XIII.

RESOLUTIONS.

ADOPTED MAY 14, 1846.

Resolved, That this Institute recommends the formation of local homœopathic societies, on the basis of the Institute.

Resolved, That each local society be recommended to appoint a bureau for the augmentation and improvement of the materia medica, whose duty it shall be to send to the central bureau information in relation to the following topics:

1. The effect which may be observed from the trial of new remedies, whether in health or disease; stating the precise localities of the symptoms, the time of day at which they occur, with all the attending circumstances and conditions.

2. New symptoms, either pathogenetic or curative, of medicines already or not fully tried, which are clearly ascribable to those drugs; with particulars of such cases.

3. Symptoms of remedies which have been most frequently confirmed in practice; also any remarkable coincidence in popular practice, especially in cases of poisoning.

Resolved, That each local society is expected to report itself annually to the Institute.

Resolved, That each member of the Institute be earnestly desired to make trials of drugs upon himself.

ADOPTED JUNE 13, 1850.

Resolved, That candidates hereafter admitted to membership in the Institute, who may have received a diploma from some regu

larly established medical college, or institution legally authorized to confer such degree, shall have the title M.D. affixed to their names in all the publications of the Institute; and all who have not such degree of Doctor of Medicine, but are eligible to membership according to the seventh article of the by-laws, shall have prefixed the title of Dr.; and the Board of Censors are hereby instructed so to report their names to the Institute.

Resolved, That, in the opinion of this Institute, all methods of arriving at the curative properties of a drug, except by means of its pathogenetic effects, are uncertain.

ADOPTED JUNE 12, 1851.

Resolved, that this Institute consider it the duty of every member to make some written communication at every annual meeting upon some matter pertaining to the general interests of homœopathy.

Resolved, That members of the Institute who may change their place of residence are hereby requested to give notice of such change to the General Secretary.

Resolved, That individuals proposing to become members of the Institute shall subscribe their names, if present, or, if absent, the Secretary to be authorized to add such names and place of residence, to the Constitution and By-laws, previous to receiving the certificate of membership.

ADOPTED JUNE 8, 1853.

Resolved, That the members of the Institute who shall sign the certificate of an applicant for membership shall state upon the certificate the name of the medical college at which such applicant shall have graduated.

ADOPTED JUNE 8, 1854.

Resolved, That all committees appointed to report on scientific subjects, failing to report within one year after their appointment, shall be discontinued, except by a vote of two-thirds of the members present.

Resolved, That we regard the homœopathic law as co-extensive with disease, and that a resort to any other medicinal means than those pointed out by the law, similia similibus, is the result, in part, of the incompleteness of our materia medica, but mainly the result of a want of sufficient knowledge on the part of the physi

cian of those remedies already possessed by our school; and not of an insufficiency of the homœopathic law.

Resolved, That the pharmaceutists of the homœopathic school be recommended to use, in the preparation of drugs by trituration, the proportion of ten grains of the drug to ninety grains of sugar of milk; and, for the sake of uniformity, to retain the numerical designation adopted by Hahnemann, and continued by the majority of homœopathic physicians.

ADOPTED JUNE 7, 1855.

Resolved, That the Institute cannot view the advertising of remedies as nostrums, or the combining of several medicines in one prescription, in any other light than as irregular practice, and subversive of the best interests of homœopathy; and that we will not tolerate in our membership one guilty of such practice.

ADOPTED JUNE 5, 1856.

Resolved, That the Proceedings of the Institute, published by the General Secretary, be withheld from all members of the Institute whose arrearages or dues shall amount to more than two dollars at the next meeting.

Resolved, That, in accordance with the usage and dignity of scientific bodies, which very properly discountenance all extraordinary efforts on the part of the members of such bodies to enhance individual interest, we, as an associated scientific body, will discountenance all like extraordinary efforts on the part of the members of this Institute; and, whenever such cases come to our knowledge well authenticated, we will sever such members from our connection, as no longer worthy of our sympathy and fellowship.

ADOPTED JUNE 4, 1857.

Resolved, That members in good standing who, from advanced age, or from other causes of honorable mention, shall retire from the practice of medicine, may retain membership, and be exempt from the payment of annual dues.

Resolved, That it is the duty of the American Institute of Homœopathy to extend a fostering care to the homœopathic medical colleges of the United States, and exert its influence in direct

ing students of medicine, who are seeking admission to the honors of the profession, to their halls for instruction.

Resolved, That the American Institute of Homœopathy does not necessarily indorse the doctrines contained in the reports of committees by accepting and publishing such reports with the proceedings.

ADOPTED JUNE 3, 1858.

Resolved, That all papers received by the Institute, which are ordered to be placed on file, be referred to the General Secretary, to be used as he may think proper in making up his report of the proceedings of our annual meetings.

ADOPTED JUNE 2, 1859.

Resolved, That, in all publications of the Institute, whenever attenuations, dilutions or potencies are mentioned, the centesimal scale is implied, unless a different scale is expressed.

Resolved, That, in the case of such papers ordered for publication as are objectionable on account of their length, the Publishing Committee may, with the consent of the authors, abbreviate the same, or suspend the publication thereof until otherwise instructed.

Resolved, That, a collection of well-digested clinical facts being of importance to the interests of homeopathy, the members of this Institute are requested to furnish the committees appointed to report on medical subjects with an abstract of such cases of importance, occurring in their experience, as relate to any of those designated subjects; and that the publication of the same is authorized, provided it can be effected without subjecting the Institute to pecuniary responsibility.

ADOPTED JUNE 7, 1866.

Resolved, That members who are three years in arrears, and who do not pay within one year after being so notified by the Treasurer, shall be considered as having forfeited membership, and their names shall be stricken from the list.

Resolved, That, while we approve the establishment of life-insurance companies which make a distinction in favor of the patrons of homœopathy, and, while we desire to encourage such organizations, nevertheless, with a view to impartiality, we hereby forbid the use of the name of the American Institute of Homœopathy in any manner calculated to advertise or promote the interests of one such company in preference to another.

ADOPTED JUNE 7, 1867.

Resolved, That, in the organization of life-insurance companies which discriminate in favor of practical homœopathists, we recognize an important instrumentality, which, by showing the superiority of homœopathic treatment, will contribute to the more rapid adoption of the principles of medical science promulgated by the illustrious Hahnemann; and that, whenever practicable, the members of this Institute will give to such organizations a united and cordial support.

ADOPTED JUNE 5, 1868.

Resolved, That, in the meetings of the Institute, the first business in order, after completion of the annual organization, shall be the presentation of reports of Bureaus and of all other scientific papers; and that the miscellaneous business shall follow the same.