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which was very active in a small radius. The only Spirochseta which 

 might cause differential difficulty was S. microdeiitiim, an organism 

 obtained from the mouth of certain cases. But this had black portions 

 on its body, so that it was naturally demarcated into luminous and 

 dark portions, as against the uniform pallor of .S'. pallida. Also the 

 body was thicker. He recommended examination of material from 

 the syphilitic papule, rather than from any other part of the patient, 

 to those who were endeavouring to become familiar with the micro- 

 scopical appearance of S. pallida. 



Professor Conrady and the President briefly replied to points which 

 had been raised on their respective communications, and the meeting 

 resolved itself into a series of practical demonstrations. 



A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING 



OF THE Society was held at 20 Hanover Square, W., on April 

 17th, 1918, at 7.55 p.m., to consider the following Motion 

 BY Mr. Wilson : — 



" That this Meeting instructs the Council to take the necessary 

 action to remove all alien enemy Honorary, Ex-officio, and Ordinary 

 Fellows from the Society's Eoll " — 



of which due notice had been given on January 16th, 1918, and a copy 

 of the resolution itself hung in the Society's Rooms during the pre- 

 scribed period of at least two mouths, in accordance with By-law 34. 



The President opened the Special General Meeting, and called upon 

 Mr. Wilson to propose the resolution standing in his name. 



Mr. Wilson then read out the terms of his motion, and explained 

 that there were twelve honorary alien enemy Fellows, and made a short 

 speech in support of the resolution. 



The President pointed out that the matter was in no sense a political 

 one, since the individuals concerned were elected to the Society on 

 account of their scientific attainments and eminence, and requested 

 Fellows toconfine their comments strictly to the terms of the resolution. 



Mr. Hiscott, the Honorary Solicitor to the Society, seconded the 

 resolution. 



Dr. Rudd Leeson, who rose to support the resolution, was ruled out 

 of order by the President. 



There being no amendment proposed to the Meeting, the resolution 

 was put and enthusiastically carried by the necessary two-thirds majority. 



The President then declared the resolution carried, and instructed 

 the Secretary to make an entry in the Minute Book to that effect (By- 

 law 73), ^ ^ 



