LAWS AND LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. EDINBURGH: FRINTED BY WILLIAM SMELLIE, FOR THE SOCIETY. M,DCC,LXXXVIII. CONTENTS. Page Chap. I. Of Ordinary Meetings—1 II. Of Extraordinary Meetings—4 III. Of Monthly Meetings—5 IV. Of the Prize Question—9 VI. Of the Decisions of the Society—11 VII. Of Ordinary Members—13 VIII. Of Extraordinary Members—16 IX. Of Corresponding Members—17 X. Of Honorary Members—18 XI. Of Presidents—19 XII. Of the Treasurer—23 XIII. Of the Secretary and Librarian—24 XIV. Of the Visitors—30 XV. Of providing Subject for Dissertations—31 XVI. Of the Delivery of Dissertations—34 XVII. Of the Circulation of Minutes and Disser- tations—37 XVIII. Of the Reading of Dissertations—39 XIX. Of the Library—40 XX. Of Committees—43 XXI. Of Penalties—47 XXII. Of the Collection of Money—48 XXIV. Of Diplomas—50 XXIV. Of Expulsion—53 XXV. Of New Laws—55 Order ix CONTENTS. Page Order of the Proceedings of the Society at Ordinary Meetings—56 Private Business—ib. Public Business—57 List of the Royal Medical Society—61 List of Honorary Members—101 List of Annual Presidents—109 N. B. Those whose names are printed in Italics have been elected Honorary Members. Those to whose names are prefixed this mark * have been Annual Presidents. LAWS OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. CHAPTER I. Of ORDINARY MEETINGS. 1. THE ordinary meetings of the Society shall commence the last Saturday but one of October, and be held every Saturday until eight sets of members shall have read their dissertations. * Each ordinary meeting for private business shall commence at six o’clock P.M. and shall not be protracted beyond seven. If the private business should not then be fi- nished, it shall be resumed either at the next ordinary meeting, or at an extraordinary one to be appointed for that purposes†. An adjournment of a few minutes A shall * See Chap. xvii, Law 1. † According to Chap. ii, Law 1. 2 LAWS. shall take place after the private business, when the public business shall commence, and continue until the meeting be dissolved by the President. 2. The names of the ordinary attending members shall be called over by the Secretary at the beginning of the private business, and at the beginning and end of public business. If any member be absent from the roll-call at private business, he shall be fined 1s. If from the first roll-call (public business) 6d.; from the second 1s. The President shall not give leave of ab- sence before ten o’clock. Any member may be at li- berty to leave the Society after twelve P.M (inserting his name in a book provided for the purpose), without the consent of the President. 3. Any member may petition for leave of absence from the meetings of the Society for a limited time, provided he be not to give in dissertations within four weeks. During the permitted time of absence, he shall not enjoy any of the privileges of a member. And if, after the expiration of tills time, he should be absent from three successive ordinary meetings, without a suf- ficient apology, he shall thereby incur the penalty of expulsion. 4. The Secretary shall, on every night of meeting, examine the list of absentees; and if any honorary or extraordinary member, whose name may be on the list of circulation, should have been absent three successive nights, without a sufficient excuse, he shall not be per- mitted to receive the dissertations and minutes the re- mainder 3 LAWS. mainder of that session: Nor shall he, in any future session, receive them, until he shall have petitioned the Society, and obtained permission. If an ordinary mem- ber should be absent from three successive ordinary meetings, without a sufficient excuse, he shall thereby incur the penalty of expulsion. 5. No person shall publish, or intentionally furnish any other person with materials for publishing, any of the transactions of the Society without their authority. Any member infringing this law, thereby incurs the penalty of expulsion. CHAP. 4 LAWS. CHAP. II. OF EXTRAORDINARY MEETINGS. 1. WHEN the Society may think an extraordi- nary meeting requisite, the President in office shall appoint it within forty-eight hours, un- less the member proposing it consent to its being later. 2. The roll shall be called at the beginning and end of the meeting ; and if any member is absent at either roll-call, he shall be fined is. The following appeals to be considered valid ; confinement for one day by ill- ness, engagements at other societies, at classes, absence from town two miles or more. 3. The first Wednesday after the last ordinary meet- ing of each session, there shall be an extraordinary meet- ing, for the purpose of collecting the money due to the Society. 4, The succeeding Saturday there shall be another extraordinary meeting, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Committee, which shall have been ap- pointed to examine the accounts of the Presidents *. CHAP See Chap. xii. Law 8. 5 LAWS CHAP. III. Of MONTHLY MEETINGS. 1. A Meeting shall be held on the first Friday of every month throughout the year, at seven o’clock in the evening, for the purpose of consi- dering such Medical or Philosophical dissertations as any member may communicate to the Society. After the Society have made their remarks on them, they shall be left with the Printing Committee. 2. Every President, and every ordinary member, who may be of the Printing Committee, if absent from the first roll-call, shall be fined 6d.; if from the se- cond, 4s. 6d. The second roll not to be called until fifteen minutes after the meeting is constituted. 3. The Printing Committee shall, within the space of ten days after their election, chuse one of their num- ber to be Collector of the transactions of the Society for that year: And it shall be the duty of this Collector to present to the Society, at the first ordinary meeting after the 16th of November, a fair copy of such papers as he thinks merit publication, which come under the determination of the Committee. This manuscript to lie upon the table of the Library four weeks; and the 6 LAWS. the Society shall then, determine, by ballot, whether it be printed or not. If determined in the affirmative, the Collector is authorised to get them printed with all convenient speed, at the expence of the Society. When a volume is compleated, it is to be sold for ac- count of the Society. 4. The Printing Committee shall likewise have power to chuse and purchase books for the Society. 5. This Committee shall, at monthly meetings, give in a list of books; which list shall remain in the Libra- ry (so that any member of the Society may add what- ever book he thinks proper, affixing his name to the proposal), until the last ordinary meeting of the Society for that month, when the President of the meeting shall read over the title of every book comprized in the list. After which, such books, as may be approved of by the Society, shall be purchased by the Committee. 6. No appeal for non-attendance can be admitted from the members of this Committee, except previous confinement by illness for two days, or absence from town for more than six miles, and during two days. 7. All the transactions of the Printing Committee shall be minuted in a book kept for that particular pur- pose; in which all the books approved of by the Society, every commission for particular books, and those which have been purchased by the Committee, shall be re- gistered. And this book shall remain in the Library of 7 LAWS. of the Society for the information of every gentle- man. 8. No member of the Committee shall be permitted to transact business with any Bookseller whatever, un- less an order for that purpose be previously inserted in the minute-book of the Committee: And when com- missions for books are granted to Booksellers, which cannot be procured in Edinburgh, a letter from the Bookseller, acknowledging the commission, shall be ob- tained. 9. A discretionary power is vested in the Com- mittee for the purchasing of new publications; which they again shall delegate to two of their number, in rotation, from one monthly meeting till ano- ther. These two gentlemen shall exercise the discre- tionary power vested in them for the purchase of such books, by written orders signed by them; which order must be sent along with the books to the Library of the Society, and the Secretary be directed to preserve them. 10. The Booksellers shall be directed to send the books which are purchased from them to the Library of the Society, at an hour when the Secretary will at- tend, who is to grant receipts for them, and minute the date of these receipts, so that it may appear that they came into the Library of the Society the same day they were sent from the Bookseller. 11. The receipts of the Secretary shall be the docu- ments by which the Booksellers shall authenticate their 8 LAWS. their accounts when they present them to the Society; and if the date of the receipt do not correspond with the date of the purchase, the account shall not be ad- mitted. 12. For better enforcing that law, which determines that one-third of the gross revenue of that Society be appropriated to the Library, the Treasurer shall be di- rected to carry over the ordinary expences of one year to the ordinary expences of the succeeding; and, with- out a repeal of this law, it shall not be lawful for him to pay any accounts of the Society from the funds al- lotted to its Library, except those which belong to the Library itself. This law cannot be repealed, at any meeting of the Society, unless six extraordinary and 30 ordinary members are present who do consent to its repeal. CHAP. 9 LAWS. CHAP. IV. OF THE PRIZE QUESTION. 