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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
Meeting of 16th December, 1891, at 20, Hanover Square, W., 
the President (Dr. R. Braithwaite, F.L.S.) in the Chair. 
The President said they were unfortunately left on that occasion 
without officers; the Fellows would learn with regret that their Secretary, 
Prof. Bell, and their Treasurer, Mr. Frank Crisp, were laid aside 
through illness, and Dr. Dallinger was unavoidably absent from an 
engagement elsewhere ; under these circumstances Prof. J. W. Groves 
had kindly undertaken to act as Secretary for the evening ; he would, 
therefore, call upon him to read the minutes of their last meeting. 
"The Minutes of the Special and Ordinary Meetings of 18th Nov. 
last were read and confirmed, and were signed by the President. 
Mr. J. M. Allen called attention to the statement in the minutes of 
the special meeting as to the registration of the Society under the 
Friendly Societies Act. He believed that it would be more strictly 
correct to give the exact title of the Act under which they proposed to 
register ; this was not really what was generally known as the Friendly 
Societies Act, but another Act of Victoria, which he thought was 
entitled the Scientific Societies Act. 
The President said they would take note of the correction and have 
the suggested alteration inserted in the minutes, after having verified 
the proper title. 
The List of Donations (exclusive of exchanges and reprints) received 
since the last meeting was submitted, and the thanks of the Society given 
to the Donors. 
From 
Deby, J., Analysis of the Diatomaceous genus Campylodiscus, 
pp. 96, 15 pis. (Svo, London, 1891) The Author. 
Sternberg, G. M., Report on the Etiology and Prevention of 
Yellow Fever, pp. 271, 21 pis., text illust. (Svo, Wash- 
ington, 1891) U.S. Government. 
Dr. R. G. Hebb called attention to the book from Dr. Sternberg 
which was one of tho official reports of the United States Government. 
Dr. Sternberg was sent by the Government to Havana during an out- 
break there of tho yellow fever, in order to ascertain, if possible, the 
specific cause of the disease, and also the value of the system of inocu- 
lation then being tried as a preventive. Dr. Sternberg failed alike in 
finding the cause of the yellow fever, or tho value of tho inoculation. 
The book was rather a clinical one, in which the author gave a large 
number of plates showing a variety of micro-organisms found Tu 
Havana, but not the bacillus of yellow fever, though there was one 
called Bacillus x which Dr. Sternberg affected a little. 
