Report of the Council, 
For THE YEAR 1908. 
Read at the Annual Meeting, February 5th, 1909. 
THE Council has much pleasure in reporting that 
the work of the Society has proceeded satisfactorily 
during the past year. The new members elected 
during the year have numbered 40, which is the largest 
number that has joined in one year since 1904. The 
membership now stands at 273. Though the mem- 
bership is 13 less than a year ago, at no time since 
the Society was founded have its activities been so 
great or so varied. 
The members will be glad to know that their 
-revered President, Sir Samuel Wilks, is now in the 
enjoyment of excellent general health. As, however, 
he is unable to leave his house in the evening, he 
cannot take an active part at the meetings as 
formerly. 
Mr. F. W. Rudler, who for so many years has 
taken such a kindly interest in and has done so much 
for the Society, has left Hampstead. He has allowed 
the Council to recommend him for election as a Vice- 
President. It is satisfactory to know that his con- 
nection with the Society has not been broken. 
Twenty-five ordinary meetings, general and sec- 
tional, have been held during the year, in addition 
to five field meetings, a photographic summer meeting, 
a meeting at the Museum of the Royal College of 
Surgeons, and one of a course of juvenile lectures. 