1. THE Society shall, annually, on 1st the day of Ja- nuary, propose an experimental question, con- nected with the objects of their institution; and a me- dal, value 20 guineas, shall be given on the first day of meeting in April, two years and three months after- wards, to the author of the best dissertation on that subject, if such dissertation be judged to have sufficient merit. Dissertations, (written in Latin, English, or French), must be sent to the secretary of the printing committee, on or before the 1st day of January, two years succeeding the publication of the advertisement. 2. Each essay must be accompanied with a sealed letter, and motto on its outside, corresponding to that prefixed to the essay, and sealed with a similar seal. The author must mention in this letter his name and place of abode. The other essays to be burnt, or returned, if required, with the letters unopened. 3. The determination of the respective merits of the dissertations shall be vested solely in the Printing Com- mittee. B 4. The 10 LAWS. 4. The dissertations shall circulate amongst the members of the Printing Committee. They shall be sent first to the oldest member of the Committee, who, after he has perused them, shall send them to the next, in the order of seniority; and so on, in succession, until all the members shall have perused them. Every member shall form his opinion apart, with re- gard to the merits of the different essays; and conceal his sentiments, even from the other members of the Committee. 5. There shall be a box provided for the Committee. And, on the day appointed for the decision, each mem- ber shall put into this box a paper, without signature, containing his opinion. 6. The prize to be adjudged according to the opi- nions of the majority thus collected. CHAP. 11 LAWS. CHAP. VI OF THE DECISIONS OF THE SO- CIETY. 1. WHEN any proposal shall be made to the Soci- ety, and seconded, if it be not unanimously agreed to, it shall be determined by ballot at the ensu- ing ordinary meeting. 2. The manner of balloting shall be as follows: Every member who may not choose to vote, having retired, each remaining member shall receive a balloting ticket, which he shall put into the admit or reject side of the balloting box. The Secretary shall then count the number of voters; and, if this be found by the Presi dent and two senior members present, (who shall al- ways together examine the returns), to correspond with the number of balloting tickets in the box, the Presi- dent shall announce the decision of the question, ac- cording to the proportion of tickets in the different sides. 3. A proposal for adopting a new regulation * shall be admitted by the concurrent suffrages of two thirds of * See the distinction between Laws and Regulations, Chap. 3, Law 14. 12 LAWS. of the Society. A petition for a seat in the Society shall be admitted upon the following conditions: When the number of members voting shall be below thirty, if there be not two negatives; when the number voting shall be thirty, or above thirty, if there be not for every ten votes one negative. A proposal for the admission of an honorary member shall be admitted upon the same conditions. A proposal for the admission of a visitor shall be admitted, if there be not two negatives. A petition for a certificate shall be admitted, by a majo- rity of the Society. A petition for leave to alter the turn of delivering dissertations shall be admitted, if there be not six negatives. 3. The sense of the Society, collected from the suf- frages of a majority by ballot, shall in all other cases re- gulate their decisions. CHAP. 13 LAWS. CHAP. VII. OF ORDINARY MEMBERS. NO petition for an ordinary seat shall be received from any candidate who has not, for six months, attended some school of medicine. This attendance must be certified in the petition. 2. Every such petition shall be presented in due time, at an ordinary meeting, by some one member, who shall not be at liberty to make a recommendatory speech in favour of the candidate; but a written re- commendation shall be affixed to every such petition when it is presented, containing an attestation, upon honour, of the truth of the facts alledged in the said pe- tition; and such recommendation shall be signed by no fewer than six, and not more than twelve members. The spirit of the following recommendation to be pre- served. We the underwritten, members of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, attest, upon our honour, that the allegations contained in the petition are true. Moreover 14 LAWS. Moreover, that the petitioner has enjoyed the further advantage of attending medical lectures for years, or of studying medicine for years; and that we know him perfectly qualified to become an useful mem- ber to the Society. 4. No petition shall be balloted for more than once the same evening, unless on the discovery of a mistake in the ballot. 5. No petition shall be received from the same can- didate more than for three times the same session. 6. Admissions into the Society shall take place only between the 20th of November and 1st of May. 7. If any member promise his vote for or against a candidate, he shall incur the penalty of 2s. 6d. 8. A copy of the Laws shall be sent to each new elected member, by the person who shall have pre- sented his petition. The new elected member may sign the Laws (at the appointed time *) any of the three nights of ordinary meeting succeeding his election. But, if he neglect to sign them the first night, he shall incur the penalty of a crown. If he continue his neglect the second night, he shall incur the penalty of another crown. And, if he continue his neglect the third night, he shall incur the penalty of expulsion. 9. The * See Order of the Proceedings of the Society, No. 14 15 LAWS. 9. Whatever member assumes to himself a title of the Society which he has not lawfully acquired, shall be fined ten guineas, and shall be obliged to relinquish the title he has assumed; or, by non-compliance with either of these, shall be expelled. CHAP. 16 LAWS. CHAP. VIII. OF EXTRAORDINARY MEMBERS. 1. ANY Member, after having written two sets of dissertations, and discharged all his debts due to the Society, shall immediately become an Extraor- dinary Member. 2. A Doctor of Medicine, or a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, shall become an Ex- traordinary Member at the end of that session in which he shall have written one complete set of dissertations; providing he shall have contributed six guineas and an half (exclusive of fines and donations) to the funds of the Society since his admission. 3. An Extraordinary Member shall enjoy all the pri- vileges of an Honorary Member. CHAP. 17 LAWS. CHAP IX. OF CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. 1. ANY person who has sent some communication to the Society, or has published his opinions in any other manner, may be proposed as a Correspond- ing Member. The proposal shall be circulated with the papers, and determined at the next ordinary meet- ing in the same way as a petition for an ordinary seat. 2. A corresponding member shall enjoy all the pri- vileges of a perpetual visitor. In return for which, he shall communicate to the Society any observations or cases, that shall seem to him worthy of their attention. 3. The person who shall have proposed a Correspond- ing Member, shall, after election, send him an ac- count of his privileges and duty, accompanied with a diploma *. * Vide Chapter respecting Certificates. C CHAP. 18 LAWS. CHAP. X. OF HONORARY MEMBERS. 1. ANY person may be proposed as an Honorary Member. The proposal shall be circulated with the papers, and determined at the next ordinary meeting. 2. An honorary Member shall enjoy all the privi- leges of an Ordinary Member, except such as are other- wife particularly specified. He shall, besides, be excu- sed from writing dissertations, attending meetings, and paying contributions. 3. If he receive the papers in circulation *, he shall be subjected to all those laws, from which he is not particularly exempted. * See Chap. iv. Law ii. CHAP. 19 LAWS CHAP. XI. OF PRESIDENTS. 1. ON the first ordinary meeting of the Society, after the 16th of November, (or on the 16th of November, if an ordinary meeting happen that day), the President shall appoint the election of Annual Pre- sidents to take place at the next ordinary meeting. 2. Intimation of the appointment shall be circulated with the dissertations and minutes. 3. Each Member shall be called upon, according to seniority, to deliver to the President a list of those for whom he may vote. A Committee shall then be ap- pointed to examine the lists, and to bring in a written report of the names of the Members voted for, and of the number of votes for each. If a vacancy should oc- cur in the office of President, during the Session, the same order shall be followed in filling it up as at the annual election. 4. No member shall vote at the election, or be cho- sen President, unless his name shall have been in the list of 20 LAWS. of circulation for one week at least previous to the elec- tion. 5. No Extraordinary Member, whose name shall not have been on the circulation for three weeks previous to the election of Presidents, shall be put on the circula- tion, unless he signify his intention for that purpose to the Secretary by letter. And any member who shall falsify such letter, shall suffer the penalty of expulsion. 6. The resolution of the Society, upon the 20th Ja- nuary 1787, (expressing their sense with regard to the conduct of Extraordinary Members), shall be read a- loud from the chair, immediately before any election of Presidents. 7. If, at the beginning of any meeting, all the annual Presidents be absent, the office of President shall de- volve on the senior member present. But, if the Presi- dent whose turn it may be to preside, have occasion to leave the chair, he may substitute in his place another annual President; or, if none of the other annual Pre- sidents be present, any Member whom he may think proper. 