PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 



OF 



PHILADELPHIA. 



1896. 



January 7. 

 The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., in the Chair. 



One hundred and forty-three persons present. 



The deaths of R. B. Haines and A. C. Gorgas, M. D., members, 

 were announced. 



The Council reported that the following Standing Committees 

 have been appointed to serve during the current year : — 



On Library. — Arthur Erwin Brown, Harrison Allen, M. D., 

 Henry C. Chapman, M. D., Chas. P. Perot and Henry A. Pilsbry. 



On Publications. — Thomas Meehan, Charles E. Smith, George 

 H. Horn, M. D., Edward J. Nolan, M. D. and Henry Skinner, M. D. 



On Instruction and Lectures. — Harrison Allen, M. D., 

 Benjamin Sharp, M. D., George Vaux, Jr., C. Newlin Peirce, 

 D. D. S. and Uselma C. Smith. 



Standing Committee of Council on By-Laws. — Isaac J. 

 Wistar, Theodore D. Rand, William Sellers and Benjamin Tilgh- 

 man . 



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