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 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Meeting of 13th October, 1880, at King's College, Strand, W.C, 

 The President (Dr. Beale, F.E.S.) in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the meeting of 9th Juno last were read and 

 confirmed, and were signed hy the Chairman. 



The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges and reprints) 

 received since the last meeting was submitted, and the thanks of the 

 Society given to the donors. 



From 

 Blackham, G. E.— On Angular Aperture of Objectives for 



the Microscope. 21 pp. and 18 plates. (8vo. New 



York, 1880.) The Author. 



Braithwaitc, R. — The Sphagnaccse or Peat Mosses of Europe 



and North America. 91 pp. and 29 plates. (8vo. 



London, 18S0.) Ditto. 



Cunningham, D. D. — On certain effects of Starvation on 



Vegetable and Animal Tissues. 47 pp. and 11 figs. 



(4to. Calcutta, 1879.) Ditto. 



Lewi.s, T. R. — The Microscopic Organisms found in the 



Blood of Man and Animals, and tlieir relation to Disease. 



91 pp. and 3 plates and 27 figs. (4to. Calcutta, 1879.) Ditto. 



Mandl, L. — Anatomie Micro.scopique. 2 vols. pp. 3U8, 92 and 



54, 412 and 40. Plates 52 and 40. (Fol. Paris, 1838-47, 



1848-57.) Dr. Carpenter, C.B. 



Ranvier, L. — Lemons d'Anatomie Ge'ne'rale sur le Systeme 



Musculaire. 4Gr. pp. and 99 figs. (8vo. Paris, 18S0) . . 3fr. Crisp. 



Fungus? on Human Hair Mr. G. C. Morris. 



Section of P^lectric Organ of the Ray Dr. B.W. Richardson. 



Slide and Packets of the Llyn Arcnig Bach Diatomaceous 



Deposit Dr. H. Stoltcrfoth. 



The President called particular attention to the two volumes of 

 ' Mandl's Microscopic Anatomy ' presented to the Society by 

 Dr. Carpenter (reading to the Meeting the letter which accompanied 

 tho donation), and lutjvcd a special vote of thanks to Dr. Carpenter, 

 which was carried unanimously. 



Mr. Crisp cxLibitcd and described Waech tor's Demonstrating 

 Microscope and Wasserlein's Saccharimctcr-Microscope, and exhibited 

 Professor Huxley's Dis.secting Microscope (see p. 705), Tescliner's 

 Trichina-Microscoi)o (see p. 715), tho two shown at pp. 882 and 883 

 (Figs. 97 and 98), and another of VVaechter's, with fine adjustment on 

 the same plan as Seibcrt and KraOt's, Figs. 99 and 100, p. 883. 



Mr. Swift exhibited and described a l^Iicroscopc with radial 

 traversing substago illumiimtor (see p. 8G7). 



Mr. Crisp pointed out that tho speciality of tho instrument 

 consisted, 1st, in its having tioo sectors at right angles ; 2ud, in tho 



