THE PRESIDENT: The next business in order is the report of the

BUREAU OF MATERIA MEDICA, PHARMACY AND PROVINGS. A. C. COWPERTHWAITE, M.D., of Iowa City, Iowa, chairman of the bureau, reported the following papers:

General Introductory Report of the Bureau, by the chairman. History and Pharmacology of Papaya Vulgaris, by E. M. Hale, M.D., Chicago.

Schema of the Provings of Viburnum Opulus, by W. J. Hawkes, M.D., Chicago.

Schema of the Provings of Caladium Seguinum, by A. C. Cowperthwaite, M.D., Iowa City, Iowa.

Schema of the Provings of Papaya Vulgaris, by A. C. Cowperthwaite, M.D.

Provings of Viburnum Opulus, by H. C. Allen, M.D., Ann Arbor, Mich.

Mode of Drug Action in the Cure of Disease, by Wm. Owens, M.D., Cincinnati, O.

Clinical Experience with Viburnum Opulus, by Wm. Owens, M.D., Cincinnati, O.

Confirmed Symptoms, by E. A. Farrington, M.D., Philadelphia. Fragmentary Observations on the Report of the Bureau of Materia Medica, Pharmacy and Provings, by A. C. Cowperthwaite, M.D., Iowa City, Iowa.

On motion, the report and papers were accepted and referred. THE PRESIDENT: I will appoint as the chairman of the Bureau of Materia Medica, Pharmacy and Provings for the ensuing year, A. C. Cowperthwaite, M.D., of Iowa City, Iowa.

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CENSORS.

F. R. MCMANUS, M.D., chairman: Mr. President: The members of the Board of Censors have carefully examined the claims and qualifications of the applicants for membership whose names were read this morning, and which we now recommend for election to membership.

THE PRESIDENT: You have heard the report and recommendation of the Board of Censors in regard to the applicants for membership. A motion is in order.

J. P. DAKE, M.D.: I move that the report be accepted, and the applicants elected.

Seconded, and unanimously carried.

THE PRESIDENT: The next business in order is the report of the

BUREAU OF CLINICAL MEDICINE.

DR. H. C. ALLEN, of Ann Arbor, Mich., chairman of this bureau, I am informed has not yet arrived, and in his absence, if there is no objection, I will call upon Dr. J. S. Mitchell, of Chicago, to report the papers of this bureau.

J. S. MITCHELL, M.D.: Mr. President: I regret exceedingly, as a member of this bureau, the absence of its chairman. As temporary chairman, I have the pleasure to report the following papers:

Mania a Potu, by George F. Foote, M.D., of Stamford, Conn. Observations on Dose, by W. P. Armstrong, M.D., of Lafayette,

Ind.

The subject selected by the chairman for discussion is Posology. On motion, the report and papers were received, and the papers referred to the sectional meeting for discussion.

THE PRESIDENT: I will appoint as the chairman of the Bureau of Clinical Medicine, for the ensuing year, Dr. T. F. Pomeroy, of Jersey City, N. J.

On motion, the Institute adjourned to meet Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock.

SECOND DAY.

GENERAL SESSION.

WEDNESDAY, June 15, 1881.

THE PRESIDENT called the Institute to order promptly at 10 o'clock, A. M., and announced that miscellaneous business would be first in order. We will first listen to the report of the

AUDITING COMMITTEE.

DR. F. H. ORME, chairman: Mr. President: I have the pleasure to report, that the committee appointed to audit the Treasurer's accounts, have carefully examined the same and found them correct. On motion, the report was accepted and the committee discharged.

THE PRESIDENT: I am desired by the chairman of the Board of Censors, to request all members who have applications to hand in, to place them in his hands during the general session this morning.

On behalf of the Executive Committee, to which you referred the invitation extended by the physicians of New York City to the members of the Institute to attend a reception, the Committee reports that the Institute has accepted the invitation, and that the reception will be held at Delmonico's, New York City, Friday evening next, at 8 o'clock.

