Excerpt from Transactions of the Twenty-Third Session of the American Institute of Homeopathy: Held in Chicago, June 7, 8, 9, and 10, 1870 In presenting this volume of Transactions, the Secretary deems it his duty to call the attention of the Institute to the importance of immediate reform in the manner of contributing papers designed for publication. Such papers ought to be fur nished in a completed condition during the annual sessions of the Institute, instead of being announced, withdrawn for revi sion, and then transmitted to the Secretary some time during the ensuing year. One important paper has been lost during the past year in course of transmission; others have reached the Secretary too late for publication in their proper order; while still others have not been furnished at all. Many arrived so late in the year that portions of this volume had to be forced through the press at the rate of fifty pages daily - a speed hardly compatible with editorial accuracy. If the various Bureaus were to report none but completed papers, and to pre sent those during the session, these difficulties would not be encountered, and the volume could be ready for delivery sev eral months sooner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.