Wyman.] 26 [Sept. 19, 



On motion of Dr. H. W. Williams it was voted that four 

 members of the Society, of which the President should be 

 one, be nominated by the President to act as pall-bearers in 

 connection with those appointed by the Suffolk District 

 Medical Society. The President selected Dr. C T. Jackson, 

 and Messrs. Geo. B. Emerson and C. K. Dillaway. 



September 19, 1866. 



The President in the chair. Fifty-four members present. 



On behalf of a committee appointed at the previous 

 special meeting, the President read the following notice : 



Dr. Augustus Addison Gould, for many years one of the 

 Vice Presidents of this Society, died at his house on the 

 morning of the 15th day of September. By this sad and 

 sudden event, the Society loses one of its most honored and 

 respected associates, and science a disinterested and truthful 

 worker. From the beginning of our existence to the day on 

 which he died, his hand was never weary in our service. 

 Through many years we have leaned upon his wise counsel ; 

 his thought and labor more than those of any other have 

 helped us in our progress, and it is to his name and fame, at 

 home and abroad, that we are very largely indebted for what 

 we most prize in our own. It is not we alone that suffer from 

 his death. His interests were broad and catholic, and em- 

 braced whatevei" was good and excellent, and his helping 

 hand was not withheld whenever sought, whether in behalf 

 of the interests of science, education or humanity. The 

 loss to these will be truly great. For all his disinterested- 

 ness, he was not without his reward. The profession of 

 which he was so distinguished an ornament gladly bestowed 

 upon him its highest gifts, and the community of which he 

 was so worthy a member, gave love and honor for his many 

 graces of character, and for his walk in life, so full of Chris- 

 tian excellence. With head and hand still busy, and with a 



