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declaring that he felt no pain, and in a few days he was about his 
regular business. I knew him intimately for ten years later, and 
he continued strong and healthy, a firm believer in the scare 
cure.” It may well be asked if this case is not as good as any 
of those recorded concerning the “ faith cure ” ? 
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution. Showing the Operations, Expenditures, and Condi- 
tion of the Institution for the Year 1882. Washington : 
Government Printing Office. 
It is satisfactory to learn that the premises set apart for the 
National Museum, capacious as they are, are being overtaken by 
the growing collections, and that further accommodation will be 
imperatively required. Several tons of specimens accumulated 
by the United States’ Geological Survey are as yet but partially 
available, for want of space. 
Among the explorations now being carried on more or less 
exclusively under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution 
may be mentioned those in Greenland, Labrador, the ArCtic 
Ocean, Alaska, St. Michael’s, Florida, &c. 
The Reports on Progress in different Sciences have, of course, 
the disadvantage of coming down no later than the year 1882. 
Besides this, some of them consist chiefly of references to 
journals, transactions, or to special independent works. 
Meteorology and Anthropology appear to be the most favoured 
subjects. 
Under Anthropometry we notice Zoja’s scheme for a more 
precise classification of human stature. Here, under the not 
inappropriate head, “ Vulgar Terms,” we find the tallest and the 
shortest men described as of “ phenomenal ” stature. We regret 
to find this most unphilosophic term creeping more and more 
into use among men who certainly should know better, and in 
cases where “ abnormal ” or “ enormal ” would be a more correCt 
expression. 
The Mason College Magazine. Vol. II., Nos. 3 and 4. 
This magazine has, like many of its contemporaries, instituted 
a “ London letter,” the writer of which, Mr. W. Greatheed, says 
some things which well deserved saying. He “ can't go to press 
