xxxviii Journal of Comparative Neurology. 



EXPLANATION OF THE TABLES. 



The occipital nerves are designated from before backwards by the last let- 

 ters of the alphabet, J to z; the occipito-spinal nerves from before backwards, 

 by the first letters of the alphabet, a to c ; the spinal nerves are serially num- 

 bered, beginning with the first occipito-spinal. 



A/'in'mations. 



(/<).__ Amphioxus. {P). — Petromyzontidce. 



begin. — beginning. pal. — palate. 



esp. — especially. pentam. — pentaraerous. 



{Gn). — Gnathostomata. Polypt. — Polypterus. 



hyp. — hypobranchial musculature. poss. — possibly. 



lb. — m. interbasilis. pt. — part, partially. 



ind. — individuals, red. — reduced. 



lat. — lateral. sbs. — subspinal epibranchial somatic 

 {M). — Myxinoidce. musculature, 



m. — muscle [s]. sev. — several, 



n. — nerve [s]. sp. — spinal. 



Not. — Notidanidre. sph. — sphincter. 



occ.-sp. — occipito-spinal. sp.-occ. — spino-occipital. 

 Other abbreviations are self-fexplanatory. 



c. J. H, 



Recent Progress iu Neurology.* 



The increase in quantity and quality of neurological publications 

 is very well illustrated by the present number of Edinger's report in 

 Schmidt's Jahrbiicher. The great works of Kolliker and Dejerine in- 

 dicate how fully the detailed results of the past decade have been di- 

 gested. The influence of Edinger's new edition of his lectures will 

 be even more potent in clarifying the vision of investigators. 



The perplexities of an undigested nomenclature are hardly les- 

 sened by the results of the German Nomenclature Commission, as 

 may be gathered from Professor VVilder's article and the results of the 

 questionaire in our present number. The introduction of formalin 

 into neurological technique and Bethe's modification of the methylene 

 blue intra-vitam method are perhaps tlie most important technical im- 

 provements, though the neuroglia stain of Weigert should also be 

 mentioned. It has been experimentally shown that functioning causes 

 a rapid development of tissue and this fact, long since postulated, now 

 rests on observed data. 



1 Edinger and Wallenberg. Bericht iiber die Leistungen auf dem Ge- 

 biete der Hirnanatomie in den Jahren 1895 und 1896. 



