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sitions of the editors of the (English) Journal of Anatomy and Physiology 

 as to making that journal the ofificial organ of the Association, and 

 nominated Prof. George S. Huntington as the American editor. The 

 details of the arrangement will be given in a circular to be issued by 

 the secretary of the Association. Dr. E W. Holmes, of Philadelphia, 

 was elected a member of the Executive Committee, and the president 

 was authorized to fill the vacancy in the Committee on Anatomical No- 

 menclature caused by the resignation of Dr. Dwight.^ 



The subject assigned for discussion, "The teaching of Anatomy in 

 our Medical Schools," was opened by Dr. Holmes in "The defects of" 

 our present methods," and further considered under ten divisions viz., 

 I. Preparatory education; 2. The value and place of General Biology 

 and Comparative Anatomy; 3. Histology and Embryology in the 

 medical course ; 4. The relative value of didactic methods; 5. Prac- 

 tical anatomy and how to teach it ; 6. The order of topics; 7. The 

 correlation of structure and function in teaching; 8. The use of charts 

 and blackboards ; 9. The qualifications requisite for a teacher of anat- 

 omy ; 10. The desirability of terminologic consistency; by Dr. Ger- 

 rish (4, 6 and 8), by Dr. Huntington (2, 3, 5 and 6), and Dr. Wilder 

 (10). In view of the extent and importance of the subject it was sug- 

 gested that at future meetings a smaller number ot divisions be more 

 fully considered. 



The following papers were read and discussed ; all were illustrated 

 by specimens, and charts or photographs, and several by lantern-slides 

 or enlarged photographic projections : By J. A. Blake, " The roof and 

 lateral recesses of the fourth ventricle considered morphologically and 

 embryologically ;" by G. E. Brewer, *' Preliminary report on the sur- 

 gical relations of the duodenal orifice of the common bile-duct ;" by 

 E. R. Corson, " An X-ray study of the normal movements of the car- 

 pal bones and wrist;" by F. Dexter, "Morphology of the digestive 

 tract of the cat;" by T. Dwight, " The origin of numerical variations 

 of the vertebrae ;" and " The living model showing the platysma in 

 contraction;" by S. H. Gage, "Further notes on the relation of the 

 ureters and great veins;" by I. S. Haynes, " An explanation of a new 

 method of cutting gross sections of the cadaver, with demonstration of 

 the technique;" by Ales Hrdlicka, "The normal human tibia;" by G. 

 S. Huntington, " Morphology and phylogeny of the vertebrate ileo- 

 colic junction," "Visceral and vascular variations in human anatomy;" 

 and "The sternalis muscle;" by W. Martin, "The caecum and appen- 



Dr. E. C. Spitzka of New York city has since been selected. 



