A REPORT OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SEMINAR OF 



THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, 



WOOD'S HOLE, MASS. SEASON OF 1898. 



The Neurological Seminar was organized during the sum- 

 mer of 1896, with the object of bringing together in an infor- 

 mal manner those engaged in the investigation of the Morphol- 

 ogy, Physiology or Pathology of the Nervous System. Meet- 

 ings one hour in length, were held twice each week. Reports 

 were presented embodying the results of personal research or the 

 critical review of the literature of the subject under investiga- 

 tion. Demonstrations and drawings were used to illustrate the 

 points presented and prepare the way for discussion. 



During the first season the attendance was restricted to 

 the active members, of whom there were twenty. The second 

 season, 1897, there was no increase in the number of members; 

 about half the entire number had participated in the meetings 

 of the previous season. The subjects discussed can be grouped 

 under a few main heads. The investigation of the lateral line 

 of vertebrates, its innervation and the relation of its sense or- 

 gans to the organs of special sense has held the first place. 

 Only second to it was the question of metamerism in the ver- 

 tebrate head and in the nervous system of annelids. The sub- 

 ject of equilibration has received much attention from the 

 physiologists. 



The present season the meetings have been made public 

 and the neurologists at the Biological Laboratory of the United 

 States Fish Commission were invited to take active part. The 

 membership has advanced to thirty six, although only twenty 

 nine presented reports, the others being prevented from doing 

 so by various causes. 



