lxiv. PROCEEDINGS OP THE SECTIONS. 



MEDICAL SECTION. 



I. 



A Special Meeting of the Medical Section of the Royal Society 

 was held at the Society's House, 5 Elizabeth-street North, Sydney, 

 at 8 p.m., on May 20th, 1898. 



The object of the Special Meeting being the election of officers 

 for the Session 1898-9. 



Dr. J. Ashburton Thompson the retiring Chairman presided. 



The following were elected officers of the Section, unopposed : — 

 Chairman: Dr. G. E. Rennie. Committee: Dr. G. Lane Mullins, 

 Dr. J. Ashburton Thompson, Dr. F. H. Quaife, Dr. Sydney 

 Jamieson. Hon. Secretaries: Dr. J. Adam Dick, Dr. Frank 

 Tidswell. 



The retiring Chairman was cordially thanked for his able services 

 during the past Session. 



II. 



An Ordinary Meeting of the Medical Section of the Royal 

 Society of N. S. Wales, was held at the above address immediately 

 after the close of the Special Meeting. 



In the absence of the Chairman of the Section (Dr. G. E. 

 Rennie) the meeting was presided over by Dr. J. Ashburton 

 Thompson. There was a fair attendance of members. 



Dr. J. Adam Dick exhibited an apparatus of local manufacture 

 for the production of Formic Aldehyde Gas for purposes of Dis- 

 infection. The apparatus was made by Lichtner & Co. of Sydney. 

 Dr. Dick explained the working of the apparatus and the applica- 

 tion of the gas. Dr. Frank Tidswell discussed the subject of 

 formic aldehyde and the various means employed in its production 

 and its value as a disinfectant. Drs. Quaife, Jamieson, and Pope 

 also discussed the subject. 



III. 



An Ordinary Meeting of the Medical Section was held at the 

 Society's House, on August 19th, 1898 at 8-15 p.m. Present the 



