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anatomical or cognate sciences, and shall 

 be proposed in writing to the executive 

 committee by two members, who shall ac- 

 company the recommendation by a list of 

 the candidate's publications, together with 

 the references." 



7. On motion of Dr. James Playfair 

 McMurrich, it was voted 'that a committee 

 of three be appointed to select topics for 

 cooperative investigation by the members 

 of the association.' 



The following officers were elected : Pro- 

 fessor Charles S. Minot, Boston, member 

 of the executive committee (five years), to 

 succeed himself ; Dr. Joseph A. Blake, New 

 York City, delegate to the executive com- 

 mittee of the Congress of American Physi- 

 cians and Surgeons, to succeed himself; 

 Professor Simon H. Gage, Cornell Univer- 

 sity, delegate to the council of the Amer- 

 ican Association for the Advancement of 

 Science. 



Nineteen new members were elected. 



The following papers were presented: 



Dr. Robert R. Benslet (Hull Laboratory of 

 Anatomy, Chicago): 'On the Histology of the 

 Glands of Brunner.' 



Dr. Robert R. Benslet : ' The Histogenetic 

 Dift'erentiation of the Specific Elements of the 

 Gastric Glands of the Pig.' 



Db. Sidney Klein (Hull Laboratory of Anat- 

 omy, Chicago): 'On the Nature of the Granule- 

 cells of Paneth in the Intestinal Glands of Mam- 

 mals.' (Presented by Dr. Robert R. Bensley.) 



Dr. Joseph Marshall Flint (Hearst Anatom- 

 ical Laboratory, University of California) : 'The 

 Development of the Framework of the Submax- 

 illary Gland.' 



Dr. Ross G. Harrison (Anatomical Labora- 

 tory, Johns Hopkins University): 'On the Dif- 

 ferentiation of Muscular Tissue when Removed 

 from the Lifluence of the Nervous System.' 



Dr. William S. Miller (University of Wiscon- 

 sin) : ' The Terminal Arrangement of the Bronchi 

 in the Cat.' 



Dr. William S. Miller: 'Three Cases of Pan- 

 creatic Bladder in the Cat.' 



Dr. G. Carl Huber (University of Michigan) : 

 ' On the Morphology of the Sudoriparous and 

 Allied Glands.' 



Dr. vVilliam Keiller (Department of Medi- 

 cine, University of Texas ) : ' On the Preservation 

 of Subjects for Dissection by Injection with 

 Formalin and Carbolic Acid Solution, and Storage 

 by Immersing in Similar Solutions.' 



Dr. William A. Spitzka (Department of An- 

 atomy, Columbia University, New York City) : 

 ' The Anatomy of the Human Insula in its Re- 

 lation to the Speech Centers; According to Race 

 and Individuality.' 



Dr. D. K. Shute (Washington, D. C.) : 

 ' Sinuses or Air Chambers in Communication with 

 the Nasal Fossae.' 



Dr. Thomas G. Lee (University of Minnesota) : 

 ' Notes on the Early Development of Rodents.' 



Dr. G. S. Hopkins ( Cornell University ) : ' Notes 

 on the Variation in Origin of the Internal Carotid 

 of the Horse.' 



Dr. R. H. Whitehead (University of North 

 Carolina, from the Hull Laboratory of Anatomy, 

 Chicago ) : 'A Study of the Histogenesis of the 

 Adrenal of the Pig.' 



Dr. George S. Huntington (Columbia Uni- 

 versity, New York City): ' The ' Derivation and 

 Significance of Certain Supernumerary Muscles 

 of the Pectoral Region.' 



Dr. James Playfair McMurrich (University 

 of Michigan) : 'The Evolution of the Flexor Sub- 

 limis Digitonim.' 



Dr. Albert C. Eycleshymeb (Hull Laboratory 

 of Anatomy, Chicago) : ' The Histogenesis of 

 Striated Muscles of Necturus.' (Presented by 

 Dr. Lewellys F. Barker.) 



Dr. Lewellys F. Barker (Hull Laboratory of 

 Anatomy, Chicago) : ' On the Relation of the 

 Third Fcetal System of Trepinski in the Dorsal 

 Funiculi to the Nucleus Dorsalis and the Fascic- 

 ulus Cerebello-spinalis.' 



Dr. Burt G. Wilder (Cornell University) : 

 ' The Mesial Aspect of the Left Hemicerebrum 

 with Selected Humans and Representative other 

 Primates.' 



Dr. Burt G. Wilder : ' Reasons why Orderly, 

 Educated and Fairly Prosperous Whites' should 

 leave their Brains for Scientific Purposes; with 

 Suggestions for Form of Brain Bequest.' 



Dr. Burt G. Wilder: 'Queries as to the Hu- 

 man Ankle-joint and the Peroneus tertius.' 



The following papers were read by title : 



Dr. George E. Shambaugh (Hull Laboratory 

 of Anatomy, Chicago): 'The Circulation in the 

 Internal Ear of Sus scrofa domestica.' 



