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a second discharge took place, and a few yards of a very broad Bothrio- 

 cephalus were brought to Dr. Kiichenmeister. It was then ascertained 

 that the Director of the Zoological Garden had been advised to feed 

 the Bear upon bread and fish, in order that he might safely get 

 over the infantile diseases. The animal had recently received some 

 fresh meat, with cod-liver oil, in consequence, perhaps, of which the 

 Bothriocephalus had come away. The pieces of the worm examined 

 by Kiichenmeister quite resembled that found in man, only being 

 broader than the broadest specimen of the human worm yet examined. 



Mr. Andrews observed, that he was very glad that the subject of 

 the Entozoa was so zealously and ably taken up by Dr. Arthur Wynne 

 Foot. His investigations would be a -valuable continuation of the series 

 of able papers that had been given in this Society by his esteemed friend, 

 the late Dr. O'Brien Bellingham, and which were published in "The Ma- 

 gazine of Natural History," in the year 1840. The study, although not 

 very attractive, is one of great importance, and which Dr. Toot pro- 

 poses zealously to work out. Authors have confounded Tcenia solium 

 with several other species, as well as with Bothriocephalus, the exam- 

 ples which are exhibited to the meeting. A singular remark has been 

 made with regard to Cysticercus, to which genus Dr. Toot has alluded. 

 The Cysticercus fasciolaris found in the mouse has been traced in the 

 cat, the sexuality of the Entozoa in the latter animal becoming mature, 

 and in the transition is the Tcenia crassicollis in the cat. He (Mr. 

 Andrews) had found in great abundance in the hake, Ascaris capsula- 

 rs, but which did not appear to interfere with the healthy condition 

 of the fish. 



The following resolution, notice of which had been given by the 

 President at last general meeting, was passed : — 



"Resolved, — That the privilege accorded to Undergraduates of the 

 University of Dublin, of being ipso facto eligible as Associate Members 

 of the Society at an annual subscription of five shillings, be also given 

 to all registered Medical Students in Dublin." 



The following gentlemen were elected Ordinary Members of the 

 Society : — Thomas Geoghegan, Esq., 8, Upper Merrion-street, Dublin ; 

 and Captain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, F. G. S., 8, Waterloo-road, 

 Dublin. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



