ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 
VII. 
Abstract of Proceedings, 27th March, 1944. 
The Animal Meeting of the Society was held in the Geology 
Department of the University on Monday, 27th March, 1944, at 8 p.m. 
The Chair was occupied by the President (Prof. J. Bostock). An 
apology was received from the Patron, His Excellency the Governor. 
Thirty members and friends were present. The minutes of the previous 
annual meeting were read and confirmed. The Annual Report was 
adopted and the Balance-sheet received. Miss Barbara Campbell was 
nominated for Ordinary Membership and Mr. E. G. Le Breton for 
Associate Membership. It was decided to send a congratulatory 
telegram on behalf of the Society to Prof. 0. W. Tiegs on his recently 
conferred F.R.S. 
The following officers and Council were elected for 1944 : — 
President, Mr. F. A. Perkins; Vice-Presidents, Prof. J. Bostock and 
Prof. H. J. Wilkinson; Hon. Secretary, Miss M. Scott; Hon. Treasurer, 
Mr. E. W. Bick; Hon. Editors, Dr. M. F. Hickey and Mr. S. T. Blake; 
Hon. Librarian, Mr. I. R. Bick; Members of Council, Prof. T. G. H. 
Jones, Prof. D. H. K. Lee, Mr. 0. A. Jones, Mr. E. M. Shepherd, and 
Mr. R. Pennington; Hon. Auditor, Mr. L. P. Herdsman. 
The Presidential Address, “A Retrospect of Modern Psychiatry,” 
was delivered by Prof. J. Bostock. A vote of thanks was moved by 
Prof. H. J. Wilkinson, seconded by Dr. M. F. Hickey and carried by 
acclamation. 
Abstract of Proceedings, 24th April, 1944. 
The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Society was held in the 
Geology Department of the University on Monday, 24th April, at 8 p.m., 
with the President (Mr. F. A. Perkins) in the chair. About forty 
members and friends were present. The minutes of the previous meeting 
were read and confirmed. Miss B. Campbell was elected to Ordinary 
Membership, and Mr. E. G. Le Breton to Associate Membership. Miss 
H. Clark was proposed for Ordinary Membership. 
Dr. D. A. Herbert exhibited a collection of subterranean fungi, 
including Polyporus mylittae (Blaekfellow’s Bread), P. tumulosus (a 
mound-forming fungus), and species of Hymenogaster and Rhizopogon. 
Specimens of Panaeolws ovatus from Eudlo were tabled ; this species was 
responsible for five cases of mushroom poisoning at Eudlo in December, 
1943. 
Dr. J. Legg exhibited hairballs taken from cattle, the jaw of a 
bovine showing the gross lesions of actinomycosis, and a set of lower 
jaws from sheep of different ages, all of which was affected by chronic 
endemic fluorosis. He traced the history of the disease, and showed how 
the etiology of this wide-spread malady was elucidated. He suggested 
that Dr. M. White, who had given him these specimens, should outline 
the extent and distribution of fluorosis among animals in Queensland. 
Dr. White gave some interesting details of investigations he was conduct- 
ing into fluorosis among animals drinking underground supplies of water 
containing fluorine. He also exhibited an unusual type of enterolith 
taken from a cow. 
