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be no doubt also that the conditions of nutrition of the mother in 

 foetal life must greatly afiect the health of the young. In certain 

 families there was a special immunity from infectious or other 

 diseases. Was it not possible by selection to extend this special 

 immunity ? With a more complete biological knowledge and a 

 higher standard of conduct much might be done to prevent the 

 spread of inherited disease. Education appeared to count for 

 more than heredity in the advance of humanity. In the case of 

 man there was a qtiasi-herediij which was almost unrepresented in 

 other animals. He inherited the results of the experience of past 

 generations, and all the benefits of civilization which had 

 gradually accumulated. 



WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17th, 1894. 



SPECIAL MEETING FOR DISCUSSION ON 

 "HEREDITY." 



WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21st. 



NATURE IN THE HEBRIDES. 



BY 



Mr. a. F. GKIFFITH, M.A. 



WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19th. 



AN EVENING FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 

 SPECIMENS. 



