J. F. COOPER, M.D., of Allegheny, Pa., was elected Chairman of the Bureau of Obstetrics for the ensuing year.

THE SECRETARY presented the resignation of Robert Faulkner, M.D., of Erie, Pa., which was, on motion, accepted, provided his dues are paid.

REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE.

The Auditing Committee reported that they had examined the accounts and vouchers of the Treasurer and had found them correct; whereupon the report was accepted and the committee discharged.

The Treasurer's Report was then accepted and referred to the Committee of Publication. (See Article LV, Section I.)

F. R. MCMANUS, M.D., Chairman of the Board of Censors, then presented the name of Howard L. Waldo, M.D., of West Troy, N. Y., a graduate by authority of the Regents of the University of the State of New York, as an applicant for membership, with the recommendation that he be elected. It was moved and carried unanimously that he be declared a member of the Institute.

COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL LITERATURE.

THE SECRETARY read the report of the Committee on Medical Literature, prepared by PROFESSOR A. E. SMALL, of Chicago. On motion, the report was accepted and referred to the Committee of Publication.

It was then moved and carried that the report of the committee be at the disposal of the journals, and that they be requested to print it.

J. D. BUCK, M.D., of Cincinnati, Ohio, was elected Chairman of the Bureau of Medical Literature for the ensuing year.

COMMITTEE ON A HOMEOPATHIC DISPENSATORY.

THE SECRETARY stated that the sickness and death of Dr. Dunham had put a stop to the work of the committee, but he was prepared to say that the papers were in a condition of great forwardness, and that probably but little labor would be required

to complete the work which had already been advanced by the exertions of Dr. Dunham. He had received no report from Dr. T. F. Allen, who succeeded to the chairmanship, but it was possible that one might yet come to hand.

On motion, the report of the Secretary was received, and the committee was continued as at present constituted.

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.

THE SECRETARY stated that no report had been received from this committee, of which Dr. Charles N. Bacon, of New York, is chairman, and he was of the opinion that the committee had nothing to report.

On motion, the statement of the Secretary was accepted, and the committee was continued.

THE PRESIDENT: The next business will be the presentation of the report and papers in charge of the

BUREAU OF SURGERY,

of which your President has the honor to be chairman. The papers have been placed in the hands of Dr. L. H. Willard, who will present them and act as chairman of the bureau.

LEWIS H. WILLARD, M.D., of Allegheny, Pa., then announced the following papers:

Excision of the Clavicle; by E. C. FRANKLIN, M.D., of St. Louis.

Diseases and Excisions of the Wrist-joint; by J. G. GILCHRIST, M.D., of Detroit, Mich.

Diseases and Injuries of the Knee-joint, with Excisions; by J. H. MCCLELLAND, M.D., of Pittsburg, Pa.

Dislocations and Fractures of the Scapula; by H. F. BIGGAR, M.D., of Cleveland, O.

Diseases and Excisions of the Shoulder; by N. SCHNEIDER, M.D., of Cleveland, O.

Diseases and Injuries of the Elbow-joint; by L. H. WILLARD, M.D., of Allegheny, Pa.

DR. WILLARD: The papers of Drs. Franklin and Gilchrist

have been printed by the Secretary in accordance with the rules of the Institute, and are here for your inspection; they need not, therefore, be read. The papers by Drs. McClelland, Biggar, Schneider and myself will be read.

DR. H. F. BIGGAR, of Cleveland, O, read his paper on Dislocations and Fractures of the Scapula.

DR. N. SCHNEIDER, of Cleveland, then read his paper on Diseases and Excisions of the Shoulder.

DR. L. H. WILLARD, of Allegheny, followed by reading his paper on Diseases and Injuries of the Elbow-joint; and

DR. J. H. MCCLELLAND, of Pittsburg, read his paper on Diseases and Injuries of the Knee-joint.

On motion of L. E. OBER, M.D., of La Crosse, Wis., the papers of the Bureau of Surgery were accepted and referred to the Committee of Publication.

MEMORIAL SESSION

IN MEMORY OF

CARROLL DUNHAM, M. D.

THE PRESIDENT: Fellow members of the Institute: The hour of noon has now arrived, and the time set apart by your unanimous vote for holding a session in memory of our late beloved President, Carroll Dunham. You will hear the report of the chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, Dr. B. W. James, of Philadelphia.

