COLLEGE NOTES.

The freshmen are getting bolder and bullier every day. Why, one of them last week, while boxing with an over naive senior dared to objectivize ecchymosis on the graduate's eye. While a vociferous Soph objectivized Tinnitis Aurium upon the ears of another pugilistically veined Senior. Ergasiomaniacs should take alarm of Vessie's remedying two varicoceles with Col. fluor, 6x.

Dr. J. Danforth has cured an acne case of 12 years standing with three opsonic hypodermoclyses only.

To be sure we are sick with the perpetual opening of the hard by hospital. Consequently we have returned the "olive twig" to its trucers and plan to resume our cannonades, if within 48 hours we get no fixed inaugural date.

Dr. Kimmel, when resigning from the treasury-ship was the object of whooping tigers by a platoon of his cofrats and lavishees.

Dr. Biggar, (the senior of course) introduced by the dean with a trio of hear vees entertained the students with an impromptu speech on "Medical Experts.' The lectures interspersed with risibles, a la Biggar, was enjoyed by the Collegians most keenly. This girl

The boys are certainly delighted with Miss Handmacher's return.

has manifested a courage and ambition worthy of a classical dramatist's description.

The "professors emeriti," Brunk, Franklin, Cliffe, Houston, and Keiser held a cadaveric bloodless, surgical clinic. The anat. amphitheater was sardined to its utmost capacity. Being world reknown and fontal chirurgions they all followed the technic of persona sua.

One of the Seniors who volunteered his unsolicited and pious gallantry to a-sick-a-bed nurse without an ukase from nurses principal, was cut short from his cavalierings by a white linnened subhead, the other day.

Whether the executive committee has changed temperament, or whether the senior delegates bewitched them, we know not; sufficient unto us it is that we obtained 25 eagles as a graceful indemnity for the proverbial procrastination of the still "floating" hospital.

Dr. Bishop, one of the leading tocologists of the union, told us blushingly one clinical forenoon that he had sutured a lady's perineum once so justapositionally that even Kelly in whose hand the patient later on fell could not detect any sewing traces.

The seniors, because of their unparalleled brilliancy and distinction were tendered one of the most succulent and most luscious suppers they ever feasted upon during their four years stay in Cleveland. The culprits of this gastronomic bliss were Mrs. and Dr. Carvel, the whilom obstetric lecturer. From the greater curvature of the "bell" up to the orbicularis oris we all extend our appreciation and salivogenic thanks.

Should any of the acting professors have inserted an item in their family badget for a dinner gala to the soon-to-graduate class, please get a move on and interview our president Cliffe, the traveling surgeon. This is your last opportunity to relieve our "all gone epigastrium.''

Dr. Louise Meecher, one of our classmates, a woman of exceptional intellectuality and knowledge, is to entertain her class next week at her picturesque Boulevard home. M. E. TEMCOFF.

LETTER FROM DR. EMERSON.

March 27th, 1909.

DR. N. T. B. NOBLES, Editor CLEVELAND MEDICAL AND SURGICAL REPORTER, Cleveland, Ohio.

My Dear Doctor:-If you think it would be of interest to your readers, I should be pleased to have you mention in your Journal, the fact that Dr. De Witt G. Wilcox, late of Buffalo, is now associated with me in the exclusive practice of surgery and together we will conduct the Emerson Hospital. The experience which both of us have in conducting our respective private hospitals, during the years past, should enable us to give to the profession, the very best private hospital facilities which it is possible to provide; at least, this will be our en

deavor. Dr. Wilcox is also associated with me on the chair of gynecology in the
Boston University.
Yours very truly,
NATHANIEL W. EMERSON.

GET A NEW MEMBER!!

At the Kansas City meeting of the Institute, the Board of Censors was given authority to receive and act upon applications for membership made at any time between the sessions of the Institute. This was so ordered because the Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy is to issue its first number January 1st, 1909, and every member in good standing is to be entitled to a copy. Applicants do not have to wait for a meeting of the Institute to become members but can be admitted at any time by the Board of Censors and they immediately begin to receive the Journal. So hunt up a colleague who is not a member, have him (or her) fill out the application, send it with five dollars to the Chairman of the Board of Censors, Dr. Eldridge C. Price, 1012 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, Md., and he will do the rest. Don't forget this! J. RICHEY HORNER, Secretary.

GREETING FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE.

March 26th, 1909.

