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June 3, 1852- 

 The EARL OF ROSSE. President, in the Chair. 



The Annual Meeting for the Election of Fellows was held this 

 day.. 



The Statutes for the Election of Fellows having been read, Dr. 

 Forbes and Dr. M'^William were, with the consent of the Society, 

 appointed Scrutators. 



The votes of the Fellows present having been collected, the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen were declared duly elected : — 



Hugh Lee Pattinson, Esq. 

 Rev. B. Price. 

 William. Simms, Esq. 

 Hugh E. Strickland, Esq. 

 John Tyndali, Esq. 

 Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, Esq. 

 Captain Younghusband, R.A. 



Arthur Kett Barclay, Esq. 

 Rev. Jonathan Cape. 

 Arthur Cayley, Esq. 

 Henry Gray, Esq. 

 Wyndham Harding, Esq, 

 Arthur Henfrey, Esq. 

 John Higginbottom, Esq. 

 John Mercer, Esq. 



The Society then adjourned to the 10th of June. 



June 10, 1852. 



The EARL OF ROSSE, President, in the Chair. 



The following gentlemen were admitted into the Society :— 

 Arthur Kett Barclay, Esq. | Hugh Lee Pattinson, Esq. 



Arthur Cayley, Esq. 

 Henry Gray, Esq- 

 Arthur Henfrey, Esq. 

 John Higginbottom, Esq. 



William Simms, Esq. 

 Hugh E. Strickland, Esq. 

 William Thomson, Esq. 

 Captain Younghusband, R.A. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "On the Structure and Development of Bone." By John 

 Tomes, F.R.S., Surgeon Dentist to the Middlesex Hospital, and 

 Campbell De Morgan, Surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital. Re- 

 ceived April 22, 1852. 



In this communication, the authors, after having briefly noticed 

 the intimate structure of perfect bone as commonly recognised, pro- 

 ceed to the description of certain points connected with its structure 

 and development, which they believe to have been hitherto entirely 

 overlooked or only partially recognised. 



These points have been arranged under the following heads :— 



1. The Haversian and other canals of bone. 



2. The laminae of bone. 



3. The lacunae. 



4. Haversian systems. 



5. Ossified cartilage of joints. 



