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On motion of Dr. J. P. Dake, it was

Resolved, That the privilege be granted to Dr. C. Mohr to publish in his forthcoming memorial volume, the remarks made during this service, those made at a similar service held by the senior members, and the eulogy on Dr. Hering contained in President Dowling's opening address.

THE PRESIDENT: Dr. Mohr is now in order if he has any remarks to make on financial matters connected with this memoir.

DR. MOHR: Mr. President: It is well known to the profession at large, I believe, that it has been part of my pleasant duty to receive as one of the editors of the Memorial Volume to be published, the various contributions made by the profession in honor of Dr. Hering. I rise here to request that the Institute grant the editors the privilege of publishing in that volume whatever may have been said here as a tribute of respect to Dr. Hering's memory. The volume, I wanted to say, will be such as has been described in the circular letter issued to all the members of the homoeopathic profession throughout the United States, and it only requires a very little more money to enable us to put the book into the hands of the printer. We have received some very generous contributions. The amount received up to this date will about pay for the composition of the work we propose to issue. There are many members of the profession who have not contributed, simply because they did not know how much or how little to send. I wish it to be understood that the amount is left to the option of the contributor. The net cost of the book will probably be about two dollars per copy; but I desire to say on behalf of the co-editors, that we will send a copy of the Memorial Volume to every man and woman in the profession, if they are so poor that they cannot contribute more than one cent. I wish to add that if the amount raised is more than sufficient to cover the cost of putting the book into proper shape, whatever may be left over is to be handed to Mrs. Constantine Hering as a present from the homœopathic profession. We don't know what else to do with the money that may be left, and I am not sure but there will be some left. The contributions, if there are any to be made, can be sent either to Dr. Raue or Dr. Knerr, Dr. Hering's son-in-law, or to any of the firm of Boericke & Tafel, or to myself, and I trust that my

hope will be fully realized, and that we can raise more than enough to pay for the cost of this volume. I want to say just one word in respect to some of the papers. Some of the best papers that will be embraced in this Memorial Volume have never been read anywhere, and it has been somewhat of a pleasure to the editors to notice that the most scholarly articles have never been read, nor have they appeared in print, and it is somewhat astonishing, and I think the volume, when published, will show to the world that among the homoeopathic profession we really have some classical scholars.

THE PRESIDENT: I don't think that fact has been doubted by the world for some years past.

DR. H. M. SMITH: Mr. Chairman: I would like to state for the benefit of the profession, that Dr. Hering's library, the most complete homœopathic library in existence, is as Dr. Hering left it. It was Dr. Hering's intention to have given that library to the profession, or placed it where the profession could use it. Dr. Hering's library is particularly rich in German and foreign literature. Some years ago, he said he would, on certain conditions, if others would contribute what they had in the way of homoeopathic contributions, contribute his entire library to the Astor Library in the city of New York. And he authorized me to see the Librarian of that Library, and inquire whether they would accept it, on the condition that it should be placed in an alcove by itself, and not in the medical alcove. The Librarian said that they could not accept it then, as they had no room, but that they would gladly receive it and put it in the medical alcove, but that they could not put it in a homœopathic alcove. They were then adding to the first building of the Library, (the Library is now three times the size that it originally was,) and that in the course of a year they would have an alcove, and would very gladly receive it. Dr. Hering was not a money maker. Dr. Hering never saved anything; he died a poor man. He has not left his family in affluent circumstances, and Mrs. Hering told me not long ago that she would gladly follow out the wishes of her husband, and place that library intact where we all might have the benefit of it, but she was unable to do so. What Dr. Hering desired done, as I under

stand it, was not expressed in his will, and his executors have nothing to do but to convert that representation of money value into cash. Whether that shall be kept intact, whether it is sold at auction, whether three or four valuable works are culled from it, and the rest distributed in auction stores, remains largely with the profession to determine. And my object in addressing you now, Mr. President, is to inquire if some plan cannot be suggested whereby the library of Dr. Hering can be utilized for us and all after us by serving as a nucleus of a homoeopathic library. It can be purchased for three thousand dollars. That does not represent its value, but that is what Mrs. Hering said she would take for it; of course, if she could get no more. I don't think it would bring that at public auction; but I should state that one year ago, I wanted to complete one set, and I went to auction and picked out some copies, about fifteen; the original subscription price was three dollars. It was knocked down to me at three cents a volume, forty-five cents. And that is about the way books of value are slaughtered at book auctions. I move you that this matter of purchasing Dr. Hering's library as a nucleus of a homœopathic library by the physicians of the United States, be referred to a committee of three, to be appointed by the President, to report at the next meeting of the Institute.

DR. J. P. DAKE offered as an amendment, that the committee consist of five members, instead of three.