8. The four Presidents shall officiate according to se- niority. And, if the President whose turn it may be to take the chair should be absent at the hour of meeting, without having obtained another President to officiate in his stead, he shall be fined 1sh.; and, if he should not appear during the whole business, he shall be fined half a crown. 9. The 21 LAWS. 9. The President, whose turn it may be to officiate at the public business of any meeting, is to officiate at the private business of the succeeding ordinary meeting, and at all extraordinary meetings which may occur du- ring the intervening week. 10. The President shall announce from the chair every vacancy which may occur in any office of the Society when it shall have happened; or, if it happen in the middle of the week, at the ensuing ordinary meeting. He shall take care that notice of it circulate in the mi- nutes, and that it be filled up at the succeeding ordina- ry meeting. 11. The President in office shall regulate the debates; for any irregularity during which he may impose a fine not exceeding 1sh. If any personal, impose, or dis- orderly expression, should occur during the debate, the President shall Immediately censure it. Should he be inattentive to this, any member may remind him of his duty, and (if necessary) may require him to take the opi- nion of the Society immediately. If the offending mem- ber refuse to make such concessions as the Society may- judge proper, he shall thereby incur the penalty of ex- pulsion. But if, after he shall have made such conces- sions, any member should challenge him to a duel, that member shall thereby incur the penalty of expul- sion. 12. Any member dissatisfied with the conduct of a President, may accuse him. An extraordinary meet- ing 22 LAWS. ing shall be appointed for judging the accusation. If the Society find the allegations just, the President shall be deposed; if not, the accuser shall incur the penalty of half a guinea. CHAP. 23 LAWS. CHAP. XII. Of THE TREASURER. 1. Treasurer shall receive all the money of the Society; and deburse none of it without its order. He is to continue in office as long as he shall faithfully perform his duty. If a vacancy happen in his office, the same form shall be observed in his election as in that of a President. CHAP. 24 LAWS. CHAP. XIII. Of the SECRETARY and LIBRARIAN. 1. THE same person shall act both as Secretary and Librarian. So long as he shall dis- charge his duty faithfully, he shall receive L. 25 Ster- ling per annum. 2. The Secretary shall call over the names of the or- dinary members, at the beginning and end of every or- dinary meeting, and at the beginning and end of every extraordinary meeting, also, at the beginning and end of every monthly meeting, the names of the Presidents, and of the four ordinary members who are of the Printing Committee. 3. At private business, he shall read the minutes of the preceding night. At public business, he shall read the case, question, and aphorism; but not the disserta- tions on them. 4. He shall give to the President, every night at the private business, a list of the gentlemen who are to ap- point visitor; also of those who give in dissertations on that and the following night. And also, the names of 25 LAWS. of the gentlemen who are appointed to examine the circulation and periodical publications. 5. He shall write down all the transactions and mi- nutes of the Society; and, at the end of each meeting, deliver such records to the President, to be inspected and signed by him. These minutes (transcribed into proper books), he shall afterwards deliver, together with the dissertations received, to the senior member, every Sunday during the session, at eight o’clock in the mor- ning. 6. He shall receive the dissertations and minutes, after they shall have circulated among the members. 7. In balloting, he shall count the number of voters in the room; and carry round the balls and box. 8. He shall, in a book kept for that purpose, and which shall be allowed to lie on the Library table, mark down the names of all those gentlemen, who may have been absent from any of the roll-calls; specifying the particular one, and the penalty incurred. He shall also mark down, in the same book, when ordered by the President, the names, offences, and penalties of any person, who may have transgressed any of the laws. 9. On the first ordinary meeting in March he shall deliver to the Committee, appointed for selecting sub- jects for dissertation, the cases, questions, and apho- risms, given in by the members. After the lots have been drawn, he shall, within the space of a fort- night at farthest, transcribe into a book, to be kept D in 26 LAWS. in the Library for the inspection of the members; all the sets of papers, marking each set with its per number, and the name of the person, who is to write on the subject it contains. He shall, then, de- liver to each person the original set allotted to him. At the commencement of each session, he shall hang up in the Library a list, specifying the names of the au- thors for that year, and the subjects of their disserta- tions. If he transgress any regulation of the above law, he shall incur the penalty of 2s. 6d. for each of- fence. 10. There shall be a book kept by the Secretary, in which he shall register, at the end of every meeting, the sum of money received during that meeting. To this account he shall affix his name, and deliver the book to the President who received the money, that it may be attested by him also. 11. If an extraordinary meeting be appointed, for the accusation of any member, the Secretary shall give information of the day appointed, to the party accusing and the party accused. 12. The Secretary (as Librarian), shall have the sole charge of the Library, and shall be accountable to the Society for every book that may be lost, for which no receipt stands in the book. If he refuse to make com- pensation, he shall be dismissed and prosecuted. 13. The Librarian shall not erase the name of any book from the press-catalogue, unless by the desire and under 27 LAWS. under the inspection of a Committee appointed for the purpose. 14. Whenever a book is added to the Library, the Librarian shall, within a week from the receipt of it, insert its name, &c. into the press-catalogue. For any infringement of this law, the Librarian shall incur the penalty of 6d. 15. He shall not intrust any member with the keys of the Library, or suffer any one to take down, or put up books into the book case. 16. He shall attend at the Library every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, between the hours of four and six in the afternoon; for the purpose of giving out and receiving books from the members. After which hour he is not obliged to give out any books. 17. The Librarian shall lend books to members only. He shall take a receipt for every book, or books, lent out; which receipt shall be inserted into a book kept for the purpose, and signed by the member who takes out the books. 18. The Librarian shall not allow any member to have out more than eight volumes from the Library at a time, except when a book consists of a greater num- ber of volumes; in which case, he may lend out the whole work. 19. When a book is returned, he shall expunge it from the receipt-book immediately, under the penalty of five shillings. On 28 LAWS. 20. On the first ordinary meeting in December, and also that in April, the Librarian shall intimate to every member who may have the Society’s books in their possession, the Society’s order, that these books be re- turned before the next ordinary meeting. He shall give in to the Committee of fines, a list of those who neglect to obey that order. If he transgress this laws he shall incur the penalty of 5s. 21. During the recess, the Librarian shall give inti- mation, by letter, to the person who, in rotation, may be appointed to examine the publications lying on the Library table. 22. He shall collect and preserve the periodical publi- cations. 23. For every neglect of duty, not otherwise parti- cularly specified, he shall incur the penalty of 2s. 6d. 24. He shall attend Committees when ordered. 25. He shall not be permitted to speak in the Society as a member: But, if accused for neglect of duty, &c. he may (on petition) be allowed to answer in his own defence, as members, when accused. 26. The Society may dismiss the Secretary at plea- sure, upon giving him intimation of their intention four weeks before; or immediately, upon paying him a month’s wages from the time of his dismission. 27. He 29 LAWS. 27. He shall not be allowed to resign his office, without giving the Society four weeks notice; during which time a Committee shall be appointed to exa- mine into the state of the Library, to receive the keys, and settle accounts with him. CHAP. 30 LAWS. CHAP. XIV. OF VISITORS. 1. AT the private business of every ordinary meeting, the President, whose turn it may be to officiate at the public business of the next ordi- nary meeting, and four members to be chosen by rota- tion, according to seniority, shall appoint each one vi- sitor, to be admitted, if approved by the Society, at the public business of the ensuing ordinary meeting. If any member, whose turn it may be to appoint a visi- tor, be absent at the time for making the appointment, he shall lose his privilege, until it return to him again in rotation. 2. After the nomination of the visitors, their names shall be read; and if any objection should be made to any one, his admission shall be balloted for immediately. 3. The same person shall not be appointed a visitor twice within one month. 4. Any person who may not remain in Edinburgh long enough to be appointed a visitor in the ordinary manner may be proposed and admitted on the same night. CHAP. 31 LAWS. CHAP. XV. Of PROVIDING SUBJECTS for DISSERTA- TIONS. 