minds of the intellectual stuff that had been crammed into their 

 mouths ; and he felt specially delighted, and thanked Mr. Wonfor for 

 the information he had afforded on the subject. 



Mr. DowsETT pointed out that the manna previously found could 

 not have been the manna eaten by the children of Israel, inasmuch 

 as it was not nutritious ; and was also slightly purgative. 



November 4th. 



ORDINARY MEETING.— DR. HALLIFAX ON "THE 

 NERVOUS SYSTEM." 



In introducing to the Members for their discussion "The Nervous 

 System and its Functions," he would remark that, although the subject 

 might appear almost a professional one, it was, to his mind, one which 

 was of great importance to every student of scientific matters. 



The knowledge of early physiologists had been \eiy vague and 

 indefinite with regard to the nervous system, and it had only been 

 within the last hundred years that any great advancement had been 

 made on the general obser\ations of those who had in earlier ages 

 bestowed their attention to the system of nerves with which all the 

 members of the animal kingdom were endowed, or that the knowledge 

 that had been gained had been placed before the pubhc in the manner 

 which it merited. 



To Dr. Bell, among others, who had thrown much light on the 

 functions of the nerves, the greatest praise must be bestowed. But, 

 though he and other physiologists who had since devoted their time 

 and talents to the study of this particular branch of physiology had 

 laid such great results before the scientific students of modern times, 

 there were yet many problems to be solved, and much to interest the 

 general observer. The nerves which proceeded from the cerebro- 

 spinal axis, as it was named, in all the higher forms of animals formed 

 the wonderful apparatus which by a rare development presented us 

 with the glorious phenomena of the great minds of a Shakespeare, a 

 Bacon, or a Newton. 



