722 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 
worthy of the award of the Keith Medal and Prize is one which appeared in the Transactions in 
1906, and entitled “The Distribution of the Cells in the Intermedio-Lateral Tract of the Spinal 
Cord.” It is a memoir of very high merit. It provides for the first time a complete anatomical 
picture of an exceedingly important column of cells, which since 1851, when first described by 
Lockhart Clarke, has been much in the mind of the anatomist and the physiologist. 
Dr Bruce shows us that this column is neither continuous nor yet uniform. Its continuity is 
broken at certain well-defined points, whilst its contour is distinctly moniliform. He further lays 
stress upon the suggestive correlation which exists between the regions of outflow of sympathetic 
fibres from the cord and the distribution of the cells in the cord of the intermedio-lateral tract. 
This correlation offers strong presumptive evidence that these sympathetic fibres arise as the axons 
of these cells. 
In presenting the Neill Prize for the triennial period 1904-1907 to Mr Frank J. Cole, B.Sc., 
for his paper entitled “A Monograph on the General Morphology of the Myxinoid Fishes, based 
on a study of Myxine,” published in the Transactions of the Society, regard being also paid to 
Mr Cole’s other valuable contributions to the Anatomy and Morphology of Fishes, the Chairman 
said : — 
The Neill Prize for the triennial period 1904-1907 has been awarded to Mr Frank J. Cole for 
his beautiful and valuable papers on the anatomy of the skeleton and of the muscles of the 
Hagfish ( Myxine ) published in the Transactions of the Society, and which form the first instal- 
ments* of a comprehensive monograph ‘ ‘ On the General Morphology of the Myxinoid Fishes. ” 
Regard has also been paid by the Council to Mr Cole’s other contributions to the anatomy and 
morphology of Fishes. In these works his attention has been principally devoted to the nervous 
system and sense organs, and the principal result obtained has been the formulation of the 
component theory of the nervous system, now almost universally accepted. This theory was 
initiated by Strong in America and by Mr Cole in Great Britain, and although it has been 
considerably elaborated and somewhat modified since by many workers, they were the pioneers. 
Numerous other subsidiary theoretical questions have also been dealt with by Mr Cole, such as 
the origin of the lateral line system of sense organs in Fishes, the facial nerve of man, the 
morphology of the skull, and the asymmetry of the Flat-fishes. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On a Sensitive State induced in Magnetic Materials by Thermal Treatment. Part II. By 
James G. Gray, B.Sc., Lecturer on Physics in the University of Glasgow, and Alexander D. 
Ross, M.A., B.Sc., Assistant to the Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Glasgow. 
Communicated by Professor A. Gray, F.R.S. pp. 615-626. 
2. The Structure of Turrilepas peachi and its Allies. By F. R. Cowper Reed, M.A. , F.G.S. 
Communicated by Dr Horne, F.R.S. Trans., vol. xlvi. pp. 519-528. 
3. On the Recalescence of Nickel. By T. A. Lindsay, M.A., B.Sc,, Carnegie Scholar, Physical 
Laboratory, Edinburgh University. Communicated by Professor J. G. MacGregor, F.R.S. 
4. Note on the Study of Polarisation by means of the Dolezalek Electrometer. By A. F. 
Ewan, Esq., Physical Laboratory, Edinburgh University. Communicated by Professor J. G. 
MacGregor, F.R.S. 
5. Preliminary Note on the Action of Nitric Anhydride on Mucic Acid. By Professor A. 
Critm Brown, F.R.S., and G. E. Gibson, B.Sc. 
6. The Meteorology of the Weddell Quadrant and Adjacent Areas. By R. C. Mossman, Esq. 
The following Candidates for Fellowship were balloted for, and declared duly elected Fellows 
of the Society : — James Hunter Harvey Pirie, B.Sc., M.D., M.R.C.P.E. , Alexander Cameron 
Miller, M.D., F.S.A.Scot., and Harry Drinkwater, M.D., M.R.C.S. (Eng.). 
FOURTH SPECIAL MEETING. 
Monday t l§th October 1908. 
Dr Robert Munro, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Address was read : — 
Prehistoric Japan. By Dr Neil Gordon Munro. ( With Lantern Illustrations .) 