1. UPON the first ordinary meeting in March, the President shall order every ordinary member, and such other members as receive the books in circulation, to deliver to the Secretary, at the next ordinary meeting, the history of a case, a Medical or Philosophical question, and an Aphorism of Hippo- crates, each to be written on a separate paper, and sign- ed by the name of the person delivering them. 2. These papers shall be delivered to a Committee, who shall select thirty-six sets, consisting each of a case, question, and aphorism. If there shall not have been a sufficient number of proper subjects, the President shall appoint a second delivery, so that thirty-six sets may be procured. Each of these being numbered, and sealed up in a separate cover, the whole shall, at the next or- dinary meeting, be delivered by the Committee to the Secretary, together with a report, specifying the names of 32 LAWS. of the persons whose papers may be contained in each of the numbered covers. 3. The sets of papers having been thus returned, the President shall order that every person, intending to write the ensuing session, shall, at the next meeting, declare (in person, or by letter), his intention. Each of the thirty-six senior members, who intend to write, shall then from numbers, on flips of papers, correspond- ing with those marked in the several sets, draw one. 4. After the lots shall have been drawn, the Secre- tary shall, within the space of a fortnight at farthest, transcribe into a book, to be kept in the Library for the inspection of the members, all the sets of papers, mark- ing each set with its proper number, and the name of the person who is to write upon the subjects of it. He shall then deliver to each person the original set allotted to him. And at the commencement of the ensuing session shall hang up in the Library the names of those members who are to write, and the subjects of their respective dissertations. 5. Any person may write on the subjects given in by himself, provided they shall have met with the appro- bation of the Committee, and that he shall have (in writing) signified his intention at the time of delivering in his set. After the subjects shall have been thus dis- posed of, by lot or choice, any person who shall make any alteration, or alterations, in them, shall be fined 5s. for each. 6. The 33 LAWS. 6. The President, Secretary, or any member, who may have transgressed any of the laws, for providing subjects for dissertations, shall incur the penalty of 2s. 6d. for each offence. F CHAP. 34 LAWS CHAP. XVI. Of the DELIVERY of DISSERTATIONS. 1. On the first Friday in October, the President shall order the three senior ordinary mem- bers, then resident in Edinburgh, to deliver to the President, on the last Saturday but one of October, each a dissertation on one of the subjects allotted to him; The senior, one on his case; the second, one on his question; and the third, one on his aphorism. On the Saturday following, the senior, one on his ques- tion; the second, one on his aphorism; and the third, one on his case. On the Saturday following, each his remaining dissertation. The President in office shall order the succeeding members, in sets of three, accor- ding to seniority, to deliver dissertations in the same order. Any member coming to Edinburgh, after his turn of writing shall have been past, must be considered as the senior member of the next set. 2. The first set of writers having, according to the above law, delivered their dissertations on the last Sa- turday but one of October, the Society shall discuss them 35 LAWS. them on the second Saturday of November. During the immediate time, the Secretary shall, in the course of the first week, have the dissertations transcribed into books to he kept for that purpose; and, on the follow- ing Sunday, shall deliver them, at eight o’clock in the morning, to the senior member on the list of circula- tion, that they may circulate amongst the members. 3. The books in which these dissertations shall have been transcribed, shall lie on the table in the Library, for the inspection of the members. Any person who may remove them from the Medical Hall shall be fined half-a-guinea. 4. Every set of writers shall deliver their dissertations to the President, three weeks before they are to be discussed, in order that they may be transcribed the first week, and may circulate the remaining fortnight. 5. Should the person, appointed to write, neglect to give in his dissertation at the stated time, he shall in- cur the penalty of 6d. for every hour of neglect, until his fine shall amount to half-a-guinea. If he totally neglect to give in a dissertation, on the night appointed for the discussion of it, he shall, in addition to the a- bove, incur the penalty of half-a-guinea for the first of- fence; of one guinea for the second; and of expulsion for the third. Sickness shall, in no case, be deemed a valid excuse, unless the person shall have been confined for two weeks previous to the time appointed for giving in his dissertations to be transcribed. 6. No 36 LAWS. 6. No person shall be allowed to exchange his turn of writing with another, unless for a complete set, leave to exchange having been obtained by petition. No member shall be permitted to exchange with one who was not to have written that session. CHAP. 37 LAWS. CHAP. XVII. Of the CIRCULATION of MINUTES and DISSERTATIONS. 1. A Sufficient number of copies of dissertations shall be procured, at the expence of the Society, so that every member may receive them in circulation. 2. The dissertations and minutes shall circulate a- mong the members, according to seniority, unless any two agree to change their times of receiving them for mutual convenience. No member is to keep them longer than six hours. Any person detaining one or more of the papers beyond the time appointed for send- ing them away, shall be fined 6d. for each hour. 3. The Secretary shall begin the circulation every Sunday, during the session, at eight o'clock in the morning, by sending the dissertations and minutes to the senior member whose name may be on the list of circulation. This member shall send them to the next in rotation at the hour appointed,—he to his, and so on. If any person detain them more than six hours beyond the time at which he ought to have sent them away, he 38 LAWS. he shall not send them to the next on the list, but to him whose right it may then be to have them. And every person is to send the dissertations and minutes, at the appointed time, whether they shall have been six hours in his possession or not. 4. If the dissertations and minutes be delivered at the abode of any member later than the hour appointed for him to have sent them away, he shall not incur a penalty, though they should happen to be detained; but he must endeavour to set the circulation right as soon as possible. 5. A book shall circulate with these, in which shall be inserted the names, and places of abode, of those members who are to receive the dissertations and mi- nutes, and the time allotted to each for the perusal of them. In another part of the same book, each mem- ber shall mark, in proper columns, 1. The name of the person from whom he may have received the dis- sertations and minutes. 2. The hour at which he may have received them. 3. The name of the person to whom he may send them. 4. The hour at which he may fend them. 5. His own name.—For every ir- regularity, or omission, in marking the circulation, he shall incur the penalty of 6d. CHAP. 39 LAWS. CHAP. XVIII. OF THE READING OF DISSERTA- TIONS. 1. THE Secretary shall, at public business, read the subjects of dissertation from the book in which they shall have been transcribed *. Then the member whose turn it may be shall read his own dissertation; in failure of which, he shall incur the penalty of 2sh. 6d. 2. If any author be absent during the discussion of his paper for more than a quarter of an hour, he shall incur the penalty of 5s. The President shall notice whatever time he may be absent. * See Chap. Law 4. CHAP. 40 LAWS. CHAP. XIX. OF THE LIBRARY, 1. SUCH periodical publications, relating to philoso- phy or medicine, as a committee to be appointed for that purpose may approve of, shall be purchased. 2. The last number of these publications shall be laid upon the Library table, and shall not be removed from the Medical Hall, until a succeeding one appear. Any person who may remove, or in any way abuse, one of these publications, shall incur the penalty of 5s. 3. When a new periodical publication shall appear, the former shall either be bound immediately, if it be sufficiently large; or be laid aside until a number, deemed sufficient for that purpose, by the Librarian and Treasurer, be collected. Each particular book shall then be entered into the Library Catalogue, and lent out un- der the common regulations of the Library *. 4. At every ordinary meeting of the Society, the President shall appoint, in rotation, one of the ordinary members to report, in writing, at the following ordi- nary meeting, what publications may at that time be upon * See Law 11. and 12. of this Chapter. 