The average man needs some animal food. Our canine teeth tell us that we are omnivorous. It is only the excessive amount of meat in one's diet that produces auto-intoxication.

Dr. Parkhurst: The use of veratrum viride began about forty years ago. It was recommended in high inflammatory conditions as in metritis. Opinions at first varied as to its efficacy. In 1862 it was discussed by the New York Homœopathic Society, and its use discouraged. Since then with more knowledge, there has been a change of opinion.

A bath is both restful and recuperative, if properly given. The external bath is, however, not always possible. I then recommend the use of large quantities of warm water with milk (5 to 1) to be taken internally.

Dr. Searle then closed the discussion. The shaking of milk is very desirable. Its advantage is probably due to the thorough remixture of the cream with the milk, making the milk similar to fresh milk just taken from the cow. Those who cannot take milk, can do so if they are put on an exclusive milk diet. Frequently the protracted use of sulphur will overcome this idiosyncrasy.

The banana should be well ripened before use. The plumper and shorter, the better the banana. Its chemical analysis shows it to possess almost identical composition with milk. It must be a nutritious and valuable food, as it is the most useful article of diet in the tropics. Babies unable to digest casein will digest bananas.

Dr. Wm. H. King of New York then read a paper entitled, "The Bicycle as a Factor in Producing Neurasthenia."

Discussion-Dr. N. Robinson: I consider Dr. King's paper as most valuable and important. Recently I have seen a patient of soft, flabby muscular development, who, on his second ride, took a hard trip of twenty miles. He came into my office with a very rapid, weak pulse, nervously excited and debilitated, breathing with difficulty, and altogether a physical wreck-all due to foolish over-exertion.

Dr. McCune: I consider the bicycle, judiciously used, one of the best things ever used by women. The wheel has done more to reform dress, to encourage exercise and improve health in women that fifty years of preaching by reformers in this line. I consider the wheel a blessing to women, when used very carefully and wisely. Dr. Wm. L. Love then read a paper entitled, "Hysteria." Discussion--Dr. Searle: Did Dr. Love use nux moschata in

this case?

Dr. Love: No, sir.

Dr. Searle: It would repay you to look up that remedy.

A paper by Dr. Darby of Pueblo, Colorado, entitled, "Consumption; a New Classification; How to Apply Surgical Antisepsis," was then read by Dr. T. C. Wiggins.

Discussion-Dr. W. H. King: Ozone is set free by static electricity in small quantities. It tones up the system. Statophoresis,

however, is an impossibility as described in this paper. There is no current in static electricity. The charge does not travel. It does not penetrate the body, but always remains diffused over the surface. It is impossible to make it penetrate: The effect is due to the shock given to the superficial nerves. Statophoresis was first suggested in France several years ago; but it was completely annihilated. at that time. There is no possibility of any such action as the doctor claims in this paper.

The report of the Bureau of Obstetrics was postponed on motion of Dr. Pierron until the next meeting.

E. RODNEY FISKE, Secretary.

Worcester County Society.-The regular quarterly meeting of the Worcester County Homœopathic Medical Society was held at the Y. W. C. A. rooms, Worcester, February 9, 1898.

The meeting was called to order at 10:30 A. M. by the president, Dr. Geo. S. Adams. The records of the last meeting were read and approved. Dr. DeEtte Brownell and Dr. Henry J. Klopp were elected to membership. The name of Dr. J. Emmons Briggs, of Boston, was proposed for membership and referred to the board of censors. The resignations of Dr. J. F. Bothwell and Dr. E. Lindon Mellus were accepted. Dr. Mellus was elected a corresponding member.

