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The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Know- 
ledge, for the Year 1838. Presented by the American 
Philosophical Society. 
January 8, 1838. 
SIR Wm. R. HAMILTON, A.M., President, in the Chair. 
The President, on taking the Chair, delivered an Address 
to the Academy. 
The Secretary of the Academy read a Memoir of the late 
President. 
Resotvep,—* That the President and Dr. Singer be 
requested to furnish the Academy with copies of their 
respective addresses.” 
The Academy then proceeded to ballot for a Member of 
Council in the Committee of Science, when Dr. Wm. Stokes 
was elected. 
DONATIONS. 
A Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases 
of the Chest. By Wm. Stokes, M. D., M.R.I. A. Pre- 
sented by the Author. 
Essays, Anatomical, Zoological, and Miscellaneous. By 
A. Jacob, M.D., M.R.I.A. Presented by the Author. 
The Anatomy of the Eye, from the Cyclopedia of Ana- 
tomy and Physiology. By Dr. Jacob. Presented by the same. 
List of Members of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great 
Britain and Ireland, 1837. Presented by the Society. 
Medical Science and Ethics; an Introductory Lecture, 
delivered at the Bristol Medical School, on Monday, October 
2nd, 1837, at the opening of the Winter Session. By W. 
Ogilvie Porter, M. D. Presented by the Author. 
The Question of Privilege, raised by the Decision in the 
Case of Stockdale vy. Hansard. By S. A. Ferrall, Esq., 
Barrister at Law. Presented by the Author. 
A Complete Set of the Transactions of the Italian Society 
of Sciences. 39 yols. 4to. Presented by the Society. 
