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The 1932 meeting of this Association was one of exceptionally high quality as this 667 page volume of Proceedings bears witness.
The topic is large and has been well developed from (1) the anatomical field where an enormous wealth of structural detail in cell form and fiber connections is depicted; (2) from the physiological side, where with increasing experimental work on lower animals, different functional levels are offering their secrets; and (3) clinical research, as the goal of the entire endeavor is being enriched in no uncertain manner for increasing the efficiency and happiness in human activities.
This year's volume presents to the reviewer an exceptionally difficult task. To attempt to discriminate among so many papers of so high a degree of value is frankly impossible and equally so is it to mention them all. Hence this note will only offer a haphazard choice.
Professor Brouwer of Amsterdam opens with a superlative discussion of the phylogeny of encephalization as formulated from anatomical considerations derived from comparative anatomy and animal experimentation. His material on the optic thalamus presented in his singularly lucid and direct manner, offers much to the reader.
To those who attended the meeting the presentation, without notes, by Dr. Marion Hines, on the Cyto-Architecture of the Cerebral Cortex in Man, was a rare treat. The same neat presentation, authoritative, direct and readable, only enhances the enjoyment of the reviewer who heard the original presentation. We know of no better statement anywhere than that here offered.