general subject in the surgical section, papers by Drs. C. E. Sawyer, of Marion, O., on physical measures and mechanical appliances in the treatment, and J. L. Hanchett, of Sioux City, on the treatment of large scrotal hernia by the implantation of wire or silk gut

mats.

In the eye, ear and throat section downstairs, Dr. Hayes C. French, of San Francisco, read a paper on "The Optician Against the Oculist, Ethically and Commercially," in which he considered the optician more in place as an artisan and merchant than a scientist, and recommended as a remedy for the evil the filling by oculists of their own prescriptions, dealing with the wholesale manufacturers directly.

The necessity of good vision in railway and marine service employees was handled by Dr. F. Park Lewis, of Buffalo. He very exhaustively went into the subject of color-blindness, and told what is being done by this and other countries and Massachusetts, Ohio and Alabama in the way of government detection of this defect of vision.

The section in sanitary science during the afternoon proved to be of more than usual interest because of the important questions under discussion. Dr. Edward B. Hooker, of Hartford, Conn., the chairman, strongly advocated the passage by Congress of a bill establishing a national Board of Health, and the contagiousness of various diseases was dwelt upon for three solid hours. The topic was "The Powers of Limitations of Boards of Health with Respect to Contagious Diseases."

The yellow fever and cholera phases of the question were discussed in a paper by Dr. Henry R. Stout, of Jacksonville, Fla.

The national Board of Health idea also found advocates in Drs. Sarah J. Millsop, Pemberton Dudley, Charles E. Fisher and others, including Dr. McCleland, of Pittsburg.

Then came up the question of the contagiousness of tuberculosis. Dr. A. R. Wright, of Buffalo, was very skeptical as to the supposed contagiousness of consumption. He could show malaria. germs as well as germs of tuberculosis, and it would be difficult to prove either of them contagious.

Tuesday, June 28.-The business session presented no matters of great importance.

The section in gynæcology occupied the amphitheatre after the business session, Dr. Sheldon Leavitt, of Chicago, presiding. Papers were read by Drs. W. E. Green, of Little Rock, Ark.; O. S. Kunnels, of Indianapolis, and others.

The section in pædology, presided over by Dr. J. P. Cobb, of Chicago, presented papers by Dr. J. W. Le Seuer, Batavia, N. Y.; Dr. B. F. Bailey, of Lincoln, Neb.; Dr. P. J. Montgomery, of Council Bluffs; Dr. A. M. Linn, of Des Moines; Dr. T. F. H. Spreng, of Sioux City, and Dr. P. E. Friem, of Manchester, Pa.

The section in obstetrics took up the evening. Those who had papers on various branches of this subject were Dr. L. L. Danforth, of New York, the chairman, and Drs. C. B. Kinyon, of Ann Arbor,

Mich.; A. W. Blunt, of Clinton, Ia.; C. A. Weirick, of Chicago; Henry E. Spalding, of Boston; W. H. Hanchett, of Omaha, and Amelia Burroughs, of Boston. This completes the sectional work. During the proceedings a list of standing committees was announced for the year as follows:

Organization.-Drs. T. Franklin Smith, of New York; Sarah J. Allen, of Charlotte, Mich.; H. C. Aldrich, of Minneapolis; W. T. Talbot, of Boston, and J. W. Anderson, of Denver.

Medical Literature.-Drs. W. C. Goodno, of Philadelphia; S. C. Delap, of Kansas City; H. R. Arndt, of San Diego; A. Wanstall, of Baltimore, and J. P. Rand, of Worcester, Mass.

Medical Education.-Drs. H. T. Biggar, of Cleveland; E. C. Price, of Baltimore; E. H. Linnell, of Norwich, Conn.; St. Clair Smith, of New York, and J. A. Rockwell, of Norwich, Conn.

Life Insurance Examiners.-Drs. George B. Peck, of Providence, R. I.; John P. Seward, of New York; Frank Elliott, of Kansas City; John W. Sheldon, of Syracuse, N. Y., and R. M. Richards, of Detroit.

Publication. Drs. T. Y. Kinne, of Paterson, N. J.; H. M. Dearborn and Francis E. Doughty, of New York.

International Bureau.—Drs. J. B. G. Custis, of Washington, D. C.; Stephen H. Knight, of Detroit; Cornelia S. Stetler, of Chicago; Bushrod W. James, of Philadelphia, and G. F. Laidlaw, of New York.

Memorial Services. Drs. S. P. Hedges, of Chicago; H. C. French and C. S. Albertson, of Owego, N. Y.; G. H. Fulford and Sophia Penfield, of Danbury, Conn.

Interstate.-Dr. W. H. Hanchett, of Omaha, chairman.

