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Portland Me.) bad died and Dr. P. J. Mc Court of N. Y. City had 

 resigned. 



The circular and blanks in reference to the anatomical peculiarities 

 of the negro race were ordered to be modified and copies sent out for 

 report of cases. 



The Association adopted the report of the majority of the Committee 

 on Anatomical Nomenclature and ordered it to be published and distri- 

 buted as soon as practicable, accompanied by the objections of the 

 minority of the Committee, and comments thereon by the Secretary of 

 the Committee. Of the neural terms recommended, more than 100 were 

 identical with those adopted in 1895 by the Anatomische GeseU- 

 s chaft. 



The following papers were read and discussed ; they were illustrated 

 by specimens, photographs and diagrams. 



Dr. P. A. Fish, Ithaca, N. Y. : "A fluid for the retention of the 

 natural colors of anatomical specimens" and "Mummification of small 

 anatomical specimens". — Dr. George S. Huntington, N. Y. City : ''Com- 

 parative anatomy and embryology as aids to the teaching of human 

 anatomy in the medical course". — Dr. Wilder: "An adult and healthy 

 living cat, lacking the left arm, excepting the scapula, and having the 

 heart apparently at the epigastrium". — Dr. Woods Hutchinson, Buffalo, 

 N. Y. : "Relative diameters of the human thorax". — Dr. D. S. Lamb, 

 Washington, D. C. : "Pre-Columbian syphilis". — Mr. Charles H. Ward, 

 Rochester, N. Y. : "A craniomandibular index". — Prof. Howard Ayers, 

 University of Missouri: "The membrana basilaris, membrana tectoria, 

 and nerve endings in the human ear". Read by Dr. Hopkins. — 

 Dr. Wilder : "Certain resemblances and peculiarities of the human brain". 

 — Dr. B. B. Stroud, Ithaca, N. Y. : "The ape cerebellum". — Dr. Fish : 

 "The brain of the fur-seal, Callorhinus ursinus". — Dr. Huntington : 

 "The eparterial bronchial system of mammalia". — Dr. J. A. Blake, 

 N. Y. City : "The relation of the bronchi to the thoracic wall". — Dr. 

 Thomas Dwight, Boston, Mass.: "The distribution of the superior mes- 

 enteric artery". — Dr. D. W. Montgomery, University of California, 

 San Francisco : "Sebaceous glands in the mucous membrane of the mouth". 

 Read by Dr. Lamb. — Dr. Stroud: "Notes on the appendix". — 

 Prof. S. H. Gage, Ithaca, N. Y. : "On the relation of the ureters in the 

 cat to the great veins", with variations. — Dr. Wilder: "A number 

 of specimens of either unusual or specially instructive character". — 

 Mr. A. H. Surface, Fellow in Cornell University: "Notes on the fish 

 fauna of Cayuga Lake". 



The following papers were read by title: 



Prof. George A. Dorsey, Chicago: "Description of two Koutenay 

 skeletons" and "Two examples of unusual ossification of the first costal 

 cartilages". — Dr. E. R. Hodge, Washington, D. C. : "Relation of sex to 

 the size of the articular surfaces of the long bones". — Dr. J. T. Duncan, 

 Toronto, Canada : "Anus vulvalis". — Dr. Woods Hutchinson : "A skin 

 heart?". 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing term : Dr. B. G. 

 Wilder, Ithaca, N. Y., President ; Dr. Geo. A. Piersol, Philadelphia, 

 1st Vice Pres.; Dr. William Keiller, Galveston, Texas, 2nd Vice Pres.; 



