Excerpt from Brief Historical Sketch, and Constitution and by-Laws of the Academy of Medicine, of Cincinnati, Ohio: August 1877 Prof. Mussey then proceeded to deliver his Inaugural Address, touching upon what he understood to be the principal Objects to be attained by the establishment of the Acadamy; namely, the investiga tion and discussion of such subjects as vital statistics; public and private hygiene; the adulteration of food, progress of medicine and surgery; condition of the atmosphere in relation to epidemics; original Observations of, disease; the encouragement of medical scholarship; and of making the proceedings of the Academy the basis of public Opinion 011 matters pertaining to medicine. The Dr. Concluded by hoping that a love' of truth would prevail over rivalry and dissension It' was this hope that had induced him to accept the honor that the Acadamy had been pleased to bestow upon him. 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.