Press. Drs. W. R. King, of Washington; J. T. Cook, of Buffalo; Lizzie G. Gutherz, of St. Louis; D. A. Foote, of Omaha, and W. W. Stafford, of Chicago.

Transportation.-Drs. J. B. Garrison, of New York; D. A. Strickler, of Denver; W. H. Hanchett and O. S. Wood, of Omaha; E. R. Fiske, of Brooklyn, and P. E. Triem, of Manchester, Pa. Resolutions. Drs. J. S. Mitchell, of Chicago; W. D. Foster. of Kansas City; Mary Branson, of Philadelphia; A. P. Williamson, of Minneapolis, and J. T. Greenleaf, of Oswego, N. Y.

Also a committee to change the arrangement of the programme in accordance with a general desire so as to hold the attendance better from beginning to end of the annual conventions. This committee consists of Drs. Daniel A. MacLachlan, of Detroit; C. E. Walton, of Cincinnati; T. Franklin Smith, of New York; Charles E. Gatchell, and J. S. Mitchell, of Chicago, and George B. Peck, of Providence, R. I.

Wednesday morning, June 29, was devoted to the consideration of various resolutions and votes of thanks, after which the fiftyfourth session of the American Institute of Homœopathy adjourned

sine die.

CONDUCTED BY

WILLIAM S. PEARSALL, M.D.

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The Vermont Homoeopathic Medical Society. The fortyeighth annual meeting of the Vermont Homœopathic Medical Society was held in Montpelier, May 18 and 19, 1898. The meeting was called to order by President A. F. Moore. Three new members were elected, Dr. G. G. Hall, of South Woodbury; Dr. J. H. Darby, of Lunenburg, and Dr. H. B. Denman, of Powlet. The society was pleased to welcome Dr. W. B. French as delegate from the Massachusetts Homoeopathic Medical Society.

The report of the secretary showed a membership of fifty-three. The treasurer reported fifty-seven dollars in the treasury.

The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, W. H. Weeks; vice-president, Edward Kirkland; secretary, George I. Forbes; treasurer, H. S. Boardman; censors, E. B. Whittaker, W. F. Minard, F. E. Steele; auditors, E. E. Whitaker, D. C. Noble, F. J. Gale; delegates to Am. Inst. Hom., C. A. Geele, two years; G. E. E. Sparhawk, four years; Maine, E. E. Whittaker; New Hampshire, J. F. Shattuck; Massachusetts, D. C. Noble; Rhode Island, F. J. Gale; Connecticut, C. L. Bailey; New York, Sam Sparhawk.

The president, vice-president, and secretary were appointed a committee to revise the constitution and by-laws.

The following rule governing the action of the censors was adopted:

A candidate for license must appear before the board at the annual or semi-annual session of the society, in person, with diploma from college he graduated from, and if not in possession of diploma, must pass such examination as the censors may propose. If unable to be present at either the annual or semi-annual meeting, he must notify some member of the board, when they will make arrangements to meet him at some point, and he must bear whatever expense may be incurred on account of such meeting. All applicants not graduates of a homoeopathic college shall be examined in homœopathic materia medica and therapeutics, when, if their examination is satisfactory, they shall be granted licenses.

During the meeting the following papers were read: 1. "Fracture of Tibia and Fibula; a Case." C. M. Marstin, Rutland; discussion: N. L. Dow. 2. "Heredity," Mary E. Partridge, Bennington; discussion: I. H. Fiske. 3. "Homœopathy and Practical Points in Ob

stetrics," F. H. Davis, Lyndonville; discussion: O. A. Gee. 4. "Pleuritic Effusions in Children," Edward Kirkland, Bellows Falls. 5. "Vibrations and Homœopathy," G. G. Hall, South Woodbury; discussion: James Haylett. 6. "Hypnotism," Sam Sparhawk, Burlington: discussion: H. J. Hazelton. 7. "Scrofulous Children," W. E. Locke, Corinth; discussion: A. C. Norton. 8. "Something in a Sanitary Way," A. S. Murray, Fair Haven. 9. "An Inverted Gravid Uterus," F. E. Steele, Gaysville; discussion: W. B. Mayo. 10. "New Remedies in Tuberculosis," A. F. Moore, North Shrewsbury: discussion: Adam Kilmer. 11. “The Stomach: Some of Its Uses and Abuses," S. H. Sparhawk, St. Johnsbury; discussion: A. C. Norton. 12. "Homœopathists vs. the Insurance Companies," C. L. Bailey, Danville; discussion: M. D. Smith. 13. "Suggestive Therapeutics," C. M. Marstin, Rutland; discussion: Henry Tucker. 14. "A Case of Renal Calculi," D. C. Noble, Middlebury; discussion: E. B. Whittaker. 15. "A Plea for the Appendix," É. E. Whittaker, Newport; discussion: W. F. Minard. 16. "Some Thoughts in Making a Homœopathic Prescription," H. A. Roberts, Brattleboro: discussion: J. F. Shattuck. 17. "Belladonna," S. S. Martin, East Hardwick; discussion: M. L. Scott. 18. "Should Sexual Physiology be Taught in Our Public Schools?" F. J. Gale, East Calais; discussion: J. M. Van Deusen. 19. "Two Cases of Uræmic Convulsions at Seventh Month, with Treatment," C. A. Gale, Rutland; discussion: W. H. Weeks. 20. "Advantages of Homoeopathic Treatment of Domestic Animals," W. T. Pike, Bellows Falls.

