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first explorer in the field being Dr. Dalton, who was himself colour- 

 blind, and who was once the amusing victim of his disability. As a 

 Quaker, he was of course anxious to maintain a discreet soberness of 

 tint in his attire ; but alter the degree of doctor was confen-ed ui3on, 

 him at Oxford, he walk>^d about the streets of that ancient city and 

 of London attired in his scarlet gown, under the impression that it 

 was a neat grey. Persons in dry goods stores who wei'e colour-blind 

 generally distinguished the colouis by their perception of light and 

 shade, and by making a judicious and helpful ai'rangement of their 

 stock. It was also suggested that some of the mysteries of colour 

 exhibited by certain artists, as pictures, arose from partial colour- 

 blindness, which deprived them of the power of seeing their produc- 

 tions as others saw them. Colour-blindness was a considerable 

 disadvantage to a medical man, particularly in the case of disorders- 

 which exhibited their effects upon the skin, in determining the line 

 of demarcation in gangrene, etc. 



FOURTEENTH MEETING. 



Fourteenth Meeting, i6th February, 1889, Vice-President 

 T. B. Browning, JM.A., in the chair. 



Donations and Exchanges since last meeting, 55. 



The Council reported the Election as Associates of C. R. 

 Dent, C. H. Harvey, and Wm. Blackburn. 



Mr. Kivas Tully, C.E., was elected an Honorary Member. 



Messrs. John Notman, and James Bain Jr., were elected 

 Representatives of the Institute on the Industrial Exhibition 

 Committee. 



Dr. A. M. Rosebrugh, read a paper on " Prison Reform." 



It was moved by Dr. Meredith, seconded by Dr. Cassidy,. 

 and carried, 



