PROCEEDINGS 



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EOYAL IRISH ACADEMY. 



SCIE]¥CE. 



Vol. III., Ser. II.] APEIL, 1880. [No. 4. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGK 



XLII. — Note on the Meteors connected with First Comet of 1870. By 



J. L. E, Dkeyer, M.A., 255 



XLin. — Contrihutions to the Study of Nerve-action ro. connexion with the 

 Sense of Taste. I. — Function of the Trigeminus. By Geobge 



SiGEESON, M.B., CH.M., E.L.S., 257 



XLIV. — Contributions to the Study of Nerve-action in connexion with the 

 Sense of Taste. II. — Functions of the Chorda Tympani. By 



GeOEGE SiGEESON, M.D., CH.M., F.L.S., 26S 



XLV. — The Application of Spectrum Analysis to the estimation of Bile in 

 the Renal Secretion of Patients suffering from Jaundice. By 

 F. J. B. QuiNLAN, M.D. UKiv. DUEL., Fellow of the King and 

 Queen's CoUege of Physicians, and Physician to St. Vincent's 



Hospital, 272 



XL VI. — Experiments made to determine the " Drag " of Air upon Air and 

 of "Water upon "Water at Low Velocities. By the Rev. Samttel 

 Haughton, M.D., D.C.I., and J. Emeeson^ Reynolds, m.d., . . 277 



Minutesof Proceedings, May 12, 1879, to March 16, 1880, . . . Ill to 138 



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