professor of homoeopathy in the department of medicine, and appoint said professor at the same salary as the other professors in this department; and that the State Treasurer shall not pay to the Treasurer of the Board of Regents any part or all of the above tax until the Regents shall have carried into effect this proviso." The Regents were now forced to act, or be deprived of any aid from the Legislature. Accordingly, in the spring of the present year, they passed a resolution to establish a branch of the University at some other point in the State than Ann Arbor, to be called the Michigan School of Homœopathy, and appropriated three thousand dollars towards the erection of buildings; they also appointed Dr. Charles J. Hempel, Professor of Theory and Practice of Homoeopathic Medicine, at a salary of one thousand dollars per annum, to be paid from that date, and also promised another professor, at an equal salary, to be appointed at the opening of the school. They then made a demand on the Auditor-General for his order on the Treasurer for the money voted by the Legislature, which he, after consulting with the Treasurer, refused, on the ground that the law had not been complied with. An application was then made by them to the Supreme Court of the State, asking it to issue a peremptory mandamus to compel the Treasurer to pay over the money, which the court refused, and decided that the law demanded the appointment of a Professor of Homoeopathy in the University at Ann Arbor. At the meeting of the Institute of 1866, the subject of a separate school, which had at that time been suggested by the Regents, was duly canvassed, and the Institute was disposed to accept such a compromise; but, at the last regular meeting at Grand Rapids, the members were very generally opposed to a branch institution distant from Ann Arbor, particularly as the appropriation made by the Regents was ridiculously inadequate for the purpose. It is now intended by the Regents to allow the matter to remain in statu quo until the Legislature meets next winter, when they will ask that body to grant the necessary funds, and give them power to establish a branch institution, with a full board of homoeopathic professors; and it has been stated that they have expressed themselves willing to erect the branch on the University grounds at Ann Arbor, but separate from the allopathic school. It is but justice to the Regents to say that their action has not been prompted by hostility to homœopathy. Most of the members of the present board are homœopathists in faith and practice, and their reason for evading the law has been their solicitude for the welfare of the University. They claim that the rival schools of medicine cannot exist side by side in the same building without a conflict which would be fatal to the welfare of the medical department, which has gained its present popularity by the exertions and under the care of the present professors, and that for that reason the allopathic school has the best right to the University. On the other hand, it is claimed by us that, as the University is a State institution, supported by taxes levied on the allopathic and homoeopathic public alike, it is unjust to force us to pay for a department in the University from which we receive no benefit, and which is inimical to our dearest interests. Nor is the objection of the Regents considered well founded. If the homœopathic professor is allowed to take the place in the medical department to which he is by law entitled, he will attack no one, but will simply teach the theory and practice of homœopa thic medicine to the students, who will be enabled thereby, and by clinical experience, to judge of the merits or demerits of our system; and, if the allopathic doctrines suffer in consequence, it is the misfortune of allopathy, and not the fault of the homoeopathic professor, or of his school of medicine. The members of the Institute feel that they are fighting the battle of the whole homoeopathic profession. This University matter is not simply one of local interest but concerns every homoeopathic physician in this country. We feel that our success is simply a question of time; and, whatever the action of the Legislature may be next winter, we do not intend to reliuquish the struggle, but will agitate the question until we succeed. The officers of the Institute are: J. D. CRAIG, Secretary. C. A. Jefferies, M.D., Ann Arbor, President. C.J.Hempel, M.D., Grand Rapids, Censors. THE HOMEOPATHIC INSTITUTE OF THE STATE OF INDIANA. O. P. Baer, M.D., Wm. Eggert, M.D., Delegates. J. T. Boyd, M.D., The second annual meeting was held in Indianapolis, May 13, 1868. The society is small in numbers, but is composed of good working material, and seems all alive to the work of elevating and advancing the standard of homœopathy in Indiana. It holds two meetings annually, in May and October; interesting papers are read and discussed, and important and difficult cases are reported for consideration. The officers are: O. P. Baer, M.D., Richmond, President. P. M. Leonard, M.D., Fort Wayne, G. H. Stockham, M.D., Lafayette, Vice-Presidents. N. G. Burnham, M.D., Indianapolis, Corresponding Secretary, The fourteenth annual session of the society was held in Chicago, on May 19 and 20, 1868. About fifty members were present, and thirteen new members were added to the society. The meeting was one of the largest, as well as most interesting, which the Association has held, and much business of general interest was transacted. Reports were read upon the following subjects: Anatomy, by J. S. Mitchell, M.D., Chicago. Rights and Duties of Medical Men, by G. D. Beebe, M.D., Chicago. Cholera Prophylaxis, by A. E. Small, M.D., Chicago. Clinical cases, by F. A. Lord, M.D., Chicago. Anatomy of the Knee-joint, by S. B. Parsons, M.D., St. Louis, Mo. Sympathetic relations of the Nervous System, by A. W. Woodward, M.D., Chicago. The following are the officers for the ensuing year: G. D. Beebe, M.D., Chicago, President. O. H. Mann, M.D., Waukegan, W. D. McAffee, M.D., Rockford Vice-Presidents. J. S. Mitchell, M.D., Chicago, Recording Secretary. T. C. Duncan, M.D., Chicago, Corresponding Secretary. L. Pratt, M.D., Wheaton, Treasurer. § VI.-9* James M. Bell, M.D., Delegate. N. G. H. Pulsifer, M.D., Waterville, President. I. S. Hall, M.D., Hallowell, Secretary. This Society, consisting of thirteen members, holds its seasions quarterly. Clinical reports, with discussions, and the everyday experience of the members, form the principal part of the proceedings. Physicians are thus brought together in a social manner; and, from personal relations, feel a deeper interest in each other's success. BOSTON ACADEMY OF HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE. L. D. Packard, M.D., Delegate. H. C. Angell, M.D., Boston, President. The Academy is in its tenth year, and, on the first of January, 1868, numbered sixty members, seven having been added during the previous year. Many of the members reside in the neighboring towns. Its meetings, held on the evenings of the second and fourth Mondays of each month, have had an average attendance of about twenty. Seven papers were prepared by members in the year past, and much valuable information was elicited by the discussions, BRISTOL CO. (MASS.) HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL SOCIETY. H. B. Clarke, M.D., Delegate. George Barrows, M.D., Taunton, President. J. W. Hayward, M.D., Taunton, Secretary. This Society numbers twelve members, including three who |