the twins' house, so they get to see it every once in a while. Sulph. is a little negro, but has plenty of white friends. Sulph. never has done right since he began life, and now, at nine months, is a little old man, skin all drawn and wrinkled and is very apt to have sore little pimples on it, especially around the hair and between the fingers, the scalp is unhealthy and all skin troubles are made worse when Sulph. gets nice and warm in bed. He has an unlimited appetite, but in spite of all he eats does not gain in weight or strength.

There is always trouble in the cabin when the bath tub is brought out, for if there is anything Sulph. does not like it is water; and it really does not do much good to wash him, for he does not show the effects of it. Likely some of his ancestors came from Kentucky, and I am sure that somewhere there is scrofula in the family tree. Sulph. likes to sleep during the day, is so sleepy he can't keep awake then, and consequently does not sleep when good darkies ought to sleep -at night. If he does, it is only cat nap sleeps. Sulph. has bowel troubles of his own, is almost sure to have diarrhoea real early in the morning. (It changes in color and kind like Puls., but, then, that is another story.) While the smell is not so loud as these others, it is more persistent, seems to cling to the person.

The Podo. baby is quite sick from the effects of a bad diarrhoea. What with hot weather, the teeth and the exhaustion of the very frequent, painless, gushing, watery stools, yellow in color, with a mealy sediment mixed with mucus and often blood-streaked, the baby has developed some very bad symptoms that point toward brain irritation. The head rolls from side to side, eyes half closed and almost constantly is heard a pitiable moaning.

However, Podo. is not nearly so sick as is Hellebore. Hellebore has had a severe attack of cholera infantum, but the discharges from the bowels have ceased and the full force of the disease is spent on the brain tissues. The baby lies in a state of stupor, does not notice anything that is going on, the little head is drawn back and is bored into the pillow, rolling from side to side, and every now and then the baby utters a sharp little cry. The forehead is wrinkled from the contraction of the muscles, there is a dark, sooty appearance about the nostrils and one arm has an automatic motion to it; every few minutes it is spasmodically drawn up to the side of the face, and then falls again; the lips likewise are in constant chewing motion. The eyes are rolled back into the head and the lids half closed over them. Of course, from the intense congestion, we will find the head hot, while the body will be rather cold.

Cham. has a brother, Cina by name; if one uses his usual title he will be called Santonine. Cina is an unsatisfactory child; his most prominent characteristic, mentally speaking, is peevishness. He has a pale face, even if he should have fever, with dark circles under the eyes; is hungry all the time, has a hungry, gnawing feeling in his stomach, as if he were nearly starved a short time after he has had a big dinner. His abdomen is hard and swollen and is often the seat of severe colic, which centers about the navel. Nights are not a very happy time for Cina; he tosses about moaning and crying out and frightens his mother by grinding his teeth. There is one other thing that is apt to happen at night and that does not add to his happiness, Sabean odors fill the air and night gown and bedding are soaked. The urine is cloudy and has a

very strong smell. He has a spite at his nose, picks at it all the time, and is a candidate for modern journalism-in that everything he sees looks yellow.

His friend, Ipecac, also has a pale, sickly face, but Ipecac has one trade. mark that is very prominent, i. e., a sharp, drawn line from the nose to the angle of the mouth on either side, and possesses a stomach that will empty itself on the slightest provocation. If you look at Ipecac's tongue, although he is sicker than tongue can tell, you will always find it clean. Anti. crud., on the other hand, has a tongue that could be used for a whitewasher's sign if it were only larger. Anti's stomach is on the hair-spring order also, and he is the possessor of a disposition that puts Cina's even in the shade; he is so cross that he does not want any one even to look at him.-Ernest P. Mills, in Medical Century.

MORE HOMEOPATHY.

A closer adherence to the principles of Homeopathy is the great need of the profession to-day. It is a lamentable fact, that a really good homeopathic prescriber is a rarity. The common practice among homeopaths to-day is the use of crude drugs, plasters,, lotions, etc., with some Homeopathy thrown in. Some throw in a little more than others. Now and then we find a man who knows his Materia Medica so well that he has no need for these adjuvants and occasionally performs cures that seem almost miraculous. Why is it that we cannot be better Homeopaths? Why cannot the "Homeopathic Colleges" perform their duty? At the present time, I can think of but two, possibly three or four colleges who teach Homeopathy as it should be taught. Years ago we began the study of medicine and began in the regular school, as it likes to be called. Finally,

we decided that we would like to know a better way and went to a well-known college who professed to teach Homeopathy.

