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be glad to receive contributions for this object, and the list 
of subscribers would be left in the hands of Mr Dawson, 
6 York Place. 
Hugh Miller s Museum, 
Dr J. A. Smith stated he might also take this opportunity 
of informing the Society that the movement begun some 
time ago to raise money by public subscription, for purchasing 
the Museum of the late Hugh Miller, had been brought to a 
successful termination. A committee was appointed, of which 
he had the honour to be a member ; and the result of its 
labours was that above L.500 had been collected. With this 
sum, and the addition of the Government grant of L.500, the 
Museum had been purchased, and was now in the custody 
of Professor Allman, in the rooms of the University. 
The communications read were as follows : — 
I. On the Employment of Transparent Injections in the Examination 
of the Minute Structure of the Human Pancreas. By Wm.I'urner, 
M.B. (Lend.), Senior Demonstrator of Anatomy, University of Edin- 
burgh. 
The investigation of the relations of the minute gland ducts 
to the ultimate gland follicles in the human pancreas presents 
considerable difficulties. This is owing, partly, to the great 
delicacy and transparency of the structures, and partly, be- 
cause from the close manner in which the minute lobules of 
the gland are crowded together, it is difficult to obtain a 
satisfactory view of a single isolated lobule. Thus, the mode 
of connection of the fine excretory duct of the lobule with the 
sacculated gland follicles at its extremity cannot clearly be 
estimated. Moreover, if it is attempted to separate the lobules 
from each other by tearing them asunder with needles, the 
relations of the parts become so disturbed, that the examina- 
tion does not afford any very decided results. For these 
reasons, it has been customary, in describing the minute 
structure of this gland, to refer especially to the appearance 
which it presents in the smaller and more common Rodents, 
such as the Rat or Mouse. 
In these animals the pancreas is spread out in a thin arbo- 
