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The Secretary reminded the members that Blackwell's splendid Monograph 

 on Spiders, to which Dr. Braithwaite had referred, was in the library of the 

 Club. 



Mr. Guyton exhibited and described a new portable microscope lamp, which 

 had recently been brought out by Mr. Fiddian ; it was ingeniously contrived to 

 pack into a brass case, whieh also formed its stand when in use ; he also showed 

 one of Mr. Field's new dissecting microscopes, which had on a previous occasion 

 been described to the members. 



Mr. J. Michels introduced to the notice of the members of the Club a cheap, 

 light, and portable stand and body, to which any ordinary eye-piece and objec" 

 tive could be readily fixed. The body —which was of pasteboard, having a brass 

 nosepiece at the end, screwed with the Society's thread— was attached to a tripod 

 mahogany stand, the whole weighing only a few ounces, and costing not more 

 than seven shillings. He had designed it thinking that something of the kind 

 was required to obviate the necessity for bringing heavy instruments to the 

 Club when anything had to be exhibited. 



The proceedings terminated with a conversazione, at which, in addition to 

 the microscopes, &c, above described, the following objects were exhibited: — 



Spiracle of Dytiscus By Mr. J. Michels. 



Pollen of Cobea scandens By Mr. Conder. 



February 24th, 1871 — Chairman, Dr. Lionel S. Beale, 



F.R.S., &o. 



The following donations were announced :— 



" On the Structure and Growth of the Tissues and ") 

 on Life " (a course of 10 Lectures) ) 



" Disease Germs, their supposed Nature" 



" Protoplasm, or Life, Matter, and Mind" 



" Disease Germs, their Real Nature" 



" Illustrations of the Salts of the Urine, Urinary 

 Deposits and Calculi, including the Structure 

 of the Kidney in Health and Disease, &c." — 

 with seventy plates 



" Kidney Diseases, Urinary Deposits and Calculus \ 

 Disorders, their Nature and Treatment ' (3rd > 



fcH.H I 1<<11/ ••• ••• ••• •«• »!■ •*• ••■ ••« ■ •» 



" Archives of Medicine," Vol. 5, No. 17 



"On Medical Progress. In Memoriam, R. B. Todd" 



Descriptive Catalogue of Microscopic Specimens -\ 

 exhibited at the President's Soiree of the > 

 British Medical Association. Oxford, 18(58 ...^ 



" Paper on the Structure and Formation of the so 

 called Apolar, Unipolar, and Bipolar Nerve 

 cells of the Frog'' '.. 



* ' Paper on the Ultimate Arrangement of the Bil 

 ary Ducts, and on some other points in th 

 Anatomy of the Liver of the VcrtebrateAnimals 



" Science Gossip" 



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from 

 Dr» Lionel S. Beale. 



from the PubHsher. 



