202 The American Naturalist. [February, 
The Association of American Anatomists met in New York 
Dec. 28th and 29th, at the college of Physicians and Surgeons, 
under the following officers: Dr. Thomas Dwight, of Boston, Mass., 
President; Dr. B. G. Wilder, of Ithaca, N. Y., 1st Vice-President; 
Dr. F. J. Shepherd, of Montreal, Canada, 2d Vice-President; Dr. D. 
S. Lamb, of Washington, D. C., Secretary and Treasurer. 
The following Papers and Discussions came beforethe Society. Fri- 
day, December 28th.—“ The best arrangement of topics in a two years’ 
course of Anatomy,” by Dr. F. H. Gerrish, Bowdoin College. *“ His- 
tory of the development of dentine,” by Dr. Carl Heitzmann, New 
York City. “On the value of the nasal and orbital indices in anthro- 
pology,” by Dr. Harrison Allen, University of Pennsylvania. “Loose 
characterization of vertebrate groups in standard works”, by Dr. 
Burt G. Wilder, Cornell University. “The comparative anatomy 
of the cerebral circulation, with an exhibition of a series of anomalies 
of the circle of Willis” by Dr. Joseph Leidy, Jr., University of Penn- 
sylvania. “Convolutions of the hemispheres of Elephas indicus; ” by 
Dr. Geo. S. Huntington, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New 
York City. “Some muscular variations of the shoulder girdle and 
upper extremity, with especial reference to reversions in this region,” 
by Dr. Huntington. Saturday, December 29th.—“ On the significance 
of anomalies.” Discussion opened by Dr. Thomas Dwight, Harvard 
Medical School. Followed by Dr. Frank Baker, University of George- 
town, D. C.; Dr. F. J. Shepherd, McGill University, Montreal; Dr. 
Burt G. Wilder, “Some anomalies of the brain”; Dr. Geo. S. Hunt- 
ington ; “ Muscle variations in the Negro.” 
Officers for the years 1893-94: Dr. Thomas Dwight, of Boston, 
Mass., President ; Dr. B. G. Wilder, of Ithaca, N. Y., 1st Vice-Presi- 
dent ; Dr. F. J. Shepherd, of Montreal, Canada, 2d Vice-President ; 
Dr. D. S. Lamb, of Washington, D. C., Secretary and Treasurer. 
Delegate to American Congress of Physicians and Surgeons: Prof. C. 
L. Herrick, of Granville, Ohio; Alternate: Dr. D. K. Shute, of Wash- 
ington, D.C. Executive Committee: Dr. F. H. Gerrish, of Portland, 
Me.; Dr. Theodore N. Gill, of Washington, D. C.; Dr. Geo. L. Hunt- 
ington, of N. Y. City and the President and Secretary, ex officio. 
Committee on Anatomical Nomenclature: Dr. Harrison Allen, of 
Philadelphia; Dr. Frank Baker, of Washington ; Dr. Thomas Dwight, 
of Boston; Dr. Gerrish, of Portland; Dr. Burt G. Wilder, of Ithaca, 
Secretary. ; a 
