1901-2.] 
Meetings of the Society. 
585 
SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , 3 rd February 1902. 
The Hon. Lord M‘Laren, LL.D., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Magnetic Shielding in Hollow Iron Cylinders. By James Russell, 
Esq., pp. 94-96, and Trans ,, vol. 40, pp. 631-681. 
2. On the Existence within the Liver Cells of Channels which can be 
directly injected from the Blood-vessels. By Professor E. A. Schafer. 
pp. 65-69. 
3. Functional Inertia — a Property of Protoplasm. By Dr D. Fraser 
Harris, pp. 196-199. 
4. On the Functional Inertia of Plant Protoplasm. By R. A. 
Robertson, Esq., M.A., B. Sc. Communicated by Dr D. Fraser 
Harris, pp. 200-204. 
The Rev. R. S. Mylne, M.A., Wm. Wright Wilson, F.R.C.S.E., 
M.R.C.S. Eng., and Joshua A. Nunn, Lt.-Colonel, Army Veterinary 
Department, C.I.E., were balloted for, and declared duly elected 
Fellows of the Society. 
The following New Law, to be numbered XXVIII. of the 
Laws of the Society, notice of which had been given in the 
Billets of the last four Ordinary Meetings, was proposed by 
the Chairman for the consideration of the Fellows of the Society, 
and unanimously adopted by those present : — 
“ If, in the opinion of the Council of the Society, the conduct of any 
Fellow is unbecoming the position of a Member of a learned 
“ Society, or is injurious to the character and interests of this 
“ Society, the Council may request such Fellow to resign ; and 
“ if he fail to do so within one month of such request being 
“ addressed to him, the Council shall call a General Meeting of 
“ the Fellows of the Society to consider the matter ; and if a 
“ majority of the Fellows present at such Meeting agree to the 
“ expulsion of such Member, he shall be then and there expelled 
“ by the declaration of the Chairman of the said Meeting to that 
“ effect ; and he shall thereafter cease to be a Fellow of the 
“ Society, and his name shall be erased from the Roll of Fellows, 
“ and he shall forfeit all right or claim in or to the property 
“ of the Society.” 
PROC. ROY. SOC. EDIN. — VOL. XXIV. 
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