106 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



arrangement of screws for holding and focusing the object in front of 

 the lens completes the apparatus. 



For figures and further particulars see this Journal, 188(5, p. 1047 ; 

 also -John Mayall, jun., Cantor Lectures before the Society of Arts. 

 1885, published in that Society's Journal for 1886 ; and for an account 

 of tin- wonderful work done by Leeuwenhoek with these primitive 

 means see Dr. Plimmer's Presidential Address in this Journal, 1913 

 pp. 121-135. 



The President announced that the Scrutineers having handed in 

 their report as to the result of the Ballot, the following Fellows pro- 

 posed by the Council had been duly elected as the Officers and Council 

 for the ensuing year : — 



President Prof. G. Sims Woodhead, M. A. M.D. LL.D. F.R.S.E., etc. 



Vice-Presidents— J.E.Barnard ; Wynne E.Baxter, J.P. D.L. F.G.S. ; 

 E. Heron-Allen, F.L.S. F.G.S. F.Z.S., etc. ; David J. Scourfield, F.Z.S. 



Treasurer — Cyril F. Hill. 



Secretaries— J . W. H. Eyre, M.D. F.R.S.E. ; F. Shillington Scales, 

 ALA. M.D. B.C. (Cantab.). 



Ordinary Members of Council — F. W. Watson Baker ; Frederic 

 J. Cheshire ; A. N. Disney, M.A. B.Sc. ; Arthur Earland ; R. G. Hebb, 

 M.A. M.D. F.R.C.P. ; John Hopkinson, F.L.S. F.G.S. F.Z.S. ; J. W. 

 Ogilvy ; Percy E. Radley ; Julius Rheinbers: ; Charles F. Rousselet ; 

 A. W. Sheppard ; E. J. Spitta, L.R.C.P. (Lond.) M.R.C.S. (Eng.). 



Librarian — Percy E. Radley. 



( 'urator of Instruments, etc. — Charles F. Rousselet. 



Curator of Slides — Edward J. Sheppard. 



The President then delivered his annual address, entitled " The 

 Microscope and Medicine." 



Mr. Michael said he wished to propose the usual Resolution, that of 

 returning thanks to their President for his Address, and to ask for his con- 

 sent to print it in the Journal. It was not usually easy to find anything 

 distinctive to say on the subject of a President's address, but of late 

 years they had listened to a series of addresses from men who specialized 

 in their own subjects and who had enabled the proposer to ask all 

 present to join in the vote of thanks with genuine accord. The address 

 thev had heard that evening had not fallen behind the high level of its 

 predecessors : it had brought to their notice the use of the Microscope 

 as a working tool in one very important branch of science, and shown 

 how improvement in the instrument brought in its train increase of the 

 quality of the work done to the far-reaching benefit of races profiting 

 by such improvement, and to the perfection and advance of science in 

 general A most important and interesting subject had been dealt with 

 by their P esident in a clear ai d attractive way, and his address would 

 form a record of the progress of the Microscope in that particular branch 