Dear Colleague: -The time for the Sixty-Fifth Annual Session of the Institute is near at hand; this is a crucial period for the interests of Homeopathy, especially for our Colleges; some of these require support and strengthening; the Allopaths, through the American Medical Association are using every means to eliminate Similia from the face of the earth. We need the advice and active co-operation of our wisest counsellors; many changes in our policies are pending and must have the approval of the Institute. The Executive Committee has exterted its best endeavors to carry out the instructions given at the last meeting, resulting in legal incorporation; this will demand the formulation and approval of new By-Laws.

The Institute Journal has been established; the contract with the publishers will be presented for your consideration-approval or rejection.

Through the Medical Council, the Committee on New Members and by the use of all the other machinery of the Institute, strenuous efforts are being made to extend the influence of Homeopathy and to encourage our brethren everywhere, especially those who are in isolated places.

The Southern Association has had a great revival at New Orleans; this will certainly redound to the good of the Cause in all quarters of the Union; this association has a great work to do and should receive the help and encouragement of all our brethren everywhere. The peril of our situation can only be met and overcome by organization and the most active work; beginning in the Institute this movement should ramify to each State, County and town in which a Homeopathic physician resides. Now is the time for aggressive, prompt and hearty co-operation which alone can save us from destruction. Come to Detroit and aid in this great work. Fraternally yours,

WM. DAVIS FOSTER, President.

WANTED.-Slightly used instruments and all kinds of office equipment in good condition. Fair prices for reliable goods. Distance no object. Write Henderson, 149 West 23d Street, New York.

The chief causative factors in peripleuritic abscesses are actinomycosis and typhoid osteomyelitis. A careful history as to a previous typhoid and a thorough microscopic examination of the pus should be secured.

Book Reviews.

Manual of Operative Surgery. By H. J. Waring, M. S. M. B. F. R. C. S. Surgeon St. Bartholomew's Hospital and the Metropolitan Hospital, London. Third Edition. Oxford University Press of New York and London.

This book has had a successful run through three editions. Its success is easily understood after even a brief examination of the book's contents. Among the new and striking features in the book is that in the text devoted to the description of an operation or group of allied operations, an account of the main indications for the performance of the operation or operations is given. This is a great advantage to students. A majority of the operations described are upon the living subject. The work is rich in illustrations, there being no less than 521 figures, several of these being in color. The book contains 750 pages. A number of operations which are no longer generally practiced have been related and new ones added.

Manual of Operative Surgery. John F. Binnie, A. M. G. M., Professor of Surgery, Kansas State University. Volume 1. P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1012 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Price $3.50.

This book is devoted to the consideration of operations on the head, neck, nerves, trunk and genito-urinary system. This is the fourth edition which has been revised and enlarged, with 713 illustrations, a number of which are printed in colors. The book is of convenient size, has a flexible cover and is well suited for carrying in one's pocket or bag. We have noted the development of this book with much interest. The author has been able to get much valuable material in a limited space. The chapter on the nervous system has been entirely rewritten and greatly enlarged. That on renal operations has been enlarged and freely illustrated. This is a splendid book and can be read with much profit by the surgical specialist or the general practitioner.

Rademacher's Universal and Organ Remedies. Abridged and translated by A. A. Ramseyer. 104 pages. Cloth $1.00, net postage, 5 cents. Philadelphia.

Boericke & Tafel. 1909.

This interesting little book is full from cover to cover with things every graduate in Homeopathy ought to read. The author, an old time German doctor, was an observing man, who, in 1841 gave in plain, simple language the results of his ripe experience for the advancement of therapeutics. The book teems with hard facts from the practical field of observation. The book is compact, clear and easily understood. It bears the imprint of Herr Anchutz's usual good judgment in mattters homeopathic.

Constipation and Intestinal Obstruction. By Samuel G. Gant, M. D., LL. D., Professor of Diseases of the Rectum and Anus in the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. Octavo of 559 pages, with 250 original illustrations. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1909. Cloth, $6.00 net. Half Morocco. $7.50 net.

Dr. Gant's new book is of the kind that might be expected from so energetic and clever a specialist. It sets a pace as regards original illustrations which will be difficult to outrun. The author is explicit in the details of the surgical procedures he employs. He has had a vast experience in the surgery of the rectum and intestines and is therefore able to write with authority. He does not believe that surgery is a cure-all and is liberal in advocating other means of treating various diseases or disorders of the intestinal tract. This is one of the best books of the year's output to date. Recommended.

Essentials of Bacteriology. By M. V. Ball, M. D., formerly instructor in Bacteriology at the Philadelphia Polyclinic. Sixth Edition, thoroughly revised. 12 mo. volume of 290 pages, with 135 illustrations, some in colors. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1908. Cloth, $1.00 net.

