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ated air, and iusufficient food. Add to these the germ, and the result is 

 not long in showing itself. Take these away, and the germ is harmless, 

 comparatively. A good illustration of this is to be found in the animals, 

 especially the monkeys crowded together in our zoological gardens. What 

 better field could be found for a properly conducted series of experiments 

 on the thorough disinfection of air and food ; isolation of infected indi- 

 viduals ; and curative agents ? The latter should embrace such 

 bactericides as can enter the circulation harmlessly, and such natural 

 food as will sustain the animals. The late Dr. Shippen's experi- 

 ence with the lessening of tuberculous and scrofulous disease among the 

 colored inmates of the House of Refuge after the introduction of corn- 

 meal as a large part of their diet should not be lost sight of. Might not 

 a diet of cocoanuts and palmnuts be useful to our monkeys? 



In conclusion, I would urge upon our microscopists the study of the 

 whole class of moulds and fungi, both in their usual forms, and as to 

 their transplanted forms in animal media and in living animals. 



Pending nominations Nos. 1273 and 1274 were read. 

 On motion, it was 



Resolved, That Rev. Robert "W. Rogers, Ph.D., be appointed a delegate 

 to represent the Society at the Congres Internationale des Orientalistes, to 

 be held at Geneva, in September, 1894, providing that the same shall 

 entail no expense whatever upon the Society. 



And the Society was adjourned by the President. 



Stated Meeting^ March 16, 1894: 

 Dr. J. Cheston Morris in the Chair. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows : 



A letter accepting membership from Sir Henry Bessemer, 

 London, Eng. 



An invitation from the Maryland Historical Society, Balti- 

 more, to attend its Fiftieth Anniversary, March 12, 1894. 



Letters of envoy were received from the Geological Survey 

 of India, Calcutta ; Socidte des Naturalistes, Moscow, Russia ; 

 K. Siichsiche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Leipzig ; Societe 

 d'Histoire Naturelle, Strassburg, Alsace. 



