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Ordinary Meeting, December 12th, 1871. 



E. W. BiNNEY, F.RS., F.G.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Louis Lucas was elected an Ordinary Member of the 

 Society. 



Among the Donations announced were a series of copper 

 plates with the late Dr, Byrom's shorthand engraved 

 thereon, presented by Edward Byrom, Esq., of Kersall Cell. 



On the motion of Dr. KoscoE, seconded by Mr. Spence, 

 it was resolved unanimously — That the thanks of the 

 Society be given to Mr. Byrom for his valuable Donation. 



" The Illness of the Prince of Wales and its Lessons," by 

 Edmund John Syson, L.R.C.P.E., &c. 



I need make no excuse for asking a few moments for the 

 discussion of certain matters connected with the Prince's 

 sad illness, and, confining myself to its bearings on the gene- 

 ral health of the nation, try, if possible, to make a great 

 national calamity become not unbarren of much national 

 good. 



The specific illness of the Prince is what is technically 

 termed Typhoid Fever. Until 1840, Typhus was the 

 name under which Typhoid Fever was generally known. 

 Dr. Alexander P. Stewart was the first to point out the 

 distinction between Typhoid and Typhus, but not until 

 some jesivs afterwards did the profession at large accept 

 this great fact. Dr. Budd of Bristol prefers the name Intes- 

 tinal Fever, a.nd certainly it is a far preferable one, for its 

 symptoms and manifestations are essentially intestinal. 

 For minute information as to Typhus and Typhoid and 

 their subdivisions I must refer you to that prince of works 

 on Medicine — Watson. Suffice it here to say that Typhus 

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