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a General Notes. [March, — 
cells, and these cells are in connection with the fibers of the bun- 
dles. This discovery takes away the theoretical objections to 
Gierke’s previous results, and if his work can be corroborated will 
place the existence of a medullary respiratory center upon a satis- | 
factory experimental basis. . 
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communications are preliminary to more extensive papers, 4 
shortly to be published.— W. H. Howell, Johns Hopkins University. 
PSYCHOLOGY. 
INTELLIGENCE OF ANTHROPOID ApEs.—In his excellent work on 
anthropoid apes, Professor Hartman, the Berlin zodlogist main- 
tains that anthropoid apes in nature “ develop an intelligence which : 
sets them high above the other mammals. They do not, how- ; 
ever, display the keenness of scent and quickness of sight which 
distinguish some animals of a lower order, such as canine beasts of 
course to cunning, and looked anxiously about to see if he was 
_ watched. It was just in these cases when he obstinately pursued 
a fixed idea, that it was impossible not to recognize a deliberate 
_ plan and careful calculation. If, for example, he was not allowed to © 
__. leave the room, or, again, was not allowed to come in, he would, after 
; several attempts to get his own way had been baffled, apparently 
_ Submit to his fate, and lie down near the door in question, W 
-assumed indifference. But he soon raised his head in order to. 
ascertain whether fortune was on his side, edging himself gradu-. 
ally nearer and nearer, and then, looking carefully round, he 
twisted himself about until he reached the threshold; then he 
got up, peered cautiously round, and with one bound galloped. 
