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The following gentlemen, who had been nominated at the pre- 
vious meeting, were duly elected :—Mr. Charles Coleby Morland, 
Rastrick Lodge, Morland-road; and Mr. George Simonds, of 
Beddington-lane. 
EXCURSIONS—1873. 
14th.—An Excursion to Reigate, to meet the members of the 
Quekett Club. ; 
lune 19th. Some members went to join the Quekett Club at their 
_ Annual Dinner, at the ‘‘ Swan,”’ Leatherhead, and a few sient the 
afternoon on the Mickleham Downs. 
i y 12th.—Excursion to Hampton Court. 
gust 9th.— Excursion to Wandsworth Common. 
ber 6th.—Excursion to Keston, meeting a large number of 
_ the Quekett Club. This excursion was better attended than any 
of the others, and a very pleasant day was spent. 
; It is to be regretted that so few members availed themselves of 
the opportunities afforded by these excursions. 
nber 17th, 1873.—Paper read by Mr. Cxcm SaunpERs, on 
“ Buoop; 1rs ConsTITUENTS AND Lire.” 
___The fact of the circulation of the blood appears to have been 
unknown until the startling discoveries of Harvey, in 1628; and, 
a subsequently to that, but little with regard to its composition has 
been found out until comparatively late years; for some time, 
_ however, ‘physiologists and microscopists have been successfully 
_ prying into some of the secrets of nature in this particular depart- 
ment, amongst whom Husley, Gardener, and Beale are names well 
a ‘known. 
> Preliminary microscopical experiments on the human blood are 
_ ‘more easy to conduct than many other experiments, owing to the 
_ great convenience we haye for obtaining the object ; by twisting a 
_ piece of string round the middle of the last joint of some-one else's 
middle finger, and, when the end of the finger has become darkly 
_ coloured, pricking it with a sharp, clean needle, you will obtain a 
good sized drop of blood and he will suffer scarcely any pain. Place 
_ the drop upon a glass slide and cover it gently with a piece of thin 
glass ;, let a second slide receive another drop, and let it be put 
Pu ander | an inverted tumbler to keep it from drying; and let a third 
