50 Annals of the Philosophical Club 



SIR BENJAMIN COLLINS BRODIE, the elder of that name, was- 

 born at Winterslow, Wilts., of which his father was rector, in 1783. 

 He studied medicine in London, held various posts at St. George's 

 Hospital, and carried out important physiological investigations, 

 especially on vegetable poisons, being made F.R.S. in 1810, and 

 receiving the Copley Medal next year. In 1819 he became Professor 

 of Comparative Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons, took 

 part in removing a scalp tumour from George IV., and attended the 

 king, who held him in much regard, during his last illness. He was 

 highly esteemed as a successful operator, with a quick eye and a 

 steady hand, an accurate observation and a retentive memory. 

 His scientific papers were important, and his work on diseases of 

 the joints, published in 1818, reached a fifth edition. He died at 

 Broome Park, Surrey, on Oct. 2ist, 1862. 



1859. Dr. Carpenter informed the Club on Feb. 24th, 

 that Lord J. Manners, during an inspection of Burlington 

 House, had requested the University of London to state 

 what accommodation they would require in the new building 

 which the Government was about to erect. Dr. Carpenter 

 thought that the scientific societies ought to be watchful 

 against arrangements being made prejudicial to their 

 interests. Mr. Grove then gave reasons in favour of the 

 societies making an effort to obtain an independent building, 

 where they could meet without interference on the part 

 of the Government, but Dr. Sharpey said he could not accept 

 some of these reasons, though agreeing, with Sir R. I. Mur- 

 chison, Admiral Smyth, and Mr. Bell, that the matter called 

 for the earnest attention of the members of the Club and 

 the societies. 



At the Anniversary Meeting on April i8th, the vacancies 

 caused by the retirement of Mr. Ansted, Mr. Graves, and 

 Sir J. Herschel were filled by the election of Dr. Daubeny, 

 Dr. Frankland, and Dr. Lindley. 



DR. CHARLES GILES BRIDLE DAUBENY was born at Stratton, 

 Gloucestershire, on Feb. nth, 1795, and went from Winchester 

 School to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he obtained a fellowship 

 which he held for the rest of his life. Devoting himself to chemistry 

 and geology, he passed some three years under Professor Jameson 

 at Edinburgh, and then travelled in Auvergne and other volcanic 

 districts of Europe, the result of which was his valuable book, 

 Description of Active and Extinct Volcanoes, the first edition of 



