ORDINARY MEETING. 

 6TH DECEMHEK, 1902. 



Professor R. W. REID, M.D., F.R.C.S., President, in 



the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last meeting- were read and approved. 



On the motion of the President, it was unanimously agreed that 

 the following change be made in the constitution of the society, riz. : 

 the portion of rule 4, reading " that the published Proceedings of the 

 Society be issued to members at one shilling per copy and to non- 

 members at two shillings per copy," shall now read, "that the published 

 Proceedings of the Society be issued to members and to non-members 

 at whatever price shall be determined by the committee of manage- 

 ment ". 



Professor Reid exhibited and described a Chinese skeleton and a 

 Boxer's skull ; the skeleton having been presented to the Anatomical 

 Museum by Dr. Middleton, of Singapore, and the skull by Captain M. 

 B. Pinchard, an officer of the Indian Medical Service. From measure- 

 ments made by himself and Mr. Andrew he compared them with the 

 average European skeleton. 



Professor Reid also exhibited some Chinese relics, including a 

 small cannon and a brick from the Great Wall of China sent by 

 Major-General Reid, C.B., from Shanhaikwan, North China. 



Mr. R. H. Spittal demonstrated a variation found in the dissecting 

 room, consisting of a hernia of the oesophageal end of the stomach. 

 A short discussion followed as to the cause of the abnormality. 



