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 Explorations with the object of ascertaining the Age of Stone Circles. 

 (Drawn up by the Secretary) If 



The Avebury Excavations, 1911. By H. St. George Gray 142 



Hausa Folklore.— Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. E. S. Habtland 

 (Chairman), Dr. A. C. Haddon (Secretary), and Professor J. L. Myres, 

 appointed to advise on the best method of publishing a collection of Hausa 

 Folklore with translations and grammatical notes 153 



The Dissociation of Oxy-Haemoglobin at High Altitudes. — Report of the 

 Committee, consisting of Professor E. H. Starling (Chairman). J. Bar- 

 croft (Secretary), and W. B. Hardy 153 



Anaesthetics. — Third Interim Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. 

 A. D. Waller (Chairman), Sir Frederic Hewitt (Secretary), Dr. Blum- 

 feld, Mr. J. A. Gardner, and Dr. G. A. Buckmaster, appointed to acquire 

 further knowledge, Clinical and Experimental, concerning Anaesthetics — 

 especially Chloroform, Ether, and Alcohol — with special reference to Deaths 

 by or during Anaesthesia, and their possible diminution 154 



Appendix I. — The Installation of a Chloroform-balance in Hospital 



for Ordinary Daily Use. By A. D. Waller, M.D., F.R.S 155 



Appendix II. — On the Percentage of Ether ordinarily afforded by an 

 ' Open ' Method of Administration. By A. D. Waller, M.D., 

 F.R.S 103 



Appendix III. — Six Months' Experience of the Use of a Chloroform - 

 balance in the Out-patient Department of St. George's Hospital. 

 By G. R. Phillips, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P 166 



Appendix IV. — By Sir Frederic Hewitt, M.V.O., M.D 10S 



Body Metabolism in Cancer.— Interim Report of the Committee, consisting of 

 Professor C. S. Sherrington (Chairman) and Dr. S. M. Copeman (Secretary) 171 



Tissue Metabolism, for the Investigation of the Metabolism of Special 

 Organs. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor E- H. Starling 

 (Chairman), Professor T. G. Brodie (Secretary), and Dr. J. S. Haldane . . 172 



The Ductless Glands. — -Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor . 

 Schafer (Chairman). Professor Swale "Vincent (Secretary), Professor 

 A. B. Macallum, Dr. L. E. Shore, and Mrs. W. H. Thompson. (Drawn 

 up by the Secretary) 172 



Electromotive Phenomena in Plants. — Report of the Committee, consisting 

 of Dr. A. D. Waller (Chairman), Mrs. Waller (Secretary), Professors 

 F. Gotch and J. B. Farmer, and Drs. V. H. Veley and F. OB. Elltson . . 173 



Mental and Muscular Fatigue. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Pro- 

 fessor C. S. Sherrington (Chairman), Dr. W. McDocgall (Secretary), 

 Professor J. S. MacDonald, Mr. H. Sackville Lawson, and Dr. J. E. 

 Chapman 1 74 



