and earnestly recommend that all such cases be settled by local organizations. The report was unanimously adopted. DR. THOMAS offered the following resolution: Resolved, That our thanks are due to the General Secretary, and the Committee of Publication, for their great labor in preparing, and their good judgment in arranging, as well as the meritorious and excellent taste manifested in the magnificent execution of, the volume of the Transactions of the twentieth session of the American Institute of Homœopathy. Adopted unanimously. HOMEOPATHIC DISPENSATORY. DR. HEMPEL: I would offer the following resolution: Whereas There is great need of such a homoeopathic dispensatory as will meet with the requirements of our advanced science, and the approval of our State and national organizations, and it is understood that Dr. E. A. Lodge, of Detroit, has such a work ready for publication, therefore Resolved, That its proof-sheets be submitted to a committee of one professor from each of the colleges on behalf of this Institute for approval. DR. SMITH, of New York: I would state there has been a call issued by the homoeopathic pharmacies to meet in convention in Philadelphia this month, when the whole matter ought to be arranged. In view of that fact, I move that the resolution be laid over. DR. MORGAN: I move to amend by referring to the Committee on Nomenclature. DR. HEMPEL: I cannot accept the amendment, for this reason: We do not know what report this Committee on Nomenclature may present. The Institute may not accept that report, in which case it would not accomplish what this resolution intends. Dr. Morgan's amendment was lost. The resolution was adopted. DR. SWAZEY offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the thanks of the Institute be presented to the homœopathic physicians of St. Louis for their very liberal entertainment of the Institute during its session; also, to the press of the city for their courtesy; and to all who have contributed to the success of our meeting, or to the value of our proceedings. Adopted unanimously. DR. BAER: I beg leave to present the following resolution: Resolved, That Congress be memorialized in relation to the introduction of homœopathic practice in the army and navy for those who desire it; and the American Institute of Homoeopathy requests the various homœopathic societies in the United States to present petitions accordingly. The resolution was adopted. DR. H. M. SMITH: I move that JOHN MOORE, M.D., of Liverpool, England, be elected a Corresponding Member of this Institute. Motion carried. ADMISSION OF FEMALE PHYSICIANS. DR. SWAZEY: I wish to make a remark or two with reference to the petition for a change in the constitution which was presented last year. It was, of course, expected by certain members that it would be called up. It is due to that very respectable minority whom I represented during our last session that I should take some cognizance of the notice which was given of a proposed change of the constitution. We have been under such a pressure of business that I have, for my own part, been unwilling to urge anything upon the Institute which would give rise to protracted discussion. I have, therefore, refrained from § I.-21 taking up the notice. I now move that it be continued until a future meeting of the Institute. DR. BEEBE: It seems to me that this question ought to be disposed of, rather than have it hanging over our heads for another year. I move that it be indefinitely postponed. The motion to postpone was carried, ayes 20, nays 1. DR. COOKE: Mr. President, I now move that Dr. Swazey be heard. DR. SWAZEY: The course that has been taken will compel me to occupy the time of the Institute two or three minutes more than I would otherwise have done. In the first place, as a somewhat elderly member of the Institute (having been connected with it from the year 1844), I must confess my utter surprise that there are gentlemen who can, in this summary manner, apply the gag in an important matter. in an important matter. I stand here as the representative of what was last year a very respectable minority. I executed their will in the notice which I then gave. The question, by indefinite postponement, has not been decided, and it must come up again; so what has been gained? All I wished was to pass it quietly over until such time as the Institute would deliberate upon it. It will be recollected, Mr. President, that the longest discussion and the closest vote ever known in the Institute was upon this question. It will, as sure as fate, prevail some time. Perhaps my head will have done aching before. that time; but no matter. I am no woman's rights man, but, out of respect to the feelings of many members, I beg leave to offer the following notice: That the third article of the constitution be amended by adding the words "male and female " after the word "others." DR. BEEBE: When we have indefinitely postponed a subject, we cannot go to work again and legislate upon that subject. DR. SWAZEY: This is simply a notice for a change of the constitution, which any member has the privilege of offering. ADJOURNMENT. DR. TALBOT: I move that, when this Institute adjourn, it adjourn to meet in Boston on Wednesday, June 9, 1869. DR. FRANKLIN: I would prefer that the first Wednesday be substituted for the second, for several reasons. The Secretary stated that, for certain local reasons, it would be more convenient and desirable to the physicians of Boston to have the Institute meet on the second Wednesday, rather than the first. DR. DUNCAN: I move as an amendment that the Institute meet in Boston on Tuesday, June 8, 1869, and that it hold four days of session, instead of three. Dr. Duncan's motion was carried. The President then announced the following bureaus and committees for the ensuing year: |