240 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANATOMICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL 



ORDINARY MEETING. 

 30TH JUNE, 1906. 



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

 in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



An anatomical variation was described by Mr. G. S. Melvin, and 

 the President demonstrated peculiarities in a vertical section of the 

 body, prepared in the Department. 



The treasurer's report for the past year was then read and 

 adopted. 



The following were elected office-bearers for the ensuing year : 



President Professor E. W. EEID, M.D., F.E.C.S. 



Vice-Presidents ALEX. Low, M.A., M.B., C.M. ; W. A. H. McKEBEOW, 



M.B., Ch.B.; JAMES WATT, M.A. 



Secretary A. G. STEWART, M.A. 



Recording Secretary J. D. FlDDES, M.A. 



Treasurer G. S. MELVIN. 



The retiring office-bearers were thanked for their services. 



EECOED OF ANATOMICAL VAEIATION. 



Date of observation, May, 1906. 

 Sex, Male. 



Presence of rectus sternalis muscle. 



This variation was met with in the dissection of the left superior 

 extremity of a negro subject. The muscle presented the appearance 



