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falsely alleged by a criminal to be those of some domestic animal 
slaughtered for food, we can aid the cause of justice, by testifying 
positively that the blood never came from an ox, pig, or sheep, the 
corpuscles of which, unfortunately for rogues, measure less than 
avo Of an inch in average diameter. In this respect I am so far 
from being “unquestionably wrong,” that I will undertake to prove 
my position, to the satisfaction of any honest inquirer of good stand- 
ing, who desires to test the question, by sending me unmarked fair 
specimens of blood-stains, under the conditions mentioned above.* 
Very respectfully yours, &ce., 
Jos. G. RicHARDSON, 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
Royat Mrioroscopican Society. 
Kina’s CoL.ece, April 4, 1877. 
H. C. Sorby, Esq., F.R.S., President, in the chair. 
The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed. 
A list of donations to the Society was read, and the thanks of the 
meeting were voted to the donors. The attention of the Fellows was 
particularly called to a donation of 150 slides of various objects, 
included in the list, presented by the Rev. R. H. Nisbett Browne, and 
a special vote of thanks to that gentleman was unanimously passed. 
The President announced that arrangements had been made to 
hold a scientific evening meeting on the 18th inst.; also that leave 
had been obtained to use the lecture theatre for the first Quekett 
lecture by Sir John Lubbock on May 2. That being an ordinary 
meeting day, there would be a little formal business to transact at the 
commencement of the proceedings, and when this had been done, the 
remainder of the evening would be occupied by Sir John Lubbock. 
At the end of the meeting the Quekett medal would be presented to 
the lecturer. Tickets of admission would be issued in due course, 
when every Fellow would receive one personal ticket, not transferable, 
and one transferable ticket for the admission of a friend. He had also 
been requested to intimate that a new list of Fellows of the Society 
was in course of preparation, and to ask that any alterations or cor- 
rections might be at once forwarded to the Assistant-Secretary, 
Mr. W. W. Reeves. 
Mr. Thomas Palmer read a paper “On the Variability of the 
* We do not doubt the accuracy of Dr. Richardson’s remarks in his new and 
qualified position. But so long as it is impossible to distinguish human blood 
from that of the dog, we think that the medical jurist cannot place much reliance 
on the microscope in his investigations. Still we think Dr, Richardson must be 
complimented upon the importance of bis researches. 