DR. SMITH accepted the amendment, and the resolution, as amended, was adopted.

THE PRESIDENT appointed as the committee, H. M. Smith, M.D., T. F. Allen, M.D., H. D. Paine, M.D., S. R. Beckwith, M.D., A. R. Thomas, M.D.

DR. H. M. SMITH: I wish to refer to a letter read in accordance with a circular sent out by Dr. Carroll Dunham, in 1875. There are two or three organizations in the United States of Columbia, similar to the Institute of Homœopathy. They sent as delegates to us in 1876, Ignatius Berrier and another gentleman. They were, owing to the detention of the steamer, one or two days too late to meet the Convention. They arrived in Philadelphia after the adjournment. Dr. Dunham saw them and received their credentials.

I do not remember whether those credentials were handed in to the editor of the Proceedings or not. I will read the letter:

"BOGOTA, May 18th, 1881. Most Esteemed Doctor: With the most profound feelings I communicate to you that on the 18th of last April, the death occurred in this city of the most talented and illustrious homoeopathic physician, Dr. Ignatio Berrier, the founder and President of the Institute of Homœopathy of Los Zados Unidas de Columbia. With sentiments of consideration, I subscribe myself, Yours to serve,

I move you, Mr. President, the following:

MICHAEL GALLO."

Resolved, That the American Institute of Homœopathy take cognizance of the death of the President of the sister Society, by the appointment of a committee to draft and send to the officers of that Society an expression of the feelings of this Institute with those resolutions, and that those resolutions, or those sentiments be signed by the President and the General Secretary of the American Institute of Homœopathy.

The motion was seconded and carried.

THE PRESIDENT: The Chair will appoint on that committee, the mover of the resolution, H. M. Smith, M.D., of New York, A. C. Cowperthwaite, M..D, of Iowa, and E. A. Farrington, M.D., of Pennsylvania.

THE PRESIDENT called the attention of the chairmen and members of bureaus to Article VII, Section 7, of the By-Laws, relating to the organization of bureaus and the selection of a special subject upon which to report at the next meeting; and then announced the names of the members of the various bureaus and committees for the ensuing year. (See Bureaus and Committees for 1882.)

I. T. TALBOT M.D., submitted ..e report of the

INTERCOLLEGIATE COMMITTEE.

On motion of Dr. S. R. BECKWITH, that portion of the report of the Intercollegiate Committee relating to the Institution claiming the title of the "Homœopathic Medical College of Missouri" was stricken out, and the report accepted and referred to the Committee of Publication. (See tabular statistics of the Bureau of Organization, Registration and Statistics.)

H. M. SMITH, M.D., submitted a supplementary report of the Bureau of Organization, Registration and Statistics, recommending a change in the By-Laws, establishing a Bureau of Pathology, in accordance with a suggestion in the President's Address. The supplementary report was accepted.

After some informal discussion in regard to the propriety of creating a separate Bureau of Pathology, it was, on motion of Dr. von Gottschalck, seconded by Dr. Morse:

Resolved, That Article VII, Section 1, of the By-Laws, be so amended as to add Pathology to the Bureau of Anatomy and Physiology.

On motion of J. P. Dake, M.D., of Nashville, Tenn., the following preamble and resolution were unanimously adopted:

WHEREAS, The Edinburgh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, in its article upon Homœopathy, has done gross injustice to the new school of medi- · cine; therefore,

Resolved, That J. F. Cooper, M.D., be appointed to bring said act of injustice to the attention of the publishers of the aforesaid Encyclopedia, and to warn the public thereof.

DR. CHARLES MOHR, of Philadelphia, moved the following:

Resolved, That the American Institute of Homœopathy appoint a committee of three to bring to the notice of the publishers of the American reprint of the Encyclopedia Britannica, the gross injustice done to the homeopathic medical profession in the article "Homœopathy," in the original Edinburgh edition, and that they be authorized to request Messrs. J. M. Stoddart & Co. to have the subject Homeopathy" properly treated in the reprint edition, or in the supplemental volume to be issued by them, if no adequate justice can be done in the regular volume containing that article.

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Adopted.

THE PRESIDENT, in compliance with the above resolution, constituted the committee as follows: C. Mohr, M.D., J. C. Morgan, M.D., J. C. Guernsey, M.D.

W. H. WINSLOW, M.D., Pittsburgh, Pa.: Mr. President: I rise to propose the name of Dr. A. Claude, of Paris, France, for corresponding membership in this Institute. Dr. Claude is one of the most distinguished practitioners of our school in Paris. He was thoroughly educated in the French medical schools and hospitals, and early became a convert to homoeopathy. He has long been connected with the staff of St. Jacques' Hospital, is the editor

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