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THIRTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , 3rd June 1912. 
Principal Sir William Turner, K.C.B, President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Experiments in Radio-activity ; the Production of the Thorium Emanation, and its Use in 
Therapeutics: Thorium X. By Dr Dawson Turner, B.A. , F.R.C.P.E. Proc ., vol. xxxii. pp. 
393-395. 
2. On the Use of Antiseptics in Autolysis of Animal and Yegetable Matter. By Dorothy 
Court, B.Sc. Communicated by Dr E. Westergaard. Proc., vol. xxxii. pp. 251-261. 
3. The Equilibrium of the Circular-arc Bow-Girder. By Professor A. H. Gibson, D.Sc. 
Trans., vol. xlviii. pp. 391-416. 
The following Communications were held as read : — 
4. The Marine Mollusca of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition : — Part II. , being a 
Supplementary Catalogue. By James Cosmo Melyill, M.A., D.Sc., and Robert Standen, 
Assistant Keeper, Manchester Museum. Communicated by Dr W. S. Bruce. Trans. , vol. xlviii. 
pp. 333-366. 
5. Scottish National Antarctic Expedition : — Observations on the Anatomy of the Weddell Seal 
( Leptonychotes Weddelli). Part III., The Respiratory System and the Mechanism of Respiration. 
By Professor David Hepburn, M.D. Trans., vol. xlviii. pp. 321-332. 
Professor A. H. Gibson signed the Roll, and was duly admitted a Fellow of the Society. 
The following Candidates for Fellowship were balloted for, and declared duly elected: — 
Robert John Mathieson Inglis, Assoc. Memb. Inst. C.E., Alexander Ninian Bruce, D.Sc., 
M.D., Robert Foster Kennedy, M.D., M.B., B.Ch. 
FOURTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, VI th June 1912. 
Professor Cossar Ewart, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. On Inheritance of Hair and Eye Colour. By John Brownlee, M.A., M.D. Proc., vol. 
xxxii. pp. 458-474. 
2. (a) The Upper Cambrian Rocks at Craigeven Bay, Stonehaven : 
(6) The Downtonian and Old Red Sandstone Rocks of Kincardineshire. By Robert 
Campbell, M.A., D.Sc. Communicated by Professor Geikie, F.R.S. Trans., vol. 
xlviii. Pt. IV. 
3. The Amphipoda of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. By Professor Charles 
Chilton, M.A. , D.Sc. (N.Z.). Communicated by Dr W. S. Bruce. Trans., vol. xlviii. pp. 
455-520. 
4. The Cestoda of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. By John Rennie, D.Sc., and 
Alexander Reid. Trans., vol. xlviii. pp. 441-453. 
5. The Brachiopoda of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. By J. W. Jackson, F.G.S. 
Communicated by Dr W. S. Bruce. Trans., vol. xlviii. pp. 367-390. 
FIFTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, ls£ July 1912. 
Dr Horne, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following communications were read : — 
1. Multiple Neuroma of the Central Nervous System; their Structure and Histogenesis. By 
the late Dr Alexander Bruce and Dr James W. Dawson. Communicated by Dr A. Ninian 
Bruce. Trans., vol. xlviii. pp. 697-798. 
2. On Magnetic Induction, at High and Intermediate Temperatures, in Ferric Oxide heated 
in Air and in Hydrogen, and on the Possible Chemical Changes indicated by the Observations. By 
G. E. Allan, D.Sc., and John Brown, M.A., B.Sc. Communicated by Professor A. Gray, 
F.R.S. Proc., vol. xxxiii. 
Dr A. Ninian Bruce signed the Roll, and was duly admitted a Fellow of the Society. 
