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Report on the Irisli Fauna, including only the Vertebrata; by Mr. Thomson. 



Report of the committee for engraving skeleton maps, for recording the distri- 

 bution of plants and animals. 



On the migration of birds on certain parts of the coast of Ireland; by Sir Thos. 

 Phillips. 



Remarks on the synonyms and affinities of some South Al'rican genera of Plants; 

 by Dr. W. Arnott. 



Further remarks on the bones of a whale found in 1839 in the keep of Durham 

 Castle ; by G. T. Fox. The letter dated 1661, which appeared to clear up this 

 fact, proves to be a fabrication. (See Vol. xsxviii, p. 130.) 



On the growth of Cotton ; by Dr. Lankester and Mr. Felkin. 



On India Cotton ; by Dr. Alexander Burn. 



On the first changes in the ovum in mammiferous animals; by Dr. Martin Barry. 



Sect. E. Medical Science. 

 The following communications were presented to the Section. 



Report of the London Committee on the motions and sounds of the lieart. 



On the use of the conglobate glands; by Dr. Jeffrey. 



On the diffusion of contagious fevers, the laws which govern them, and the 

 mode by which they are communicated ; by Dr. J. Perry. 



On the properties, chemical and therapeutic, of the Matias Bark ; by Dr. McKay. 



On the therapeutic effects of Croton oil in certain affections of the nerves, by 

 Dr. Newbigging. 



On the results of amputations ; by Dr. Lavvrie. 



On the medicinal action of bromine and its compounds ; by Dr. R. M. Glover. 



On opacity of the cornea, produced by sulphuric acid; by Dr. R. D. Thomson. 



On dislocations of the ankle-joint backwards and forwards ; by Mr. Douglass. 



On the physiology of the lungs and bronchi ; by Dr. C. J. B. Williams. 



Investigation of the physiology of the organ of hearing; by Dr. Syin. 



On the manner in which vital actions become suspended in Asphyxia ; by Dr. 

 John Reid. 



On the subserviency of the fifth pair of nerves to the adjustments of the organs 

 of sense, and of a retransmission through its nasal branch and the lenticular gan- 

 glion to the iris ; by Dr. R. Fowler. 



Notice of Bonten d'Alleppe and Bagdad boil in the East; by Dr. Charles W. Bell. 



On the effects of air when injected into the veins ; by Dr. J. R. Cormack. 



On the anatomy of the Medulla Oblongata; by Dr. John Reid. 



On the connexion between the nervous system and muscular contractility ; by 

 Dr. John Reid. 



On the structure of the Gastro-intestinal mucous membrane ; by Prof Allen 

 Thomson. 



On local inflammatory action, the effusion of coagulable lymph, formation of 

 pus, «fcc. ; by Dr. Perry. 



On Pertussis ; by Dr. Hannay. 



On Mnemonics ; by Dr. McDonald. 



Sect. F. Statistics. 

 The following communications were presented to the Section. 



Report on the state of crime within Glasgow and city police jurisdiction, with 

 observations of a remedial nature ; by Capt. Millar. 



On the population, trade and commerce of the city of Glasgow ; by Dr. Cleland. 

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