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THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



By John F. W. Tatham, M.A., M.D., 



Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. 

 (^Delivered Fehruary 16th, 1900.) 



Since I last had the honour of addressing you from this chair 

 another year has passed away, and, with the advent of its last 

 evening, there has come to me the duty of once more giving 

 account of the stewardship which your good-will committed to my 

 keeping for the first time just two years ago. 



It is again my privilege to announce that during the past 

 twelve months the affairs of the Quekett Microscopical Club have 

 continued to progress satisfactorily on the old lines. The number 

 of new members enrolled during the year was thirty-eight, being 

 a larger accession to our membership than any which has accrued 

 in a single year since 1892, about which time our Club migrated 

 from its old quarters in University College to its present home 

 in Hanover Square. 



This evening we have received the report of our Committee, 

 and also that of our Honorary Treasurer ; and by these you will 

 note that not only have our meetings been well attended, not 

 only has the interest of our members in the affairs of the Club 

 continued unabated, but our finances have maintained a pros- 

 perous condition. 



Our Committee, however, whilst prophesying hopefully with 

 respect to the future, are careful to insist that every one of our 

 members must recognise his individual responsibility towards the 

 Club, and use his best endeavours to augment its list of subscribers, 

 so as to secure such an income as vv^ill enable our Committee 

 to conduct the future business of the Club as satisfactorily as it 

 has been conducted in times past. 



Having recently employed the few leisure hours at my disposal 

 in examining certain lined tests mounted in media of exceptionally 

 high refractive indices, I venture to offer a few remarks on the 

 subject, which is a favourite one with some at least of our members. 

 J cannot claim to have discovei-ed anything really new, but I 



