TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

TWENTY-FIRST SESSION

OF THE

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF HOMEOPATHY,

HELD IN ST. LOUIS, JUNE 2, 3, 4, AND 5, 1868.

ALFRED MUDGE AND SON, PRINTERS, 34 SCHOOL STREET,

1869.

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

CONTENTS.

SECTION I.

Proceedings and Miscellaneous Papers.

Officers of the Institute for 1868-9

ART. IX. Proceedings of the Twenty-first Session

Address by T. G. COMSTOCK, M.D.

Election of officers

President's Address. H. D. PAINE, M.D.

Discussion on Delinquent Members

Remarks of DR. JOHN MOORE

Committee on Finance

Report of Committee on Delegates

Members elected

Bureau of Materia Medica

64 "Organization

Report of the Bureau of Materia Medica, Pharmacy and Provings.

ART. V. Lilium tigrinum. WILLIAM E. PAYNE, M.D.

VI. Iris versicolor. CONRAD WESSELHOEFT, M.D.
VII. Ptelea trifoliata. EDWIN M. HALE, M.D.

VIII. History of the Homœopathic Materia Medica. S. B. BARLOW, M.D.

IX. Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacy. W. WILLIAMSON, M.D.

. 189

101

113

SECTION III.

Report of the Bureau of Clinical Medicine and Zymoses.

ART. VI. Therapeutics as related to Pathological Anatomy. P. P. WELLS, M.D.

VII. Suggestions upon Hydrothorax. S. M. CATE, M.D.

VIII. The Epidemic of Yellow Fever at New Orleans in 1867. WM. H. HOL-

COMBE, M.D.

IX. Case of Obstruction of the Bowels. GEO. E. BELCHER, M.D.

X. Tuberculosis with Sound Lungs. DAVID COWLEY, M.D.

XI. Thermometrical Phenomena in Disease. JOHN J. MITCHELL, M.D.

SECTION IV.

Report of the Bureau of Obstetrics.

ART. IV. Report on Obstetrics. HENRY N. GUERNSEY, M.D.'

V. Obstetric Notes. J. H. WOODBURY, M.D.

.

VI. Spasm and Rigidity of the Os Uteri. REUBEN LUDLAM, M.D.
VII. Rupture of the Thoracic Aorta in an Infant. H. H. HOFMANN, M.D.

SECTION V.

Report of the Bureau of Surgery.

ART. IX. Strangulated Femoral Hernia. J. BEAKLEY, M.D.

X. Ligature of the External Iliac Artery. J. BEAKLEY, M.D.

XI. Surgical Operations. G. D. BEEBE, M.D.

XII. Imperforate Anus. E. C. FRANKLIN, M.D.

XIII. Cases from Practice. J. C. MORGAN, M.D.

XIV. Pittsburg Hospital Cases. L. H. WILLARD, M.D.

XV. Surgical Experiences. T. G. COMSTOCK, M.D.

XVI. Caries of the Ankle-Joint. J. H. MCCLELLAND, M.D.

SECTION VI.

Report of the Bureau of Organization, Registration, and Statistics.

Reports of the Bureaus of Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene.

ART. I. Report on Anatomy. T. F. ALLEN, M.D.

II. Report on Physiology. J. H. P. FROST, M.D.

III. The Province and Medical Application of Hygiene. CARROLL DUNHAM,

M.D.

3

8

IV. Atmosphere and Water. N. D. TIRRELL, M.D.
V. Alcohol as a Hygienic Agent. C. W. BOYCE, M.D.
VI. Formation of Sound Teeth. HENRY S. CHASE, M.D.

VII. Shedding of Deciduous Teeth. HENRY S. CHASE, M.D.

SECTION I.

PROCEEDINGS

AND

MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS

OF THE

TWENTY-FIRST SESSION

OF THE

American Institute of Homeopathy.

VOLUME I. NUMBER 2.