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APPENDIX M 



REPORT OF THE RESEARCH COMMITTEE AP- 

 POINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY 

 OF INEBRIETY. 



At the Quarterly Meeting of the Society for the Study of Inebriety, 

 held Jon 13th July 1899, a resolution was passed by the members 

 to constitute a special Committee to consider the relation of 

 Heredity to Inebriety. The Council of the Society met on 

 12th October 1899, and approved of this resolution; and a 

 special Committee, consisting of the new President, Dr Wynn 

 Westcott, Dr Thomas Morton, Dr Archdall Reid, Dr Harry 

 Campbell, Dr Heyward Smith, Professor Victor Horsley, Pro- 

 fessor Sims Woodhead, Dr Laing Gordon, Dr Lauzen Brown, 

 Mr Henry Rayner, Mr William Francis Hazel, Mr William Henry 

 Kesteven, Surgeon-Major Poole, and Dr Aydon Smith, the 

 Honorary Secretary, was appointed, with power to add to their 

 number — ■" To investigate the conditions under which the tendency 

 to inebriety is capable of transmission to offspring." The first 

 meeting was fixed for 13th November 1899, and Dr Harry Camp- 

 bell courteously offered the use of his house at 23 Wimpole Street. 



The Committee has held twenty-one meetings. 



Professor Victor Horsley and Dr Henry Rayner have been 

 unable to take part in the work. Dr Lauzen Brown has been 

 obliged to leave the country for medical duties in Africa. Dr 

 A. E. J. Longhurst and Dr William Charles Sullivan were added 

 to the Committee. 



The last meeting of the Committee was held on 7th February 

 1901, when the annexed Report was approved by nine members, 

 some of whom, however, have added comments on certain points 