The semi-annual meeting will be held in Rutland in October. GEORGE I. FORBES, Secretary.

Burlington, Vt.

GEORGE W. SAMUEL, M. D., Nashville, Tenn., says: "I had a case of a man who had been drinking heavily for several days. I prescribed Celerina in tablespoonful doses, every three hours, and in a short time he was in good shape again. I also used it in a case of neuralgia, in the following formula:

M

R Celerina....

Quinia Sulph..

Sig. Teaspoonful every four hours.

8 ounces 60 grains

"It acted like a charm. In a case of impotency, I used calomel in connection with Celerina, and the patient reports everything standing all right."

The Homoeopathic Medical Society of the County of New York held its regular monthly meeting in the Chapter Room, Carnegie Hall, on Thursday evening, June 9, 1898.

The president, Dr. J. B. Garrison, occupied the chair, and there was a good attendance present.

Dr. H. P. Deady, 171 East Seventy-eighth street, and Dr. Frederick N. Whitehorne, 64 West 129th street, were elected members. The committee on Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Dr. J. Wilford Allen, chairman, presented a practical paper by Dr. George G. Shelton, entitled "The Natrum Salts Comparatively Considered."

Discussion: Dr. H. M. Dearborn-Natrum mur. will cure many conditions when indicated. Not indicated purely from the skin lesion, but will help skin affection when constitutionally indicated. More remedies fail in various forms of eczema than any other skin disease. This is because the constitutional picture is lacking. Natrum mur. is the only natrum I have found of value in eczema. Its range of potential value is also remarkable. Any potency seems efficacious if the remedy is indicated.

Dr. L. L. Danforth-I am very partial to natrum mur. in the treatment of chronic malaria, especially after bad treatment with quinine. The ten o'clock aggravation is its keynote. It acts well in the 6th, 30th and 200th potencies, as I have verified its efficacy in various strengths.

Dr. F. W. Hamlin-There is a remedy to be considered with natrum mur. in headaches, and that is calc. phos. They run along very similar lines of action.

Dr. S. F. Wilcox-When in the Northwest, and malaria was common, a friend, a druggist, cured his case with a spoonful of salt in each shoe.

Dr. T. F. Smith-Natrum mur. is of much value in malarial troubles (long standing case cured, cited), I seldom use less than the 30th, and usually in the 200th, and get better results in the latter strength.

Dr. G. G. Shelton-It has excellent effect upon eye-strain, etc., of girls at puberty. I do use it in high potency, but the popular impression that it only acts in high potency, I do not agree with. I get best results from the 6th. If I ever am tempted to falter in my homoeopathy all I need to do to make my belief solid again is to think of natrum mur., natrum sulph., lycop., and other inert substances. When these inert, common, substances act with such indisputable results, they are the ties that hold me to Homœopthy.

The committee on Pathology and Preventive Medicine, Dr. E. G. Ogden, chairman, presented two papers. The first was "Endometritis," by E. D. Klots, M. D. Discussion: Dr. L. L. Danforth— I have no comments to make upon the histology of this condition, and regret that I cannot speak of the treatment as well as the pathology. Endometritis is often local, and extends no further, at other times we find corporeal metritis. Cervical inflammation is most always due to laceration or gonorrheal infection, but cases may occur from colds, congestions, etc., incidental to menstruation. Í dissent from the writer when he says that membraneous endometritis is only acute, for it may be acute or chronic, and often forms a link between the two. Adenomatous hyperplasia of the endometrium is a most excellent descriptive term, and applies to a most difficult form of disease to deal with-persistent and dangerous.

Dr. E. G. Tuttle-I spoke from the gonorrheal standpoint. Since 1872 it is surprising to see the different views taken by different authors. One claims that 800 out of a 1,000 were due to gonorrhea, or its outcome. Another claims seventy per cent. of sterile women, all so from gonorrheal infection, and fifteen per cent.