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March 2, 1871, 



General Sir EDWARD SABINE, K.C.B., President, in the Chair. 



In accordance with the Statutes, the names of the Candidates for elec- 

 tion into the Society were read as follows : — 



Andrew Leith Adams, Surgeon- 

 Major. 

 Robert Dudley Baxter. 

 "William Henry Besant, M.A. 

 Henry Bowman Brady. 

 William Budd, M.D. 

 George William Callender, F.R.C.S. 

 Edwin Kilwick Calver, Capt. R.N. 

 William Carruthers. 

 Frederick Le Gros Clark. 

 John Cleland, M.D. 

 Herbert Davies, M.D. 

 Walter Dickson, M.D. 

 Henry Dircks. 

 August Dupre, Ph.D. 

 Robert Etheridge. 

 Alexander Fleming, M.D. 

 Peter LeNeve Foster, M.A. 

 Wilson Fox, M.D. 

 Arthur Gamgee, M.D. 

 Thomas Minchin Goodeve, M.A. 

 Frederick Guthrie, B.A. 

 John Herschel, Capt. R.E. 

 Edmund Thomas Higgins, F.R.C.S. 

 Rev. Thomas Hincks, B.A. 

 Treveiian James Holland, Major,C.B. 



Charles Home. 

 Rev. A. Hume, LL.D. 

 Edmund Charles Johnson. 

 M. Kelburne King, M.D. 

 John Leckenby. 



Alexander MoncriefT, Capt., M.A. 

 Thomas George Montgomerie, Major 

 R.E. 



Richard Norris, M.D. 



Edward Latham Ormerod, M.D. 



Oliver Pemberton. 



John Arthur Phillips. 



Richard Quain, M.D. 



Edward James Reed, C.B. 



George West Royston-Pigott, M.D. 



Carl Schorlemmer. 



John Shortt, M.D. 



Peter Squire. 



Edward Thomas. 



Edward Burnet Tylor. 



Cromwell Fleetwood Varley. 



Arthur Viscount Walden, P.Z.S. 



A. T. Houghton Waters, M.D. 



Charles William Wilson, Capt. R.E. 



John Wood, F.R.C.S. 



Edward Perceval Wright, M.D. 



I. " Further Experiments on the effect of Diet and Exercise on the 

 Elimination of Nitrogen." By E. A. Parkes, M.D., F.R.S. 

 Received January 28, 1871. 



In the Proceedings of the Royal Society (No. 89, 1867, and No. 94, 

 1867) some experiments were published on the elimination of nitrogen, 

 during exercise and rest, on a nitrogenous and a non-nitrogenous diet. 

 The result of both series was so far to confirm the experiments which show 

 that the changes in the nitrogen of the urine and faeces are small in extent 

 and afford no measure of the work ; but there did appear to be a slight 

 effect produced in two ways : — 



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