Secretary was instructed to date his membership from the year 1876.

D. S. SMITH, M.D., of Chicago: I move, Mr. President, that we now take up the special order of business for this morning's session, which is the selection of a time and place for our next meeting, and the election of officers for the ensuing year.

Seconded by several members.

T. P. WILSON, M.D., of Cincinnati, objected to a consideration of these matters at present. He thought that as the election of officers and selection of a place of meeting had been put down in the order of business for the last day of the session, that order should be adhered to. After some discussion

DR. W. H. WATSON, of Utica, N. Y., moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the order of business had been changed, which was not agreed to.

THE PRESIDENT: We will now proceed to select a place for the next meeting of this Institute.

DR. LEWIS SHERMAN, of Milwaukee, in behalf of the Homoeopathic Medical Society of the State of Wisconsin, invited the Institute to meet in Milwaukee, as he had been instructed by the society to do so, and moved that the Institute meet in that city.

D. S. SMITH, M.D., of Chicago, seconded the motion of Dr. Sherman, and eloquently referred to the claims of the West for the meeting of the Institute.

O. S. RUNNELS, of Indianapolis, invited the Institute to meet in Indianapolis, and insured a warm welcome there.

DR. C. G. HIGBEE, of St. Paul, Minn., on behalf of the Minnesota State Homœopathic Medical Society, invited the Institute to meet at St. Paul.

Dr. W. H. JENNY, of Kansas City, Mo., invited the Institute to meet at that place.

DR. T. J. PATCHEN, of Hot Springs, Ark., advocated the claims of Milwaukee.

DR. D. H. BECKWITH, of Cleveland, spoke warmly in favor of meeting in Indianapolis.

THE SECRETARY: I have in my hands, Mr. President, two communications, inviting the Institute to meet at certain places. One is from the proprietors of the Put-in-Bay House, Put-in-Bay

Island, Lake Erie, and the other from an ex-President of the Institute, Dr. J. J. Youlin, of Jersey City, N. J., inviting us to meet at Long Branch, N. J.

After some discussion, the President put the question as to Put-in-Bay, and it was chosen as the place for the next meeting, and the third Tuesday in June was subsequently selected as the time of meeting.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

The Institute then proceeded to elect officers for the ensuing year, with the following result:

A motion was made to reconsider the vote by which Put-inBay was selected as the place of meeting for the next session of

the Institute.

Not agreed to.

The motion to reconsider was subsequently renewed, and was ruled out of order by the Chair. An appeal from the decision of the Chair was taken, and upon a division of the house the Chair was sustained.

THE PRESIDENT then called for the report and papers of the Bureau of Psychological Medicine, but the consideration of the papers of the bureau was postponed until the next day.

BUREAU OF MICROSCOPY.

C. P. ALLING, M.D., of Dunkirk, N. Y.,

of the bureau, as follows:

presented the papers

Cell Life; by O. P. BAER, M.D., of Richmond, Ind. Histological Elements; by J. D. BUCK, M.D., of Cincinnati, O.

Microscopy of the Blood; by C. P. ALLING, M.D., of Dunkirk, N. Y.

DR. ALLING stated that this was all the papers of the bureau, and that he would not delay the Institute by reading any of them.

On motion, the papers of the bureau were accepted and referred to the Committee of Publication.

The bureau was then declared closed.

C. P. ALLING, M.D., was then elected Chairman of the Bureau of Microscopy for the ensuing year.

THE PRESIDENT announced the construction of a number of bureaus, as reported by their chairmen.

The Institute then adjourned, to meet on Friday morning at eight o'clock.

FOURTH DAY.

THE PRESIDENT called the meeting to order promptly at eight o'clock.

THE SECRETARY presented a letter received from Henry M. Smith, M.D., of New York, chairman of the

BUREAU OF ORGANIZATION, REGISTRATION AND STATISTICS, in which it was stated that that bureau had done nothing during the year, and had, therefore, no special report to make.

On motion, the statement was accepted, and the bureau was continued for the ensuing year.

THE SECRETARY presented an additional paper of the Bureau of Predology, which was accepted and referred to the Committee of Publication.

THE SECRETARY stated that the Board of Censors had no further report to make.

THE SECRETARY presented a brief statement on behalf of the senior members, which was on motion accepted and referred.

THE SECRETARY announced the receipt of a work on Mushrooms as Causes of Disease, by Dr. W. Albert Houpt, of Chemnitz, Saxony, and read the following letter:

"DEAR DOCTOR:

"CHEMNITZ, SAXONY, May 9th, 1877.

"I have forwarded to you to-day, by post, my little work on 'Mushrooms as Causes of Disease,' and would thank you very much if you would be kind enough to hand it to the American Institute of Homœopathy. "With best compliments I remain, dear sir,

"Yours, truly,

"ALBERT W. HOUPT.

"TO DR. R. J. MCCLATCHEY, Philadelphia."

THE SECRETARY then stated that the work of Dr. Houpt was very interesting and valuable, and in reply to a question, said that copies of it could be obtained through Boericke & Tafel. Dr. Houpt, he said, would doubtless be remembered as representing Germany at the World's Homœopathic Convention, in conjunction with his colleague, Dr. Clotar Müller.

On motion, the book of Dr. Houpt was accepted, and the Secretary was directed to signify to Dr. Houpt the thanks of the Institute for his kindly remembrance.

INTERCOLLEGIATE COMMITTEE.

S. LILIENTHAL, M.D., of New York, made a statement in behalf of the Intercollegiate Committee to the effect that although the committee had had no formal meeting, very free and full expressions of opinion had been exchanged between its members. He would report that all were decidedly in favor of a three years

graded course, which should be regarded as the minimum of time necessary for even the rudiments of a medical education, and that practical teaching should receive more attention. In addition to this, the faculties were unanimous in admonishing the profession in regard to accepting students. Send good students and the colleges will make good graduates of them; men fit to practice medicine, to become members of this Institute and to be a credit to a learned profession. This point is of more importance than any other. Let it be seen to that a young man or woman who wishes to enter a physician's office and study medicine has, at least, a good common-school education; more than this will be better, such as a knowledge of Latin and the modern languages, but with this they can get along. Send the colleges good material and it will be well used; but if students are sent who have been too dull and stupid to acquire even a common English education, be assured that they will be dull and stupid still, and if they graduate at all it will only be cum dei gratia. The experience has been that the students who are well educated, who are graduates of literary institutions, are willing and anxious to take the three years' graded course, which is at present not obligatory, and do not consider it too long a time for study; but the "lunkheads" think two years too much, and are willing to get through at any time and in any way, so that they can get a diploma and get off into the field of practice. This is the report of the Intercollegiate Committee-a three years' graded course and good students.

C. G. HIGBEE, M.D., of St. Paul, Minn.: If I understand this report, it is that students shall be required to attend three full courses of lectures before they can graduate. I am decidedly opposed to this plan. There are many students who are welleducated men, and who wish to study and practice medicine, and yet while they are doing so are obliged to work at some trade or other business for support. If these men can pass a satisfactory examination after two courses, or even after one, why not give them a diploma? I would make it obligatory upon them to attend one course, and as many more as their circumstances would permit.

DR. O. B. GAUSE, of Philadelphia: Do I understand Dr.