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In the light of these statements, upheld, as they are, by ex- 
perimental and clinical evidence, perhaps it is not claiming too 
much to assert the existence of a physiological basis for a plea 
for modesty regarding one’s own opinions and for hesitancy 
in the severe arraignment of other people’s short-comings. 
LITERATURE CITED. 
The Finer Structure of the Nerve Cell. G. E. Coghill, Pacific Uni- 
versity, Journal of Neurology, April, 1904. 
On the Areas of the Axis Cylinder and Medullary Sheath as Seen in 
Cross Sections of the Spinal Nerves of Vertebrates. H. H. Donaldson 
and G. W. Hoke, Journal of Neurology, January, 1905. 
The Influence of Chloroform on Intravital Staining with Methylene : 
Blue. C. A. Herter and A. N. Richards. Journal of Physiology, Octo- 
ber, 1904. 
The Effect of Partial Starvation on the Brain of the White Rat. 
Shinkisha Hatai, University of Chicago. Journal of Physiology, Septem- 
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Methods for the Quantitative Analysis of the Brain and Cord. Jour- 
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The Production of Cholin from Lecithin and Brain Tissue. Journal 
of Physiology, December, 1904. 
The Nature of Chemical and Electrical Stimulation. A. P. Mathews. 
Journal of Physiology, August, 1904. et seq. 
The Nissl’s Substance in the Bird Retina. A. J. Carlson. Journal 
of Anatomy, July, 1903. 
Human Physiology. Landois, 1905. 
Biochemistry of Muscle and Nerve. W. D. Halliburton, 1904. 
Mental Diseases. H. J. Berkeley, 1900. 
the Nervous System and Its Constituent Neurones. Lewellyn F. 
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Comparative Physiology of the Brain. Loeb, 1901. 
A FOSSIL TOOTH. 
Mr. W. S. Brady, of Hays Center, Nebraska, has deposited 
with the Editor of the Bulletin an excellent specimen of fossil 
tooth of an herbivorious mammal, said to have been exhumed 
in Fairfield Township, Bureau County, Illinois, in 1868 or 
1869. This is presented to the Academy to be held in trust 
by the Editor until a museum be provided for its reception. 
And that museum must be forthcoming shortly or we must 
admit that Los Angeles is behind all other cities in appreciation 
of pure science. 
