Maech 4, 1898.] 



SCIENCE. 



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ing sand and overgrown with the scanty 

 vegetation of an arid region. 



Central eastern Wyoming is a very noted 

 place for prehistoric quarries, but as a rule 

 they are small and very shallow and are in 

 no way comparable to the recent discovery. 

 Usually the Indians have worked for jasper 

 and agate and have dug irregular openings 

 that do not represent systematic develop- 

 ment. Quartzite quarries are extremely 

 rare and these are by far the largest that 

 have been reported from Wyoming. 



AViLBUE C. Knight. 



Univeksity of Wyoming, 



Laeamie, December 30, 1897. 



ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ANATOMISTS. 



Upon the invitation of Cornell University, 

 the Association met at Ithaca, N". Y., De- 

 cember 28-30, 1897. Morning and after- 

 noon sessions were held on each of the 

 three days excepting Wednesday, when all 

 the afQliated societies met in the afternoon 

 with the American Society of Naturalists. 

 Notwithstanding the small attendance the 

 sessions were fully occupied with reports, 

 papers and discussions, and several papers 

 were read by title for lack of time. 



After a brief introductory by the Presi- 

 dent, Dr. Frank Baker, Dr. B. G. Wilder 

 read an obituary notice of Dr. Harrison 

 Allen, one of the founders and Presidents 

 of the Association. The report of the Sec- 

 retary-Treasurer, Dr. Lamb, showed that 

 there were 105 active and 4 honorary mem- 

 bers. Dr. Allen, and Dr. Wm. Laurence 

 Dana, of Portland, Me., had died and Dr. 

 P. J. McCourt, of New York City, had re- 

 signed. Beginning with the present year 

 the annual dues are three dollars. 



The circular and blanks in reference to 

 the anatomical peculiarities of the negro 

 race were ordered to be modified and copies 

 sent out for report of cases. 



The Association adopted the report of 

 the majority of the Committee on Anatom- 



ical Nomenclature, and ordered it to be 

 published and distributed as soon as prac- 

 ticable, accompanied by the objections of 

 the minority of the Committee, and com- 

 ments thereon by the Secretary of the Com- 

 mittee. Of the neural terms recommended, 

 more than 100 were identical with those 

 adopted in 1895 by the Anatomische Ge- 

 sellschaft. 



The following papers were read and dis- 

 cussed ; they were illustrated by specimens, 

 photographs and diagrams : 



Dr. P. A. Fish, Ithaca, N. Y. : 'A fluid for the 

 retention of natural colors of anatomical specimens ' 

 and ' Mummification of small anatomical specimens.' 



Dr. George S. Huntington, New York City : ' Com- 

 parative anatomy and embryology as aids to the 

 teaching of human anatomy in the medical course.' 



Dr. B. G. Wilder: 'An adult and healthy living cat, 

 lacking the left arm, excepting the scapula and hav- 

 ing the heart apparently at the epigastrium.' 



Dr. Woods Hutchinson, Buffalo, N. Y. : ' Eelative 

 diameters of the human thorax. ' 



Dr. D. S. Lamb, Washington, D. C. : ' Pre-Colum- 

 bian syphilis. ' 



Mr. Charles H. Ward, Rochester, N. Y. : 'A cranio- 

 mandibular index.' 



Professor Hovcard Ayers, University of Missouri : 

 'The membrana basilaris, membrana tectoria and nerve 

 endings in the human ear. ' Read by Dr. Hopkins. 



Dr. Wilder : ' Certain resemblances and peculiari- 

 ties of the human brain. ' 



Dr. B. B. Stroud, Ithaca, N. Y.: 'The ape cere- 

 bellum.' 



Dr. Fish : ' The brain of the fur-seal, Callorhinus 

 ursinus. ' 



Dr. Huntington : ' The eparterial bronchial system 

 of mammalia. ' 



Dr. J. A. Blake, New York City : ' The relation of 

 the bronchi to the thoracic wall.' 



Dr. Thomas Dwight, Boston, Mass. : ' The distribu- 

 tion of the superior mesenteric artery. ' Read by Dr. 

 Lamb. 



Dr. D. W. Montgomery, University of California, 

 San Francisco : ' Sebaceous glands in the mucous mem- 

 brane of the mouth. ' Read by Dr. Lamb. 



Dr. Stroud : ' Notes on the appendix.' 



Professor S. H. Gage, Ithaca, N. Y. : ' On the rela- 

 tion of the ureters in the cat to the great veins, with 

 variations. ' 



Dr. Wilder : ' A number of specimens of either un- 

 usual or specially instructive character. ' 



