270 Proceedings of the Albany TnstituU . 



were authorized to nave bound auch unbound Bheete and 

 magazines as are of value. 



Joseph \V. Ivusscll, nominated at the last regular meet- 

 ing, was elected a residenl member of the [nstitute. 



Dr. Willard read a paper by his friend, Dr. Oliver White, 

 of tin- New Fork Academy of Medicine, which on account 

 of its interest and novelty he thought proper to present to the 

 [nstitute. [t was entitled [mpalemenl of the Vagina, illus- 

 trated by cases. En one case, the impalement was upon 

 the handle of a brush or broom, which entered the body 

 for ten or twelve inches; the other ease was that of a 

 woman sliding from a mow of hay, down the end of a 

 pitchfork handle which lay concealed in the hay below. 

 The walls of the vagina were ruptured, and the fork 

 handle passed into the bowels. A third case was some- 

 what similar: only one of these cases happened within 

 the observation of Dr. White. 



Dr. Willard also rend a paper by Dr. Samuel R. Percy, 

 entitled, The Food of our Cities, which was a full exp 

 of the impurities in the production and adulteration ol' milk 

 in the city of New York. 



Adjourned. 



March 9th, 1864. 



In the absence of the president, on motion, Prof. Mason 

 took the chair. 



Mr. Brown nominated William J. White. The rules 

 being suspended, the Institute proceeded to vote on the 

 nomination, and Mr. White was elected a resident member. 



Mr. Munsell announced that the fourth volume of Trans- 

 actions of the Institute, which had been ordered printed, 

 was now ready, some copies of the volume being upon the 

 table. 



March 22d, 18(34. 



Sixteen members present. - On motion ot Mr. Brown, 

 Dr. Howard Townsend took the chair. 



