We meet in this Assembly, a voluntar y Parliament of men and women, to study together and to exchange knowledge and thought on works of ever y-day life and usefulness. Our object, to make the present existence better and happier; to inquire, in this particular section of our Congress:—What are the conditions which lead to the pain and penalty of disease; what the means for the removal of those conditions when they are discovered? What are the most ready and convincing methods of making known to the uninform