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EDINBURGH MEETING. 
Rut ace.®. —Fyne Buchu— Diosma alba. False Buchu, or Fyne Buchu— Empleurum 
serrulatum. 
Labiate.— Genus Salvia. —Wilde Salie— Salvia Africana. Tonic and carminative. 
Genus Mentha. —Kruisement— M. Capensis. Carminative. 
Leguminos^e.— Genus Rafnia. —Vaal Honig Bosch Thee— R. amplexicaulis. A 
powerful diuretic in dropsy. Geel Honig Thee— R. perfoliata. Same properties. 
Genus Borbonia. Stekel Thee— B. ruscifolia. Used in asthma and dropsy. 
PoLYGALACEiE.— Geel Boorst Thee — Muraltea sp. Expectorant. 
Umbelliferje.— Wilde Saldery— Bubon galbanum. Diuretic in gravel and dropsy. 
So lan ACEiE .—Genees blaren— Solanum niveum. Used as a sedative, but only for ex¬ 
ternal application. 
Geraniace^e.— Roode Rabassam— Pelargonium anceps. Deobstruent. 
Gentian ACEiE. — Gentian— Chironia sp. Used the same as Gentian. 
Zygophyllace.e.— Melianthus major. —Truytje roer me niet. Decoction and infusion 
much used for skin diseases (externally applied), also as a gargle for sore-throat. 
A vote of thanks was cordially awarded to Professor Archer for his very 
interesting paper. 
In the absence of Mr. Baildon, Mr. Mackay explained the construction of 
l’Extincteur, a portable fire-engine. Thereafter the power of extinguishing 
flame was practically tested, and found to be very efficient. 
Thanks were voted to Mr. Baildon for sending the instrument on light. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
The Annual Meeting of the Society in Edinburgh was held in the Cafe Royal, on 
Friday evening, 17th April, 1868 ; Mr. J. Young, President, in the chair. 
The following is the President’s 
VALEDICTORY ADDRESS. 
Had this been one of our scientific meetings, I should have felt it incumbent upon me 
to have given a short address, in keeping with the practice which has usually been 
followed by the Chairman in past years. This, however, being purely a business 
meeting precludes any attempt of that kind, and, therefore, you will just allow me to 
say, that though our meetings during the past Session have not been numerous, they 
have, on the whole, been successful, and the attendance, more especially on the part of 
the assistants and apprentices, has been most creditable to them. The subjects to which 
their attention has been drawn, may not, perhaps, have been of the kind exactly suited 
to their circumstances and wants. Nevertheless, the zeal shown and the hearty approval 
bestowed, gave evidence of their desire for improvement, and is encouragement sufficient 
to the Society to persevere in its efforts, and, if possible, increase their educational 
appliances, so that they may not be in a worse position than their brethren in other 
districts of the kingdom. The Session has been a short one, and, as in past years, we 
have been aided by several of the teachers connected with the Medical School. 
Dr. Angus Macdonald opened the meetings of the Session by a most elaborate and 
carefully prepared address on the “ History of Therapeutical Opinions,” in which— 
tracing the views which have been held from the earliest recorded periods down to the 
present time—he was enabled to convey much valuable information in reference to the 
introduction and progress of many substances employed in the treatment of disease 
under the various systems promulgated. 
Dr. Macadam, for the information of the Society, continued his exposition of the 
progress made by Professor Graham in connection with his interesting researches on the 
“Diffusion of Liquids and Gases,” pointing out the physiological value of these experi¬ 
ments, and the important results which must follow from a more thorough conception 
of the laws regulating their transmission. 
Dr. Crum Brown favoured the Society with a most interesting lecture, illustrated by 
diagrams, on the “Relation of Chemical Constitution to Physiology.” That some re¬ 
lation must exist is no new thought, but such investigations as those of Drs. Crum 
