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dren. The sections were prepared in a 
special manner so as to present a perfectly 
smooth surface with clear outlines of the 
various structures. These sections were 
photographed and lantern plates made from 
the negatives. They were cut in sagittal, 
coronal and horizontal planes through the 
trunk, and in longitudinal and transverse 
directions through the extremities. The 
method adopted in the University of To- 
ronto is that permanent preparations are 
made of the sections, which are mounted in 
flat dishes, and thus exposed, so that they 
are accessible for the students at any time 
in the Anatomical Department. The lan- 
tern demonstration of these sections is given 
from time to time at the close of a lecture. 
It proves to be a very useful adjunct to the 
ordinary methods of demonstration, and 
the student always has the opportunity of 
studying the ‘actual section in the dissect- 
ing room, the photograph of which is thrown 
upon the screen in the lecture theater. It 
is claimed that these photographs of actual 
sections are of much greater value from an 
educational standpoint than the drawings 
reproduced from the sections. 
Method of Teaching the Anatomy of the Central 
Nervous System to Large Classes of Students : 
Dr. Barxer, Chicago, Ill. (Read by 
title.) 
D. 8. Lame, 
Secretary. 
THE ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE AMER- 
ICAN MORPHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
Tue American Morphological Society held 
its eleventh annual meeting in the Anatom- 
ical Laboratory of Johns Hopkins Univer- 
sity, on the 27th and 28th of last Decem- 
ber. A good proportion of members was 
present. 
The following officers were elected for 
the present year: President, J.S. Kingsley ; 
Vice-President, E. A. Andrews: Secretary- 
Treasurer, Thos. H. Montgomery Jr. ; Mem- 
SCIENCE. 
[N.S. Von. XIII. No. 32i. 
bers of the Executive Committee, C. F. W. 
McClure and C. W. Hargitt. Twelve new 
members were elected; and the Society 
voted fifty dollars for the support of the 
University table at the Naples laboratory. 
The following papers were read (abstracts 
of which will be published in the Biological 
Bulletin): 
Fission and Regulation in Stenostoma leucops - 
C. M. Curp. 
On Gunda segmentata in America: W. C. 
CourTIS. 
Exhibition of Pacific Coast Nemerteans: W. R. 
Cor. 
Some Disputed Points in the Anatomy of Lim- 
pets: M. A. WiLLcox. 
The Habits and Life History of Argulus, with 
reference to its Economic Relations: C. B. 
WILSON. ; 
A Comparative Study of the Development of the 
Germinative Tract of Termites: H. Mock. 
KNoWER. 
The Anatomy and Development of the Vena 
cava in Didelphys Virginiana: C. F. W. 
McCuore. 
The Crossing of the Optic Nerves in Teleosts : 
G. H. PARKER. 
A New Type of Budding in Annelids: H. P. 
JOHNSON. 
Amphibian Studies: J. 8. KinestEy. 
Phagocytosis in a Mammalian Ovary: M. M. 
METCALF. 
The Mammalian Lower Jaw: W. H. Ruppick 
and J. 8. Kinesiey. 
An Apparatus in the Central Nervous System of 
Vertebrates for the Transmission of Motor Re- 
flexes arising from Optical Stimuli: P. E. 
SARGENT. 
The Structure of the Testis in Desmognathus 
fuscus: B. F. Krnespury. 
The Synapsis Stage of the Germ Cells: T. H. 
Monteomery, JR. 
