changeable moods; first joyous, then lachrymose. Epilepsy.

Pulsatilla Lachrymose disposition; yielding and weak; combined with chilly sensation and no thirst. Worse at night. Diminution of pain on pressure. Leucorrhoea.

FAVORITE POTENCIES OF A GERMAN PHYSICIAN.

[Trans. Zeitschrift des Berliner Vereines, by P. W. Shedd.]

The normal potency for the strict Hahnemannian is the 30th centesimal. Lower potencies are the exception and should be well indicated. The height of foolishness is reached, however, when we begin to quarrel over the matter. Should the strife go on a thousand years no benefit would arise therefrom. It is a matter for individual experiment, and not a principle, and wisdom teaches a careful judgment of others. I shall briefly indicate a few of my commonly used potencies.

Aconitum 30th, especially in acute cases, and in migraine, neuralgias; in paralyses, cardiac trobles or diarrhoeas exhibiting the acute Aconite picture, perhaps the lower dil. The distinction, however, that the lower dil. corresponds to sthenic febrile states, the higher to asthenic nervous conditions I consider artificial and impractical.

Ant crud. 6th, digestive tract. In chronic skin troubles I often use the 3x. Aethiops antimonialis 3x I have prescribed with great success in ophthalmias leading to corneal ulceration.

Ant. tart. 6x.

Apis mell. 6x, 12x. It is difficult for me to speak with certitude posologically

Ars. alb. 30th. First effective in the higher dil. The beginner should always begin high and carefully descend. However, in asthma, nephritis, gangrene, the medium or lower dil. may be called for. In typical psoriasis I found only the full allopathic dose of any effect, and doubt its homeopathicity here.

In ulcer of the leg it is one of the most frequently indicated prescriptions, especially in varicose multiparæ. Apparently without cause a little erosion, almost like a cicatrix, with a red areola appears, often near the malleolus. The whole thing seems insignificant, yet the pains are diabolic, especially at night. The physician may say, How can such an insignificant thing cause such pain? This very lack of relation between apparent cause and effect is a strong call for Ars., and Ars. 30th, too.

Ars. 30th also in the ophthalmia of scrofulous children is far more frequently the prescription than the often misused Merc., although Ars. and Merc. corro. are here seemingly difficult to differentiate.

Aurum 30th. The whole scale should be experimented with, but a low dose requires a long period of time to work out its action.

Bar. Carb. 12x, in tonsillar hypertrophy and pharyngeal proliferation. In senile Baryta catarrhs and beginning brain troubles, etc., I use it high.

Bell. 30th. Like Acon. a low dil. aggravates with feverish, excited children. I use Bell. low, 2x, only in gall-stone

colic, and there as palliative, not curative. In asthmatic attacks Bell. 3x has served well, but not so often as to supersede the 30th. I have never seen it of use (as recommended) in carcinoma pains.

Bry. 30th.

Calc. carb. 30th. He who does not know the use of Calc. carb. high does not know his weapon. In Calc. insomnia, in bone affections of children, the 30th is indispensable. Only in proliferative processes in the naso-pharynx do I use the 12x.

Carbo. veg. 30th. Caust. 30th. Cham. 30th.

China 3x, especially in hepatic troubles, with or without gall-stone. I know no better prescription in cholelithiasis than a course of China 3x. Which potency is best for the China prostration I cannot say.

Cimicifuga 30th. Its full specific effects are known only in the high dil. I did not know what a gain Cimicif. was to the Materia Medica until I so used it. Ferrum 6x. Not lower, where homeopathically indicated, and not to be given on the sole indication of "anamia."

Graph. Like Aurum it must be studied low and high. Its specific action in sluggishness of the bowels is best exhibited in the low trit., a grain once or twice a week. In other conditions the 30th.

Hep. sulf. A difficult drug. The rule; give low if pus be formed; give high to abort; is good on paper and of no use in practice. Experiment for yourself.

Ign. 30th. With lower dil. you throw away drug power.

Kali bi. 6x. Kali c. 30th. Lach. 30th. Lyc. 30th.

Merc. The master of Mercury uses all potencies. In oxyuris vermicularis pre

senting a Merc. picture I use the 3x; in lues recent and uncomplicated Merc. corr. 6x, 12x; in chronic affections, in sensitiveness to weather changes, with inclination to catarrh and rheumatism, the 30th.

Nat. mur. 30th.