During the course we had one lecture on the Organon by an ex-professor of the college, who, at the request of the students, delivered the lecture after the usual lecture hours. That is about all we heard of the Organon during the course. The professors were not talking much about it in those days. No particular instruction was given in regard to taking the case, nor was much reference made to the repertory or its use. Those things we had to find out for ourselves afterwards. I purchased a copy of "Boenninghausen's Therapeutic Pocket Book," and for several years have been studying to learn its proper use, and I don't know all about it yet. It, or similar works are of vast importance to the -physician and their use should be taught in every college. As we read of the wonderful cures wrought by Hahnemann, Boenninghausen, Frederick Hahnemann, Hartman, Lippe, Hering, Guernsey and others, we wonder why we so rarely hear of such work to-day. The reason is plain. Homeopathy is not taught today-with a few exceptions-as they taught it, and a horde of graduates are turned loose upon a long-suffering people and remedies are prescribed in a haphazard manner in many cases with little or no confidence that good would result. They were not taught how to select the indicated remedy, what potency to use and how to administer it. They were not informed as to the different measures and the relation they bear to acute and chronic diseases. But they were pitchforked through a so-called course of lectures on Materia Medica, and that to them was Homeopathy. Imagine a graduate of to-day curing locomotor ataxia, tuberculosis or dispersing

tumors with the single indicated remedy. Can they do it? We think not. At least, we do not hear of it. Yet that is what the fathers of Homeopathy did. If we wish to do such work, let us do as Hering did: Study Materia Medica one hour each day. But first let the colleges do their duty or strike out the word "Homeopathic." We need a better study of the Materia Medica. Expert Homeopaths are needed all over the land. From the people comes a cry for the Homeopathy of Hahnemann. Shall they have it?-Geo. R. Connolly, in Medical Century.

STRAMONIUM.

Has a wild delirium equal to that of Belladonna and Hyoscyamus. The high grade of delirium of this remedy (and this is the predominent one) is simply terrible. Singing, laughing, grinning, grimacing, whistling, screaming, praying piteously or swearing hideously, and above all remedies, Loquacious.

Again the patient throws himself into all conceivable shapes corresponding to his changeable delirium crosswise, lengthwise, rolled up like a ball, or stiffened out by turns, and especially repeatedly jerks up head suddenly from the pillow. This condition of things may often be found in brain or cerebral typhoids. It is sometimes difficult to choose between Stramonium and Belladonna in these cases, for both remedies are wildly delirious, both in such cases have very red face, with pale face the exception, both as well as Hysocyamus want to escape, both see animals, images and visions, but there are points of difference after all. Comparing the trio, Belladonna, Hyocyamus and Stramonium, we have:

Hyoscyamus is the most stupid (Opium, Lach.).

Belladonna has most throbbing of carotids (Glonoine).

Stramonium, throws himself about jerking head up from pillow.

Hyoscyamus, twitches, jerks, picks and reaches, otherwise lying pretty still. Belladonna, starts and jumps, especially when falling into sleep.

Belladonna and Stramonium have protruding eyes.

Belladonna and Hyoscyamus, pupils dilated.

Hyoscyamus and Stramonium, staring

eyes.

Other comparisons might and indeed. sometimes must be made in order to make an accurate choice. This rendering applies particularly to the use of these remedies in acute fevers; but with Stramonium especially I have had great success in treating mania of the chronic ferm.

Of course, the same violent symptoms are generally present here, or at least frequently occurring in alternation with the more lucid or quiet intervals. It is particularly in those cases. which take the religious form that I have had the greatest success. The patients will pray night and day, thinking they are eternally lost.

I cured one very bad case of long standing that the allopaths said ought to go to the asylum as an incurable, with the 6th potency, and another with the c. m. I had tried the higher without effect in the first case. Why the c. m. cured one case and the 6th was required for the cure of the other I cannot tell. Both cases were of the religious type, and so far as I could see equally bad cases. In my little work of "Leaders in Typhoid" I have related two cases

There is a condition of the throat calling for Stramonium very much like that of Belladonna. The dryness, burning, constriction and thirst are sometimes intense, but if delirium is present there is fear of water, the sight of which or the attempt to swallow excites constriction or spasms similar to hydrophobia (see Lyssin). This may occur in typhoid or more often in scarlatina, when the skin symptoms are also similar to Belladonna.

