60 TilK AMERICAN MONTHLY [Fcl.nKiry, 



surjjical iiistriiim-nts. ;uul sciciuitic books. Puttiiiy lliesc on the 

 tVfc-list will Uv of mnol) Ix-'nctU to phvsicinns. — Lancet C/in/c. 



Peroxide of Hydrogen. — Iho l)ivvct Maiuifacturins:: Com- 

 pany. «»t .:S I'lincc stn-c'l. Xi-w N'ork. will send to any one ilcsir- 

 in«; it a circnlai containinij a lull ami compli-tc answer l<» certain 

 criticisms recently made hv a New \'oik pli\sician upon the 

 character and elVects «»t" the preparati<Mis ot' peroxitle of hydrojjen 

 manutactmed hy them. As pero\i«le of hydrosjen possesses un- 

 donhtetl medicinal properties, this repK will 1h' lead witli interest 

 h\ members olthe medical profession. 



Too Much Business. — Please discontinue my exchange 

 notice, as an unlookeii-lor number ot" responses have already ex- 

 hausted my supply. — II. C. V. 



>!lrH()S(Ori( AL S(H IKTIKS. 



San I'kani. isi <). Cal. — (jeo. Otis Mitchell. .SVr'r. 



U'tu/z/rst/av. /•"('/>. /. /Scpjy — Annual Mcrtin^'. — .\fter the rou 

 tine business, which included the election of three new members 

 and the receipt of proposals from three others, the reports of the 

 retirinj; officers were read. The financial statement of the treas- 

 urer, Charles C. Riedy. showed a good balance on hand, after the 

 expenditure of several hundred dollars for additions to the library 

 and for other property. (jeorgeOtis Mitchell, the corresponding 

 secretarv. read a statement of the various matters imdertaken by 

 him. the chief of which was putting the society in closer relations 

 with all kindred societies and compiling a list of them with the 

 date (;f their founding. 



President lireckenfeld then rea<l his annual address, which re- 

 viewed the work of the society for the past year. He said the 

 year had been the most prosperous one in the history of the so- 

 ciety, and the unabated interest in the meetings was evidenced by 

 the attendance, which had been larger than ever before. 'JMie 

 papers read and the addresses made at its various meetings had 

 been of exceptional value. The library, the pride of the society, 

 he said, had been considerably augmented, not only by valuable 

 donations and extensive purchases, but by binding up and making 

 available the mass of periodical and jiamphlet literature. So 

 numerous had been these additions that the president suggested 

 the rearranging and recataloguing of the entire library. 



The cabinet of slides and materials has been largely increased, 

 and the work-room and laboratory have had many additions, in- 

 creasing their efficiency. The paper also mentioned the plan of 

 holding conversational meetings, \\hen invitations had been sent 

 and responded tf) by large numbers of persons, whose interest in, 



