Portsmouth Literary and Scientific Society (24 december 1887)
This article is a report of the Portsmouth Literary and Scientific Society published in the Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle on 24 december 1887.
The report is about a lecture "Our Knowledge of the Brain" by Dr. Claude C. Claremont, attended by Arthur Conan Doyle where he spoke as well.
Report
Portsmouth Literary and Scientific Society
A meeting of the members of this Society was held on Tuesday at the Soldiers' Institute, Penny-street, Portsmouth, when Mr. Hay presided, and the company included the following gentlemen:— General J. W. Cox, C.B., F.R.G.S., General A. W. Drayson, F.R.A.S., Surgeon W. J. Colborne, R.N., Drs. J. Watson, C. C. Claremont (London), C. C. Claremont, E. D. Tomlinson, R. Lyddon, G. H. Smith, B. H. Mumby, Blackman, Messrs. H. Percy Boulnois, W. Thomlinson, W. Weston, Hugh S. Maclauchlan, G. Ollis, W. Inglis, R.N., R. West Taylor, A. Howell, W. Miller, H. McIntyre, J. Rutherford, F. Hyde, J. S. Roberton, T. W. Wallace, W. Mathews, G. F. Bell, Drs. Ward Cousins and A. Conan Doyle (Hon. Secretaries). Messrs. R. East, G. Kent, and J. Robson were elected members of the Society, and Mr. Bolen was nominated for membership. — Dr. Cousins announced that in future the meetings of the Society would be held at the Guildhall, which had been kindly thrown open to the members by the Mayor and Corporation, a small charge for gas and firing only being made. He was sure that the arrangement would give general satisfaction, and moved a vote of thanks to the Mayor, who he said had taken great interest in the matter. — Mr. Hay seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. — An interesting paper on "Our Knowledge of the Brain" was then read by Dr. Claude C. Claremont, who dealt with his intricate subject with marked ability, and was listened to with profound attention. — At the close of the paper Mr. Hay proposed a vote of thanks to the lecturer, remarking that considerable credit was due to he doctor for the manner in which he had placed the subject before the meeting. — Mr. Ward Cousins seconded the resolution, which in the course of animated discussion which followed was supported, by Dr. A. Conan Doyle and General Drayson, and carried unanimously.
