Abstract

OXFORD.—The following are the chief lectures advertised for the ensuing term in the Faculty of Natural Science, in addition to the elementary courses:—Prof. Gotch, on the nervous system; Dr. Mann, on histology of sense organs; Mr. Burch on dioptrics of the eye; Frof. Weldon, on Tunicata; Mr. Bourne, on the history of zoology; Mr. Thompson, on mammalian morphology; Prof. Sollas, on evolution of the earth and on palæontology; Mr. Walden, on allotropy; Prof. Miers, on isomorphism; Mr. Bowman, on rock-forming minerals; Prof. Tylor, on anthropology in classical literature. Among the mathematical lectures are:—Prof. Love, on gravitational attraction and theory of potential; Prof. Elliott, on theory of functions; Prof. Esson, on synthetic geometry of conics. Among the lectures in medicine are announced:—Prof. Thomson, on the urogenital system and anatomy of the placenta and embryonic membranes; Dr. Ritchie, on pathological bacteriology; Mr. Jerome, on medical pharmacology. The new Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy will also give an inaugural lecture on Thursday, April 27, on “The aims and methods of natural philosophy.”

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