CONTENTS. IX 



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 Small Screw Gauge. — Eeport of the Committee, consisting of Sir AV. H. 

 Peeece (Chairman), Lord Kelviu-, Sir F. J. Bramwell, Sir H. Tktteman 

 Wood, Major-Gen. Webbek, Col. Watkin, Messrs. R. E. Crompton, 

 A. Stroh, a. Lb Neve Foster, C. T. Hewitt, G. K. B. Elphinstone, 

 E. RiGG, C. V. BoTS, J. Marshall Goeham, and W. A. Price (Secretary), 

 appointed for the purpose of considering whether the British Association 

 form of Thread for Small Screws should be modified, and, if so, in what 

 direction. (Drawn up by the Secretary.) -i^JG 



Appendix — Report of Experiments on Screw Threads made by 



J. Marshall Goeham and W. A. Price 444 



The Micro-chemistry of Cells. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Pro- 

 fessor E. A. SchXfee (Chairman), Professor A. B. Macallum (Secretary), 

 Professor E. Rat Laneestee, Professor W. D. Halliburton, and Mr. G. 

 C. Bourne. (Drawn up by the Secretary.) 449 



Comparative Histology of Suprarenal Capsules. — Report of the Committee, 

 consisting of Professor E. A. Schafbr (Chairman), Mr. Swale Vincent 

 (Secretary), and Mr. Victor Horslet 452 



The Comparative Histology of Cerebral Cortex.— Report of the Committee, 

 consisting of Professor F. Gotch (Chairman), Dr. G. Mann (Secretary), and 

 Professor E. H. Starling. (Drawn up by the Secretary.) 453 



Electrical Changes in Mammalian Nerve. — Report of the Committee, consist- 

 ing of Professor F. Gotch (Chairman), Professor E. H. Starling, Dr. J. S. 

 Macdonald (Secretary). (Drawn up by the Secretary.) 455 



The Physiological Effects of Peptone and its Precursors when introduced into 

 the Circulation. Report of a Committee, consisting of Professor E. A. 

 Schafer, F.R.S. (Chairman), Professor C. S. Sherrington, F.R.S., Pro- 

 fessor R. BoTCE, and Professor W. H. Thompson (Secretary). (Drawn up 

 by the Secretary.) 457 



Vascular Supply of Secreting Glands. — Report of the Committee, consisting 

 of Professor E. H. Starling (Chairman), Dr. J. L. Bunch (Secretary), and 

 Dr. L. E. Shore, on the Eft'ect of Chorda Stimulation on the Volume of 

 the Submaxillary Gland. (Drawn up by the Secretary.) 458 



Age of Stone Circles. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. J. G. 

 Garson (Chairman), Mr. H. Balfour (Secretary), Sir John Evans, 

 Mr. C. H. Read, Professor R. Meldola, Mr. A. J. Evans, Dr. R. Munro, 

 and Professor W. Boyd Dawkins 461 



Mental and Physical Deviations from the Normal among Children in Public 

 Elementary and other Schools. — Report of the Committee, consisting of 

 Mr. E. W. Brabrook, (Chairman), Dr. Francis Warner (Secretary), 

 Mr. E. White Wallis, Dr. J. G. Garson, and Dr. Rivers. (Drawn up 



by the Secretary.) 461 



Appendix. — Three tables showing, for the 60,000 children examined 

 1892-4, all cases presenting one or more abnormal 

 nerve-signs, arranged in three age-groups. These cases 

 are classed in primary groups presenting nerve-signs 

 in the parts indicated only, viz. : (1) the face ; (2) 

 the hand ; (3) eye-movements ; (4) in other parts of 

 the body. The cases are further distributed in primary 

 groups under the main classes of defect 464 



Silchester Excavation. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. A. J. 

 Evans (Chairman), Mr. J. L. Myres (Secretary), and Mr. E._W. Bea- 

 brooe:, appointed to co-operate with the Silchester Excavation Fund 

 Committee in their Excavations 466 