On motion, the report of the Executive Committee was received, and the thanks of the Institute tendered to the physicians of New York City for their proposed entertainment.

THE PRESIDENT: I have the pleasure to announce that I have received communications from the Commissioners of Public Charities and Correction of the City of New York, and the Medical Board of the Homœopathic Hospital, Ward's Island, extending invitations to the members of the Institute to visit that institution during the Presidential excursion this afternoon.

I may say, in connection with these communications, that a

pleasure excursion has been arranged for this afternoon and evening, to which all the members of the Institute, their families and friends who may be with them, are cordially invited. No tickets will be required. Coaches will be in waiting at the end of the hotel at half past two o'clock this afternoon to convey you a short distance, where you will take a special train to Locust Grove, from which point the boat will start. We will, if agreeable to the members of the Institute, take advantage of the invitation and land at Ward's Island.

On motion, the invitation of the Medical Board of the Homœopathic Hospital of Ward's Island to visit that institution was accepted, and a vote of thanks tendered to the Commissioners and Medical Staff for the same.

THE PRESIDENT: The next business in order is the reports of delegates from State and County Medical Societies and Clubs.

DR. HARTWELL: As a delegate from the State Medical Society of Colorado, I would report that the society was organized on the first of the present month, with a membership of twenty-three. It promises to be a healthy, active society. We hope to give you a more extended and satisfactory report at the next annual meeting of the Institute.

DR. ARMSTRONG: As a delegate from the Indiana Institute of Homœopathy, I may state that the organization is in good working order and in a flourishing condition. At its late meeting, some seventy-five members were present. Annual sessions are held. The treasury is in a healthy state, and the society is increasing in membership.

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DR. BARRETT, delegate from the Hahnemann Medical Society, Va. We organized with three members two years ago. Since then we have brought into the State and located five active men, and have now a membership of sixteen. We are doing the best we can, and we propose to have a meeting yearly in October. The prospects are that we can give you a better report next year.

DR. CHASE, Boston: As a delegate of the Homœopathic Medical Society of Massachusetts, I have only to say that Massachusetts is growing very rapidly indeed, homoeopathically. I had the honor of being one of the Secretaries of the Homœopathic Medical Society

in 1846. At that time there were thirteen homoeopathic physicians in the State of Massachusetts. I would state now, as the secretary of the society, that there are about three hundred members.

DR. HAMMOND, a delegate from the Baltimore City Homœopathic Medical Society: As a delegate from that society I beg leave to report that, in the absence of correct statistics, we number about thirty members, meeting monthly, with a dispensary supported largely by an appropriation from the city; one of four dispensaries of the city. The number of homoeopathic physicians is about fifty. I am a delegate also from the Maryland State Homœopathic Society of Baltimore City. I would state that the membership is about twenty-five. We have annual meetings. The number of homoeopathic physicians in the State of Maryland is about seventy-five. The number has largely increased within the past five years.

DR. OWENS, Cincinnati, a delegate of the Ohio State Medical Society I am requested to report, as a delegate from that society, that it was organized in 1851. There was a lapse in the history of that society from 1853 to 1864, 11 years. At that time it was re-organized, and since that time it has been doing active work. The last meeting was held at Toledo on the 11th and 12th of May. It was the largest meeting we ever had in the State, and one of the most interesting. At that meeting quite a large number of new

members joined us.

I have also the honor to represent the Montgomery Medical Society, of Ohio. This County society was organized in 1863, and I believe has been doing active work ever since. I believe there is an official report of the secretary in the hands of the chairman of the Bureau of Organization, Registration and Statistics. I am here as a delegate with authority to represent them. I would state in regard to that society, that it is a live society, doing active work. The only trouble is that we are not quite so active in this Institute as we ought to be. We have been encouraged considerably to take action but have not responded yet. The able members of the society are members of the American Institute of Homœopathy.

I also represent the Cincinnati Medical Society by authority. That is also a tolerably large society; not so large as it ought to be.