41 LAWS. upon the Library Table. At the last ordinary meet- ing of the session, and at each monthly meeting during the recess, the Presidents shall appoint, in rotation, one of the ordinary members residing in Edinburgh to give in, at the succeeding monthly meeting, a similar report. During the recess, the Secretary shall give notice, by letter, to the person upon whom the appointment may have fallen. Should the President, Secretary, or Mem- ber appointed, fail to observe what this law prescribes, he shall incur the penalty of 2s. 6d. 5. At the first ordinary meeting in December, and also at that in April, the President shall order all the books of the Society to be returned before the ensuing ordinary meeting. Of this order, the Secretary shall give notice to each member who may at that time have any of the Society’s books in his possession. If any member neglect to obey this order, the Librarian shall, on the third ordinary meeting, report his name to the Society; should the President, Librarian, or any mem- ber, fall to observe what this law prescribes, he shall incur the penalty of 5s. 6. A box shall be kept in the Library, in which shall be deposited the great anatomical plates, and such other books as the Society may order. The key shall be lodged with the Janitor, and access granted to the members every day, from eight in the morning till eight at night. These books shall not be lent out, nor is the Librarian to be accountable for them. F 7. 42 LAWS. 7. No member shall cause a book belonging to the Society to be taken farther than two miles from Edin- burgh, under the penalty of 10s. 6d. for each book. 8. If any member neglect or refuse to give up a book at the request of another member, after it shall have been fourteen days in his possession, he shall in- cur the penalty of 1s. for each day he may continue to detain it. 9. At the end of every session shall be printed a se- parate catalogue of the books added that session, con- taining the names of the books, with those of the pla- ces and times of their publication annexed, disposed (as in the former printed catalogues), in alphabetical order. CHAP. 43 LAWS. CHAP. XX. OF COMMITTEES. 1. The Printing Committee shall consist of six- teen members, two of whom shall be Secre- taries. The four Annual Presidents shall be of this Committee by office. Of the other members, three shall be chosen from the Royal College of Physicians, three from the Royal College of Surgeons, four from amongst those members whole names may be on the list of circulation, and two (who are to officiate as Se- cretaries) from amongst members resident in Edin- burgh. 2. This Committee shall be elected annually, on the first ordinary meeting after the election of Presidents. 3. The Committee of Fines shall consist of nine members, namely, the four Annual Presidents, and the five eldest ordinary members. 4. This Committee shall meet by themselves every Monday during the session at noon. They shall deter- mine, by ballot, every question that may arise with re- spect 44 LAWS. spect to the validity of appeals * from fines. And each member shall be understood to have pledged his ho- nour that he will not divulge what may pass among them. 5. If any member of this Committee be absent at the time of meeting, he shall incur the penalty of 6d. If he neglect to attend during any part of the meeting, he shall incur the penalty of 1sh. 6. All Committees for examining accounts must consist of the four Annual Presidents, the Treasurer, and five ordinary members. 7. At the last ordinary meeting of the Society, in e- very session, a Committee shall be appointed to examine the accounts of the Annual Presidents. This Commit- tee shall make their report to the Society at the second extraordinary meeting after the close of the session. 8. At the first ordinary meeting in January, a Com- mittee shall be appointed to examine the Treasurer’s accounts. 9. At the stated periods † for giving in the books of the Society, a Committee shall be appointed to inspect the Library. 10. On the Saturday previous to the election of Pre- sidents, a Committee shall be appointed to examine the List of Circulation. 11. * See Chap. Law 2. † See Chap. Law 6. 45 LAWS. 11. The Committee appointed for the imposition of fines shall be authorised to collect them in the follow- ing manner: On the first meetings of the above Com- mittee, in the months of November, January, and March, the Committee shall direct the Secretary to transmit to every gentleman a written account of his fines; and, before the next meeting of the Commit- tee, each member of the Society so written to shall pay to the Secretary the full amount of his fines, under the penalty of 2s. 6d. 12. The Presidents shall receive this money from the Secretary at the next meeting of the Committee, and shall account for it, in the usual manner, to the Trea- surer. 13. In cases where any member of the Society de- sires to make an appeal, he shall intimate his intention before the next meeting of the Committee, by a written reply to the note he received from the Secretary; and, if the appeal be not sustained, the appellant shall incur the penalty of 5s. 14. If any gentleman, thus applied to, shall not an- swer the note from the Secretary, within fourteen days after the receipt of it, the Committee shall report the conduct of such gentleman to the Society, under the penalty of 2s. 6d. from each of its members. 15. If a Committee be thought necessary for any purpose, except printing the transactions of the Socie- ty, and adjusting the fines, the proposer of the motion, for the execution of which the Committee may be thought 46 LAWS. thought necessary, shall be nominated by the President to be chairman of the Committee. The chairman shall then nominate a second member, the second a third, and so on, till the Committee be completed. 16. The Committee shall give in their report in writing at the appointed time *, on the ensuing night of meeting, and be then dissolved, if the contrary be not specified. 17. The President in office may attend as a member of any Committee. * See Order of the Proceedings of the Society, No. 12 CHAP. 47 LAWS. CHAP. XXI. OF PENALTIES. 1. IN a book which shall be laid on the Library table, the Secretary shall mark the offences and penalties of each person who may transgress any of the laws. 2. The validity of all appeals shall be determined by the Committee of Fines. 3. No excuses for non-attendance can be deemed valid, except two days confinement, or two days absence from town. CHAP. 48 LAWS. CHAP. XXII. OF THE COLLECTION OF MONEY. 1. EACH member, upon signing the Laws of the Society, shall pay to the Presidents five guineas for the funds. He shall be entitled for this to a copy of the Laws, and shall be considered as having paid his first year’s subscription of one guinea to the Li- brary. 2. At the first ordinary meeting in December annu- ally, each ordinary member, provided it is the second session of attendance, shall pay one guinea; if the third session 10s. 6d. 3. There shall be a book kept by the Secretary, in which he shall register the fines, confirmed by the Committee for that purpose. Upon payment of each of these fines, the President shall annex to the account of it his signature. There shall also be another book kept by the Secretary, in which he shall register, at the end of every meeting, the sum of money received du- ring that meeting. To this account, the President re- ceiving the money, and the Secretary, shall annex their signatures. 4. Each 49 LAWS. 4. Each member must discharge his debts to the Soci- ety on or before the first extraordinary meeting after the close of the session; or, in default thereof, incur the penalty of expulsion. 5. No member shall be entitled to receive a diploma or certificate, until he shall have discharged his debts to the Society. 6. The money collected by each President shall be paid to the Treasurer on each of the first ordinary meetings in January and April, and on the day pre- ceding the second extraordinary meeting the close of the session. G CHAP. 50 LAWS. CHAP. XXIV. OF DIPLOMAS. 1. EVERY member requesting a certificate must petition for it in writing. The petition shall be immediately determined by ballot. 2. The Society may grant to any member who shall have written one complete set of papers, the following certificate : Societas Regia Medica Edinburgena, Anno Domini 1737 constituta, et Regia auctoritate, Anno Domi- ni 1779, confirmata. Omnibus ad quos haec pervenerint Salutem. Ingenuus ornatiffimusque vir A.B. dum socius no- bis per intersuit, plurima, eademque pul- cherrima, hand minus ingenii selicis, quam diligentiae insignis, animique ad optimum quodque parati, exem- pla, in medium protulit. In quorum fidem has literas, meritis tantum conceffas, manibus nostris, figilloque munitas, difcedenti lubentiffime donamus. Edinburgi, anno, &c. The 51 LAWS. The Society may grant to any Honorary Member the following certificate: Spectatiffimum ornatiffimumque virum A. B. inter primates nempe Honorarios nostrae Societatis adscripfi- xnus, quippe cujus felicis ingenii, laudum inque rem- publicam meritorum, animique ad optimum quodque parati, certiores facti fuerimus. In quorum sidem, has literas, manibus nostris societatisque sigillo obsignatas, lubentiffime donamus. Edinburgi, anno The Society may grant to any Annual President the following addition to the ordinary certificate. His de more praemiffis, subjungcre officii ratio exi- git, omnia nimirum haec usque adeo nobis probata esse, ut Praesidem eum annuum, comitiis ad id habitis,— renunciaremus. Eumque demum testamur, in honori- sicum hoc munus, liberis sociorum suffragiis evectum, se ita deinceps gessisse, ut hoc palam prositeri decori habeamus. Edinburgi, anno, &c. The Society may grant to any member who may not have written papers the following certificate: Ingenuum ornatiffimumque virum A. B. quippe cu- jus gravissime commendata fuerit et in moribus inte- gritas, et in discendis literis diligentia, die numero nostro, liberis sociorum suffragiis, adscripsimus; adscriptumque disputationibus ita interfuisse vidimus, ut omni attentione eas, omnique ingenio juvaret. Quae 52 LAWS. Quae cum ita essent, ut ea omnibus cognita vellemus, hasce ei literas, sigillo nostro Praesidumque manibus munitas, discedenti lubentissime donamus. Edinburgi, The Society may grant the following diploma to any Corresponding Member: Ingenuum ornatumque virurn A. B. quippe cujus gravissime commendata suerit, et in moribus integritas et in discendis literis morbisque curandis diligentia, die in numerum Sociorum Correspondentium adscripsimus. In quorum sidem has literas manibus nostris, sigilloque munitas, lubentiffime donamus. Edinbnrgi, anno, &c. All Diplomas and Certificates to be decided by a majority. CHAP. 53 LAWS. CHAP. XXIV. OF EXPULSION. 