Papers read to the Society, March 11, 1897

I. “The Comparative Physiology of the Suprarenal Capsules.” By Swale Vincent, M.B. (Loud.), British Medical Association Research Scholar. Communicated by E. A. Schafer, F. R. S. II. “The Origin and Destination of certain Afferent and Efferent Tracts in the Medulla Oblongata.” By J. S. Risien Russell, M.D., M.R.C.P., Research Scholar to the British Medical Association, Senior Assistant Physician to the Metropolitan Hospital, and Pathologist to the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic, Queen Square, London. Communicated by Professor Victor Horsley, F. R. S. III. “On the Orientation of Greek Temples and the Dates of their Foundation derived from Astronomical Considerations, being a Supplement to a Paper published in the ‘Transactions of the Royal Society,’ in 1893.” By F. C. Penrose, F. R. S. IV. “Some Experiments with Cathode Rays.” By A. A. C. Swinton. Communicated by Lord Kelvin, F. R. S. V. “A Study of the Phenomena and Causation of Heat-contraction of Skeletal Muscle.” By T. G. Brodie, M.D., and S. W. F. Richardson, M.B., B.S. Communicated by W . D. Halli-Burton, F. R. S.