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light to produce confusion in the animal. The attention of the 

 audience was next directed to some interesting experiments with 

 frogs, the lecturer explaining that if certain parts of the brain and 

 of the organs connected with balance were removed the animal 

 could no longer balance itself, but if the brain were removed and 

 the balancing organs left the frog would balance itself in a very 

 extraordinary way. Dr. Stirling also explained that although the 

 idea of most people was that the heart was an organ which was 

 easily affected, it was really one of the most resisting organs 

 in the whole body. A series of films was then shown illustrating 

 the beating of the heart of various organisms and the methods by 

 which the action of the muscle can be counted in seconds. 

 Following these remarkable films were shown illustrations of how 

 the action of the heart is gradually modified under the influence 

 of chloroform and of the reaction after the drug had exhausted 

 itself The next series was devoted to the circulation of the 

 blood, and the spectators were able to trace quite clearly the 

 movement of the corpuscles and watch the flow of blood through 

 the veins. A series illustrated the gradual development of an 

 egg, the lecturer remarking that they were all made in a wonderful 

 and mysterious fashion. They all started apparently alike. There 

 was no such thing as Socialism there, because, though they 

 started equal, they did not end equal, otherwise there would be 

 no process of development in relation to human bemgs. Some 

 pictures having been shown illustrating the results of scientific 

 inquiry as to the cause of sleeping sickness, the movement of 

 protoplasm in plant cells was illustrated. Plants lived and 

 obtained nourishment by their roots, breathing by their leaves- 

 When completely developed they produced flowers, whence came 

 the seeds. The plants would perish, but their seeds would drop 

 into the earth. In conclusion, the lecturer mentioned that the 

 audience had been shown films to the extent of 4,500 feet. 



Professor W. St. C. Symmers, in moving a vote of thanks to 

 Professor Stirling, said he had absolutely fascinated every man 