1. ANY Member, dissatisfied with the conduct of another, may accuse him. An extraordi- nary meeting shall be appointed for judging of the accusation. 2. Intimation of the day appointed shall be delivered in writing, by the Secretary, to the party accused. 3. The party accusing, and the party accused, (un- less they obtain leave from the President), shall be al- lowed to speak only twice upon the subject, the accuser beginning; after this, the parties shall withdraw, until called for. 4. After the parties shall have retired, the President shall ask the opinion of the Members upon the subject. No one shall speak more than twice, unless he obtain leave from the President. The accusation shall then be determined by ballot. 5. If the sense of the Society be in favour of it, the accused Member shall incur the penalty of expulsion. If not, the accuser shall be fined 10s. 6. 6. If 54 LAWS. 6. If the Member accused do not appear in his own defence, or do not send a valid excuse, he shall thereby incur the penalty of expulsion. 7. No accused Member shall be permitted to resign his seat, until the accusation be decided. CHAP. 55 LAWS. CHAP. XXV. OF NEW LAWS. 1. On the first ordinary meeting in February, the President shall appoint an extraordinary meeting, to be held in the course of the third succeed- ing week, for receiving proposals for making or re- pealing Laws. Each of these proposals shall circulate with the other papers of the Society, and shall be con- sidered at another extraordinary meeting, to be held in the course of the succeeding week. If the proposal be rejected, the proposer shall incur the penalty of 2s. 6d. 2. At the giving in of a proposal, none but the member giving it in shall speak concerning it. At the discussion of its merits, he shall not speak more than twice; any other member more than once, unless per- mitted by the President. 3. The Society may, in any part of the session, make new Regulations, which shall have the force of laws, until the succeeding extraordinary meeting in Febru- ary, and no longer. If any proposal for a new regula- tion be rejected, the proposer shall incur the penalty of 2s. 6d. CHAP. 56 LAWS. ORDER of the PROCEEDINGS of the SOCIETY at ORDINARY MEETINGS. PRIVATE BUSINESS. 1. SOCIETY constituted, and roll called. 2. Minutes of the preceding meeting read. 3. Dissertations delivered to the President for tran- scription. 4. The names of the persons who are to give in Dis- sertations at the succeeding ordinary meeting announced. 5. Nomination of a person to examine the publications lying on the Library table. 6. The announcing of appointments for particular nights. 7. Visitors appointed. 8. Petitions for seats determined. 9. Petitions for seats read. 10. Petitions of members read and determined. 11. Reports of Committees received. 12. Miscellaneous business. 13. Laws signed by new members. 14. Roll called, and Society adjourned. PUBLIC LAWS. PUBLIC BUSINESS. 1. SOCIETY instituted, and roll called. 2. Medical news. 3. Medical case read. 4. Dissertation on it read and discussed. 5. Medical or Philosophical question read. 6. Dissertation on it read and discussed. 7. Aphorism of Hippocrates read. 8. Dissertation on it read and discussed. 9. Roll called, and Society adjourned. H A LIST A LIST of the MEMBERS of the ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. FROM ITS INSTITUTION. N. B. Those Gentlemen whose names are printed in Italics, have been elected Honorary Members, with- out having been previously ordinary members of the Society. Many others have been raised to the same rank; some in consequence of having written a number of Dissertations; others as the reward of particular services; and a third set as a testimony of esteem for merit. But it has been thought impro- per that their names should be distinguished by any particular mark in this list, although it has been done on some former occasions. LIST OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1737 Nov. 26. George Armstrong James Scott Mich. Dickson Arch. Drummond Rob Gusthart Tho. Wilkinson Rob. Pringle Stewart Threipland 1738. Nov. 10 Geo. Tait James Russel John Monro 1738. 62 LIST OF THE 1738 Nov. 10. Sam, Ball Donald Mackenzie 1739. Nov. 20. Geo. Hadow Adam Austin Nicholson Doubleday Charles Bissett Ro. Mercer John Macleod Nov. 27. Geo. Gregory Dec. 4. Conway Jones 1740. Dec. 9. Francis Home John MacColme Rob. Willan Jo. Maxwell Walter Laurie 23. John Roebuck 30. Rt. Traill Rob. Hamilton Mark Akenside 1741. April 7. Edw. Archer Nov. 17 Ber. Allan Gilb. Elliot 1742. Jan. 16. John Ker 30. Pat. Ker March 3. Richard Brocklesby 1742. 63 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1742. Nov. 13. Nicholas Munckley John Rotheram John Gregorie 20. Sam. Wightman 27.Joseph Nicol Scot Dec. 11. Charles Ramsay 1743. Jan. 22. Robert Fergus 29. James Ferguson Nov. 12. Will. Macghie James Irvine Dec. 10. Wm. Johnstone David Clerk Rob. Macdonall 24. Eben. Macsait Geo. Marjoribanks 1744. Jan. 14. Charles Congalton Nov. 20. Will. Cleghorn Dec. 8. Tho. Elliot Rob. Douglas Patrick Russel 22. Will. Fordyce 29. William Hamilton 1745. March 9. W. Ormiston 30. Rich. Smith April 13. John Hope Aug. 9. Duncan Forbes 1745. 64 LIST OF THE 1745. Aug. 9. Alex Vere Dec. 21. John Brisbane 1746. Mar. 15. Henry Carter 22. John Gill April 5. Lewis Hall John Straton. May 3. John Forster Nov. 8. Alexander Stevenson Thomas Fraser John Campbell John Smith 1747. Feb. 21. Cheney Hart Nov. 14 Norvell Home Mich. Law John Moult John. Beevor Dec. 5. Pierson Croasdaile John Moultrie Rich. Lambert Charles Collignon April 16. John Mattear Bayly Rogers 1748. Nov. 12. Francis Hutcheson David Orme Alex, Henry Haliday. 1748. 65 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY 1748. Dec. 10. Andrew M‘Allester 18. J. A. Philip Brown 1749. Feb. 25. Peter Middleton April 29. William Sandiford May 20. Geo. Sutherland Rob. Petrie Oct. 14. Patrick Dickson George Hay William Scot Nov. 11 John Taylor 25. Ja. Johnstone Dec. 2. William Dunbar 16. John Donaldson 23. John Scot 1750. Jan. 6. Chris. Rogers Arch. Campbell 27. Thomas Bornet Feb. 17 James Dobbin Mar. 3. D. Macbride Ed. Kelly Will. Molleson Christopher Packs Wm Semple Tho. Livingston James Paterson George Clampet I 1750. 66 LIST OF THE 1750. Mar. 5. Ken. Mackenzie Gilbert Stewart Nov. 10. John Hudson Dec. 22. Alex. Hunter 17S1. Jan. 5. Gregory Grant John Ross Feb. 16. Will. Delap April 5. Will. Butter 13. John Scanlan Will. Goslip Will. Fyffe Tho. Ellis Wm. Shawn Wil. Chalmer James Brodhurst Robt. Emmet Anthony MacHarg John Walker Nov. 14. James Henry 1752. Jan. 26. Gilb. Paisley Upton Scott William Adair Mich. Stewart Ja. Ainslie Fra. Wayne Samuel Benton 1752. 67 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1752. Jan. 29. Tho. Anderson Will. Patten Jo. Campbell Walter Maxwell April 20. John Alves J. Williams J. Baxter 1753. Jan. 13. Hugh Rose Rob. Innes Tho. Beveridge Theodore Forbes Adam Sloap John Hall Hugh Smith John Macfarlan Oliver Goldsmith Ja. Wainwright Will. Broughton 1754. Jan. 4. Hugh Alex. Kennedy La. Macleane William Donne And. Dangear April 20. Charles Brown Nov. 23. Pryce Owen 1755. April 5. Robert Ramsay 1755. 68 LIST OF THE 1755. June 26. John Cunninghame Will. Haly Geo. Buxton Aug. 2. Samuel Pleydell John Collier Matthew Dobson Will. Turner John Keir 1756. April 24. John Bayly Balfour Russell Wm. Bagot May 3. John Ross Geo. Paterson Arch. Hamilton Aug. 7. Geo. Macrae 21. H. Lostic Nov. 5.John Lloyd 13. George Fordyce 27. John Fallon Dec. 11. Henry Donson William Elliot 18. William Charteris. 1757. Feb. 19. Robert Macculloch Mar. 26. Joseph Churchill April 2. William Graham Thomas Clayton. 1757. 69 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1757. April 9. John Lesley Mungo Honyman Alexander Fairbairn James Duddingston 16. Richard Price 22. Robert Middleton 23. John Gardiner July 30. Edward Richardson Nov. 19 John Richardson William Kerr 26. David Congalton Dec. 10. John Marten Butt 24. Alex. Crooks 26. Peter Leishman Peter Leishman 1758. Feb. 11. John Brickenden March 3. Thomas Smith April 15. Niel Duncanson Nov. 25. Arch. Somerville Dec. 9. Ro. Hamilton 30. David Carmichael 1759. Jan. 6. James Span 20. Charles Richardson Mar. 24. William Usher April 14. William Stevenson William Budd July 7. Robert Moore 1759. 70 LIST OF THE 1759. Dec 22. William Cooper 29. Thomas Pleydell 1760. Jan. 5. Walter Robertson Walter Farquhar 19. James Booth George Skene Feb. 2. John Pearce George Bethune Nov. 11. A. Monro Drummond John Shiels David Millar Samuel Garland 18. J. Smith Carmichael Alexander Wilson 25. George Grant Michael Garner James Maddocks 1761. Jan. 10. William Lloyd Feb. 14. William Buchan April 10. James Clytherall May 2. John Brown Oct. 13. Anthony Fothergill James Crowther 27. William Smibert Nov. 3. James Feild Dec. 12. John Law 1762 71 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1762. Mar. 6. Alex. Hamilton 27. James Blair April 2. William Saunders 9. John Morgan 10. Will. Bankhead Fraser Forbes John Edwards 21. Daniel Cooke May 1. J. Gould 4. John Purcell 1763. Jan. 13. Silvester Douglas Feb. 19. Andrew Wood James Boswell Lyonel Dickson Thomas Percival Mar. 26. William Witherings Thomas Slatter Samuel Martin April 23. Samuel Farr 30. Tho. Arnold Samuel Bard Jo. Haygarth Sept. 5. Tho. Holdsworth 12. Corb. Griffin Daniel Rainey Dec. 24. John Rogerson 1764. 