned below, to 

 recognize the Neurological Institute at Zurich, as the Central Institute for Switzer- 

 land, and the Neurological Institute at Vienna, as the Central Institute for Austria. 

 This request will be made at an early date. 



