THE HOMOEOPATHICIAN A JOURNAL FOR PURE HOMOEOPATHY

EDITED BY JAMES TYLER KENT, A.M., M.D., and JULIA C. LOOS, M,D., H.M.

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Vol. I JANUARY, 1912 No. 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE and FRONTISPIECE—James Tyler Kent, A.M., M.D. TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY OF HOMOEOPATHICIANS— Bureau of Philosophy of Homoeopathy: Address Preliminary to the Study of Materia Medica...... James Tyler Kent, M.D... 3 Bureau of Materia Medica; Stramonium ...... Fredericka E. Gladwin, M.D... 9 Annual Meeting of 1911...... 11 SCIENCE AND ART OF HOMOEOPATHY— Kent's Repertory an Aid in Applying the Doctrines of Hahnemann..... Julia C.Loos, M.D.. 17 Homoeopathic Nosodes...... Frances D. Bloomingiton, M.D... 22 MATERIA MEDICA— The Proving of Radium Bromide ...... Guy Beckley Stearns, M.D... 27 CLINICAL CASES— Diphtheria ...... H. Henderson Patrick, M.D., Glasgow, Scotland.. 33 Diagnosis versus the Homoeopathic Prescription ...... William Heinrich Schwartz, M.D... 35 EDITORIAL— Greeting—Our Cover Design...... 38 HOMES AND GROUNDS OF HAHNEMANN (Illustrated). BANQUET OF EIGHTH Q, I. CONGRESS AT CONNAUGHT HALL, LONDON, ENGLAND (Illustrated). CURRENT REVIEW— Eighth Quinquennial International Congress of Homoeopathy...... 40 Work of the Field Secretary of the American Institute of Homoeopathy.. 41 COLLEGE STUDENTS...... 43 THE PATIENT'S VIEW— What Homoeopathy Is and Is Not ...... A. H. Arndt, M.D... 44

CONTRIBUTORS FOR FEBRUARY Include James T. Kent, A. Eugene Austin, Fredericka E. Gladwin, R. del Mas, Margaret L. Tyler, of London, and K. N. Banerjee of India, in papers presented at the London Congress and Society of Homoeopathicians.

JAMES TYLER KENT If each one of our readers could sit for a while beside Dr. Kent on the bench in his garden, and have a professional chat with him, it would not take long to learn why he is, today, considered the foremost homoeopath in the world. There is no question regarding the various phases of sickness, Materia Medica study, or application of the prin- ciples of Homoeopathy, that one would wish to have discussed that this scientific student is not prepared to handle, in a rational manner. In 1868, at the age of nineteen years, James Tyler Kent graduated at Madison University, and in 1870 received the degree of A.M. After receiving a medical degree at Bellevue Medical College, he attended two courses of lectures in the Eclectic Medical Institute in Cincinnati, and began practice, accordingly, in St. Louis, in 1874. While thus engaged, he was active, not only in practice, but also as a writer, a member of the National Society, and Professor of Anatomy in the College in St. Louis. It was while thus engaged that he had the oppor- tunity of observing the difference, in procedure and in results, of the Hahnemannian and other methods of study and treatment of the sick. Dr. Phelan cured his wife, and thus led this earnest student to investi- gate the fundamentals of the system by which the result was attained. Thoroughness and directness arc the characteristics of this master mind. In whatever he undertakes, he masters the steps, from the foundation to the pinnacle; and so it proved with Homoeopathy. After relinquishing all connection with the Eclectic system and institutions, he filled the chair of surgery in the consolidated colleges for Homoeo- pathy, in Missouri, until Dr. Uhlemeyer, Professor of Materia Medica, resigned and urged that Dr. Kent assume charge of this department, for which his special adaptation was recognized. Ever since that time, while he taught in St. Louis, in Philadelphia (1890-1899), and in Chicago, his lectures on Materia Medica have been eagerly read in whatever publications they have appeared, presenting the peculiar- ities of each remedy in a most vital form. Recognizing the doctrines of Hahnemann to be revelations of Truth, he loves them devotedly, and, in his clear perception and true teacher's communication of them, he claims only that he is faithful to that which has been demonstrated to be Truth. Thus, this able master and wise physician honors the founder of Homoeopathy, and urges allegiance to his teaching. His latest studies have been in mental derangement. Many cases of pronounced insanity have been restored by him, and incipient cases checked before their friends realized where the disorders would lead. A master in whatever he undertakes, Dr. Kent is always most willing to help others who seek his aid, as teacher, consultant, or pre- scriber. His beneficiaries are to be found in all parts of the United States, and in all countries of the world. His pupils are acknowledged superior in their grasp of Homoeopathy and in prescribing, wherever they are following his instructions. These are most appreciative of his work, and count it a privilege to associate as the Society of Homoeo- pathicians, with Dr. Kent as their leader. J. C. L.