In menorrhagia, metrorrhagia or dysmenorrhoea with the mental symptoms Stramonium is invaluable. In very painful coxalgia where abscess forms it has been found very useful, relieving the pain. In convulsions it is indicated particularly when bright light, noise or offer of water to drink excites the spasm. Both Belladonna and Stramonium have convulsions of one, paralysis of the other side of the body.

Stramonium has great fear in the dark. Child is afraid to go to sleep unless there is a light in the room, or it has hold of some one's hand. (See Cannabis Indica.) Stramonium, Hyoscyamus and Phosphorous all have fear of being alone. Stramonium has many

To the Editor:

tress; for instance, sees ghosts, hears voices, sees strangers, etc. One lady that I cured of mania imagined that her legs were "as big as a church;" in short, there is no telling what form these hallucinations may take, but when they "abound" or "their name is legion,' for they are many, we think of Stramonium.

They occur equally after both acute delirium and chronic mania.

In fevers, no matter whether in typhoid, bilious, scarlet, or brain, if these delirious manifestations are are present, and especially if Belladonna has failed, Stramonium will often cure and it follows Belladonna well; a few other characteristics are worth mentioning, such

as

"Awakens with a shrinking look, as if afraid of the first object seen." Very characteristic.

"Painlessness in many complaints (Opium).'

"Head feels scattered about (Baptisia)."

"In typhoid there is sometimes complete suppression of urine."

"Stammering children (Bovista).". E. B. Nash, M. D., in the Chironian.

I have been prompted to write a few words for your excellent journal concerning the few materia medica questions given in the recent censors' examination to the graduating class of the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College.

They introduce to the student and others such a class of remedies so prominently and frequently indicated in ty

phoid fever, that they deserve especial attention and comparison. The questions are as follows:

1. What drug when proven gives the following symptoms?: Face dark red, with a besotted expression, and a stupefying headache, with a confusion of ideas; tongue brown and dry; pulse full and soft; dull aching pains. Remedy: Baptisia.

2. What drug when proven gives the following symptoms?: Mind dull and clouded; incoherent muttering or active delirium; tongue brown and dry with red lips; lips, teeth and tongue covered with sordes; skin clammy; general trembling; debility and prostration; pulse weak and slow; abdomen bloated, frequently involuntary stools and urine. Remedy: Rhus tox.

3. What drug when proven gives the following symptoms?: Extreme prostration; patient stupid and unconscious; sliding down in the bed; picking at flocks; inability to protude the tongue; depression of the lower jaw; turning up of the eyes; involuntary stools and urine. Remedy: Muriatic Acid.

It is pertinent at this point, however, to call your attention to a few points. concerning the study of materia medica, and especially as they apply to the teaching of the subject. Every remedy has its characteristic features, beacon lights if you please. Some stand high above others and can be seen at a great distance and are therefore easily discernible; others are shorter, but serve as valuable assistants in leading to greater ones. Just so in the indications for our remedies. There are symptoms in every remedy which stand high above all others; they are the ones that should be emphasized and made the test of the student's knowledge of that particular remedy. There are secondary or minor symptoms which are valuable aids in selecting the indicated remedy, but they should not be made the supreme test of the student's knowledge of materia medica; they should be considered as contributory evidence.

My purpose is to analyze the symptoms given above, and compare the various remedies which would seem to be indicated to see whether they will comply with the above tests.

The correct answer to the first question, according to the censors, is baptisia.

In baptisia, to my mind, two very important symptoms should exist to make sure and unmistaken the picture which should be propounded to students:

1st. The peculiar nervous symptoms which occur under this remedy, viz. : Tosses about continually; thinks his body is scattered about and tries to get the pieces together.

2nd. The very foul discharges and excretions from the various parts of the body. A picture of this remedy without these symptoms is deficient and misleading as other remedies have the other symptoms in common. For instance, "the dry and brown tongue" occurs under gelsemium, bryonia and others. As the question is stated baptisia would not. be the remedy when critically studied. The baptisia tongue is usually a dry, brown tongue down the middle, with red edges, with the very foul mouth and ulcerated condition of the mucous membrane.

The dark and besotted face occurs under baptisia, but also occurs under gelsemium and opium. Bryonia has a face something like this but is more of a mottled character. The stupefying headache, with a confusion of ideas, are symptoms which occur under a number of remedies but especially under gelsemium and baptisia and bryonia, although the headache of bryonia is more apt to be of a sharp and piercing character.

It seems to me that if one or more of the very prominent symptoms do not occur in a case, more than one remedy may be homeopathic to that condition.

A number of remedies may have similar, not identical, symptoms and either one by its similitude cure the disease. That does not signify, however, that if