THE PRESIDENT: The next business in order will be the report of the COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION, of which Dr. T. S. Verdi, of Washington, is chairman. T. S. VERDI, M.D., of Washington, D. C.: I regret, Mr. President, that I am unable to present a formal written report, but the Committee on Legislation covers so large an area, the whole continent in fact, that it has been impossible for me to gather together the materials for making such a report ; and of all the members of the committee there are but three present, so that it has been out of the question for us to have a satisfactory conference. There are a great many points that I should be glad to see brought to the notice of the Institute. Your committee has been working in every State in the Union where their efforts have been required. There has been and there is going to be a studied effort on the part of the allopathic school to secure such legislation as will give them a superior position and superior power, to the detriment of the homœopathic school; and the greatest amount of energy has been necessary in the past, and will be necessary in the future, to prevent such legislation. I regret to report that in some States the homoeopathic school is either not alive to the importance of defeating such legislation or they are too busily engaged in internal discussions to heed it. In order to secure harmony of action and co-operation in our school under all such circumstances, I issued a circular in behalf of the Committee on Legislation, and sent a copy to every member of the committee and obtained their assent to it. It is out of the question for this Institute to appoint representatives from every State and Territory to make up the Committee on Legislation, or to provide for any emergency that may arise. The plan that has been devised, then, to secure the best action is as follows: The chairman of the Committee on Legislation shall have power to appoint a Committee on Legislation in every State and Territory not represented on the committee, and these appointees in their States or Territories, and the members of the Committee on Legislation of the Institute in their States and Territories, shall have power to appoint county, district or special sub-com mittees to keep the chairman of the Committee on Legislation of the Institute posted as to all legislation and proposed legislation likely to affect the interests of homoeopathy, and to furnish him with all papers and reports of action taken in the matter for and against. By such means, if they are faithfully carried out, active measures can be taken and efforts can be concentrated at any point where an attack is threatened. All members of the Institute, also, are expected to take an active interest in these matters, which affect not only the whole body but individual members as well, and to work harmoniously and vigorously with the members of the committee. That is all I have to say, Mr. President and gentlemen, but I hope it has been sufficient to call the attention of the Institute to this very important subject. On motion, the report of the Committee on Legislation was accepted. T. S. VERDI, M.D., was then elected Chairman of the Committee on Legislation for the ensuing year. COMMITTEE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. DR. L. H. WILLARD, chairman of the committee to which was referred the President's address, reported that the committee recommended the acceptance of the address and its reference to the Committee of Publication. On motion, the report was accepted and the committee discharged, and on further motion, the address was accepted and appropriately referred. The Institute then adjourned, to meet at nine o'clock on Thursday morning. THIRD DAY. The Institute was called to order at nine o'clock, by the President. THE SECRETARY: Mr. President, the Bureau of Gynecology report that they have received the paper of Dr. S. R. Beckwith, of Cincinnati, on Pelvic Cellulitis, which they desire to have received and referred. I move that it be thus disposed of. Agreed to. THE SECRETARY: You will doubtless remember that at the last meeting of the Institute, held in Philadelphia, the question was raised as to whether it was right and proper that the name of Dr. George E. Shipman should be placed on the roll of Senior Members, as was ordered by special vote at the meeting held at Put-in-Bay, he not having been a member of the Institute for twenty-five consecutive years. The matter was referred to a special committee at that time, consisting of Drs. J. P. Dake, of Nashville, Tenn., I. T. Talbot, of Boston, and Henry D. Paine, of New York. No member of this committee is present, and no report has been received from them. On their behalf I would report progress, and move that the committee be continued. Agreed to. HONORARY MEMBERS. THE SECRETARY: Mr. President, at the last meeting of the Institute, held in Philadelphia, the following eminent European physicians were