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cretaries, not heretofore communicated, Dr. Dunglison had been 

 charged with the correspondence of the Society for the pre- 

 sent year. 



Stated Meeting, Dec. 3. 

 Present, twenty-five members. 



Dr. Patterson, Vice President, in the Chair. 



Letters were received and read — 



From the Massachusetts Historical Society, dated Boston, 

 18th Nov. 1841; the National Institution, dated Washington, 

 26th Nov. 1841; H. J. Bowditch, Esq. of Boston, dated 13th 

 Nov. 1841, and the Rev. David Thorn, of Liverpool, dated 

 13th Oct. 1841; transmitting donations to the Society, and ac- 

 knowledging the receipt of its Transactions and Proceedings. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Account of the Anniversary Meeting of the Numismatic Society of 

 London, June, 1841, — and Mr. A. J. Stothard's List of British 

 Medals. — From the Numismatic Society. 



Esop's Fables in Chinese. By Sloth. (Robert Thorn, Esq, British 

 Interpreter, at Canton.) 1840. Fol. — From the Rev. David 

 Thorn. 



The Chemical Catechism, by the late Samuel Parkes, &c. &c. 13th 

 Edition, by E. W. Brayley, Esq. of the London Institution, &c. 

 &c. London, 1834. 8vo. — From the Editor. 



Address before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Bowdoin College, 2d 

 Sept. 1841. By Alden Bradford, Esq. &c. &c. — From the Au- 

 thor. 



Introductory Lecture to a Course on the Principles and Practice of 

 Surgery, in the University of Pennsylvania, Nov. 1841. By 

 William Gibson, M.D. &c. — From the Author. 



Introductory Lecture to a Course on the Institutes of Medicine, in 

 the University of Pennsylvania, Nov. 1841. By Samuel Jack- 

 son, M.D. &c. — From the Author. 



Mr. Nuttall presented a communication, entitled " Descrip- 

 tion and Notices of New or Rare Plants, collected in a Jour- 

 ney over the Continent of North America, and during a Visit 