72 LIST OF THE 1764. Mar. 24. William Cullen 31. John Fyshe Palmer April 7. Patrick Anderson 14. Alexander Copland 21. Thomas Ruston 28. Francis Balfour Mark Smyth William Dunbar Benjamin Cliffton Christ. Douglass Nov. 24. Hugh Shiell Samuel Goulding Thomas Lashley Theophilus Davy Dec. 8. J. D. Garenciers 1765. Jan. 4. William Watson Robert Urquhart Theod. F. Leith 26. William Alexander Feb. 22. Lucas Pepys Mar. 9. Andrew Duncan John Eaton John Rudolph Japhet Rhode James Makittrick Adair 16. David Spence 23. Charles Drayton Nich. Eveleigh John Parsons 1765. 73 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY 1765. Mar. 30. Matt. Kirsopp April 13. John Bostock Nov. 30. Samuel Leeds John Fleming Dec. 7 Charles Grieve 13. John Abel Lafont 14. Rich. Buller 28. Henry Reeder 1766. Jan. 4. Tho. Williamson Roger Birdwood 11. Adam Freer 15. William Falconer Mar. 8 John Taylor W. Whito W. Moncrieffe 29. George Steptoe John Collins John Taylor April 19. Robert Scott Nov. 22. Adam Kuhn Dec. 6. John Dunning 13. John Cowling 1767. Jan. 17. Robert Reid John Oakes Feb. 28. Alex. Baron Mar. 6. Edward Foster K 1767. 74 LIST OF THE 1767. Mar. 13. Joseph Black 21. Walter Jones Charles Blagden Wm. Penny Benjamin Rush 27. Robert Davison April 4. Gust. Rich. Brown Dec. 5. Hen. Revel Reynolds Paniel Robert Henry Schonheyder Joshua Dixon Jasper Porter William Brown John Warren Tho. Tudor Tucker Joshua Sampson 12. John Beridge Robert Dougan 19. Hugh Perry William Chalmers James M‘Lurg Peter Fayssoux 1768. Jan. 9. John Wall John Leman 16. Daniel de la Roche John Gifford 1768. 75 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1768. Mar. 5. Edward Dowset John Huggan William Grieve 26. Isaac Chanler April 9. Francis Garden 16. Evan Clements Gustavus Brown 23. Joseph Godwin 30. Daniel Rutherford Dec. 3. Louis Odier Samuel Harwood 1769. Jan. 28. Joseph Brandreth Feb. 4. Thomas Airy David Campbell 18. David Stewart Edward Williams 25. Archibald Campbell Mar. 4. William M‘llvaine 11. Francis Milman 25. Thomas Caw April 1. John Badeley Dec. 9. Martin Wall Henry Leader Peter Steele 16. Benjamin Bell 28. Gaspard Vieusseux David Wardrobe 1770. 76 LIST OF THE 1770. Jan. 6. Moore Fauntleroy 13. Richard-Wilson Greatheed Feb. 3. Thomas Russel William Currie 17. Nath. Dimsdale Mar. 3. Charles Gordon 24. Benjamin Thomas Dec. 1. John Parnham William Cooper Robert Dobson Isaac Hall 8. Tucker Harris 15. Thomas Gibbings 1771. Jan. 5. Hugh James Thomas Hay 12. John Aitken 26. Gilbert Blane Feb. 2. James Ballantyne 9. Robert Peronneau 16. James Maynard 23. Henry Cullen Richard Budd Thomas Bradbnry Mar. 23. William Ball. 30. Walter Riddell Robert Freer 1771. 77 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1771. April 6. John Stark Charles Cameron 20. Richard Dennison Alexander Monro Charles Grove Nov. 30. A. J. Fau Dec. 14. George Pearson Henry Hart James Hammerton Ludovicus C. Guilbert 1772. Jan. 4. Robert Innes C. A. Caille 11. James Johnstone Feb. 1. Matthew Roberts 15. William Foushee 22. John Tayloe Griffin Mar. 7. Oglethorp Wainman John Maxwell 15. Joseph Dimsdale Samuel Eveleigh 28. Thomas Baker April 4. John Ryan Walter Hanson Jenifer 11. James Gregory 18. Andrew Wardrop 25. Timothy Kirby John Williamson 1772. 78 LIST OF THE 1772. Nov. 28. William Edwards Samuel Evans Wilkinson Manuel John Hunter Dec. 5. James Fowler Baker 12. Thomas Neusville William Nicol Alexander Wemyss David Shaw R. B. Remmett John Birnie 26. James Hendy Henry Gahn 1773. Jan. 9. Thomas Dale 16. James Macknight James Hamilton 30. Richard Byam John Henderson Feb. 13. George Logan 20. Hugh Morris April 24. Sylas Neville Nov. 27. William Harvey John Hickes John Barnard Switt William Low Henry Watson William Salkeld 1773. 79 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1773. Nov. 27. Thomas Clark D. Portal Dec. 11. Richard Cowling Jean Louis Manget James Johnston Cumberland Christic 18. Charles Luscombe Fotherley Pannell Philip Turpin James Russel 1774. Jan. 8. William Clapham Edw. Mary Bosquillon 22. Philip Meadows Martineau 29. Will. Gottlob Lilie John Innes William Woodville Harry Gibbs Feb. 5. Edward Spry 12. William Holland Joseph Camplin 19. James Innes April 16. Thomas Bowdler 23. Thomas Blackburne Thomas Yalden 29. Bartholemew Thomas Dec. 3. Archibald Cullen 1774. 80 LIST OF THE 1774. Dec. 3. Lewis Brotherson William M‘Kinon Fraser 17. Thomas Karr Samuel Graham 24. John Sims 1775. Jan. 7. David Stuart Charles Dunant John Gordon Andrew Italinski 14. William Keir Dennis Dorsey 11. Charles Ker John Whytt Feb. 4. Robert Moodie John Hayman 10. Edward Maese James Robertson William Lee Charles Elsden Bagge Mar. 4. James Theobald Payne James Gerard 11. Samuel Daniel 25. Duncan Macfarlane April 1. William Rae George Coltman 11. Albert von Haller 1775. 81 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY 1775. April 11. Will. Hunter 15. Henry Miller Caleb H. Parry James Melliar 28. Tho. M‘Farquhar Dec. 2. H. Bryan 9. T. Pemberton Thomas Clerk Thomas Paytherus Ellis Button Mettford William Fullerton Gardner 16. Henry Woolcombe Nath Tucker Adam Hotchkis Philip Fischer Stanhope Baynes Thomus Young 1776. Jan. 6. John Willis George Bell Wyville Smith John Shepherd 20. Edward Stevens Zachariah Neusville 27. Thomas Fowler Feb. 3. John Caulet 22. John Tailour L 1776. 82 LIST OF THE 1776. Feb. 23. Benjamin Beddome George Shaw April 6. Richard Pew Francis Claxton Dec. 7. Arnold Beerenbrock Benjamin Collyns William Boush John Harry John Ford Robert Stevenson George Logan Seguin Henry Jackson 14. John Hollis Pigot 17. Samuel Byam Athill Edward Johnstone Gabriel Wynne John Nankivel Peter Sandilands 21. Charles Darwin Stephen Pellet John Evans 1777. Feb. 28. Alexander Wood 22. Alexander Campbell Mar. 1. Ralph Adye 22. Arthur Broughton 29. Charles Wade April 5. William Hamilton 1777. 83 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1777. April 5. Samuel Pleydell Henry Harris 26. Thomas Kirkland Nov. 29. Will. J. Gresley Charles Webster Wm. Abington Laffells John Power John Billam Dec. 6. Charles Wm. Quin Thomas Bouchier William Cleghorn James Webster Edward Nugent William Fearne Samuel Cave Francis Brown 1778. Jan. 10. Robert Pringle Ambrose Cookson Richard Worthington 17. James Steuart Trevor Jones John Bell Robert Lovell George Leon. Blyden Feb. 7. James Home Mar. 28. Robert Maitland John Stedman 1778. 84 LIST OF THE 1778. April 19. James Currie George Cleghorn 25. John Bennett John Winterbottom Robert Willan Nov. 21. William Cruikshank 28. Alexander Russel George Selby Robert Buck John Bosvile Wm. Spence Lau. Nihell Jonathan Stokes Thomas Jeans Henry Farley Dec. 5. George Mackenzie John Fenwick Charles Slapleten James Fenwick Henry Slaughter John Young 12. Henry Blake Thomas Prosser 19. James Campbell Philip Coste William Maxwell John Watson Howell 1779. 85 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1779. Jan. 2. Edwood Chorley 9. William Carter Thomas Miller William Lister 16. George Burrowes James Farish Nicholas Romayne William Moore Alexander Dalzell Paul Harris Johnson Thomas Griffiths John Johnston Feb. 20. John Hallilay Robert Perceval 27. Charles Stuart John Clement Tode Mar. 13. Samuel Foart Simmons 27. James Law John Astbury April 3. Henry Quin 23. Georne Daniell Nov. 27. James Hair Phoebus Hitterus Themmen Maitland Maitland Edward L. Fox Jacob Pattisson Robert Hamilton Dec. 4. Tipping Brown 1779. 86 LIST OF THE 1779. Dec. 4. William Graham Robert Bloxham James Durham Innes William Stephens Andrew Fyse 11. Samuel Stevenson 18. Philip Holland 1780. Jan. 8. William Flanagan Thomas Jeffery Harper Hall William Corp 15. John Cooke Richard Codrington Feb. 5. James Hill Henry Christ. Senior Edward Harrison 9. Horatio Cock John Wainman Adair Crawford Jos. Ewert 25. William Gourlay Mar. 4. Aug. Christ. Reuss Robert Salmond William Codrington 25. Henry Moorhouse 1780. 87 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1780. Mar. 25. Richard Sill April 1. Henry Mathias Marcard John George Zimmerman Walter Van Doevern 22. Henry Browncer Wilson Gideon Heren de Rozier Dec. 2. Nath. Ernst. Dauter Vicq. d’Azyr James Athill Rich. Anthony Markham John Bill Samuel de Butts Thomas Evory William Lewis William Gilby John Stovin Andrew Willison 9. D. Berent 15. John Jaques Edmund Goodwyn 23. John Ferriar 30. William Halliday John Wilkin Stephen Dickson Thomas Stevenson 1781. Jan. 6. Arch. Lindsay Edward Kitching Feb. 24. William Fraser 1781. 88 LIST OF THE 1781. Mar. 17. M. Morrison Dec. 1. John Henry Engelhart James Nasmyth John Aikin T. Watson Edward Reily Henry Ainslie Clement Nicholson John Duncan Abraham Wilkinson Wm. Thomson Fra. Fraser James Paterson James Robinson Rich. Kiernan Thomas Leighton Robert Hen. Mc’Donald Hugh Owen 8. Benj. Kissam Ray Beckwith Rich. Sill John Tool George Sommer Robert Cleghorn George Maxwell 15. James Hutchinson Rich. Lubbock R. D. Willis 1781. 89 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1781. Dec. 15. Thomas Spens James Forsythe George Bell Andrew Coventry Charles Davy Samuel Ferris Edmund Somers 22. Christopher Stanger 1782. Mar. 9. David Earl of Buchan Nov. 30. James Carver Arch. Macgilchrist Alex. Williams David Reid Thomas Hardy David Skene Robert Cooper John Lawson William Munro Robert Batty Thomas Prettyman Thomas White * James Jeffray Charles Hill James Edw. Smith Dec. 7. Thomas Hobbes Rich. Kentish * Thomas Addis Emmet M 1782. 90 LIST OF THE 1782. Dec. 7. Thomas Wallis William Thornton William Barton Rob. Gordon Munro John Wilson John Hilton Solomon Richards B. Penn 14. Edward Hill * James M'Donnell Nich. Archer Rob. Groat Thomas Ryan 21. Cha. Throckmorton John Harrison Rd. W. Rockcliffe C. Sommers Alex. Pelissier Dec. 28. Nathaniel Bary 1783. Jan. 4. Charles Didrie Engelhard Charles White James Curry J. Potter Feb. 8. P. M. Augustus Brussonet 18. John Franklin Clark 22. William Morris Mar. 29. Colin Maclarty 1783. 