Januaby 24, 1902.] 



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The following were reelected: 



Dr. T. S. Lee, University of Minnesota. 



Dr. S. W. Williston, Prof. Vertebrate Anatomy 

 and Paleontology, Kansas University, Lawrence, 

 Kansas. 



The total new members was 22, making 

 a total membership of 153, of whom 9 are 

 honorary. 



The following recommendations of the 

 executive committee were adopted by the 

 Association : 



1. That Section V. of the constitution be 

 amended to read that the management of 

 the affairs of the Association shall be dele- 

 gated to an executive committee consisting 

 of seven members, including the president 

 and secretary, ex officio. 



2. That three new members of the execu- 

 tive committee be elected at this meeting, 

 one for three years, one for four years, and 

 one for five years. 



3. That the Association accept the offer 

 of the editorial committee of the American 

 Journal of Anatomy to furnish each mem- 

 ber of the Association with the Journal at 

 $4.50 per year; the Journal to publish the 

 proceedings of the meetings of the Asso- 

 ciation, including an abstract of the papers 

 read. 



4. That the committee on circular on 

 anatomical peculiarities of the negro be 

 discharged. 



5. That after this meeting the maximum 

 limit of time of reading a paper shall be 

 twenty minutes, and two papers shall not 

 be read conseciitively by the same writer. 



The f ollomng ofiicers were elected : Pres- 

 ident, Dr. Huntington, New York; First 

 Vice-President, Dr. Lamb, Washington; 

 Second Vice-President, Dr. Piersol, Phila- 

 delphia; Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. 

 Huber, Ann Arbor; Executive Committee, 

 Dr. Hamann (three years), Cleveland, 

 Ohio; Dr. Barker (four years), Chicago; 

 Dr. Gerrish (five years), Portland, Me. 



The following was adopted, on motion of 



Dr. Gerrish : ' ' The thanks of the Associa- 

 tion are hereby given to the retiring secre- 

 tary and treasurer, Dr. Lamb (who has 

 positively declined a reelection), for his 

 long, faithful and eminently satisfactory 

 service." Dr. Lamb has been secretary- 

 treasurer since 1890. 



The following papers were read : 



1. 'Models illustrating the Development of 

 the Arm in Man': Dr. W. H. Lewis, Baltimore. 

 Discussed by Drs. MeMurrich, Huntington, Terry, 

 Chas. Hill and Harrison. 



2. 'A One Year Anatomical Course; its Ar- 

 rangement, Merits and Disadvantages': Db. 

 Terky, St. Louis. Discussed by Drs. Barker and 

 Huntington. 



3. ' Factors and Stages in the Evolution of 

 the Stomach ' : Dr. Bbnsley, Chicago. Discussed 

 by Dr. Huntington. 



4. ' Sections of the Decalcified Body,' illustrated 

 by specimens: Dr. Terry. Discussed by Drs. 

 Jackson, Huber and Huntington. 



5. ' A Case of Breech Presentation in a Monkey,' 

 with specimen: Dr. Terry. 



6. ' Note on the Structure of the Motor End- 

 ings in Striated Muscles ' : De. Hubek, Univ. 

 Mich. Discussed by Drs. Huntington and Bensley. 



7. ' Neuromuscular Spindles in the Intercostal 

 Muscles ' : Dr. Hdber. Discussed by Drs. Ingbert 

 and Terry. 



8. 'A Note on the Supracondylar Process,' illus- 

 trated by specimens: Dr. Terry. Discussed by 

 Drs. Bensley and Huntington. 



9. ' The Development of the Pulmonary Artery' : 

 Dr. J. L. Bremer, Boston. Discussed by Drs. 

 Huber and Huntington. 



10. ' Skeleton with Rudimentary Clavicles, Di- 

 vided Parietal Bones and other Anomalous Condi- 

 tions ' : Dr. Terry. Discussed by Drs. Hunting- 

 ton, W. H. Lewis and Barker. 



11. 'Skull Showing Many Wormian Bones': 

 Dr. Paeker, Chicago. Discussed by Drs. Hunt- 

 ington and Terry. 



12. ' The Neuroglia of the Optic Nerve and 

 Retina of Certain Vertebrates ' : Dr. Hubeb. Dis- 

 cussed by Drs. Minot and Barker. 



13. ' Present Problems of Myological Research 

 and the Significance and Classification of Mus- 

 cular Variations ' : Dr. Huntington, New York 

 City. Discussed by Drs. MeMurrich and Huber. 



14. ' The Phylogeny of the Long Flexor Mus- 

 cles ' : Dr. McMurrich, Ann Arbor. Discussed by 

 Dr. Huntington. 



