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3. On tlie Ckssificatory System of Relationship. By Rev. Lorimee Fison 788 



4. On Some of the Natives of British New Guinea. By H. Bellyse Bail- 

 don, M.A., F.R.S.E 788 



5. On the Tohas of Gran Chaco, South America. By J. Graham Kerr ... 789 



C. On the Maya Indians of Chich^n Itza, Yucatan. By Alfred P. 

 Maudslay 789 



7. On the Loochooan Language. By Professor Basil Hall Chamberlain 789 



8. Report of the Committee on the North- Western Tribes of Canada 799 



9. On the Significance of Objects with Holes. By Miss A. W. Buceland... 790 



SECTION I.— PHYSIOLOGY. 

 THURSDAY, AUGUST 9. 



1. The Response of Animals to Changes of Temperature. By M. S. Pem- 



BREY, M.A., M.B 791 



2. On Some Experiments to determine the Time-relations of the Voluntary 



Tetanus in Man. By David Fraser Harris, B.Sc, M.B 792 



3. *0n Mirror Writing. By Professor F. J. Allen 793 



4. On a Model of the Cochlea. By Professor John G. McKendkick, M.D., 

 F.R.S 793 



5. On Some Physiological Applications of the Phonograph. By Professor 



John G. McKendeick, M.I)., F.R.S 794 



6. On Trophic Changes in the Nervous System. By Professor Justus Gaule 794 



7. On the Development of Kidney. By Professor John Bebex Hatcbaft, 

 M.D 795 



FRIDAY, AUGUST 10. 

 Address by Professor E. A. Sch.aper, F.R.S., President of the Section 795 



1. *0n the Absorption of Poisons. By Professor P. Hegee 804 



2. "On a New Theory of Hearing. By C. H. Hurst, Ph.D 804 



3. On the Fats of the Liver. By D. Noel Baton 804 



4. On the Measurement of Simple Reaction Time for Sight, Hearing, and 

 Touch. By Professor W. Rutherford, M.D., F.R.S 805 



5. *0n the Microscopic Appearance of Striped Muscle in Rest and in Con- 

 traction. By Professor W. Rutherford, M.D., F.R.S 806 



6. *0n Efl'ects of Suprarenal Extract. By Professor E. A. Sch.\fer 80G 



7. On Epithelial Changes produced by Irritation. By D'Aecy Power, 

 M.A., M.B., F.R.C.S 806 



SATURDAY, AUGUST IL 



1. *0n Vowel and Consonant Sounds. By Professor D. L. Hermann 806 



2. On an Aerotonometer and a Gas-burette. By Professor Leon FREDERica 807 



3. On Local Immunity. By Louis Cobbett, M.A., M.B., F.R.C.S., and 



W. S. Melsome, M.A., M.D 807 



4. A Form of Experimentally-produced Immunity. By J. Loreain Smith, 

 M.A., M.D., and E. Trevethick, M.B 808 



