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the National Academy of Science, and by his will gave 

 it a bequest of a considerable sum for its endowment. 

 I have dwelt on his noble character and great merits 

 with peculiar pleasure, for he was my schoolmate in 

 youth and one of my dearest friends for half a century. 



Our next President was John K. Kane, born and 

 bred in Philadelphia, and admitted to practice in its 

 courts at an early age. He was a fine scholar and an 

 active citizen, participating in many ways in measures 

 of public interest. He took an active part in the pro- 

 ceedings of the Society and was highly esteemed in its 

 councils. 



After practicing his profession for many years, he 

 was appointed Judge of the District Court of the 

 United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 

 and died in office as Judge and President. 



All the Presidents from Duponceau, to and including 

 Judge Kane, had held office as Secretaries and Vice- 

 Presidents, and were thereby characterized by full 

 knowledge of the working of the Society. 



Dr. Georee B. Wood was elected President in 

 January, 1859, and by re-elections held office until his 

 death in 1879. He was born in New Jersey, and re- 

 ceived both his literary and professional education in 

 the University of Pennsylvania. He was by profession 

 a doctor of medicine, and was as a general practitioner 

 one of the most skillful and successful of his day. He 

 soon became distinguished too as a teacher, and was 

 successively elected Professor of Chemistry in the 

 College of Pharmacy, Professor of Materia Medica 

 in the University of Pennsylvania, and finally Profes- 

 sor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in that in- 

 stitution. He was a man of peculiarly grave and 



