782 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



MEETING 



Held on the 18th of November, 1903, at 20 Hanover Square, W. 

 Dr. Henry Woodward, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Meeting of the 21st of October last were read 

 and confirmed, and were signed by the President. 



The List of Donations, exclusive of exchanges and reprints, received 

 since the last Meeting, was read, and the thanks of the Society were 

 voted to the donors. 



From 

 Brearley, H., The Analytical Chemistry of Uranium. (Svo,\ ,™ p ,,. , 



London, 1903) .. .. j e isiers. 



Dr. Edward Horder exhibited and described a convenient metal 

 Clinical Case, 3f in. x 3f in. x 1^ in., which had been made under his 

 instructions by Messrs. Charles Baker, of 244 High Holborn, W.C., and 

 would, he thought, be found extremely useful where weight and space 

 were any consideration, as was always the case when travelling abroad. 

 Instead of using the ordinary 3 in. x 1 in. glass slips, which were not 

 only heavy, but deteriorated rapidly and soon became useless in hot 

 climates, he mounted his specimens of blood, sputum, &c. between two 

 sizes of cover glasses, and had devised a metal frame (which he showed 

 to the meeting) to hold these when it was desired to examine them 

 under the Microscope. 



A small metal case was also exhibited by Dr. Horder holding fifty 

 specimens so mounted, which could easily be carried in the waistcoat 

 pocket. 



The Clinical Case contains besides the metal frame a space for slips 

 of glass, a bottle into which two sizes of cover-glasses can be placed in 

 spirit, four bottles for different fixing and staining fluids, spirit lamp, 

 pipette, pestle and mortar, filter funnel, slips of tissue and drying paper, 

 platinum needle, piece of linen, vaseline, xylol balsam, surgical needles, 

 watch-glasses, &c, &c. : also a number of stains in " Soloid " form. 



The box and its contents will doubtless be found extremely useful in 

 the tropics, and also to practitioners at home. 



Dr. Horder also showed a small rack on which stained specimens can 

 be placed to dry. 



Another small box (If in. x 1 in. X f in.) was shown by him which 

 facilitates the collection of blood films in daily practice. It has two 

 compartments, and contains cover-glasses, paper for making smears, 

 needles and platinum wire. 



The glass smeared with blood, pus or sputum by the paper, when 

 dry is placed between a slip of tissue paper, which can receive the name 

 of the disease. 