The business session being concluded, the meeting was taken in charge by the chairman of the bureau of Materia Medica and Practice, Dr. E. A. Fisher, and the following programme presented:

1. Urinalysis in Albuminuria, Dr. F. T. Harvery, z. Differential Diagnosis of the Various Forms of Bright's Disease, Dr. A. J. Atwood. 3. Functional Albuminuria, Dr. E. D. Fitch. 4. Diet in Albuminuria, Dr. F. P. Glazier. 5. Treatment of Albuminuria by Drugs, Dr. W. H. Bennett. 6. A Discussion of the Ocular Symptoms of Kidney Disease, Dr. E. A. Clarke. 7. A Case of Tuberculosis of the Kidney, Dr. G. F. Forbes. 8. A Case, Dr. E. R. Miller. 9. Diet in Diabetes, Dr. E. A. Jones. 10. Urinalysis in Glycosuria, Dr. E. A. Fisher.

In the free discussion which followed reading of these papers many interesting and helpful points were emphasized. Dr. Cushing reported two cases illustrating the action of phaseolus in renal insufficiency. Dr. Searles, a case of severe albuminuria and dropsy in a child a year and a half old, cured after a few weeks by the use of apis mel. In albuminuria, many drugs had found favor with the different members, among the more frequently used being cuprum arsen., potassium chloride, mercurius, apis, etc. The meeting adjourned at 4 o'clock.

F. R. WARREN, Secretary.

Rhode Island Homeopathic Society. The forty-eighth annual meeting of the Rhode Island Homoeopathic Society was held at the Narragansett Hotel yesterday, commencing at 4:30 P. M. The

exercises of the entire session were under the direction of the retiring president, Dr. T. H. Shipman. William Louis Chapman, M.D., of this city and William Lamson Soule, M.D., of Auburn, were unanimously elected to membership. An amendment to the constitution was adopted permitting those who have been actively engaged in the work of the society for twenty-five years to become honorary members if they so elect. The reports of the Secretary and of the Treasurer showed the affairs of the organization to be in a prosperous condition.

Dr. Shipman having declined to allow his name to be used in connection with a third term, the annual election resulted in the choice of the following officers for the ensuing year, but a single ballot being thrown in each instance: President, Sayer Hasbrouck, M. D., Providence; vice-president, Louis D. Lippitt, M.D., Olneyville; secretary, John H. Bennett, M.D., Pawtucket; treasurer, Mortimer H. Sanger, M.D., Providence; Censors, Drs. H. A. Whitmarsh and Mary D. Moss of Providence and Charles H. Barnard of Centredale.

The scientific session was opened by the annual address of the president, Dr. Shipman, on the "Physiology of the Sexual System." It was a plea for a closer investigation of pertinent natural laws and a broader dissemination of what is already known. Dr. George B. Peck spoke of his institute experiences, refuting thereby most of the charges made against the methods of the American Institute of Homœopathy. His reminiscences were called from observations. made at the last nineteen sessions of that organization. Dr. Henry A. Whitmarsh treated of the examination of the abdomen, reporting illustrative cases and exhibiting pathological specimens. Dr. J. H. Bennett reported on consumption, its treatment with aseptolin, detailing gratifying results from its use in cases. Dr. John P. Rand of Worcester presented a new collection of statistics concerning gall stones, which tended to show their ultimate cause, is constriction of the gall duct. Dr. J. K. Warren, also of Worcester, spoke on the "Surgery of the Gall Bladder." Brief discussions followed each paper. Dr. Asa W. Brown, a member of forty-four years standing, gave brief reminscences of that early time. Among the guests were Drs. J. Emmons Briggs of Boston, George S. Adams, Superintendent of the Westborough Insane Asylum; L. R. Shipman of New London, Conn., and Samuel O. Webster of the Pennsylvania Homoeopathic Medical Society.

THE DISPENSARY BILL.

The following is the bill introduced by Mr. Sullivan and now before the Committee on Public Health of the New York Senate: "An act to amend the state charities law, relating to the licensing and regulation of dispensaries by the State Board of Charities.

