310 CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



COMMUNICATIONS. 

 The following valuable and instrnctive papers and corninunications were read 

 and received at the ordinary meetings held during the Session : 

 August 30, 18'72.— "On Respiratory Murmurs," by J. R. Leaming, M. D., of St. 



Luke's Hospital, New York. 

 December 13, 187'2.— "On Diseased Retina," by A. M. Rosebrugh, M. D. 

 December 20, 1872. — "On the Use of the Syphon Tube in Evacuating the Con- 

 tents of the Stomach," by A. M. Rosebrugh, M. D. 

 January 10, 1873.— Annual Address of the Chairman of the Medical Section, 



C. B. Hall, M. D. 

 January II, 1873. — Inaugural Address of the President, " Merton College and 



Canada," by Rev. H. Scadding, D. D. 

 January 17, 1873. — A Sketch of the History of the Medical Profession," by 



N. Agnew, M. D. 

 January 18, 1873.— " Dredgings of Lake Ontario," by Prof. H. A. Nicholson, 



M. D., D. Sc, etc. 

 January 24, 1873. — "Chloral Hydrate," by A. D. Williams, M. D. 

 January 25, 1873. — "The Supernatural among Savage Nations as an element in 



the Darwinian Controversy," by Pri>f D. Wilson, LL. D. 

 January 31, 1873. — "Delirium Tremens," by C. Archibald, M. D. 

 February 1, 1873. — " Some Original Renderings of Passages in the Greek and 



Latin Classics," by W. D. Pearman, M. A. 

 February 8, 1873. — "The Correlation of Physical Forces," by A. D. Williams, 



M. D. 

 February 15, 1873. — "The Imperial Family of the Cfesars, illustrated by Coins," 



by Rev. J. McCaul, LL.D. 

 February 21, 1873. — " Recent Explorations in Africa," by Prof. Wright. 

 February 28, 1873. — " Acute Rheumatism," by G. Wright, M. D. 

 March 1, 1873.— "The Elements of tspeech," by Mr. Phillips. 

 March 1, 1 873.— " Planetary Influence as affecting Rainfall," by Mr. Bowes. 

 March 7, 1873.—" Diseases of the Ear," by R. A. Reeve, M. D. 

 March 8, 1873.— "The Iron Mines of Hull, Canada," by Prof. H. A. Nicholson, 



M. D., D. Sc., etc. 

 March 8, 1873.— "The Introduction of Printing into Canada," by Rev. H. 



Scadding, D. D. 

 March 14, 1873.—" Placenta Praevia," by W. Oldright, M. A., M.D. 

 March 15, 1873.— "The Reindeer Period in Scotland," by Prof D. Wilson, LL.D. 

 March 22, 1873. — " The Elements of Human Speech," by John Phillips, Esq. 

 March 29, 1873.— "The Wealden of England," by Prof G. Buckland. 

 April 5, 1873.— "The Horites," by Rev. J. Campbell, M. A. 

 May 16, 1873.—" Excision of the Elbow Joint," by W. Hillary, M.D, 



