CONTENTS. 

 VOL. XL. 



No. 242.— January 7, 1886. 



Page 



Experimental Researches on the Propagation of Heat by Conduction in 

 Muscle, Liver, Kidney, Bone, and Brain. By J. S. Lombard, M.D., 

 formerly Assistant Professor of Physiology in Harvard University 1 



Further Researches into the Function of the Thyroid Gland and into the 

 Pathological State produced by Removal of the same. By Professor 

 Victor Horsley, B.S., F.R.C.S 6 



Contributions to the Anatomy of the Central Nervous System of Piagio- 

 stomata. By Alfred Sanders, M.R.C.S., F.L.S 10 



January 14, 1886. 



On the Action of Sunlight on Micro-organisms, &c, with a Demonstra- 

 tion of the Influence of Diffused Light. By Arthur Downes, M.D 14 



Notes upon the Straining of Ships caused by Rolling. By Francis Elgar, 

 LL.D., F.R.S.E., Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engi- 

 neering in the University of Glasgow 22 



Proteid Substances in Latex. By J. R. Green, B.Sc, B. A., Demonstrator 

 of Physiology in the University of Cambridge 28 



The Coefficient of Viscosity of Air. By Herbert Tomlinson, B.A 40 



January 21, 1886. 



Family-likeness in Stature. By Francis Galton, F.R.S. With an 

 Appendix by J. D. Hamilton Dixon, Fellow and Tutor of St. Peter's 

 College, Cambridge 42 



The Early Development of Julus terrestris. By F. G. Heathcote, M.A., 

 Trin. Coll., Cam 73 



On Radiant Matter Spectroscopy : Note on the Spectra of Li bia. By 

 William Crookes, F.R.S 77 



