DECEMBER 1ST, 1875.

WILLIAM OVEREND PRIESTLEY, M.D., F.R.C.P., President, in the Chair.

Present-35 Fellows and 14 visitors.

Books were presented by Dr. Aveling, Dr. Shortt, Dr. Woodman, and Dr. John Williams.

Dr. Ford Anderson was admitted a Fellow of the Society.

The following gentlemen were elected Fellows: G. R. Cundell, M.R.C.S.; Jos. F. Eyeley, L.R.C.P. Lond.; J. Jackson Gawith, M.R.C.S.; Abijah J. Miles, M.D.; R. V. Musgrave, M.R.C.S.; Arthur H. Orpen, A.B., L.R.C.S. Ed.; and Ernest Louis Tyler Smith, M.B. (Hounslow).

The following gentlemen were proposed for election: Edward John W. Hicks, M.B.; Charles H. Johnson, M.R.C.S.; and Francis Boynton Lee, F.R.C.P. (Heckmondwike).

Mr. OLIVER BARBER exhibited a specimen of an anencephalic fœtus. The calvarium was altogether absent, and the base of the skull was formed simply by the basilar portion of the occipital bone. The lamina and spines of the upper cervical vertebræ were undeveloped, leaving the spinal canal open. He had made a dissection of the spinal canal, and found there was no appearance of any