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consistency of a hard boiled egg and which, dried and exposed 

 to the atmosphere for months, showed no signs of decay. 



November 14, 1907. — Adjourned meeting. Lecture on 

 " Blood," by Dr. Ernest L. Clark. 



November 21, 1907. — Adjourned meeting. Illustrated 

 lecture, " Nansen's Farthest North," by Prof. George A. 

 Hoadley, of Swarthmore College. 



November 28, 1907. — Adjourned meeting. Illustrated 

 lecture, "Over the Trossachs to Edinburgh," Dr. E. D. Fitch. 



December 5, 1907. — Regular monthly meeting, with the 

 President, T. Chalkley Palmer, in the chair. Reading of 

 the Minutes and Reports of Officers and Curators. William 

 S. Ellis, of Moylan, Pa., was elected to membership. The 

 matter of providing fire escapes for the building was discussed 

 and referred to the Board of Curators. 



The following minute in memory of Dr. Einnaeus Fussell, 

 late Secretary of the Institute, was read and adopted : — 



For thirty-five years Dr. Einnaeus Fussell was a prominent 

 member of the Institute, and for more than twenty years he 

 performed with conspicuous ability the important duties of a 

 Secretary and a Curator. 



He was a botanist of note, and his unusually extensive 

 and accurate knowledge of plants was of especial value to 

 the Institute. Beyond this, his broad-minded culture had 

 made him conversant with all the sciences, and his unaifected 

 sympathies were at the command of all students and lovers of 

 nature with whom he came in contact. 



As a member and officer of the Institute, he at all times 

 gave his support to measures designed to promote its welfare 

 or calculated to advance the high purpose for which it exists. 



As a physician, Dr. Fussell was held in honor by his 

 fellows for his learning in the science of medicine. Long a 



