GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING. 



Monday, December 5, 1859. 

 W. A. HARRISON, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 



Tlie following Gentlemen were duly elected Members of the 

 Society : — 



Mr. John H. Kyan Preston. 



Dr. Harwood Boston, U.S. (corresponding). 



The following Gentlemen were proposed for the Membership of the 

 Society : — 



Mr. W. F. Forsyth ...225, Piccadilly, London. 



Mr. W. J. Parks 27, Newington Crescent, Kennington-road. 



Mr. C. G. Kempe 37, Gallow Tree Gate, Leicester. 



Mr. Thos. Howkins ...24, Waterloo Street, Birmingham. 

 Mr. P. A. K0LLIKER...I2, Stadelhofen, Zurich (corresponding). 

 Mr. Albert E.Ollive, 47, Smith Street, Chelsea. 



Mr. W. D. Saunder presented a preparation of Epulis. 



Mr. Palmer presented to the library, " Fox on the Teeth;" Parmly's 

 " Treatise," and Waite's " Treatise on the Teeth." 



Mr. Parsons presented to the museum Dr. Snow's Chloroform Appa- 

 ratus ; a fine specimen of an under Jaw from Italy ; a curious specimen 

 of Whale's Tooth; and an instrument for extracting Stumps used by 

 Dubois, of Paris, from 1780 to 1809. 



Mr. Mummery read the following paper :— " On the Structure and 

 Adaptation of the Teeth in the lower Animals, and their relation to the 

 Human Dentition!'' 



The dentition of the lower animals, being almost 

 co-extensive with the entire series of the animate 

 creation, embraces so wide a field of study that I 

 have found considerable difficulty in so treating 



