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ON SPECIMENS AFFECTED WITH RICKETS. 



extinction of which could not be far distant, unless measures 

 were carried out to protect them. In the opinion of the speaker, 

 which was confirmed by the Meeting, there was urgent need for 

 drastic measures to protect Mammals. The protection of Birds 

 appealed to popular sentiment, and was zealously advocated by 

 many influential organisations. The danger that threatened 

 Mammals was even greater, and, on account of their higher 

 intelligence and more sensitive nervous organisation, the cruelty 

 involved in the methods of hunting, trapping, and killing them 

 was incomparably greater. 



Professor Wood- Jones, F.Z.S., Honorary Acting Prosector, 

 exhibited and made remarks on specimens from the Prosectorium 

 illustrating the effects of Rickets. He also exhibited a set of 

 anatomical preparations useful for teaching purposes, made from 

 material obtained from the Society's Collection. 



