A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF HOMEOPATHY, With a Chronological Register of its Officers to the present time. In July, 1843, the New York Homœopathic Physicians' Society appointed a committee to issue invitations to the homoeopathic physicians of the United States, to meet in general convention in the city of New York, for the purpose of forming a National Homœopathic Medical Society. The time fixed for holding the convention was April 10th, 1844. The invitation was responded to by a considerable number of the leading homoeopathic practitioners of the country, who, according to previous arrangements, convened in the Lyceum of Natural History, in New York City, on the 10th day of April, 1844, the eighty-ninth anniversary of the birth of the illustrious Hahnemann. The convention was organized by electing Constantine Hering, M.D., of Philadelphia, Pa., President; Josiah F. Flagg, M.D., of Boston, Mass., and William Channing, M.D., of New York City, Vice-Presidents; and Henry Dunnell, M.D., Secretary. The following resolution was then offered, and unanimously adopted, viz: Resolved, That it is deemed expedient to establish a society, entitled "The American Institute of Homœopathy." John F. Gray, M.D., was elected General Secretary of the Institute, and S. R. Kirby, M.D., Treasurer. The convention, having accomplished the object for which it had assembled, on motion, it adjourned sine die. Immediately after the adjournment of the convention, on the evening of the 10th day of April, 1844, at the call of John F. Gray, M.D., General Secretary elect, the First Session of the American Institute of Homoeopathy was held. Josiah F. Flagg, M.D., of Boston, Mass., was elected President, and A. Gerrold Hull, M.D., of New York City, Provisional Secretary. OFFICERS OF THE INSTITUTE, FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO THE PRESENT DATE. FIRST SESSION. (Held at New York City, April 10th, 1844.) JOSIAH F. FLAGG, M.D., of Boston, Mass., President. JOHN F. GRAY, M.D., of New York City, General Secretary. A. GERROLD HULL, M.D., of New York City, Provisional Secretary. S. R. KIRBY, M.D., of New York City, Treasurer. SECOND SESSION. (Held at New York City, May 14th, 1845.) JACOB JEANES, M.D., of Philadelphia, Pa., President. EDWARD BAYARD, M.D., of New York City, General Secretary. R. A. SNOW, M.D., of New York City, Provisional Secretary. S. R. KIRBY, M.D., of New York City, Treasurer. THIRD SESSION. (Held at Philadelphia, Pa., May 13th, 1846.) S. R. KIRBY, M.D., of New York City, President. EDWARD BAYARD, M.D., of New York City, General Secretary. R. A. SNOW, M.D., of New York City, Provisional Secretary. S. R. KIRBY, M.D., of New York City, Treasurer. FOURTH SESSION. (Held at Boston, Mass., June 9th, 1847.) F. R. MCMANUS, M.D., of Baltimore, Md., President. EDWARD BAYARD, M.D., of New York City, General Secretary. R. A. SNOW, M.D., of New York City, Provisional Secretary. S. R. KIRBY, M.D., of New York City, Treasurer. FIFTH SESSION. (Held at New York City, June 14th, 1848.) WALTER WILLIAMSON, M.D., of Philadelphia, Pa., President. EDWARD BAYARD, M.D., of New York City, General Secretary. R. A. SNOW, M.D., of New York City, Provisional Secretary. S. R. KIRBY, M.D., of New York City, Treasurer. SIXTH SESSION. (Held at Philadelphia, Pa., June 13th, 1849.) SAMUEL GREGG, M.D., of Boston, Mass., President. ALVIN E. SMALL, M.D., of Philadelphia, Pa., General Secretary. WILLIAM P. ESREY, M.D., of Philadelphia, Pa., Provisional Secretary. S. R. KIRBY, M.D., of New York City, Treasurer. SEVENTH SESSION. (Held at Albany, N. Y., June 12th, 1850.) EDWARD BAYARD, M.D., of New York City, President. retary. S. R. KIRBY, M.D., of New York City, Treasurer. EIGHTH SESSION. (Held at New Haven, Conn., June 11th, 1851.) WILLIAM E. PAYNE, M.D., of Bath, Me., President. G. W. SWAZEY, M.D., of Springfield, Mass., General Secretary. CHARLES C. FOOTE, M.D., of New Haven, Conn., Provisional Secretary. S. R. KIRBY, M.D., of New York City, Treasurer. NINTH SESSION. (Held at Baltimore, Md., May 19th, 1852.) ELIAL T. FOOTE, M.D., of New Haven, Conn., President. WILLIAM A. GARDINER, M.D., of Philadelphia, Pa., General Secretary. S. S. GUY, M.D., of Brooklyn, N. Y., Provisional Secretary. S. R. KIRBY, M.D., of New York City, Treasurer. TENTH SESSION. (Held at Cleveland, Ohio, June 8th, 1853.) RICHARD GARDINER, M.D., of Philadelphia, Pa., President. WILLIAM A. GARDINER, M.D., of Philadelphia, Pa., General Secretary. S. S. GUY, M.D., of Brooklyn, N. Y., Provisional Secretary. S. R. KIRBY, M.D., of New York City, Treasurer. ELEVENTH SESSION. (Held at Albany, N. Y., June 7th, 1854.) LYMAN CLARY, M.D., of Syracuse, N. Y., President. S. S. GUY, M.D., of Brooklyn, N. Y., General Secretary. J. REDMAN COXE, JR., M.D., of Philadelphia, Pa., Provisional Secretary. A. S. BALL, M.D., of New York City, Treasurer. TWELFTH SESSION. (Held at Buffalo, N. Y., June 6th, 1855.) C. H. SKIFF, M.D., of New Haven, Conn., President. THIRTEENTH SESSION. (Held at Washington, D. C., June 4th, 1856.) G. W. SWAZEY, M.D., of Springfield, Mass., President. |