"The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

"SECTION I. Article one of chapter five hundred and forty-six of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled "An act relating to State charities, constituting chapter twenty-six of the general laws,' is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following sections:

"SEC. 19. What Is a Dispensary?-for the purposes of this act, a dispensary is declared to be any person, corporation, institution, society, association, or agent whose purpose it is, either independently or in connection with any other purpose, to furnish at any place or places, to persons non-resident therein, either gratuitously or for a compensation determined without reference to the value of the thing furnished, medical or surgical advice or treatment, medicine or apparatus; provided, however, that the moneys used by and for the purposes of said dispensary, shall be derived wholly, or in part, from trust funds, public moneys, or sources other than the individuals constituting said dispensary and the persons actually engaged in the distribution of charities of said dispensary.

"SEC. 20. Licensing of Dispensaries by State Board of Charities.-A license may be issued by the State Board of Charities to a dispensary as provided in this section. An application in writing for such license shall be made to such board in the form and manner prescribed by it. There shall be attached to such application a statement verified by the oath of the applicant, containing such facts as the board may require. If, in the judgment of such board, the statement filed and other evidence submitted in relation to such application indicate that the operation of such dispensary will be for the public benefit, a license shall be issued to the dispensary applying therefor. The form of such license shall be prescribed by the Board. A dispensary shall not enter upon the execution, or continue the prosecution of its purpose unless licensed by the State Board of Charities as provided herein.

"SEC. 21. Rules and Regulations.-The State Board of Charities may make rules and regulations and alter or amend the same, in accordance with which all dispensaries shall furnish and applicants obtain medical or surgical relief, advice, or treatment, medicine, or apparatus. But such rules and regulations shall not, in any case, specify the particular school of medicine in accordance with which a dispensary shall manage or conduct its work, or determine the kind of medical or surgical treatment to be provided by any dis

pensary.

"SEC. 22. Revocation of Licenses.-The State Board of Charities or any of its members may, at any and all times, visit and inspect licensed dispensaries. They may examine all matters in relation to such dispensaries and ascertain how far they are conducted in compliance with this law and the rules and regulations of the board. After due notice to a dispensary and opportunity for it to be heard, the board may, if public interest demands and for just and reasonable cause, revoke a license by an order signed and attested by

the president and secretary of the board. Such order shall state the reason for revoking such license and shall take effect within such time after the service thereof upon the dispensary as the board shall determine.*

"SEC. 23. Drug-store or Tenement-house Not to Be Used by Dispensary; Unlawful Display of Signs.-After the taking effect of this act, no dispensary shall make use of any place commonly known as a drug-store, or any place or building defined by law or by an ordinance of a board of health as a tenement-house; nor after such time shall any person, corporation, institution, society, association, or agent thereof, except a duly licensed dispensary, display or cause to be displayed a sign or any other thing which could directly, or by suggestion, indicate the existence of the equivalent, in purpose and effect, of a dispensary.

"SEC. 2. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act, or any of the rules and regulations made and published under the authority of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars and not more than two hundred and fifty dollars.

"SEC. 3. This act shall take effect October first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight."

EULOGY OF DR. ROBERT N. FLAGG.

We, the members of the Westchester County Homoeopathic Medical Society, at this our first meeting subsequent to the death of our beloved friend and associate, Dr. Robert Newton Flagg, desire to place on record an expression of our sincere grief for our personal and individual loss, as well as for the loss sustained by the society, the profession and the community.

We desire, also, to express to his bereaved family our profoundest sympathy.

It is hereby resolved that the paper read to-day (Jan. 26.) by Dr. R. Oliver Phillips, be adopted as a part of this resolution, and spread upon the minutes, and that it, together with the foregoing, be published in the NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HOMEOPATHY of New York, The Hahnemann Monthly of Philadelphia, The Medical Century of Chicago, and The Yonkers Statesman, and that a copy be sent to Dr. Flagg's family. HORACE G. KEITH, Secretary.

THE EULOGY.

This society meets, to-day, for the first time in its life history, without the cheering presence of a Dr. Flagg, or the question on almost every lip, "Where's Dr. Flagg?" The name itself was a synonym for homoeopathy in Westchester county. The father, Dr. Levi W. Flagg, had been a standard bearer for 40 years. In 1865

*The bill has been amended so as to provide for a review of the board's action by the Supreme Court.