THE

Association

of

American Anatomists,

ANATOMY LIBRARY
STANFORD UNIV,

Organized at Washington, D. C., September 17, 1888.

History, Constitution, Membership, and the Titles
and Abstracts of Papers, for the
years 1888, 1889, 1890.

WASHINGTON, D. C.
BERESFORD, PRINTER, 617 E STREET.

1891.

ANATOMY LIBRARY
STANFORD UNIV.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

HISTORY OF THE ASSOCIATION,

CONSTITUTION,

LIST OF MEMBERS,

LIST OF PAPERS AND REMARKS,

ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS:

Bipartite Malar Bone in the American Indian.—Allen,

The Eighth Sternal Cartilage.-Lamb,

Olecranon Perforation.-Lamb,

Form and Probable Function of the Blood Plaque.-Kemp,
Relation of Thalamus to Paracoele.-Wilder,

Spinal Nerves in the Domestic Cat.-Stowell,

Individual Skeletal Variation-Lucas,

Anomalies of the Interior of the Temporal Bone in Man.-Leidy,
Transition from Stratified to Columnar Epithelium.-Gage,

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Importance of Study of Variation, Illustrated in the Human Teeth.-Allen,
The Heart as the basis of an Intrinsic Toponymy.-Wilder,
Comparison of Fibrin filaments of Blood and Lymph in Mammalia and

Amphibia, &c.-Gage,

Structure of Protoplasm and Mitosis.-Heitzmann,

Partial Occlusion of Olfactory Lobe in the Canidæ.—Fish, OFFICERS FOR 1890-1,

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HISTORY.

The meeting of the Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons in Washington, D. C., in September, 1888, afforded a favorable opportunity to bring together the anatomists who were attending the Congress or who were already resident in the city.

A number of gentlemen interested in the matter met Sept. 17th in the lecture room of the Medical Department of Georgetown University and organized the "Association of American Anatomists."

The following gentlemen were present: Dr. Harrison Allen, Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. Frank Baker, Washington, D. C.; Dr. William S. Forbes, Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. Augustus C. Bernays, St. Louis, Mo.; Dr. W. W. Gray, Washington, D. C.; Dr. Horace Jayne, Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. D. S. Lamb, Washington, D. C.; Dr. A. H. P. Leuf, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mr. Fred. A. Lucas, Washington, D. C.; Dr. Washington Matthews, U. S. A.; Dr. Geo. McClellan, Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. W. B. Towles, University of Virginia; Dr. Faneuil D. Weisse, New York city; Dr. Jacob L. Wortman, Washington, D. C.

It was resolved that the object of the society should be the "advancement of the anatomical sciences." A constitution was adopted, and the management of the affairs of the Association was delegated to an Executive Committee of which the President and Secretary should be members ex officio. The committee was instructed to inform the professors and demonstrators of anatomy in the regular medical schools of the United States and Canada, as well as all others interested in the subject, of the formation and object of the Association and invite them to become members.

At the first meeting several papers were read, specimens were shown (see p. 13), and remarks were made. Dr. Joseph Leidy was elected President; Drs. Frank Baker and F. D. Weisse, VicePresidents; Dr. A. H. P. Leuf, Secretary, and an Executive Committee consisting of Drs. Harrison Allen, B. G. Wilder and W.