Excerpt from Transactions of the Twenty-Seventh Anniversary Meeting, of the Illinois State Medical Society: Held in the City of Chicago, May 15, 16 and 17, 1877 Proceedings, Add1ess of Dr. J. N. H de, Response of Dr. J. L. Hite, Call of the Standing Committee, Who are Permanent Members, Address of the President Dr. T. D. Fitch, Dr. J. W. Freer, Death of, Dr. G. G. Goll, Death of, State Board of Health, Report on, Report on Practical Medicine, by Dr N S. Read, Empyemia, Improved Method of Operating, by Dr. E. F. Ingals, Contagious and Infectious Diseases, by Dr. E R. Willard, by Dr. A. Hard, by Dr. D. E. Foote, by Dr. J. P. Mathews. 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.