1882.] 



Dr. A. Ransome. On Bacilli in Phthisis. 



275. 



phthisical sputa and in tubercle, and which is indistinguishable from 

 that organism. In several cases of acute phthisis the search for the 

 organism was unsuccessful, and none were found in the aqueous 

 vapour condensed from the waiting room of the Consumption Hospital 

 in Manchester. 



Koch has shown that the dust from dried phthisical sputa is capable 

 of conveying the disease, but the above-mentioned discovery of the 

 bacillus in the breath renders it probable that particles contagious to 

 susceptible individuals are constantly being breathed in with the air,, 

 and it is possible that at some future time, the bacillus of tubercle 

 may, by careful cultivation of the vapour of crowded rooms, be 

 obtained from this source. 



November 23, 1882. 



THE PRESIDENT in the Chair. 



In pursuance of the Statutes, notice was given from the Chair of 

 the ensuing Anniversary Meeting, and the list of Officers and Council 

 nominated for election was read, as follows : — 



President. — William Spottiswoode, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D. 

 Treasurer. — John Evans, D.C.L., LL.D. 



o , . f Professor George Gabriel Stokes, M.A.,D.C.L.,LL>D. 

 secretaries. — < _ _ . 



I Professor Michael Foster, M.A., M.D. 



Foreign Secretary. — Prof essor Alexander William Williamson, Ph.D., 

 LL.D. 



Other Members of the Council. — Professor W. Grylls Adams, M.A., 

 John Ball, M.A. ; Thomas Lauder Brunt on, M.D., Sc.D. ; Professor 

 Heinrich Debus, Ph.D.; Francis Galton, M.A. ; Professor Olaus 

 Henrici, Ph.D. ; Professor Thomas Henry Huxley, LL.D. ; Professor 



E. Ray Lankester, M.A. ; Professor Joseph Lister, M.D. : Professor 

 Joseph Prestwich, M.A. ; Professor Osborne Reynolds, M.A. ; Pro- 

 fessor Henry Enfield Roscoe, B.A., LL.D. ; Marquis of Salisbury, 

 K.G., M.A.; Osbert Salvin, M.A. ; Warington W. Smyth, M.A., 



F. G.S. ; Edward James Stone, M.A. 



The Presents received were laid on the table, and thanks ordered for 

 them. 



The following Papers were read : — 