An Address Preliminary to the Study of Homoeopathies

BY JAMES TYLER KENT, A.M., M.D. It is not an easy grade to the pin- they are administered in such a form nacle of pure Homoeopathy, or as that they are diffused throughout it should be admissible to say, to the body, depressing the vital energy Homoeopathy. I know that the state- and ultimating disease forms. Then ment admits that there is a quality of they used coarse forms of crude Homoeopathy prevailing not strictly drugs and now they use the danger- pure, which is so true that argument ous, concentrated forms of deadly opposing it is unnecessary. drugs, and, as much now as then, The condition of medicine leading without law or principle. Then the up to the new system nearly a cen- physician compounded his own medi- tury ago could scarcely be written cines, now the chemist and phar- or spoken of forcibly enough to impress macist prepare the nostrums and in- the mind with the gravity of the situ- form the learned (?) doctor in regard ation, or to portray the injury to the to the fullest particulars and uses, in human race. At that time medicine order that he may be prepared to was in a state of chaos. Hardly can administer these potent concentrates it be said that there was any good in to the dying sick. These new agents it, and, as to its history, it was en- come from the laboratories so rapidly tirely traditional. It was composed of that the druggist can no longer keep powerful and drastic measures, and posted as to the names—much less its only claim to respect was that its the physician as to the properties measures were sure to kill speedily of the medicines he uses. No sooner or to cure lingeringly. These meas- has a flooring of concentrates been ures were bleeding, cupping, leech- threshed out than a new one comes, ing, vomiting, cathartics, sudorifics, so that every year an entire Materia soporifics, etc. Medica, new and clean, is manufac- To what extent has medicine ad- tured for the use of this highly learned vanced? Have the numerous fads profession. and fancies furnished the world with How different is this from the a better system of old medicine than remedies used by the New School! then existed? Is the deadly adminis- Remedies once proved and verified tration of concentrated compounds, stand as a fixture, under the same alkaloids and resinoids a better and specific indications, so long as man safer system? Then, drugs in massive dwells upon the earth and needs aid doses were hurled through, but now for sickness. The remedies discovered (3) 4 SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS by Hahnemann will stand the test of even the pseudo-homoeopath finds experience for the ages to come, as they consolation in the fact that he can have grown stronger by use since their hoodwink a confiding public with discovery. Fifty years have built and these deceptions—they so resemble confirmed the Homoeopathic Materia homoeopathic forms of medication Medica, while the Old School has had from which they were taken. But many new ones, and, like the shifting the simple only are thereby deceived. sands, no man can predict where the For the deceptions practised by next one will come from, nor the pretenders in our own ranks there ending of the one now in use. can be no need of apology. They and Many changes have come over their faults are too well known, this system of traditional medicine. and the causes are: Its adherents, failing, by their meth- First, The increasing demand for ods, to obtain the expected results, the genuine. and jagged by the thorn in the flesh— Second, The comparative infancy Homoeopathy's success—have be- of the new system. taken themselves to profound research, Third, The imperfection of the which has been heralded by mighty machinery of instruction. leaders: Koch, Pasteur and others. Fourth, The imperfection of books. The chaotic jumble now denomi- Fifth, To generalize, want of oppor- nated scientific medicine is a stench tunity, capacity and desire. in the nostrils of rational men, and Allopathy concerns us very little ought to be patented for a modern its way and that of Homoeopathy medical kaleidoscope. Such is the have long since parted. Homoeopathy boasted medicine of experience. has made grand strides. We recog- A microcephalic of Philadelphia nize Hahnemann as a great master, a some years ago offered one hundred loving father and a God-fearing man dollars as a prize for the best essay ex- In 1833 he finished his master- posing the fallacies of Homoeopathy; piece, the ORGANON, of which there so great is the task, he makes a great are many translations, it having gone offer. But how inexpensive it would through five editions, the first of be to secure an essay on the fallacies which appeared in 1810. The growth of traditional medicine! So-called and prosperity of this great system "regular medicine" has made many of medicine have gone on until changes, as silly as they are numerous, thousands of physicians are practis because not based upon law. Its ing it, and colleges, hospitals, dis- votaries speak of progress. What can pensaries and journals are spreading they mean!