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1913-16 inclusive, and indicated tlie manner in 

 which his expedition and the Crocker Land Ex- 

 pedition will supplement each other's work. 



The report of the corresponding, secretary 

 showed that the academy had lost by death, during 

 the past year, the following honorary members: 

 Sir George H. Darwin, elected 1899; Sir Joseph 

 D. Hooker, elected 1907; M. Jules PoincarS, 

 elected 1900; Geh. Eath Professor Ferdinand 

 Zirkel, elected 1904. 



At the meeting five honorary members were 

 elected, namely: Professor Prank D. Adams, geol- 

 ogist, McGill University; Dr. George B. Hale, 

 astronomer, Mt. Wilson, California; Professor 

 Iliya Metchnikof, biologist and bacteriologist, 

 Pasteur Institute, Paris; Sir John Murray, geog- 

 rapher and oceanographer, Edinburgh; Professor 

 Sho Watasg, zoologist, Imperial University of 

 Tokyo. 



According to the report of the recording secre- 

 tary, the academy held 8 business meetings and 

 26 sectional meetings during the year ending 

 November 20, 1912, at which 65 stated papers were 

 presented. Pour public lectures were given at the 

 American Museum of Natural History, to the 

 members of the academy and its aiSfiliated societies 

 and their friends. The acadeipy now has on its 

 rolls 468 active members, including 22 associate 

 members, 86 fellows, 90 life members and 11 

 patrons. There are in addition to this number, 20 

 non-resident members on the rolls. Announcement 

 was made with regret of the loss by death of the 

 following members: Messrs. John Jacob Aster, 

 George Borup, Charles F. Cox, Morris Loeb, 

 William Pennington, Edward Euss, John B. Smith, 

 Isidor Strauss, James Terry and John Weir. 



The treasurer's report showed receipts of $7,- 

 648.17 and expenditures of $6,092.66 during the 

 fiscal year, including an investment of $975, 

 leaving a cash balance on hand November 30 of 

 $1,555.51. 



The librarian reported that the library of the 

 academy had received, through exchange and 

 donation, 313 volumes and 1,670 numbers. Much 

 of the effort made to complete imperfect files has 

 been successful. The library has been open for 

 the consijltation of books every week-day from 

 9:30 A.M. to 5 P.M., and the use of the academy's 

 books has increased noticeably. 



The editor's report stated that pages 177-263 

 of Vol. XX. and pages 1-160 of Vol. XXI. had 

 been distributed, and that pages 161-337 of the 

 latter volume were now ready for distribution. 



The annual election resulted in the choice of 

 the following officers for the year 1913: 



Presiden t — Emerson McMillin. 



Tice-presidents — J. Edmund Woodman, W. D. 

 Matthew, Charles Lane Poor, W. P. Montague. 



Corresponding Secretary — Henry E. Crampton. 



Recording Secretary — Edmund Otis Hovey. 



Treasurer — Henry L. Doherty. 



Librarian — Ealph W. Tower. 



Editor — Edmund Otis Hovey. 



Councilors (to serve 2 years) — Frederic A. 

 Lucas and E. S. Woodworth. 



Members of the Finance Committee — Emerson 

 McMillin, Frederic S. Lee and George F, Kunz. 

 E. O. Hovey, 

 according Secretary 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES 



THE HELMINTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



The thirteenth regular meeting of the society 

 was held at the residence of Dr. Pfender, January 

 7, 1913, Dr. Pfender acting as host and Dr. Stiles 

 as chairman. 



The following were elected as corresponding 

 members: American — C. C. Bass, Samuel T. Darl- 

 ing, W. B. Herms, George E. LaEue, Theobald 

 Smith and Eichard P. Strong; foreign — E. 

 Brumpt, J. B. Cleland, Bruno Galli-Valerio, L. 

 Gedoelst, B. Grassi, A. Henry, J. Ch. Huber, C. 

 Janieki, T. H. Johnston, E. Loennberg, A. Mrflzek, 

 Wm. Nieoll, S. von Eatz and K. Wollfhuegel. 



Mr. Hall presented the following note: 

 A Spurious Para-site Seported as Trichinella. 



In 1905 and 1908 Staeubli published his method 

 of examining blood for blood parasites. The 

 method consists in adding 3 per cent, acetic acid 

 to fresh blood in order to dissolve the erythrocytes 

 and eentrifuging to bring down the blood para- 

 sites. In his paper in 1908 he states that it will 

 probably be possible to diagnose trichinosis in sus- 

 pected human cases by examining blood from a 

 finger or ear puncture instead of resorting to 

 muscle excision. 



Since then 3 cases of the finding of Trichinella 

 by the use of Staeubli 's method in human cases 

 have been reported in the Archives of Internal 

 Medicine. Herrick and Janeway (1909) reported 

 a case from New York City in which Trichinella 

 was recovered on two occasions in blood from the 

 arm veins. Their specimens were passed on by 

 Drs. Flexner and Oertel also, and judging from 

 this and the photomicrograph they give, their 

 findings should be accepted. Mercur and Baraeh 