nominated for honorary membership in the Institute, viz.: John J. Drysdale, of Liverpool, England, Richard Hughes, of Brighton, England, and Marques de Nuñez, of Madrid, Spain. These nominations, in accordance with the rules, were laid over for one year, and now come before the Institute for action. I move you, sir, that the gentlemen above-named be declared Honorary Members of the American Institute of Homœopathy, and that they be furnished with a diploma to that effect by the General Secretary. Agreed to unanimously. THE PRESIDENT: We will now go on with the regular order of business. Dr. W. H. Woodyatt, of Chicago, will present the report and papers of the BUREAU OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, OTOLOGY AND LARYNGOLOGY. W. H. WOODYATT, M.D., of Chicago: Mr. President and Members of the Institute: The bureau of which I have the honor to be chairman selected the following subjects: In Ophthalmology, Diseases of the Uveal Tract; in Otology, Chronic Inflammation of the Middle Ear; and in Laryngology, the Influence of Ton sillar Hypertrophy on the Mental and Physical Development of Children. I regret to announce that Dr. Houghton, in the department of otology, and Dr. Whitney, in the department of laryngology, have, on account of sickness, been unable to furnish. their papers. The other papers of the bureau on the subject selected are ready, and will be presented. In addition to these, we have a paper by Dr. C. T. Liebold, of New York, on progressive myopia, which is of sufficient importance to warrant its acceptance and publication in the Transactions. The bureau is satisfied that its papers will be of interest and satisfactory to general practitioners, as care has been taken to avoid the use of technical terms as much as possible. The papers of our bureau are as follows: Irido-cyclitis; by T. P. WILSON, M.D., of Cincinnati. Progressive Myopia in Schools, and its Prevention; by C. TH. LIEBOLD, M.D., of New York. DR. T. P. WILSON read his paper on Irido-cyclitis, exhibiting and explaining a chart giving the anatomy of the parts involved. He was followed by DR. W. A. PHILLIPS, who read his paper on Plastic Iritis, and also demonstrated his subject by chart. DR. GEO. S. NORTON then read his paper on Serous Iritis, and was followed by DR. W. H. WOODYATT, who read his paper on Glaucoma. These papers, and the remaining papers of the bureau, were, on motion, accepted and referred to the Committee of Publication. The bureau was then by vote declared closed, there being no discussion. GEO. S. NORTON, M.D., of New York, was then elected Chairman of the Bureau of Ophthalmology, Otology and Laryngology for the ensuing year. F. R. MCMANUS, M.D., Chairman of the Board of Censors, then made the final report of the Board, by which a number of new members were admitted. (See Complete Report of the Board of Censors.) DR. MCMANUS: Mr. President: At the meeting in Philadelphia last year, one of the applications that came before the Board of Censors was from Dr. L. B. Couch, of Nyack, N. Y. The admission of the applicant was objected to by Dr. Samuel A. Jones, upon the ground that the applicant had been guilty of fraud in issuing a proving of Picric acid. The President, Dr. Carroll Dunham, referred the matter to a special committee, consisting of Drs. B. F. Joslin and Henry D. Paine, of New York, to take testimony and report at this session of the Institute. The Secretary has the report of this committee, and I call upon him to read it. THE SECRETARY then read the following report: TO CARROLL DUNHAM, M.D., PRESIDENT AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF Ho MOEOPATHY: The undersigned, appointed by you a committee to hear charges preferred by S. A. Jones, M.D., against L. B. Couch, M.D., and the replies thereto, report that they fulfilled the duty assigned them, heard the parties in action, and examined papers submitted by them. The charge was "Fraud "in connection with a lethal proving of Picrie acid upon a dog. Dr. Jones presented a paper calling attention to physiological incongruities in the reported effects of the poison, and which made him suspect something wrong. He then detected in two reports of the poisoning incompatibilities on which he based his charge of Fraud." After careful examination of the original papers, it is the judgment of the undersigned that the incompatibilities pointed out are the result of a clerical error. They therefore report that the charge of fraud is not sustained. B. F. JOSLIN, M.D. December 4th, 1876. THE SECRETARY stated that in a conversation with Dr. H. D. Paine, that gentleman stated that Dr. Joslin and himself were of the opinion that Dr. Couch should be elected a member of the Institute, and that by a special vote the Secretary should be directed to date his membership back to 1876 in the list of members, as an act of justice to Dr. Couch. On motion, Dr. L. B. Couch, of Nyack, N. Y., was thereupon elected a member of the Institute, and on further motion, the |