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An account of a new method of making anatomical prepara- 

 tions. By Joseph Swain. London, 1820. 



Facts and observations on liver complaints. By John Faith- 

 born, M. D. Philadelphia, 1822. 



Mr. Cassin read a " Note on an instinct supposed to be 

 possessed by the Herons, especially the genus Arclea, L.," 

 which was referred to Messrs. Phillips, Harris and Gam- 

 bel. 



Prof. Johnson announced to the Academy the decease of 

 our late fellow member, Isaiah Lukens, Esq. After some 

 very appropriate remarks on the character, high qualities and 

 scientific attainments of the deceased, the following resolu- 

 tions were submitted by him : 



Resolved, That this Academy has heard with deep regret the 

 loss it has sustained in the demise of our late able and excellent 

 associate, Isaiah Lukens, one of ths earliest members of this 

 institution. 



Resolved, That through the whole period of its existence, this 

 Academy has felt the beneficial influence of the personal worth 

 of our late coadjutor, and of his firm, unwavering support of the 

 interests of this institution; of his sound and discriminating judg- 

 ment in various departments of science ; of his constant devotion 

 to knowledge and the useful arts, and of his sincere uncompromis- 

 ing love of truth. 



Resolved, That the members of this Academy deeply sympa- 

 thize with the relatives and friends of the deceased in the bereave- 

 ment they have sustained by the death of our lamented associate ; 

 that they recall with a melancholy pleasure the many happy and 

 profitable hours which they have passed in his society; that they 

 dwell with unmixed satisfaction on the memory of his free and 

 generous spirit, ever ready to communicate of his abundant stores 

 of useful knowledge, ever wise and liberal in his estimate of the 

 labors and characters of others, ever modest and reserved in what 

 concerned his own peculiar and distinguished merits. 



Resolved, That we cherish a deep sense of the value of that 

 combination of intelligence with useful labor for which our 



