110 
REPORT— 1854 . 
»«*■"«• , to foun( l * n every foot, but they were not uniformly accompanied 
either by suckers or adhesive bosses. The last were by far the most frequent, the 
former were very rare. In some very few instances, hooks, suckers, and adhesive 
naps were present. 
Dr. Inman rclntcd the particulars of a case of partial Albinoism in a black man, 
Illustrated with photographic representations of the individual thus affected. The 
white spots on the man’s body were observed to become darker during the hotter 
parts of the year. 
,„P r ‘ k ANK ester called attention to Mr. Woollaston's recently-published work on 
he Insects of the Madeira Islands,’ a copy of which was exhibited to the Sec- 
tion. This work had been produced by the author with great labour nod at a great 
expense, and was one of those works for which science is indebted to the patient 
and seir-denjong labours of their authors. He also called the attention of the Section 
o he magnificent colletion of insects, especially Colcoptcra, made by the late Mr. 
Molly, or Hi versif y, near Liverpool, and which his son had thrown open to the 
inspection of the Members of the British Association. 
On the Physiology of Cells in relation to Consciousness and Adaptive Mo™- 
meats. By Thomas Laycock, M.D., York. 
Dr. Laycock communicated some of the views he entertained as to the rclntiom 
. 3 *°'consciousness, and to the adaptation to a definite object manifested in the 
lovements and functions of organisms. Th..*,. ..i.m,..... vr.rir.nctv internreted 
of u » ycocK communicated some of the views he entertained r 
“ 3 t0 'consciousness, and to the adaptation to a definite object mamiestea m u,v 
£ f 0< fUnrt . ,nnB of wganfeiua. These phenomena are variously interpreted 
^ ^asciouHnegs. While, on the one hand, it was a firmly established 
selves nft r„ m r it0r ^ ll!Ml no ' sensation, although they adapted tlicra- 
TddSd Kovrn. eXq T‘ t0 9kill ‘ t0 eternal circumstances, of which Dr. Laycock 
tho otl ‘W. it was an equally fixed doctrine that the 
Now all these , " ,ect# ') wcr<! as susceptible of pain os man lmnsclf. 
lower animHl . ' 1 7‘~ 0n . tnc « was an equally fixed doctrine mat u 
Now all these aK'" 13 t' y ' ,M,Cct# ) *«<-' as susceptible of pain os man lmnself. 
ultimate “ ome I lll L wri! manifested in the highest degree .n th* 
wlulher tlie o,^,! ° f ftnlln f ltc ( tl namely, the microscopic cell; and yet 
evolved from if * ° w “ s unicellular, or composed of groups of individual cells, or 
cludinir that f,nraon,lal there did not appear the slightest ground for con- 
th« T m ‘. ciduwed with consciousness; it followed, therefore, that 
IVC phenomena were the result, of a force inherent in them, 
«*» 
but distinct from mTudl’ 1 '^ |lh!CQorQena WCre the result of a force inherent 
I nO OhtiPA a .1 . , 
it distinct from mind. 
tvolwl"™*^? l JHn? ,re c higllcr or g flni »ms, whether vegetable nr animal, being 
tainment o/.he 6 , aitn f tbpir whole vital activity being directed* 
h „ “tee object as that aimed at in cell action/viz. the well-being and 
follows ‘bat in these that object may be aimed at 
ZZTolS:: J*5 e “ b jft M,th^t aimed at in Cdl act'ion/viz. the well-being 
whcdly mdeLndeoSv JfSi' j5t, foU °,u 8 ,hat in these that object may be am» 
with vccftabli- nn ,nJ[ [ thewill or the consciousness. Such appears to be the 
plants and even ?hn ’ but ' to dctermin e the presence or absence of these i 
It mav be arirued^b, 0 ". cr ai "teals, is necessarily levond the reach of observation. 
■KiltaSP from analogy, that they tnly possess a sense of peaso^ 
that grand scheme BU< l h 2" cn, iuwmcnt would be entirely compatible* 
SStKe XTgcd adaptation upon which all organisms and the entire 
nail, 3 w&h; C ?„T i ? eUt8 - ,h0W that h » * l«ant very doubtful whether they & 
&o£n Lnninsi°?i^ et ^ f supplied to them to admin* «■» 
instruments (UhiatrahJiv ^ ,nu T cat ■* f HI which they display in the use of' 1 
constructs iti hc/l^i^nf 1 ' accuracy with which the domestic b« 
have £ e^’ n h c C c ^ QnalcvII) * ^*8^ serve as some proof of the pleasure they n>.f 
.he o f v.,**., vrsatfESs? #jysreftr •* 
