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reign, with occasional biographical and bibliographical notices. 4. 

 Translations of the Greek and Latin medical authors, and of works 

 in the Arabic and other Eastern tongues, accompanied, when it is 

 thought desirable, by the original text. 5. Translations of recent 

 foreign works of merit and original works of merit, which might 

 prove valuable as books of reference, but which would not otherwise 

 be published upon the slender chance of their meeting with a remu- 

 nerating sale — such as bibliographies, alphabetical and digested in- 

 dexes, and voluminous periodical publications, &c. 



The subscription is one guinea, to be paid in advance, on the 25th 

 day of March annually, for which the subscriber will be entitled to a 

 copy of every work published by the Society for the year for which 

 he subscribes. 



Dr. Dungllson stated, that the Society v^^as already very 

 flourishing, and consisted of 1700 members. The officers are 

 amongst the most eminent members of the medical profession 

 in England. At the request of the Council he had consented 

 to act as Honorary Local Secretary for Philadelphia; and to 

 receive subscriptions. Two w^orks have been already issued 

 by the Society. 



Mr. Walker communicated the elliptic elements of the Co- 

 met discovered in Orion on the 23d of November last by Mr. 

 Fay, and re-discovered in this country by Mr. Joseph S. Hub- 

 bard, of New Haven, on the 27th of December. 



These elements are derived from the Paris observation of 

 Nov. 25th, the mean of the Hamburg and Berlin observations 

 of December 17th, and the Philadelphia observations of Jan. 

 24th. They represent the comet's path in the heavens within 

 about one minute of space. They had been computed by Prof. 

 Kendall with the assistance of Messrs. Downes and Hubbard, 

 and are as follows, the longitudes being referred to the mean 

 equinox of December 17th. 



Perihelion passage, October 26° 074955' m. t. Greenwich. 



Longitude of Perihelion 54° 48' 58. "7 

 Do. Ascending Node 208 6 36. 3 



Inclination 11 5 50. 

 Perihelion distance 1,714396 



Eccentricity 0.5247541 



Angle of do. 31° 30' 6."1 



