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JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
EDUCATION IN KELATION TO DEVELOPMENT. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY MR. CHARLES ALDRIDGE, M.D. 
(Read 29th November, 1883.) 
Reference to remarks on this subject made in a former lecture. 
Overpressure in education. Competitive examination and the 
mania for examinations. Attendant evils. Commercial view of 
education obscuring scientific. Payment by results the keynote of 
system. The true aim of education. Evolution of faculty. 
Organization of knowledge. Influence of civilization upon brain 
development. Food, clothing, exercise. Conclusion. 
" SOMETHING MORE ABOUT GERMS " — CHOLERA. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY MR. W. CASH REED, M.D. 
(Read 6th December, 1883.) 
Introduction. The Egyptian outbreak. The sanitary condition 
of Damietta. Apathy of the natives. Precautions. The Cordon 
Sanitaire. Quarantine. The first condemned, the second partially 
so. Origin of the epidemic. Various suppositions considered. 
Koch's researches in Egypt. A few more facts about germs. 
Practical suggestions and preventive measures. Conclusion. 
THE HUMAN VOICE. 
LECTURE BY MR. W. SQUARE, F.R.C.S. 
(Read 13th December, 1883.) 
