270 ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. [May 1 4, 



entire community is indeed bereft ! From the depths of overflowing 

 hearts we may truly say as did Antony of the noble Roman,— 

 '* His life was gentle and the elements 

 So mixed in him that Nature might stand up 

 And say to all the world, ' This was a man.' " 



The following resolution was offered by Dr. J. Edward Line : 



"Resolved that the memorial of our late fellow member, Dr. 

 Maitland L. Mallory, as prepared and read by Major William 

 Streeter, be and hereby is adopted as the sentiment of this Society ; 

 that this memorial be spread upon the minutes, and printed in the 

 Proceedings of the Academy ; and that copies be sent to the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Micro- 

 scopical Society, and the Royal Microscopical Society, London, of 

 which societies Dr. Mallory had long been a member." 



In seconding this resolution personal tributes to the character 

 and works of Dr. Mallory were offered by Mr. J. Y. McClintock, 

 Professor S. A. Lattimore and Dr. George W. Goler, former asso- 

 ciates of the deceased physician. These tributes referred particularly 

 to his work upon the City Board of Health, and to his generous 

 interest in many institutions and charities. 



The resolution was unanimously adopted. 



The following paper was read : 



THE RECENT EPIDEMIC OF TYPHOID FEVER IN 

 BUFFALO. 



By S. a. Lattimore. 



About the beginning of last March the attention of the Depart- 

 ment of Health of the City of Buffalo was attracted to the fact 

 that an unusually large number of cases of typhoid fever were 

 being reported by physicians. The number increased daily, reach- 

 ing one hundred and twenty-two on the eleventh. Suddenly the 

 presence of an epidemic was recognized. Through the press the 

 distressing news was immediately conveyed to the whole city. 

 Anxiety became alarm, and alarm soon became panic. Without the 

 slightest warning, and from an utterly unknown source, a city of 

 three hundred thousand people found itself suddenly invaded by a 

 pestilence, striking down its victims in nearly every quarter, and 

 respecting no rank or class. Every inhabitant was menaced. Three 



