1831.] 
Proceedings of Societies. 
61 
VIII — Proceedings of Societies. 
1. — Asiatic Society. 
Wednesday , the 2 d February. 
The Reverend Mr. Withers and Mr. Mendes were elected Members. The meeting 
then proceeded to ballot for Vice-Presidents, when the following were elected : — 
Sir E. Ryan; Sir J. Franks ; Sir C. Metcalfe, and the Lord Bishop. 
After which, the Committee of Papers were elected as following : 
Mr. Calder; the Reverend Dr. Carey; Major Everest; Captain Herbert; Mr. 
Grant ; The Reverend Principal Mill ; Mr. J. Prinsep ; Mr. J. Tytler ; and Mr. 
J. Thomason. 
The following donations and communications were then submitted : The scull 
and horns of the wild cow of Tenasserim, presented by Mr. Bayley, with a descrip- 
tive note by Mr. Maingy ; by which it appears that, when full grown, it is about 
thirteen hands high, and of a most beautiful red colour, except under the belly, 
which is white. It has no hump, like the cow of India. Altogether it resembles 
the red cow of England, but is a much handsomer animal. The bull is a large and 
fine animal, and with the exception of having a white forehead, resembles the cow. 
Mr. Maingy has seen twenty or more of the animals in a herd, but it is a most diffi- 
cult thing to get a shot at them, as they have a most acute sense of hearing and smel- 
ling ; one or two appear to act as sentinels, while the others graze or drink. If 
in snuffing the air, they find it tainted, off they fly in a moment, with a speed almost 
inconceivable, considering the form and bulk of the animal. The hunters say 
that it is impossible to take one of the full grown ones alive, although some- 
times they manage to capture a young one — first killing the dam. A dried fish*, 
by Baboo Ramcomul Sen. Read a letter from Dr. "Macculloch, accompanying 
his work on the Aborigines of America. The Transactions of the Royal So- 
ciety, part 1, for 1830 — and of the Linnsean Society, 15th vol. part 2 — pre- 
sented by these Associations. The Journal Asiatique, No 1 — as also presentation 
copies of works from Von Hammer, Schlegel, &c. A description of the shells of the 
eenus Umo, found in America, presented on behalf of the author, by the Revd. 
Dr. Carey. Dr. Tytler submitted to the meeting some illustrative drawings and 
remarks on the Esdrean Eagle of Scripture. 
2.— Medical and Physical Society. 
,, T _ „ . Saturday , the 5 th February. 
lJ!Z SrS 'J S ° n :- Br ' en ’ Lfiing and Falconer were elected Members. The fol- 
nr , c [ >mmun . 1 ® at,ons were laid before the Meeting : A letter from Mr. Preston 
of Cuddalore, with a paper on ligature of the common carotid artery in Palsy and 
Mr a rcameror es0trcatedi 3 Statemcnt * V-chutfifa 
Cissen’^^ternn r^ S on f corbutns > and Ms remarks on Vomiting ; Rajah Cali- 
thfrlnfi Gen ttana Cher ay tt a; Mr. Lowther’s case offish bone removed from 
/t ^ case ? f Hydrophobia, and Mr. Boswell’s 
° f Lunar Cau ^ * pulmonary consumption, were 
de^n^ the^ffiseasp 1 ^^* 81 ^ Scorbutus into land and sea scurvy, M. Fontaine 
moreortsfr^il T ° f P at muscular debility, with a discharge of blood 
bv a ere-it rhamrp jPif’ & - S CaSe j ma ^ be ’ ^ rom tbe ca piU ar y vessels, caused 
Fontafne in sfaHno-th v . ltallt y „ aad chemical composition of the blood. M. 
the svmntnms inti e Etiology of the disease, offers nothing new. He divides 
scene flip t . . t 'P deepening in intensity, until death closes the 
bv British men k Fontaine does not differ from that usually prescribed 
Datient Tn thp bot h as respects the physical and moral condition of the 
reference tn ™ lnistratl0n - °f purgatives, he recommends great caution with 
° f mCr f asi ^ debility. Wine, cordials, and bitters, 
of the comnlaint are Productive of beneficial effects in the latter stage 
H v \ Af ld gargles are to be given freely — and where the hemorrhage 
substances rsKino^rt 00 " 3 ^ 6 ^ 1 /’ the mineral acids > and astringent vegetable 
in ti.P limhc ihp no ’ .^-hatany root, &c. He recommends for relieving the pains 
e imbs, the application of a roller, with frictions and aromatic fomentations. 
in S^nscri^hv'prhf tl0n ° n th ® G ™ li ? na Cheraytta, after noticing that it is known 
anscrit by eight synonymes. Rajah Cali Cissen states, that the plant is very 
