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The American Almanac and Repository of Useful KnoW' 

 ledge, for the Year 1838. Presented by the American 

 Philosophical Society. 



January 8, 1838. 

 SIR Wm. R. HAMILTON, A. M., President, in the Chair. 



The President, on taking the Chair, delivered an Address 

 to the Academy. 



The Secretary of the Academy read a Memoir of the late 

 President. 



Resolved, — ** That the President and Dr. Singer be 

 requested to furnish the Academy with copies of their 

 respective addresses." 



The Academy then proceeded to ballot for a Member of 

 Council in the Committee of Science, when Dr. Wm. Stokes 

 was elected. 



DONATIONS. 



A Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases 

 of the Chest, By Wm. Stokes, M. D., M.R.I. A. Pre- 

 sented by the Author. 



Essays, Anatomical, Zoological, and Miscellaneous. By 

 A. Jacob, M. D., M. R. I. A. Presented by the Author. 



The Anatomy of the Eye, from the Cyclopcedia of Ana- 

 tomy and Physiology. By Dr. Jacob. Presented by the same. 



List of Members of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great 

 Britain and Ireland, 1837. Presented by the Society. 



Medical Science and Ethics; an Introductory Lecture, 

 delivered at the Bristol Medical School, on Monday, October 

 2nd, 1837, at the opening of the Winter Session. By W. 

 Ogilvie Porter, M. D. Presented by the Author. 



The Question of Privilege, raised by the Decision in the 

 Case of StocJcdale v. Hansard. By S. A. Ferrall, Esq., 

 Barrister at Law. Presented by the Author. 



A Complete Set of the Transactions of the Italian Society 

 of Sciences, 39 vols. 4to. Presented by the Society. 



