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like to endorse all his views of history and biography, he has per- 

 formed his task in a manner that will make this beantiful book 

 generally acceptable. The binding is very handsome, and in the 

 centre of each cover a circular photographic view is excellently 

 introduced. This work, like the preceding, will form an admirable 

 present, and worthily take its place on the drawing-room table of 

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PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



TTEST BRIGHTON MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



At a meeting of this scientific body, held on the 23rd of November 

 last, Dr. William Addison, E.R.S., President, in the chair, the sub- 

 ject of Human and Animal Entozoawas discussed, especially in rela- 

 tion to the question as to the existence of a true nervous system in 

 the round-worms (Nematoda), and as to the mode in which these 

 parasites gain access to our bodies. Dr. Cobbold, E.L.S., of the 

 Middlesex Hospital, exhibited the following helminths : — Erom the 

 human body Bistoma lieterophyes (yEgypt) ; Bilharzia hcematobia 

 (iEgypt), Ascaris lumbricoides (England), A. mystax (England), 

 Trichocephalus dispar (Scotland), Trichina spiralis (Germany), 

 Oxyuris cermicularis (England), Tcenia solium (Germany), T. medio- 

 canellata (Germany), T. nana (iEgypt), Bothriocephalus latus 

 (Switzerland), B. contains (Greenland), young of Filar ia i>iedinensis 

 (India), Cysticercus cdlulosai (England), Scolices of Tcenia echinococcus 

 (England). 



From animals : — Bistoma Bosci, from an American snake ; B. 

 coronarium, from an alligator; B. clavigerum, from a frog; B. con- 

 st ri'-.tum, from a turtle; B. compact um, from an Indian ichneumon ; 

 B. otricum, from the salmon ; Bdlvxrzia magna, from an African 

 monkey ; Bistoma lanceolatum, from the ox ; Fasciola hepatica, from 

 the sheep ; Ascaris megalocephala, from the horse ; A. mystax, from 

 the cat; A. oaculata, from the seal; A. retusa, from the armadillo; 

 A. capsularia, from the salmon ; Trichosoma longicolle, from the 

 capercaillie ; Tricliocepholus ajfuds, from the giraffe; St rongylus para- 

 doxus, from the peccary ; Sphozrularia buuibi, from the bee ; Echino- 

 rhynchiu j>r, ,/-•#/.>■, from a salmon ; E. porrigcns, from a whale ; E. an- 

 ihwru, from the lesser newt; Tamui pusilla, from a rat; T. uncinata, 

 from a shrew ; T. oueumetina, T. eatwnu, T. margiaata, and T. serrata, 

 from the dog ; V. eUaptica, from the cat; T.faTCMjWtaLis, from a field- 

 fare ; DiphfUobofkrwm ttemmaaphakim, from the porpoise ; Bcntastoma 

 , from a dog, and 1 J . mAtlticvactauai, from a serpent; Cysti- 

 . of V. meiioccuuMaia, from a calf; Echiiwcocci, from a lemur; 

 adult and embryonic TrichuuB, from the pig j Cysticercus fasciola r !■■>', 

 from a mouse; G. pi$iformi$, from the rabbit; 0. talpai, from the 

 mole; Oammu eerebraUt, from the sheep; and Scolices of Tetra- 

 rhynchua reptatu, from a sunfish. 



