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Resolved, That in the death of our deceased member we feel the 

 loss of a genial friend, endeared to us personally by his many estim- 

 able qualities of mind and heart. 



Resolved, That our warmest sympathy is extended to his 

 bereaved family and relatives, whose loss so far overshadows ours, 

 who are called upon to mourn not only their beloved one, but his 

 removal fi'om his field of usefulness at a time when his marked 

 abilities gave promise of distinction and increased usefulness to 

 science and his profession. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to his 

 family and to the American Society of Microscopists, and furnished 

 to the press and microscopical journals for publication. 



Resolved, That a suitable memorial be prepared and spread 

 upon the records of this society. 



PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES 



SAN FRANCISCO MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



^ I ''HE regular semi-monthly meeting of this Society was held 

 ■*- March 9, at its rooms, President Wickson in the chair. 

 The subject appointed for discussion, viz : " Bacillus Tuberculosis 

 in Fowls," was introduced by Dr. Stallard, who said that the 

 close analogy existing between certain diseases found in many 

 domestic animals and in the human race had long been known, as 

 was also the communicability of such diseases. Rabies was a case 

 in point, and, in a lesser degree, the disease known as anthrax or 

 charbon. It is a known fact that typhoid fever has been transmit- 

 ted from animals to man by means of infected milk. In connection 

 with this subject he desired to call attention to the following occui'- 

 rence : While convalescing fi'om sickness recently, he had ordered 

 broiled chicken. While preparing it for cooking his wife noticed 

 peculiar spots on the liver and sj^leen and showed them to him. As 

 they were apparently tiibercular, he placed them in preservative 

 fluid until his recoveiy, when, upon chemical treatment and micros- 

 copical examination, the material was found to be crowded with true 

 tubercular bacilli. The liver and spleen were especially infected, 

 but bacilli were also j^lentifully found in the mesenteric glands, the 

 lungs and other parts. He had thereupon made inquiries among 

 the cooks of the several large hotels and boarding-houses, and was 

 by them supplied with material for further investigation. In the 