Nitr. ac. All potencies, generally the 30th. In headaches of mercurialized syphilitics the 6x; in broad condylomata pharyngeal or anal the 2x.

Go from the 30th down

Nux vom. wards to the 3x. If you descend lower do not repeat often. The 3x, 6x are best for Nux vom. gastro-intestinal troubles. Bear in mind, however, here as elsewhere that the 30th is the normal Hahnemannian potency, -the lower should be exceptional.

Puls. 30th, and especially the 30th in chlorosis. Also, in catarrhs, rheumatism, orchitis, etc., use high.

Phos. 30th. Yet in Phos. gastric conditions, especially with bulimia and prostration, and also in acute Phos. diarrhoea the lower dil. serves best, but, -give a dose and wait! With large and repeated doses the worst aggravation may be expected.

Rhus 30th. But in chronic rheumatism without fever the lower dilutions are often required. Sep. 30th.

Sil. 30th. The lower trit. may be called for in bone affections and chronic suppurations. Chlorotic children, with the nervous weakness of Sil., have been often benefited by the 6x.

Stannum 6x. This great prescription in prolapse I use in a dil. prepared from the 6x trit. In the typical Stan. neuralgias the 6x.

Sulf. 30th. He who does not use Sulf. high loses many of its effects, e. g., its wonderful power in continued fevers; also, in hydrocephalus, in A. M. diar

rhoea. But the exclusive high potentists also lose much. In many chronic torpid eruptions the lowest potencies are often indispensable. In the gonorrhoeal stadium calling for Sulf. the low potencies have served best; also, in dropsy of the knee-joint, and in the acquired deafness of scrofulous children. In phthisis Sulf. appears to me seldom indicated.

Thuja 30th. Yet in many neoplasms the whole scale may be called for. In chronic gonorrhoea to guard against its effects on the system I use the 30th at long intervals.

Ver. alb. 6x, 12x.

Zinc. All potencies. If the low alone are used the dose must have time to work.-Dr. Dahlke, in The Chironian.

WORTH REVIEWING.

When patient is hysterical and complains of lump in throat give ignatia.

For placing the hands under the head we may think of arsenicum, bell., platina, gels.

When patient throws or bends head backwards we think of belladonna; also of hepar and hyos.

Platina is indicated when she lies with hands over head and has extreme tenderness of genital organs.

Cina is well indicated when child throws its head backwards from intestinal irritation, on account of worms.

the hands under the head in sleep or when awake give nux vom.

Chamomilla patient sleeps with legs widely apart. Platina the same when the genital organs are so sensitive they cannot be touched (in females).

Pulsatilla is indicated when patient lies with hands on abdomen. When patients demand to lie with their heads low we have arnica, spongia, aconite, hepar sulph.

head turned to A fine cure re

Sulphur patient has one side, so has cina. ported in which a child dropped its head on the left shoulder every day at 4 P. M., which remained in this position until the following morning. Cured with sulphur.

In disease women frequently have the habit of placing their hands over the head in sleep; for this condition several remedies are indicated, the most prominent of which is pulsatilla. When this same condition in occurs vomica is the most prominent. Alumina has a stool of black lumps of blood.

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In secale cornutum the child is very cold, but will not allow the covering to remain on it whilst awake or asleep.

If the child lies on its back it is very weak. For this condition two remedies are best indicated, calcarea and lycopodium. In acute cases belladonna is best. Belladonna is the acute of calcarea. Lycopodium is better indicated in adults than in children.

Uterine hemmorhage after labor has been cured by taking the pillow from under the head, and placing the same under the hips. When only one symptom presents, namely, the profuse hemorrhage, think of belladonna, and secale cor. These have proven most successful, and are now mostly relied upon by lowpotency practitioners.-Amer. Phys.

HINTS.

Hypericum perfor. for mechanical injuries, wounds by nails, or splinters in the feet, needles under the nails, squeezing, hammering of the toes and fingers, especially the tips of the fingers; when the nerves have been lacerated, wounded, torn, with excruciating pains. It prevents lockjaw from wounds in the soles of the feet, or of fingers, and palms of the hands.-Am. Phys.

Clerks who suffer from sore feet from walking much or standing on their feet will find relief in a few doses of Ruta.

If you have any ills from vaccination try Thuja for them.

Malandrinum taken before the operation of vaccination prevents very sore

arms.

Ignatia, according to Dr. Spencer, is one of our best remedies for skin dis

eases.

