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Minutes 1759-11-07

Novemb. d. 7.
Närvarande Praeses, Herr Runeberg, samt Herrar Faggot, Polhem, Wargentin, Berch, Knutberg, Kryger, Lehnberg, Martin.

1. Herr Wilcke intog sitt rum såsom Ledamot.

2. Upl. Herr Faggots försök med salt käll-vattn.

3. Doct. Hidéns Beskrifning på en Hydrochenhalus eller så kallad Bytinge, som hunnit til 43 års ålder.

4. Doctor Wåhlins berättelse om Endemiska sjukdomar i Jönköpings stad.

5. Samma Doctors Rön om Blåse-sten.

6. Upl. Lector Wijkströms Beskrifning öfver Åhlems sockn vid Calmar.

English summary

President Runeberg chaired the meeting where Wilcke was admitted as a new member. Discussed Faggot's experiments with salt spring water, Hiden's description of a 43-year-old toad and Wåhlin's report on endemic diseases in Jönköping and his studies of bluestone.

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