INDEX 
TO 
PEOCEEDINGS OF BIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT 
For 1858. 
Atlee, Dr. Walter F., on an acephalous 
foetus, 8, 9 ; remarks on death from 
chloroform, 11 ; remarks on mucous 
corpuscles, 16 ; appointed Recorder 
pro tem., 21 ; on relaxation of the 
abdominal walls as a cause of hae- 
morrhoids, 23. 
Coates, Dr. B. H., remarks on death 
from chloroform, 11. 
Committees on papers : on paper of S. 
W. Mitchell, Observations on the 
Blood-crystals of the Sturgeon, 2, 9 ; 
on Summary of the Transactions of 
the Phila. Biol. Soc. by Dr. H. Harts- 
home, 2, 40 ; on essay on the su- 
pra-renal capsules, by Dr. J. Darby, 
2, 10 ; on a case of fatty degenera- 
tion of the heart in which death fol- 
lowed the inhalation of chloroform, 
by Dr. Wm. A. Hammond, U. S. A. 
2, 10 ; on tables for the registration 
of diseases, 23 ; on report of Dr. 
Mitchell, 26. 
Corse, Dr. J. M., remarks on an ace- 
phalous foetus, 9 ; remarks on tuber- 
culosis in domestic animals, 14; re- 
marks on hair on the cornea of an 
ox, 15. 
Donations from the Phila. Biol. Soc. 
1, 2; 
Darley, Dr. J. , essay on the supra-re- 
nal capsules, 1, 2. 
Election of officers and committees for 
1858, 1 ; of officers for 1859, 27. 
Election of members, 21, 28. 
Foulke, Wm. Parker, Esq., remarks 
on paper of Dr. Paton, 7 ; report on 
paper of Dr. Hartshorne, 27. 
Hammond, Dr. W. A., U. S. A., on a 
case of fatty degeneration of the 
1858.] 
heart in which death followed the 
inhalation of chloroform 2,10,11 ; on 
the injection of urea and other sub- 
stances into the blood 4 ; remarks 
on oxalate of lime in urine, 6 ; on 
the alterations produced by inter- 
mittent fever in the excretion of 
urine, &c., 8 ; remarks on acepha- 
lous foetus, 9 ; on the secondary 
formation of blood crystals, 14 ; re- 
marks on presenting the new forms 
of " Krankheit's Tabelle," issued b^^ 
' ' Verein fur gemeinschaftliche Ar- 
beiten, " 15 ; on the action of certain 
vegetable diuretics, 17 ; resolutions 
by, 27. 
Hartshorne, Henry, M.D., summary of 
the transactions of the Phila. Biol. 
Soc, 2, 4 ; remarks on paper of Dr. 
Paton, 7 ; remarks on the best 
means of advancing Biological sci- 
ence at the X->resent time, 8 ; remarks 
on death from chloroform, 10, 12; 
on the bearing of Physiology on 
Palaeontology, 12 ; remarks on can- 
cer, 17. 
Hartshorne, Dr. E., resolution by, 27; 
resolutions by, 28. 
Hays, Dr. I., remarks on death from 
chloroform, 11. 
Leidy, Dr. Joseph, remarks on intesti- 
nal absorption, 5 ; remarks on paper 
of Dr. Paton, 6, 7 ; remarks on an 
acephalous foetus, 8, 9 ; remarks on 
blood crystals, 9 ; remarks on honey 
dew, 10 ; on death from chloroform, 
11 ; remarks on sections of the 
human cranium, 10 ; remarks on 
Echinococcus hominis, 12 ; remarks 
on a disease of the scales of a min- 
now, 12, 13; remarks on growth of 
hairs on the cornea of an ox, 15 ; re- 
marks on mucous corpuscles, 16; re- 
marks on the stomach of a mink 
