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Thomas Dwight, in a few introductory re- 

 marks. 



The report of the Secretarj^ and Treasurer 

 was read and accepted. 



The Executive Committee recommended 

 for election to membership the following 

 names, and, on motion, the gentleman were 

 elected : 



1. Dr. F. J. Brockway, Assistant Demon- 

 strator of Anatomy, Columbia College, New 

 York City. 



2. Dr. W. A. Brooks, Jr., Assistant in 

 Anatomy, Harvard Medical School. 



3. Dr. Franklin Dexter, Demonstrator of 

 Anatomy, Harvard Medical School. 



4. Dr. B. B. Gallaudet, Demonstrator of 

 Anatomy, Medical Department of Columbia 

 College, ISTew York City. 



5. Dr. E. H. Gregory, Jr., Demonstrator 

 of Anatomj"^, St. Louis Medical College. 



6. Dr. C. J. Herrick, Acting Professor of 

 Biology, Denison University, Granville, 

 Ohio. 



7. Dr. P. C. Hunt, Assistant Demonstra- 

 tor of Anatomy, Columbian Medical College, 

 Washington, D. C. 



8. Dr. Woods Hutchinson, Professor of 

 Anatomy, Medical Department, University 

 of Iowa. 



9. Dr. W. P. Mathews, Demonstrator of 

 Anatomy, Medical College of Virginia, 

 Eichmond. 



10. Dr. Eugene A. Smith, Professor of 

 Anatomy, Niagara University, Buffalo, 

 N. Y. 



11. Dr. P. Y. Tupper, Professor of An- 

 atomy, St. Louis Medical College. 



The Executive Committee, while not 

 recommending affiliation with the Society 

 of Naturalists, suggested that, as a rule, the 

 Association should meet at the same time 

 and place. This suggestion was discussed 

 by Drs. Wilder, Spitzka, Dwight and Lamb, 

 and was then adopted. 



Dr. Wilder, from the Committee on 

 Anatomical Nomenclature, reported prog- 



ress. He also stated that Professor Stowell 

 had resigned from the Committee. 



The report of the Committee on Ana- 

 tomical Material was called for. In the 

 absence of the Chairman, Dr. Mears, Dr. 

 Dwight reported progress. 



The Committee on the Anatomical Pecul- 

 iarities of the Negro also reported prog- 

 ress. 



Dr. Huntington was elected to the va- 

 cancy on the Executive Committee, caused 

 bj^ the retirement of Dr. Spitzka. 



The following papers were then read : 



1. ' The best arrangement of topics in a 

 two years' course of Anatomy in a medical 

 school.' Dr. Gerrish. Discussed by Drs. 

 Huntington, Baker, Wilder, Bevan, Allen, 

 Shepherd, Lamb and Dwight. 



2. ' History of the Development of Den- 

 tine.' Dr. Heitzmann. 



3. 'On the Value of the Nasal and Or- 

 bital Indices in Anthropology.' Dr. Allen. 

 Discussed by Drs. Wilder, Huntington and 

 Dwight. 



4. ' Loose characterizations of vertebrate 

 gi'oups in standard works.' Dr. Wilder. 

 Discussed bj^Drs. Baker, Dwight and Allen. 



5. ' The comparative anatomj' of the cere- 

 bral circulation, with an exhibition of a 

 series of anomalies of the cu'cle of Willis.' 

 Dr. LeidJ^ Bead by title in the absence of 

 the author. 



6. ' Convolutions of the hemispheres of 

 Elephas Indicus.' Dr. Huntington. Dis- 

 cussed by Drs. Wilder and Baker. 



An inspection of the Medical Department 

 of Columbia College was made in the even- 

 ing, under the conduct of Dr. Huntington. 



On Saturday, the 29th, the President ap- 

 pointed Dr. Gerrish to fill the vacancy upon 

 the Committee on Anatomical Nomencla- 

 ture, caused bj' the resignation of Professor 

 Stowell. 



The reading of papers was resumed : 



7th paper. ' Classification of the tissues 

 of the animal bodj'.' Dr. Baker. Dis- 



