22 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



first explorer in the field l^ing Dr. Dalton, who was himself colour- 

 blind, and who was once the amusing victim of his disability. As a 

 Quaker, he was of course anxious to maintain a discreet soberness of 

 tint in his attire; but after the degree of doctor was conferred upon 

 him at Oxford, he w'alk.^d about the streets of that ancient city and 

 of London attired in his scarlet gown, under the impression that it 

 was a neat grey. Persons in dry goods stores who were colour-blind 

 generally distinguished the colours by their perception of light and 

 shade, and by making a judicious and helpful arrangement of their 

 stock. It was also suggested that some of the mysteries of colour 

 exhibited by certain artists, as pictuies, arose from partial colour- 

 blindness, which deprived them of the power of seeing their produc- 

 tions as others saw them. Colour-blindness was a considerable 

 disadvantage to a medical man, particularly in the case of disorders 

 which exhibited their effects tipon the skin, in determining the line 

 of demarcation in gangrene, etc. 



FOURTEENTH MEETING. 



Fourteenth Meeting, i6th February, 1889, Vice-Pre.sident 

 T. B. Browning, M.A., in the chair. 



Donations and Exchanges since last meeting, 55. 



The Council reported the Election as Associates of C. R. 

 Dent, C. H. Harvey, and Wm. Blackburn. 



Mr. Kivas Tully, C.E., was elected an Honorary Member. 



Messrs. John Notman, and James Bain Jr., were elected 

 Representatives of the Institute on the Industrial Exhibition 

 Committee. 



Dr. A. M. Rosebrugh, read a paper on " Prison Reform." 



It was moved by Dr. Meredith, seconded by Dr. Cassidy^ 

 and carried. 



