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Dr. Tomas Laycock on the Communicating Fibres of the Brain in reference 
to! Thought and) Aotion «sis ciscsivisecsvancecicnccdswesccseevsbasocseocts <oseabee® cssese 84 
Mr. T. S. Wexts. A Drawing, representing the appearance of the Surface of 
the Heart in a case of Purpura hemorrhagicd vvecsicscoseeceeesceececeresensees eyes 2) 
Dr. Fowuer on the State of the Deaf and Dumb .,,......eecseseseeeeeees Sebesessene!: (BS 
Mr. Srsson’s Notice of an Apparatus for delineating correctly the relative po- 
sition and size of the Viscera, either in the Healthy Condition or changed by 
Disease  ..sececeees Beseeec eae stn aente ce case ess suas cotacscaeeerpeee eee aatengtaaanet as 85 
Dr. Macponatp on Cranial Vertebra ......eseseesessecees wesebascevserenmmedanwastes 85 
Dr. Brooxe’s Notice of an Instrument to assist in the discovery of Foreign 
Bodies by Auscultation .......s0....6. tavecscdeteseeysereds cidvevcacecsevs cnePeneeacusnas 86 
STATISTICS. 
Mr. J. Heywoop on the University Statistics of Germany . éabe8ceebaxetend| OG 
— on the Comparative Number of Degrees nit at Cambridge 
in the Seventeenth and Nineteenth Centuries ............ einpePaSANass aniseed crecee 86 
Mr. R. Vary on the Trade and Navigation of Norway ...cccsessssessereeeseesnes 87 
Dr. TaurNAm on the Liability to Insanity at different Ages .s...ssssseeeesesens 87 
Mr. G.R.Porter’s Sketch of the Progress and present Extent of Savings’ Banks 
TIT-ENE WMNLED ISIN POBIN 5ns,.csiccvocysocetoccscetr op oqstasasecdbakes overeat bus eueeemetneeas 87 
Mr. J. Fiercuer’s Statistical and Historical Account of the Ancient System 
of Public Charities in London ............cesssee008 Gostnscceeresehe sete cn eee a ee 88 
Sir Joun Bortrav’s Result of Inquiries into the State of the Agricultural La- - 
bourers in the County of Norfolk  .........s.eseeseeeeeeeees seateceecesy eitiiesstes 89 
Mr. W. Nitxp on the Police Statistics of Manchester ............ seaeceenetti paces 89 
M. Juxien’s Plan for the Formation of a Society to collect the Statistics of all 
Civilized Countries, and opening a communication between all persons en- 
paged ‘in Statistical Inquities \ \vssiud.s.tecsteasscecsd dices Wisedetsweseaveceinead OO 
Dr. Stark on the Statistics of Small-pox ........sseeseeees saishehdbadoscaccebaseawce 0 
Mr. Kenrick on the Statistics of Merthyr Tydvil  ....s.ss0s045 sessbveetasiecsoacse | 90 
Dr. Tuomas Laycock on the Vital Statistics of America .......sseesssseeseeeveenes 90 
Rev. Mr. Boys on the Choice of Sites for Colonial Towns .....sessesseesesssesees 90 
Dr. ALEXANDER Watt on the Iron Trade in Scotland .........sssecseeeeeeeseeeesss. 90 
Mr. G. R. Portsr’s Facts respecting the Iron Trade ......... ects seigotksteshioesh Oe 
Mr. J. Frercuer on the System of Colonization practised by the Irish Society . 91 
Prof. Pryme on the different methods employed to estimate the Amount of 
Population ..........00e0+ ditusberwabess. tet sateceees Uascensscebscotceseocecsol¥dnendeenaas oO 
MECHANICAL SCIENCE. 
Mr. Ricuarp GREENE on Nasmyth’s Steam Hammer for Pile-driving ......... 92 
Mr. Witrram Farrpairn on Railway Gradients ..........60 ae $iondssaarineens 93 
Rev. James Booru on a new Method of converting Rectilinear into eaek ss 
MOOD & sa5cosnes obesaaessvth insane needy sae ratsvart tsenancvoteces earveiewsece seerecseseesres 94 
TeX, wcyenccapsdcrscecesererersgecttasesesect sencbadaeu, Sencessasnearanis poco nedqvecsnave vovene 95 
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