NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 
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Edward Minturn, M. D., 
Edward Hartshorne, M. D., 
James Aitken Meigs, M. D., 
Francis G. Smith, Jr., M. D., 
Isaac Hajs, M. D., 
J. J. Woodward, M. D., 
Benjamin H. Goates, M. D., 
James Page, M. D., 
B. Howard Rand, M. D., 
Wm, Parker Foulke, 
R. Eglesfield Griffith, M. D., 
Charles Stuart Wurts, M. D. 
George R. Moorehouse, M. D., 
Which was passed to a second reading. 
The election of Standing Committees for 1858 was then held; with 
the following result : 
1. Ethnology, J. A. Meigs, S. S. Haldeman, T. Gr. Morton. 2. Com- 
parative Anatomy and General Zoology, Joseph Leidy, Jas. M. Corse, 
Wm. H. Gobrecht. 3. Mammalogy, John LeConte, George A. 
McCall, Wm. M. Camac. 4. Ornithology, John Cassin, George A. 
McCall, S. W. Woodhouse. 5. Herpetology and Ichthyology, Edward 
Hallowell, Robert Bridges, J. C. Morris. 6. Conchology, T. A. Con- 
rad, W. G. Binney, Thomas B. Wilson. 7. Entomology and Crustacea, 
Kobert Bridges, F. Schafhirt, James Paul. 8. Botany, Elias Durand, 
Amable J. Brazier, S. S. Garrigues. 9. Geology, Isaac Lea, Charles 
E. Smith, John L. LeConte. 10. Mineralogy, Wm. S. Vaux, Samuel 
Ashmead, James C. Booth. 11. Palseontology , Thomas B. Wilson, 
Joseph Leidy, T. A. Conrad. 12. Physics, B. Howard Band, Wm. 
M. Uhler, Fairman Bogers. 13. Library, William S. Yaux, Joseph 
Jeanes, Thos. B. Wilson. 14. Proceedings, Samiael Powel, Gideon 
D. Scull, J. Cheston Morris. 
Catalogue and Notes of the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities in the Collection 
of the Academy of Natural Sciences. 
No. 1. Human mummy, adult male, with sarcophagus, from Thebes. Deposited 
by J. L. Hodge. A remarkably fine specimen in perfect preservation. 
No. 2. Mummied child from Thebes, (very rare.) J. H, Slack. " It has been 
a general and a just remark, that few mummies of children have been discovered 
— a singular fact, and one not easily accounted for, since tbe practice of em- 
balming those of the earliest age was common in Egypt." Wilkinson's ancient 
Egyptians. 
Nos. 3 — 14. Eleven specimens of the mummied sacred Ibis, (Ibis religiosa, 
Ouv.) from Thebes. G. R. Gliddon. 
No. 15, Mummied sacred Ibis, from S ikkara. J, H, Slack. The Ibis was the 
most sacred bird of the Egyptians, being dedicated to Thoth, th'i Egyptian 
Mercury. 
No. 16. Forty-eight specimens of mummied young crocodiles, from Thebes, 
(very rare.) G. R. Gliddon. The crocodile was sacred to iSavak. 
Nos. 17 — 22. Mummied serpents, from Thebes. G. R. Gliddon, 
Nos. 23, 24. Mummied serpents, from Thebes. J. L Hodge. Among the 
ancient Egyptians the serpent was sacred to Nuph or Chnubis, the Divine 
Spirit. 
Nos. 25, 26. Mummied hawks, from Thebes. G. R. Gliddon. Sacred to Re. 
Nos. 27, 28. Mummies, contents unknown, from Thebes. G. R. Gliddon. 
No. 29 Mummied cat, from Thebes. J. H. Slack. The cat was esteemed 
sacred to Pasht, the Egyptian Venus. 
No. 30. Mummied calf, from Thebes, (very rare.) G. R. Gliddon. Curious 
BY J. H. SLACK. 
1858.] 
