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C. Bumpus, of Brown University ; Treasurer, Prof. John B. Smith, of 

 New Brunswick, N. J. ; Executive Committee, Prof. Horace Jayne. of 

 Philadelphia, and Prof. Win. F. Ganong, of Smith College, Mass. 



The following committees were apppointed: On Vivisection: Drs. 

 Patton, Sedgwick and Stiles. On the American tahle at the Naples 

 Zoological Station ; Drs. Conn and Stiles. On Antarctic exploration : 

 Professors Heilprin, Osborn and Goodale. The Society elected Prof. 

 E. D. Cope as its representative on the committee to consult with the 

 American member of the committee of the International Congress of 

 Zoologists on Nomenclature. 10 .4. M. Discussion. Subject : The 

 Origin and Relations of the Floras and Faunas of the Antarctic and 

 Adjacent Regions. Geology. Prof. Angelo Heilprin, Philadelphia 

 Academy Natural Sciences. Paleontology. Prof. W. B. Scott, Prince- 

 ton University. 2 P. M. Continuation of the Discussion. Botany. 

 Prof. N. L. Britton, Columbia College. Zoology. Vertebrata, Dr. 

 Theo. Gill, Smithsonian Institution. 7.30 P. M. Annual Dinner of the 

 Affiliated Societies at the Lafayette Hotel, north-west corner of Broad 

 and Sansom streets. 



Association of American Anatomists.— This body met -in 

 Philadelphia, on Dec. 27th and 28th, at the University of Pennsylva- 

 nia.— Friday Morning, December 27th, 8.30 o'clock. — Meeting of 

 Executive Committee. 9.30 o'clock. — Opening of the session by the 

 President. Report of Secretary and Treasurer. Report of Executive 

 Committee. Report of Delegate to Congress of American Physician* 

 and Surgeons. Report of Committee on Anatomical Nomenclature. 

 Report of Committee on Anatomical Material. Report of Committee 

 on Circular concerning Anatomical Peculiarities of the Negro. Report 

 of Dr. Allen, of the Smithsonian Committee on the Table at Naples. 

 Election of members. Other new business. Reading of Papers and 

 Discussions. — 1. "Myology of the Extremities of Lemur bruneus '* 

 illustrated by drawings and casts of muscles. Dr. George S. Hunting- 

 ton, N. Y. City; 2. "History of the Ciliary Muscle," Dr. Frank 

 Baker, Washington, D. C; 3. "Absence of Fibrous Pericardium 

 of left side." Illustrated by specimen, Dr. Addinell Hewson, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. "The Descriptive Anatomy of the Human Heart," 

 Dr. Wm. Keiller, Galveston, Texas. Friday Afternoon, 2.30 oclock. 

 —Miscellaneous business. Reading of Papers and Discussions.— 5. 

 - Nomenclature of Nerve Cells," Dr. Frank Baker, Washington, D. 

 C; 6. "The Cerebral Fissures of two Philosophers." Illustrated by 

 specimens and photographs, Dr. B. G. Wilder, Ithaca, N. Y. ; 7. 

 "The Human Paroccipital Fissure. Should it be recognized and 

 so Designated." Illustrated by specimens and photographs, Dr. 



