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situated at the neck of the uterus; and in the present appendix he 

 describes other nervous structures of still greater size which pre- 

 sented themselves to him, on a still more complete dissection which 

 he made of a gravid uterus at the full period of gestation. It ap- 

 pears from the results of these dissections that the human uterus 

 possesses a great and extensive system of nerves, which enlarge du- 

 ring pregnancy, along with the coats, blood-vessels, and absorbents 

 of that organ, and which after parturition resume their original con- 

 dition. It is chiefly through the influence conveyed by these nerves 

 that the uterus is rendered capable of performing its various func- 

 tions, and by which sympathies are established between it and other 

 parts of the system. 



6. " ]Magnetic-term Observations of the Declination, Inclination 

 and Total Intensity, made at the Magnetic Observatory at Prague, 

 for February, March, and April 1842." By C. Kreil, Director of 

 the Prague Observatory. Communicated by S. Hunter Christie, Esq,, 

 M.A., Sec. R.S. 



7. " Magnetic and Meteorological Observations for February 

 1842, taken at the Magnetic Observatory at Madras." Presented 

 by the Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company. 

 Communicated by the Council of the Royal Society. {Packet 

 No. 73.) 



8. " Magnetic and Meteorological Observations from May 1841 

 to March 1842, made at the Observatory established by the Rajah 

 of Travancore, at Trevandrum, transmitted to the Royal Society by 

 command of His Highness the Rajah." By John Caldecott, Esq., 

 F.R.S., Director of the Observatory at Trevandrum. 



The Society then adjourned over the long vacation, to meet again 

 on the 17th of November next. 