91 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1783. Dec. 6. Wm. Pusey Hayle William Younge John Barry John Plumbe Benj. Culham Edw. Fryer W. C Lettsom * Tho. Skeete Rob. Waring Darwin Arthur Grant Robertson John Allan M’Cartney Ja. Donovan Jn. N. Nott Tho. Clothier Geo. Wood Wm. Spooner Wm. Hcnderson 13. John Robertson * Wm. Alexander Tho. Waring Samuel P. Griffiths * Richard Pearson 20. Edw. Fairclough George Bachmetieve Peter Crompton Jo. Chapman 29. Wm. Gaitlkell Ja. Wallace 1783. 92 LIST OF THE 1783. Dec. 29. John Dawson Rich. Pultney Wm. Irvine 1784. Jan. 5. Barnaby Geogehan 10. John Barclay 17. John J’Anson Feb. 7. Wm. M. Dixon 21. Richard Millar 28. Martin Dowy Wm. Hutchison Mar. 13. Wm. Marsh 20. John Butter John Monteath Benj. Aird April 16. Rob. Cary Michell William Babington White Dec. 4 John R. B. Rodgers Pierre Sylvester John Gay Samuel Fitte Thomas Edgar Ev. Job. Thomason a Thuessink * Samuel Hinds William Halliday William Symonds John Prendergast 1784. 93 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1784. Dec. 4. William Jackson Charles Snell Dec. 11. Patrick Barron Morgan Deasy Thomas Remington P. James Wm. Robertson John H. Gibbons * Caspar Wistar, jun. J. Lyons Benj. Sykes Samuel Argent Bardsley 1785. John Gardner Jan. 1. John Heath Hugh Gillan George Archer John Fleming L. Llran Meurs Wm. Johnston F. Siemerling Joseph Phelan Alexander Stewart Jo. Wm. Boyton James Forster John Cutting Samuel Black Patrick Dillon 1785. 94 LIST OF THE 1785. Jan. 1. John Flint Biker M‘Donald Tho. Trotter Fr. Marcellini John Unthank * Thomas Beddoes George Wilson John Bankhead 28. James Skelton Gilliam Campbell Betham James Laidlaw John Evans John Carmichael Feb, 19. George Monro Samuel Latham Mitchell John Addie Robert Scott Mar. 12. James Watson Roberts Richard Lawrence April 2. Henry Cline Edward Sandifort Fourcroy April 7. Frye 16. Benjamin Rush April 19. * J. Macintosh T. Smith Joseph Mason Coxe 23. T. M’Rae 1785. 95 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1785. April 23. Thomas Renwick Fockedy Lucas Perkins Van Juans Forster Dec. 10. James Moultrie Wm. Plowden James Ramsay John Ffrye * James Chichester Maclaurin * John Haslam John Dobson Ignatius Maria Riuz Luzuriaga Dec. 17. Terechouski 31. James Hamilton Richard Butler Petrus Dubos 1786. Jan. 7. Valentine Girard * John Lane 21. Thomas Charles Hope John Craven Thomas Girdleston Petr. Afzelius Feb. 18. Robert Reddick Samuel Wilson Henry Stanistreet 1786. 96 LIST OF THE 1786. Feb. 25. Samuel Alvye Mar. 4. John Risteau Thomas Bassnett Percival Mar. 4. * Theobald M‘Kenna Mar. 11. Sir Charles Peter Thornberg 18. Joshua Parr Alexander Fraser Henry Luxmore Edgar 25. Robert Graves Francis Smith Robert Grant Edward Alanson April 1. James Green Parkinson Watson 8. Peter Ashton Joseph Warner John Taylor Thomas Garnet 15. Charles John Berkeley Robert Walker William Blount John Hunter Dec. 2. Stephen Thibaud Henry Barker * John Fleming Henry Burton Fran. Sayers 1786. 97 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1786. Dec. 2. Anth. George Forbes Thomas Gill Audeherti 9. Arthur Daniel Stone Thomas Pym Weeks William Allanby 16. William Handy Geo. Cayley Thomas Christie Groschi G. Dunbar 23. Benjamin Smith Barton Henry Bowles Edward Ash Thomas Concanen John Turner Greer 1787. Jan. 7. Antonio Caetano de Freytas Joshua Hobson Alex. Jackson John Ramsay Thomas Tomson Mar. 3. Augustine Smith Geo. Kirkaldie 10. Arthur Bishop James Short Feb. 2. Cassimerus Urtega Wm. Shippen N 1787. 98 LIST OF THE 1787. Feb. 10. Benjamin Franklin Mar. 10. Mich. Hutchinson Levi Myers Joseph Baader 24. Herbert Packe Joseph Pinto de Azeredo Francisco Joaquim de Azeredo 31 * Joseph Priestley Brugman April 1. Benj. Gloxin Robert Wm. Disney Thorp Nathan Drake James Mackittrick Adair 7. David Ramsay John Howard Percival Pott 8. Joseph Cappe John Morgan 15. William Carleill William W. Page Dec. 1. James Holman Edward Rudge Astley Paston Cooper Samuel Gurney Edmunds 8. John Smith Andrew Kerr 22. Francois Sobral 1787. 99 ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1787. Jean Gomez Leivis Disbaud 1788. Jan. 12. Francis Foulke 26. Francis Morison William M. Thackeray John Goldie Mar. 8. Arthur Bedford 15. Robert Wood 22. John Coakley Lettsom Murray Grant 29. James Fryer LIST LIST of the Honorary Members of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh. 1748. John Stratton Robert M‘Douall John Hope George Hay 1749. Peter Middleton James Dobbin Edward Kelly 1750. George Clampet John Hudson Kenneth M‘Kenzie James Paterson Gilbert Stewart 1751. William Molleson Thomas Livingston George Sutherland Gregory Grant Wm. Semple 1752. 102 LIST OF HONORARY MEMBERS OF 1752. Wm. Butter Wm. Gossip Francis Wayne 1753. William Chalmer James Ainslie John Alves Robert Innes Wm. Patten Gilbert Pasley Isaac Williams John Campbell Walt. Maxwell 1754. Theodore Forbes John Hall 1756. Thomas Beveridge Will. Hally John Cunnighame Matthew Dobson Pryce Owen Robert Ramsay George Buxton 1757. George Paterson G. Fordyce Wm. Loftie 1757. 103 THE ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1757. J. Lloyd J. Bayley Arch. Hamilton Balfour Russell John Fallon 1758. Wm. Elliot Richard Price Joseph Churchhill Wm. Graham John Lesley Alex. Crooks Alexander Fairbairn 1759. Edward Richardson J. M. Butt J. Brickenden Thomas Smith Neil Duncanson Robert Hamilton David Carmichael James Span Charles Richardson 1760. Wm. Usher. 1761. Wm. Cooper Walter Robertson 1761. 104 LIST OF HONORARY MEMBERS OF 1761. George Bethune Rob. Moore 1762. Alex. Monro Drummond John Shiels David Millar Sam. Garland James Maddocks Wm. Lloyd John Purcel John Lawe William Smibert 1763. James Smyth Carmichael Alexander Hamilton James Clitherall Michael Garner Jo. Brown James Blair Anthony Fothergill 1764. James Crowther Wm. Saunders Daniel Rainey Wm. Cullen 1766. Francis Balfour Samuel Goulding 1767. 105 THE ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1767. Andrew Duncan Robert Urquhart Theodore F. Leith 1768. John Bostock Thomas Williamson Joseph Black Charles Drayton Roger Birdwood George Steptoe 1769. William Brown 1770. John Warren 1771. Louis Odier Alex. Monro Lud. Cl. Guilbert 1772. C. A. Caille Ben. Bell Tho. Hay Henry Gahn 1773. James Hamilton Edward M. Bosquillon D. Portal William Riddell O 1773. 106 LIST OF HONORARY MEMBERS OF 1773. Rob. Freer 1774. John Innes John Leman Edw. Spry George Pearson John Sims Richard Dennison John Hunter 1775. Cha. Wm. Dunant Andrew Italinski Wm. Harvey Jo. Heathfield Hickes Albert Von Haller Wm. Hunter Tho. Young 1776. James Gregory Tho. Karr Philip Fischer 1777. David Macbride Alex. Wood Tho. Kirkland 1778. John Stedman George Cleghorn 1778. 107 THE ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY. 1778. Wm. Cruickshank P. Coste 1779. Jo. Clement Tode S. F. Simmons Henry Quin 1780. Adair Crawford J. G. Zimmermann Walter Van Doeveren H. M. Marcard Felix Vicq. d’Azyr D. Berent 1781. M. Morison J. Aikin 1782. David Earl of Buchan Edward Hill Nathaniel Barry 1783. Cha. Didrie Engelhart Cha. White P. M. Aug. Broussonet Rob. Emmet John Dawson 1784. Rich. Pultney 1784. 108 LIST OF HONORARY MEMBERS, &c. 1784. Wm. Irvine 1785. John Gardner Henry Cline Edward Sandifort Fourcroy Benjamin Rush Van Juans Forster Terechouski Sir Charles Peter Thornberg 1786. Watson Joseph Warner John Hunter Audeberti Groscki 17B7. Cassimerus Urtega William Shippen Benjamin Franklin Joseph Preistley Brugman David Ramsay John Howard Percival Pott John Morgan Francois Sobral Jean Gomez Lewis Disbaud 1788. John Cakley Lettsom LIST List of the Annual Presidents of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, from the first Election of Presidents. 1764-5. Thomas Smith Alex. M. Drummond James Smith Carmichael James Blair 1765-6. Tho. Smith Alex. M. Drummond James Blair John Fyshe Palmer 1766-7. Alex. M. Drummond James Maddocks Daniel Rainey Samuel Goulding 1767-8. Alex. M. Drummond Samuel Goulding Theodore F. Leith Andrew Duncan 1768-9. Alex. M. Drummond Samuel Goulding John Bostock Charles Bladgen 1769-70. 110 LIST OF THE 1769-70. Alex. M. Drummond Samuel Goulding Andrew Duncan Walter Jones 1770-1. Samuel Goulding Andrew Duncan Wm. Brown Louis Odier 1771-2. Samuel Goulding Andrew Duncan Louis Odier Isaac Hall 1772-3. Andrew Duncan Wm. Bell Walter Riddell Rob. Freer 1773-4. Andrew Duncan Walter Riddell Rob. Freer John Brown 1774-5. John Aitken Rob. Freer Richard Dennison 1774-5. 111 ANNUAL PRESIDENTS. 1774-5. William Harvey Gilbert Blane, elected on the resignation of Robert Freer 1775-6. John Aitken Rob. Freer Sylas Neville Thomas Blackburne 1776-7. John Brown Rob. Freer David Stuart James Melliar 1777-8. Robert Freer Andrew Wardrop Caleb. H. Parry James Melliar 1778-9. Andrew Wardrop Edward Stevens John Ford Stephen Pellet George Logan, elected on the resignation of Andrew Wardrop 1779-80. John Brown Edward Stevens John Ford 1779-80. 112 LIST OF THE 1779-80. William Cleghorn Charles Quin, elected on the resignation of John Ford 1780-1. James Russell Arch. Cullen Ambrose Cockson Wm. Lister Andrew Wardrope, elected on the resigna- tion of Ambrose Cockson Charles Stuart, elected on the resignation of Archibald Cullen 1781-2. John Winterbottom Jonathan Stokes Ja. Hair Jacob Pattison John Fenwick, elected on the death of Ja- cob Pattison 1782-3. John Stark Andrew Fyse Thomas Evory Jo. Henry Engelhart 1783-4. Edward Harrison Stephen Dickson Benj. Kissam Robert Cleghorn 1783-4. 113 ANNUAL PRESIDENTS. 1784-5. James Jeffray Thomas Addis Emmet James M'Donnell Thomas Skeete 1785-6. Richard Pearson Samuel Hynds Caspar Wistar, jun. Thomas Beddoes 1786-7. Edmund Goodwyn William Alexander James Macintosh John Haslam. John Lane, elected on the resignation of J. Macintosh. 1787-8. James Chichester Maclaurin Theobald M‘Kenna John Fleming Benjamin Smith Barton FINIS.