INDEX. 



ABERCROMBIE, Dr., 57, 367. 

 Abernethy, Miss, letters to, 183, 287, 



290, 303, 362, 440, 480. 

 Academy, Eoyal Scottish, Exhibition, 



152, 191, 236. 



Addresses to Medical Students, 36, 65. 

 Agriculture, Lecture on Eelations of 



Technology to, 424. 

 Air-pump, history of, 337. 

 Albums, Ladies', contributions to, 137. 

 Alexander, Kev. Dr., 48, 321, 498; 



funeral sermon for Dr. Wilson, 467, 



499, 502. 



Alison, Rev. A., 'Essay on Taste,' 76. 

 Alison, Professor, 52, 65, 79. 

 Alison's ' Europe,' estimate of, 285. 

 Analytical Balance, presentation of, by 



students, 350. 

 Anatomy, studies, under Mr. Lizars, 38, 



52. 

 Anatomy Bill, 1832, changes consequent 



on, 40. 



Anaesthetics, use of, in Surgical Opera- 

 tions, 297. 



Anderson, Christopher, 48. 

 Animal Chemistry, course of lectures on, 



274. 

 Asphyxia, paper on Oxygen as a means 



of resuscitation in, 331. 

 Arago, 109, 118. 

 Argyle, Duke^of, 342, 415. 

 Arran, excursion to, 76. 

 Art-Manufacture Association, lecture to, 



442. 



Arts, School of. See School of Arts. 

 Athanasius Contra Mundurn, 369. 

 Atlantic Wedding Ring, verses on, 347. 

 Atomic Theory, 72, 483. 

 Aurora Borealis, 73. 

 Aytoun, Professor W. E., 282. 



BACHELORHOOD, delights of, 259. 



Balfour, Professor J. H., 67, 485, 492, 

 495. 



Ballantine, Mr., lectures on Jacobite 

 music, 405. 



Balloon, Steam, 176. 



Barry, Dr., 118. 



Bartolome, Mariano Martin de, 110, 116. 



Bell, Sir Charles, 151, 201 ; death of, 276. 



Bell, Electro-magnetic, use of, in con- 

 ducting sound, 331. 



Bennett, Dr., 225, 230. 



Blackie, Professor, 247, 477. 



Blindness, Colour. See Colour. 



Books, early love for, 7. 



Botany, fondness for, 17 ; studies under 

 Professor Graham, 65-67 ; unsuccessful 

 competition for medal, 68, 69 ; class 

 resumed, 81. 



'Bottle Imp,' 118, 185. 



Brewster, Sir David, his review of ' Re- 

 searches on Colour-blindness,' 332 ; in- 

 stallation as Principal of Edinburgh 

 University, 481. 



British Association, first meeting of, at 

 Edinburgh, 41 ; meeting at Birming- 

 ham, 213; at Glasgow, 415; at 

 Dublin, 445 ; at Aberdeen, 475. 



British Museum, visits to, 163. 



Brotherhood of Truth, 225; its aim 

 and objects, 226, 245; Illustrious 

 Brethren, 227. 



'British Quarterly Review,' contributions 

 to, 338. See APPENDIX C. 



Brougham Banquet in Edinburgh, 481. 



Brown, Samuel, a fellow-student, 70, 140, 

 155, 179, 196, 280, 511 ; illness of, 103, 

 106; recovery, 114; holiday with, 

 138 ; first examination, 198, 201, 209; 

 proposes Dr. Wilson as a member of 



