SCIENCE 



Editorial Committee : S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; E. S. Woodwaed, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickering, As- 

 tronomy ; T. C. Mendenhall, Physios ; E. H. Thukston, Engineering ; lEA Eemsen, Chemistry ; 

 J. Le Conte, Geology; W. M. Davis, Physiography; 0. C. Marsh, Paleontology; W. K. Brooks, 

 Invertehrate Zoology ; C. Hart Meeeiam, Vertebrate Zoology ; S. H. Scudder, Entomology ; 

 N. L. Beitton, Botany ; Henry F. Osborn, General Biology ; H. P. Bowditch, 

 Physiology ; J. S. Billings, Hygiene ; J. McKbbn Cattell, Psychology ; 

 Daniel G. Brinton, J. "W. Powell, Anthropology ; 

 G. Brown Goode, Scientific Organization. 



Friday, Jajstuaey 17, 1896. 



CONTENTS: 



The Associatian of American Anatomists : — 

 Eeport of the Eighth Annual Meeting : D. S. Lamb. 

 Our ContriJmtion to Oivilization and to Science; 

 Presidential Address: Thomas Dwight. Be- 

 port of the Committee on the Collection and Pres- 

 ervation of Anatomical Material: J. EwiNG 

 Hears, J. D. Bryant, Thomas Dwight. Ana- 

 tomical Law of the State of Pennsylvania 73 



Seventh Annual Meeting of the American Folk-lore 

 Society: F. B 86 



Alaska as it was and is, 1865-1895 ' ( concluded) : 

 W. H. Dall 87 



Current Notes on Anthropology : — 

 Relation of the Brain and Spinal Cord ; The 3Ian 

 from Galley Hill: D. G. BRINTON 94 



Scientific Notes and News : — 



A Gigantic Orthoceratite from the American Car- 

 ioniferous ." Charles E. Keyes. Astronomical : 

 H.J. Physics. W. H. The Huxley Memorial ; 

 Concilium hibliographicum ; General 94 



University and Educational News 98 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 

 Quaternions: Alexander Macf.a.rlane 99 



Sciemtific Literature : — 



3Ionteil's De Saint Louis a Tripoli par le lac Tchad: 

 W. L. A Laboratory Course in Experimental Phys- 

 ics ; Benjamin's Intellectual Rise in Electricity. 

 Lindsay's Introduction to the Study of Zoology : 

 W. M. Eankin 100 



Scientific Journals : — 



The American Geologist; Psyche 106 



Societies and Academies : — 



Entomological Society of Washington : L. O. 

 Howaed. Philosophical Society of Washington : 

 Beknaed E. Grbbn 107 



New Books 108 



MSS. intended for publication and books etc., intended 

 for review sliould be sent to the responsible editor, Prol. J. 

 UcKeen Cattell, Gairison-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ANATO- 

 MISTS. 

 REPORT OF THE EIGHTH ANISTUAL MEETING. 



The Eighth Annual Meeting of the Asso- 

 ciation of American Anatomists was held 

 in the College Hall of the University of 

 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., December 

 27 and 28, 1895. The President, Dr. 

 Thomas Dwight, presided. The following 

 members were present during the meeting: 

 Doctors Harrison Allen, Frank Baker, A. 

 D. Bevan, H. L. Birkett, F. J. Brockway, 

 W. A. Brooks, C. E. Cotton, Thos. Dwight, 

 P. A. Fish, W. S. Forbes, F. H. Gerrish, 

 M. J. Greenman, C. A. Hamann, Addinell 

 Hewson, E. E. Hodge, E. W. Holmes, G. 

 S. Huntington, D. S. Lamb, John Lindsay, 

 J. Ewing Mears, C. S. Minot, R. O. Moody, 

 J. P. Tunis and B. G. Wilder. 



Prof. E. D. Cope, Horace Jayne, Theo- 

 dore Gill, F. A. Lucas, Washington Mat- 

 thews, H. F. Osborn and W. B. Scott, of 

 the Association, were mainly occupied with 

 the meetings of the affiliated societies. 



The following new members were elected: 

 W. G. Christian, M. D., Professor of An- 

 atomy, University of Virginia. Clyde E. 

 Cotton, M. D., Assistant Demonstrator of 

 Anatomy, University of Pennsylvania. 

 Gilman D. Frost, M. D., Professor Anatomy 

 Medical Department, Dartmouth College. 

 Robert H. M. Dawbarn, M. D., Professor 

 Surgical Anatomy and Operative Surgery, 

 New York Polyclinic. Wm. E. Lewis, M. 



