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able reasons, compelled to decline, and now that I am again the re- 
cipient of the honor, I accept the service with heartfelt thanks and 
promise to do the best within my power. 
A vote of thanks was unanimously extended to the retiring 
president, Prof. Burrill, for his indefatigable energy and impartial 
rulings during the session. 
Then the Society adjourned sine dic, after a most successful 
meeting. Upwards of a hundred new members were admitted 
and Treasurer Fell reports the receipt of more money than at any 
previous meeting. 
THE WORKING SESSION 
Was the objective point of all, both members and visitors, and 
was held at the Gymnasium, on Thursday afternoon, at two o’clock, 
where the exhibition at twenty-five tables fully realized the ex- 
pectations of all who knew that Mr. E. H. Griffith was once more 
in charge. The only criticism that could be made was the absence 
of a number who had promised to be present and were therefore 
down on the programme, which had been conveniently prepared 
for the use of visitors, thus rendering it confusing to one referring 
to the numbers. But those present, by their expertness and cordial 
explanations of the different steps in mounting, etc., alone amply 
repaid one for the trip. 
Taking the tour of the room, we successively witnessed the 
mounting of different varieties of blood; Brearley’s ingenious 
holder for telescopes with universal movements, and, of particular 
interest. to physicians, the detection of tube casts, their significance 
and methods of mounting, as explained by Dr. Geo. Fell. The 
methods of obtaining, dissecting and mounting entomostracea, as 
demonstrated by Mrs. Chas. Fellows, was also a point of great in- 
terest. Mr. Griffith ,between times of distributing Diatomaceous 
material, showed how to entertain with the microscope with com- 
mon objects within the reach of everyone. Dr. Lucien Howe’s 
table was filled with test tubes and an oven, showing the preparation 
of gelatine culture mixtures, with the cultivation of bacteria from 
the diseased human eye and their effect on the eye of a rabbit. 
Dr. F. L. James was surrounded with observers witnessing his 
methods of silvering glass, and the manufacture of his cements and 
‘their proper use. Prof. A. Y. Moore, gave full directions in the 