The Saunders question compends are too well known to require an extended notice. The book has gone through six editions. The important subject is taken up and considered in a way that is interesting to read. There is sufficient text to give one a good working idea of Bacteriology.

Obituary.

ISSAC AMBROSE BARBER, M. D.

Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1872; president of the Farmers' and Merchants National Bank of Easton; a member of the state legislature in 1895; and member of congress from the first congressional district of Maryland in 1896; died suddenly at his home in Easton, March 1, from cerebral hemorrhage, aged 57.

DR. PHINEAS SANBORN CONNER, a surgeon of unusual attainment, and a writer and lecturer on surgery of more than national reputation, died suddenly from heart disease, March 26, at the home of his son-in-law in Norwood, a suburb of Cincinnati. A memorial meeting for Dr. Conner was held at the University of Cincinnati, April 1.

JOHN S. A. CABRAL, M. D. Hahnemann Hospital Medical College, San Francisco, 1895; of Centerville, Cal.; for the last four years health officer of Alameda county; died suddenly in Hahnemann Hospital, San Francisco, March 4, from cerebral thrombosis, aged 46.

J. WALTON PENNOCK, M. D. Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, 1880; a veteran of the Civil War; died at his home in Gladstone, Mich., March 12, from paralysis, aged 69.

DANIEL T. STARKEY, M. D. Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1863; died at his home in Newtonville, Mass., March 3, from arteriosclerosis, aged 83. CHARLES LANGDON KINGSBURY, M. D. New York Homeopathic Medical College, 1874; of Boston; died in San Diego, Cal., March 14.

FRANK A. PORTER, M. D. Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, 1887; from 1890 to 1892 physician at the Pottawattomie Reservation; died at his home in Pittsburg, Kan., March 5, aged 53.

SEYMOUR A. JOHNSON, M. D. Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, 1873; died at his home in Kalkaska, Mich., Nov. 5, 1908, from cancer of the face and neck, aged 60.

HOWARD H. CHEYNEY, M. D. Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1875; of Williamsport, Pa.; died in the Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia, March 5, from nephritis, aged 54.

ADAM KILMER, M. D. Homeopathic Medical College of Missouri, St. Louis, 1891; a veteran of the Civil War; died suddenly at his home in Ludlow, Vt., March 3, aged 61.

J. NORMAN DAVIES, M. D. Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, 1891; a member of the visiting staff of the Warren (Pa.) Emergency Hospital; died suddenly at his home in Warren, February 28, from heart disease, aged 38. FRED PEASLEE TAFT, M. D. New York Homeopathic Medical College, New York City, 1892; died at his home in Longmont, Colo., from tuberculosis of the intestines, March 6, aged 37.

ALBERT FRANCIS ROBBINS, M. D. Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1870; of Seely Creek, N. Y.; died at his home February 7, from heart disease, aged 64.

JESSIE C. DICKERSON, M. D. Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College, 1898; died at her home in Muskogee, Okla., March 2, from tuberculosis, aged 29.

GEORGE ANDREW BARROWS, M. D. Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1892; a retired practitioner of Seattle, Wash.; died suddenly at his home, February 16, from heart disease, aged 45.

DR. HOWARD CHEYNEY, Hahnemann Medical College, '75, of Williamsport, in Philadelphia, March 5.

DR. HORACE M. LOGEE, Western Homeopathic College, Cleveland, '63, died in Linesville, February 6, aged 74.

This is the most important matter in connection with the practice of medicine.

There are several things necessary to arrive at a correct conclusion in regard to the remedy. First: A thorough knowledge of the human system, and of the diseases to which it is subject, so as to arrive at a proper conclusion in regard to the diagnosis of the disease. Second: As accurate a knowledge as possible of the pathogenesis of the drugs to be considered. One must know the particular organ or structure toward which the influence of the drug would be directed, the course which such symptoms would take, and the order in which they would appear.

Too much weight must not be given to the pathological condition, but the characteristics of such condition will be manifested by the symptoms present in the case.

Again, too much attention must not be paid to all of the symptoms, for there are many symptoms of but little value, and a very important matter is to distinguish the valuable and characteristic symptoms from those which are unimportant.

One would think that there would be a tendency to divide the profession in two factions by such practice, but when one considers the fact that the valuable symptoms which lead us to diagnose the case by locating the pathological changes are the very ones we rely upon in the selection of the remedy.

While I do not believe it proper to select the remedy merely on account of supposed pathological conditions, one cannot avoid grouping the remedies according to the part affected, or the presumed pathological lesion.

For instance: Pneumonia would direct our attention to a certain number of remedies, such as Aconite, Bryonia, Drosera, Phosphorus, Tartar Emetic, Squilla and Sulphur. These all have an in