and the usual heart stimulants. Decided relief, however, was afforded by Cratagus, and a rapid and apparently permanent cure was established."

SUGAR AS AN OXYTOCIC.-It now appears that common sugar is an oxytocic. Dr. F. H. Pritchard, of Monroeville, Ohio, as published in the January "Clinique," says:

"Several years ago Dr. Bossi, a lecturer on obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Geneva, Italy, recommended the use of sugar in uterine inertia. At that time I tried it in one case, where it seemed to render prompt and satisfactory service. Since then I have employed it now and then with results which were in the main satisfactory, yet such is the force of habit that one turns so readily to the older and oft-trusted quinine as an ecbolic. This we know to be safe, which cannot be said of ergot. Hence it appears from these observations that sugar is actually an ecbolic, especially at the period of expulsion when it is particularly indicated. It may be also given at the beginning to expedite and influence labor favorably. The ease with which sugar may be obtained, and the absence of those dangers attending the use of ergot, render it worthy of trial in these conditions. Let us hear from others on this matter."

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The most fatal form of Bright's Disease is contracted kidney, and in this there is little or no albumen.

Dr. T. J. Gray, of Minneapolis, thoroughly believes in the efficacy of medicinal treatment for appendicitis. In the "Minneapolis Homeopathic Magazine," he says:

"My usual method is to give a dose or two of castor oil, followed by free catharsis from magnesium sulphate, a hot oil pack over the right inguinal region, kept to the point of toleration by the hot rubber bottle, together with the use of the indicated remedy. Bryonia has done me most service."

According to the "Edinburgh Medical Journal" for November, 1899, V. Hoesslin has adopted the following principles in the treatment of corpulency: (1) A purely protoid and fatty di

etry; (2) Stimulation of metabolism by hydrotherapy; (3) Administration of thyroid gland; (4) Increase of oxidation by means of exercise.

Homeopathy.

"What homeopathy has done for others it will do for you. What others have done with homeopathy you can do; the law is for all who can apply it. It will change you from a guesser to a thinker, from a visionary to an oracle, from a romancer to a necromancer. What if it be true that two-thirds of all the sick will get well on nothing if only they have plenty of it. The true work of the physician lies with the other third, who not only need something, but need that something so administered that they will at least have a chance to recover. Homeopathy is especially applicable to this third. Any system of medicine ought to be successful with the self-recovering two thirds. * The modern homeopathic physician is a regular graduate of a legally incorporated college. He believes that the law expressed by "similia similibus curantur" furnishes the surest rule for the selection of drugs in the application to the relief of disease; that the only way to learn the action of drugs upon the human organism is to administer them to persons in health; that the effect of any drug is best observed by administering it singly; that in disease the least amount of a drug necessary to produce the wished-for result is the rational dose. He believes that the adaptation of possible means to possible ends is not inappropriate in the practice of scientific medicine, and that the exclusive use of a high dilution, or tincture dosage, is not essentially characteristic of scientific methods. If he knows less of medicine than his allopathic brother he is but a poor physician, and if he knows not more he is but a very poor homeopath. The more of allopathy he knows the better a homeopath he is; and the more of homeopathy he knows, the less allopathy he will practice.”—Dr. C. E. Walton.

Conducted by E. Jay Clark, M. D.

Dr. Edmund Carleton presents an article in the "Medical Advance" upon an antidote for Carbolic Acid that all should know. He gives the discovery of the antidote as follows:

"One day while making some experiments with the pure acid, an unlucky niovement sent two ounces of it upon my hand. In about two seconds I had it under a stream of water and washed it well, but to no purpose; it became white and numb. There seemed to be no escape from the usual result-desquamation, and slow recovery of the sense of touch. But the odor was persistent and unpleasant. In the belief that it might be `changed thereby, a servant was sent to the kitchen for a cup of cider vinegar. While bathing and rubbing the affected parts with vinegar, what was my amazement to behold a complete restoration of color and function. In five minutes nothing remained in evidence except the modified odor."