BUSHROD W. JAMES, M.D., of Philadelphia: Mr. President and Gentlemen: Your committee have felt that they had a very solemn duty to perform, and they have endeavored to fulfil their obligations in that spirit. They have endeavored to embody in the form of a preamble and resolutions, for your consideration,

those sentiments which we know fill all our hearts, and to which our mere words can give but feeble expression:

WHEREAS, Almighty God, in his infinite wisdom, has removed from among us our esteemed fellow-member and late President, and

WHEREAS, We deeply feel the great and irreparable loss of so valuable a colleague and friend, and being desirous of giving expression to this feeling towards one who was so widely and so much beloved, truly honored and implicitly trusted, therefore

Resolved, By the members of the American Institute of Homœopathy, convened in Annual Session at Lake Chautauqua, N Y., this twenty-seventh day of June, 1877, that in the death of CARROLL DUNHAM, M.D., homœopathy throughout the world has suffered a great and grievous loss.

Resolved, That the medical profession has by his decease lost one of its ablest writers and teachers, and the community a noble and consistent benefactor.

Resolved, That we tender to his bereaved family, as a body, our heartfelt sympathy and condolence.

Resolved, That a copy of this preamble and resolutions be transmitted to the family of our departed friend, and published as a part of the transactions of this Institute.

Attest:

BUSHROD W. JAMES, M.D., Philadelphia.
SAMUEL LILIENTHAL, M.D., New York.

R. LUDLAM, M.D., Chicago.

PHILO G. VALENTINE, M.D., St Louis.
E. DARWIN JONES, M.D., Albany, NY.
Committee.

THE PRESIDENT: The members of the Institute have heard the report of the committee; what action will you take on it? A MEMBER: I move the report of the committee be accepted. Agreed to.

THE PRESIDENT: Now, gentlemen, the preamble and resolutions just read are before you; what action will you take on them?

DR. LILIENTHAL: I move their adoption by a rising vote. The preamble and resolutions were then unanimously adopted by the entire assemblage rising to their feet.

DR. B. W. JAMES: Mr. President and Gentlemen: It was considered at the time the hour was fixed for the reception of this report, that opportunity should be given to those who might wish to say a few words expressive of their feeling in the matter. I wish that I had command of language sufficient to express the

pent-up feelings of my heart with regard to Carroll Dunham and his works; but I have not. He was plucked from us by the remorseless hand of death, like a blooming flower in the maturity of its beauty and loveliness. I will leave the matter here now for any who choose to speak.

T. P. WILSON, M.D., of Cincinnati, O.: Mr. President and Gentlemen: It is not for us to mourn over the dead. Knowledge, no less than an enlightened religious faith, shows death to have no sting, and the grave to have no victory. Because we have lived yesterday, and are living to-day, we do know that we shall live to-morrow. It is well for us that we are compelled to pause and gaze upon the faces of our dead, else we might forget that we were once possessors of the past, and that we are heirs of the future. Human life is said to be an inscrutable mystery, but the problem is in so far solved when we are enabled to link to the future that which has been and now is. Just as we behold the roseate spring melting into the warm lap of summer, and the florid summer sobering into the gray tints of autumn, and the luscious autumn at last crumbling to decay in the pitiless arms of winter, so do we behold our infancy hopefully developing into manhood, and manhood ripening into old age, and old age crowned at last with death. I say we behold these things with no touch of sorrow, much less of despair, knowing that to each of these there comes, in God's eternal cycles, another spring that shall wear the diadems of beauty and hope, and whose coronation shall be celebrated with songs and flowers.

Brief as human life is, our career from birth to threescore years and ten is not speedily accomplished. Many suns rise and set, many moons wax and wane before man reaches his maturity. What tireless waitings, what ceaseless care and loved responsibilities are borne by the anxious and devoted mother. How slowly pass the weeks and months before thought and language are born in the infant mind; but truth and beauty are ceaselessly calling him out into ever-broadening spheres. Climbing up and up he reaches maturity, and enters upon a long and even plane of life. Labor and care, heavy responsibilities and heart-burning sorrows, are mingled with bright anticipations and manifold pleasures. At last, through the long march of decades, he presses