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MICROSCOPICAL SECTION 



OF THE 



Honal Socufr) of §>ontb Australia (Jncnrporateb) 



ANNUAL REPORT, 1910-11. 



{This Report was omitted from the Volume of last year's Trans- 

 actions, as the manuscript was not supplied in time. — Ed.] 



Officers. — Chairman, Mr. E. J. Bradley; Vice-Chair- 

 man, Mr. W. Fuller; Committee, Messrs. D. Gordon, B. S. 

 Roach, and E. H. Matthews; Auditors, Messrs. A. G. Ren- 

 •dall and H. Whitbread ; Hon. Secretary, Mr. H. W. H. 

 Hale. 



Your committee has to report that the conclusion of the 

 eighth session of this Section since its reinstitution shows that 

 it continues to make progress. A considerable number of 

 new members have been enrolled, the exhibits have been 

 numerous and varied, and some interesting papers contri- 

 buted. 



The following meetings were held during the year : — 



September 27, 1910. — General Annual Meeting, when an 

 address was given by Dr. Ray upon "Progress in Modern 

 Methods in Medicine," dealing specially with microscopic 

 research by means of dark-ground illumination and differ- 

 ential staining, the enquiry by means of the microscope into 

 anti-toxins, immunizations, and hematological analysis. 



October 25. — Meeting held at the laboratory of Veter- 

 inary Surgeon Desmond, who demonstrated his newly received 

 Zeiss, dark-ground illuminating apparatus. 



February 28, 1911. — Diatoms and Algae, exhibited by 

 Mr. Edquist; specimens of Anthropods, exhibited by Mr. 

 Baker, who also showed the hydroid Aglaophemia. Address 

 by the Chairman upon various Polyzoa, illustrated by mounts 

 and specimens. 



March 28.— Address by Mr. W. Fuller upon "Blood 

 Relationships and Modern Discoveries in Hematology." 



April 24. — Specimens of various Pulices exhibited by 

 Mr. Bradley ; mounts of Demodex folliculorum, taken from 

 a case of red mange in the dog, by Mr. Desmond, who also 

 exhibited balsam mounts of human blood, showing enormous 

 macrophages. Mr. Fuller showed mounts of the blood of the 