He reports one case treated by Dr. C. S. Kinney, at the Middleton Hospital for the Insane, where carbolic acid had been swallowed, when a half cup of vinegar diluted with an equal amount of water was given, followed soon by a second dose, and then some milk, and as soon as the stomach pump could be used the stomach was emptied. The liquid removed had no odor of the acid. The mouth, lips, etc., rapidly regained the normal conditions, and the patient recovered without the development of further symptoms.

"There is one thing noticed of CINCHONA, and that is, in all of its complaints there is a great deal of pain and suffering. There is pain in the limbs which is made worse by touch. A light touch over the seat of pain, will, when the pains have become comparatively quiet, re-establish them. If you touch the seat of pain, it will arouse the pain immediately. This is a peculiar feature worth remembering. Hard pressure, however, relieves. The pain is rending and tearing and aggravated by touch. These pains are

also made worse from a draught of air, or from lifting the covers. For example, take a lady who has been through confinement and has a severe hemorrhage so as to become almost bloodless. These cases are apt to be troubled with pains in the legs that are tearing in character. These cases are exceedingly sensitive to air. They cannot tolerate the least draught of air from an open window, and their pains are made worse from the least touch or handling."-B. L. Hotchkiss in "Hahnemannian Advocate."

EUPHORBIUM was prescribed by the Department Editor, in December, for an erysipleatous condition of the right cheek, following the picking of a spot upon the bridge of the nose. 'The condition had been present, growing worse under nearly two week's allopathic treatment and the use of cuticura and other local. applications. The right cheek was swollen and showed a number of large vesicles in the immediate neighborhood of which the skin was quite red. No aggravations or amelioration were discovered upon careful questioning. The sensation was described as burning. Sleep, digestion, etc., were excellent. One dose of the 200 (no local applications) was given, and the improvement was noticeably rapid. Hahnemann says, "When used in high potencies and in minimal doses, it will accomplish much."

GRAPHITIES is an excellent remedy for the chronic tendency of erysipelas, especially where there has been an abuse of iodine. There is a tendency of the disease to wander. The skin feels hard and tough. The inflammation is very apt to be on either side of the face, the pains being burning and shooting. Where with these local symptoms you get a peevish, anxious, unhappy patient, whose sleep is full of frightful dreams, forcing him awake and causing him to get up with a naturally unhealthy condition of the skin, Graphities will prevent the return of the disease if not used to the securing of an aggravation.

BRYONIA is an excellent remedy in the beginning of colds, as shown by the following case (one of many). Patient was excited, anxious and cross. Pains all over him. No part of his body but

what pained him all the time, but much worse when he moved or coughed. Headache very severe, especially when he coughed, and then it would seem as if it would split. Complained of such fearful oppression of the chest. Cough was dry and almost continual. Thirst was only occasionally present, and then for a good drink. Cold was about thirty-six hours old. Bry. 200, a small powder, was dissolved in water, and a teaspoonful given every hour until better, and then placebo substituted after the third or fourth dose. His pulse at this time was 120, and temperature 102°. In five hours pulse was 114, temp. 101.4°. He was much improved. No other medicine was given, and on the third day patient was up, and preached on the fourth day as usual.

PULSATILLA m, one dose, relieved a case of aphonia where the condition was marked when in doors, and the lady had no difficulty of talking when out in the cold. There were the other ordinary pulsatilla symptoms present.

RUMEX CRISPUS has proven curative in a number of cases where after a cold there was a continual desire to clear the throat. It has also been a valuable remedy in consumptives where sulphur is ordinarily indicated by the morning diarrhoea, a dry cough with nightly aggravation. In colds it is adapted to where the catarrhal discharge is very profuse and thin, and is followed by a thick, yellowish or whitish, tenacious mucous, almost impossible to blow from the nose or to cough up. It has frequently been prescribed where the discharge was excessive in amount, starting the patients on the road to recovery, and often bringing them back to a normal condition of health without the use of other remedies. Secure the proper start and nature will usually finish the cure for you.