highest intellectual element, he showed that a profoundly religious 

 sentiment, and a belief in a spiritual existence after death, prevails 

 throughout those lands, and that, among teachers, the materalist ±s 

 unknown; that Fitzgerald's translation of the Rubaiyat gives an en- 

 tirely incorrect idea of the religious thought of the East. 



MAY. 



The Annual meeting of the Academy was held in Symphony Hall, 

 May 3, 1909, and the following named gentlemen were elected Directors 

 for the ensuing year, viz.: 



Bernhard R. Baumgardt, Frank D. Bullard, Holdridge O. Collins, 

 Anstruther Davidson, John D. Hooker, Samuel .1. Keese, William H. 

 Knight, George W. Parsons, William A. Spalding, William L. Watts 

 and Clement A. Whiting. 



The subject of the evening was "The Opsonic Index, or the Bole 

 of the Blood in the Vaccine Treatment of Consumption," which was 

 presented by Dr. George Martyn. 



The lecturer explained Nature's method of producing immunity 

 from infectious diseases and he dealt with the scientific facts dis- 

 covered by the great teachers from Jenner, Pasteur and Lister, up 

 to Metchnikoff, Koch and Wright, connecting the discovery of vaccina- 

 tion with the modern treatment of Tuberculosis by tuberculin; the 

 cause of Nature's break-down under the ravages of infection and the 

 scientific means of restoring the balance between health and disease. 



From the nature of the subject, it was necessarily technical, but 

 it was listened to with marked attention by the audience, among whom 

 were many of the most prominent physicians of the city. 



The discourse was illustrated by drawings ami X-rays views of 

 lungs in conditions of disease and health. 



An animated and interesting discussion ensued upon the close of 

 the lecture, in which were shown the necessity of separate Hospitals 

 and retreats for the treatment of Tuberculosis, and the constant danger 

 to the public by the neglect to furnish suitable means for adecptate 

 treatment of this dreadful disease. 



Immediately after the adjournment of the Annual Meeting of the 

 Academy, the Directors elected for the ensuing year, 1909-1910, were 

 called to order, and the following Officers were unanimously elected, 

 to -wit : 



William A. Spalding President 



William H. Knight First Vice-President 



John D. Hooker Second Vice-President 



Samuel .1. Keese Treasurer 



Holdridge O. Collins Secretary 



The President appointed the following Standing Committees, viz.: 



Publication. 



Holdridge O. Collins, Chairman. 



Dr. Anstruther Davidson. Dr. Frank D. Bullard. 



Program. 



William H. Knight. Chairman. 



George W. Parsons. William L. Watts. 



Finance. 



Samuel J. Keese, Chairman. 



Bernhard R. Baumgardt. Clement A. Whiting. 



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A meeting of the Directors was held on May 25, 1909, at one o'clock 

 P. M., in room 625. San Fernando Building. Present: Messrs. Spalding, 

 Colljns, Davidson, Knight, Parsons and Watts. 



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