Xxiv EEPORT — 1897. 



TUESDAY, AUGUST 24. 



Page 



1. *The Jesup Expedition to the North Pacific. By Professor F.W.Putn-am 795 



2. 'Discussion of Evidences of American-Asiatic Contact 795 



3. Why Human Progress is by Leaps. By George Iles 796 



4. *0n the Transmission of Acquired Characters. By Professor J. Cossar 

 EwAET, F.R.S 796 



6. *0n the Kafirs of Kafiristan. By Sir Geoege Robertson, K.C.S.I 796 



6. "On the Mangyans and Taghanuas of the Philippine Isles. By Professor 

 Dean C. Worcester 796 



7. Report on the Necessity of the Immediate Investigation of the Anthro- 



pology of Oceanic Islands 796 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25. 



* Joint Discussion with Section C (Geology) on the First Traces of Man in 



the New World 796 



a. "The Trenton Gravels. By Professor F. W.Putnam 796 



h. 'Human Relics in the Drift of Ohio. By Professor E. VV. Clatpole 796 



1. On some Spear-heads made of Glass from West Australia. By Sir W. 



Turner, F R.S., F.R.S.E 796 



2. *The Genesis of Implement-making. By F. H. Gushing 797 



3. *Adze-making in the Andaman Islands. By Professor A. C. Haddon ... 797 



•Section I.— PHYSIOLOGY (including Experimental Pathology and 



Experimental Psychology). 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 19. 



Address by Professor Michael Foster, M.D., Sec.R.S., President of the 



Section 798 



1. The Rhythm of Smooth Muscles. By Professor H. P. Bowditch 809 



2. The Innervation of Motor Tissues, with special reference to Nerve- 

 endings in the Sensory Muscle-spindles. By Professor G. Carl Huber, 

 M.D., and Mrs De Witt 810 



3. *The Muscle-spindles in Pathological Conditions. By 0. F. F. Griinbaum: 811 



4. The Ear and the Lateral Line in Fishes. By Frederic S. Lee, Ph.D.... 811 



•6. *0n the Efiect of Frequency of Excitations on the Contractility of Muscle. 

 By Professor W. P. Lombard 812 



^6, A Dynamometric Study of the Strength of the Several Groups of Muscles, 

 and the Relation of Corresponding Homologous Groups of Muscles in 

 Man, By J. H. Kellogg, M.D 812 



FRIDAY, AUGUST 20. 



1. The Output of the Mammalian Heart. By Dr. G. N. Stewart 813 



2. Observations on the Mammalian Heart. By W. T. Porter 814 



