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14. Dr. Kennedy on purulent opthalmia. 



15. Dr. Perry on the analogy between typhus ever and scarlatina. 



16. Mr. L'Estrange exhibited an improvement on the calculo- 

 fractor for lithotrity. 



17. Dr. Corrigan read a paper on the nature of the bellows sound 

 of the heart and arteries — he attributes its production to the changes 

 occasioned by disease, on the velocity and mode in which the blood 

 flows through the vessels. 



Friday l4. — 18. Dr. O'Beirne on his views of the functions of 

 the bowels. 



19. Dr. Osborne made some observations on the effect of cold on 

 the human body, contending that this influence has been too muck 

 overlooked. He described an instrument by which the relative tem- 

 peratures of air and water in different states of motion and rest may 

 be tested, and their effects shewn in such states upon human health. 



20. Mr. Hutton described a case of disease of the brain attended 

 with idiocy and congenital dislocation of the hip joint. 



21. Mr. Adams on aneurism by anastomosis. 



22. Mr. Snow Harris exhibited the bones of the hip joint of the 

 celebrated commedian, Charles Matthews, who was supposed to have 

 sustained a fracture of the neck of the thigh bone by a fall from a 

 gig many years ago ; he walked after the accident, but subsequently 

 after long confinement in bed, the limb became shortened. Con- 

 siderable difference of opinion existed with regard to the nature of 

 the disease, but it appeared to be most generally admitted that it 

 was disease of the joint. A committee was appointed to examine 

 into the nature of the case. 



23. Dr. Handyside gave an abstract of experiments made to de- 

 termine the respective powers of the lymphatics, lacteals and veins 

 in carrying on absorption from the integral surfaces of the body. 



Botany and Zoolos^y, — Monday, \Olh August. — Mr. Niven 

 explained a natural arrangement of plants. Mr. Ball exhibited 

 specimens of the Penticranus Europaeus and Beroe ovatus, Mr. 

 Babington stated that he had found a new species of Scirpus abun- 

 dantly near Holyhead. This plant Dr. Graham mentioned he had 

 found in Galloway. Dr. Graham found also the Orchis Pyramidalis 

 in Galloway ; and Dr. Knapp observed it in Fife. Mr. Babington 

 stated that in general three species of Ranunculus, viz., aquatilis, 

 palustris, and circinatus, were confounded with aquatitis; and that 

 Reichenbach made three species out of Orchis bifolia, two of which 

 were natives of Great Britain, and were distinguished by the form 

 of the anthers, the one being round, the other longitudinal. 



Dr. Drummond observed that the common Gordias was vivipa- 

 rous ; when placed in water with a common newt, it twined itself 

 round the animal and killed it. 



A letter from Mr. Hamilton of Mexico was read, describing some 

 new plants. 



Dr. Coulter mentioned that he had seen a species of Veratrum, 

 not the sabadilla, called by the natives the Indian's root, prove suc- 

 cessful in dyspepsia. 



Tuesday, IMh. — Mr. Mackay exhibited several specimens of bog 

 timber, consisting of Scotch fir, which was found eighteen feet under 



