892 REPORT—1899. 
disposition. The multitudinous facts presented by each corner of Nature form in 
large part the scientific man’s burden to-day, and restrict him more and more, willy- 
nilly, to a narrower and narrower specialism, But that is not the whole of his 
burden. Much that he is forced to read consists of records of defective experi- 
ments, confused statement of results, wearisome description of detail, and 
unnecessarily protracted discussion of unnecessary hypotheses. The publication of 
such matter is a serious injury to the man of science; it absorbs the scanty funds 
of his libraries, and steals away his poor hours of leisure. 
Here I bring my remarks to a close. I have endeavoured to give as clearly as 
possible what seem to me to be the conclusions which logically follow from certain 
data, but I would not have you believe that I regard them as representing more 
than the immediate point of view. As the wise man said: ‘Hardly do we guess 
aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that 
are before us.’ 
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER l4. 
The following Reports were read :— 
1. Report on the Influence of Drugs upon the Vascular System. 
See Reports, p. 608. 
2. Report on the Physiological Effects of Peptone and its Precursors when 
introduced into the Circulation.—See Reports, p. 605. 
3. Report on the Electrical Changes accompanying the Discharge 
of the Respiratory Centre.—See Reports, p. 599. 
4, Report on the Comparative Histology of the Cerebral Cortea. 
See Reports, p. 603. 
5. Interim Report on the Histological Changes in the Nerve Cells. 
6. Report on the Micro-chemistry of Cells.—See Reports, p. 609. 
7. Interim Report on the Histology of the Suprarenal Capsules. 
See Reports, p. 598. 
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 165. 
The President’s Address was delivered.—See p. 881. 
The following Papers were read :— 
1. Autointoxication as the Cause of Pancreatic Diabetes. 
By Ivor L. Tucxerr, IA. 
In all my experiments I have estimated the reducing power of the blood and 
urine, reckoned as glucose ; so that when the degree of hyperglycaemia or glycosuria 