Where there is abnormal activity of the heart in connection with insomnia Kali carb. is the remedy.

Melilotus is a grand headache remedy, for the congestive species, or the sort that the oculist cannot relieve.

Alumen is specially adapted to cases where the mucous membrane is very dry. It is also a good remedy for the constipation of infants; stools white or greyish.

Eyelids swollen, inflamed and granulated finds a remedy in Apium virus.

Argentum nitricum has proved to be of benefit in cases of nervous dyspepsia. A marked and peculiar symptom of Arnica is "a burning in the brain, though the rest of the body may be cool. -Homeopathic Envoy.

IS MALANDRINUM A MISNOMER? A writer in Medical Counselor asserts that Malandrinum should be called "Greaserinum." He says: Grease in a horse is a disease of the pastern joints and is caused by filth and neglect in

keeping these joints clean, and corresponds to scabies or itch in the human being.

Malanders in a horse is a disease entirely different and is identical with psoriasis in a human being. It is a disease that makes its appearance on the posterior portion of the hock joint or on the anterior portion of the knee-joint, less frequently on the four legs together. An acrid humor is secreted from the swelling, eating away the hair, forming scurfs and rhagades, and causing lameness of the affected limb. Let any physician read a description of psoriasis and read elbow instead of knee, and knee instead of hock and he can describe one as well as the other. Now do the same with itch and grease, changing the space heel for the space between the fingers and it will suggest that Malandrinum ought to be called Greaserinum. Is this correct?-The Medical Advance.

ALLOPATHY AND THE BABIES. We scissor the following from a modern up-to-date "regular" journal. It is on the "Treatment of Summer Diarrhoea of Infants."

"Second-Eliminate the irritating intestinal contents. For this use one-tenth grain doses of calomel, repeated every fifteen minutes, for eight or twenty doses, if vomiting is present. If not, a single dose of castor oil is better."

"It makes no difference if the child's bowel has been locked up by the use of a neighbor's favorite cholera mixture, the indication is the same; clear out the contents of the bowel."

Think of an infant swallowing 8 to 20 doses of calomel inside of 24 hours!

No wonder the babies thrive under old-fashioned Homeopathy, if that is the treatment of "scientific medicine," for they could not thrive under such dosage as given above, which would stagger a strong man.-Homeopathic Envoy.

HARMONY OF ACTION.

Harmony of action and a complete understanding of needs and workings of the hospital upon the part of the medical staff and the board of trustees is absolutely essential to success. If not too large, it is well to invite the medical staff to be present at the board meetings, with the exception, possibly, of the annual meeting, at which the staff is elected. The members of the medical staff should be made to feel perfectly free to express their opinions on any topic relating to the management of the hospital to which their judgment may contribute something of value, with the understanding, of course, that this is simply advisory, and that they are present solely for the purpose of imparting and receiving information such as may be of material benefit. In many hospitals there is complaint that the medical staffs are not as economical as they should be, and in this way the members of the staff may be made acquainted with the fact that economy is necessary, and wastage may be prevented. There are, in fact, many advantages to be had by the hearty co-operation of the medical staff and the board of trustees, and this co-operation cannot be had except through a common knowledge and un

derstanding of all of the conditions.Hospital Record.

"In watching diseases, both in private houses and in public hospitals, the thing which strikes the experienced observer most forcibly is this, that the symptoms or the sufferings generally considered to be inevitable and incident to the disease, are very often not symptoms of the disease at all, but of something quite different-of the want of fresh air or of

light, or of warmth, or of cleanliness, or punctuality and care in the administration of diet, of each or of all of these." -Florence Nightingale.

NEW REMEDY FOR BURNS. Dr. Thierry, of the Paris Charity Hospital, has by happy chance made a discovery which may prove of immense benefit in the treatment of burns. Having been in the habit of using picric acid in solution, as an antiseptic, he found one day, when some sealing wax fell on his hand at a time when it was impregnated with this acid, that he scarcely felt any pain, and the same immunity showed itself when he let a burning match fall on his hand. He has since found that all pains from burning soon cease after bathing the part affected in a solution of this acid.

In view of the fact that Formaldehyde is coming more and more into general use as a disinfectant cases of poisoning from it will become more frequent. We have an easily accessible and reliable antidote in ammonia. It may be given in the form of ammonia water (a few drops well diluted) or the aromatic spirit of Ammonium acetate.