PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



November 19, 1857. 



Dr. W. A. MILLER, V.P., in the Chair. 



In accordance with the Statutes, notice was given of the ensuing 

 Anniversary Meeting for the election of Council and Officers, 



Mr. Thomas Davidson, Mr. George Bowdler Buckton, and Mr. 

 Joseph Whitworth, were admitted into the Society. 



Mr. Gassiot, Mr. Hardwick, Mr. Horner, Dr. Percy, and Mr. 

 Archibald Smith, were elected by ballot as Auditors of the Trea- 

 surer's Accounts, on the part of the Society. 



The following communications were read : 



I. "On the Anatomy of Tridacna" By J. D. MACDONALD, Esq. 



(For Abstract, see vol. viii. p. 589.) 



II. " Summary of a paper on the Spinal Cord as a leader for 



Sensibility and Voluntary Movements." By E. BROWN- 



SfeQUARD, M.D. 



(See vol. viii. p. 591.) 



III. " Summary of a paper on the resemblance between the 

 effects of the section of the Sympathetic Nerve in the Neck 

 and of a transverse section of a lateral half of the Spinal 

 Cord." By E. BROWN-SQUARD, M.D. 



(See vol. viii. p. 594.) 



IV. " Experimental Researches on the Influence of Efforts of 

 Inspiration on the Movements of the Heart." By E. 



BROWN-SfeQTJARD, M.D. 



(See vol. viii. p. 596.) 



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