—with no principles to it to the ends of the civilized world conserve, no law to obey, and only The continued study of the doctrine! speculation to offer as the foremost of this new system is leading to better elephant of the advancing juggernaut? application, and the unsettled ques- It is the medicine of lawless expe- tions of the past are rapidly diminish rience and speculation. It is not a ing. Hundreds of practitioners now result of discoveries, but the opposition scattered over the land rise up to of disgusted patrons and- Homoeo- testify to the fullness of the law and pathic statistics, that has impelled the the success following obedience to apparent industry in this so-called principle. Their testimony is a satis science. It has not been for the love factory demonstration that Homos of the dear people whom they mock opathy pure and simple is all that i in the wards of public hospitals that desired in the cure of the sick, that they have changed, but the spur of the law is universal, and that failure comparative failure and chagrin fol- must come from causes above enume lowing the useless experiments upon rated. Obedience demonstrates than the sick à la Koch, Pasteur, etc. Homoeopathy rests upon fixed prin- The moderation observed in dosage ciples—on a law—and not on a men has been so worthy of imitation that rule of practice, to be changed fo PRELIMINARY ADDRESS 5 something better, or when fancy dic- are elevating and simple to the mind tates a new whim. (QRGANON § 2.) that is right, and, when known, fol- As well say or suppose that the lowing their dictates is easy; for it apple could do otherwise than fall is easier to follow well-marked paths to the earth when its stem is discon- than to flounder in the mire of tradi- nected from its mother tree. tional medicine. It is hardly neces- There can be but one great system sary to affirm that one who knows of Homoeopathy. Men who rise to how to be obedient to fixed princi- the fullness of uses in its application ples has no incentive to, and will not, have broken the fetters of prejudice, depart from them. It cannot be bigotry, intolerance and self conceit, denied that many seek, and few dis- and have followed on after the light— cover, the pure doctrines of Homoe- never faltering though often stumb- opathy, That many would call the ling, never sneering though often necessary labor too great a sacrifice doubting—until the full heat and cannot be disputed. That the Creator light of the mid-day sun hold them knows to whom to intrust His sacred spellbound in the knowledge and love truths I have no doubt. That any of uses. These attainments are within man who seeks the elevation of man the grasp of all who love knowledge and will work earnestly shall receive for uses and not for selfish ends. his portion should not be disputed. Homoeopathy exists in varying It is impossible for him who is igno- degrees as to application, from the rant of the principles of Homoeopathy crude, with admixture of traditional to realize the great good to man that methods, up to the highest results can come from a full knowledge and of absolute obedience to known law. application of the law of similars. Every practitioner admits the They who are ignorant of the value of the law by his efforts to fol- higher and fuller uses of Homoeopathy low it, inasmuch as he practises to assume that they are wise, or that the fullest extent of his knowledge knowledge of fixed principles does not and turns aside only where knowl- exist, and declare that the use of ano- edge of law is defective. Then it dynes is justifiable when the appro- follows that the degrees are only priate homoeopathic remedy is not the shadings from ignorance to knowl- known. They often use such agents edge, and they are almost infinite to the detriment of the patient and in number from the kind-hearted of the system which they profess to mother with her family medicine believe is founded on law. They are case to the discriminating master, unable to see that obedience to law is all honestly seeking the happiness liberty, and suppose that license to of human kind or mercenarily grasp- violate law can be granted by ing to sell relief of pain for filthy cash. themselves. The inexperienced must be assisted Obedience to principle must stand and instructed in order to practise before the pocketbook, reputation or Homoeopathy without resort to tra- other selfish motives, or the physician ditional medicine. But assistance can cannot rise to the constant and perfect be of use only when desired and appre- reliance upon law with the feeling of ciated. satisfaction, and that it is right and To acquire the knowledge neces- all that is good to do. In every in- sary to conduct a practice without stance where disobedience is urged, resort to doubtful methods demands the impulse is ignorance and selfish- arduous toil and constant applica- ness, to the end that man pays tribute tion, while the mind is held in a in some way to the physician, instead receptive attitude and the longing of the physician serving man. The of the heart is for truth because it leads question: "Why not rely on law?" to what is good and not to sell it for has never been answered but in two a price. ways: "I do not know," or "It is not The doctrines of Homoeopathy profitable." 6 SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

When we comprehend the wonder- respect? "Should we not crave the ful work that Hahnemann performed hidden truths that have made these and the magnitude of the ORGANON faithful followers of law so successful? (which was so complete, as he left it, To whom would a rational man apply that no man has been able to add to for light when desiring to follow law it, nor, in spite of sneers, been able to in healing the sick and measuring out take from it), can we refrain from uses to man? Naturally to Hahne- reverence and the tacit belief that he mann and his faithful adherents, and was aided by all-wise Providence? not to those who smile at what they When we consider how ably he choose to consider the ravings of an opposed the pathological theories of aged man. his day (the pathological notions of a There are some professed homoeo- century ago, now abandoned, were paths who, by words and actions, advocated then with as much assur- denounce Hahnemann as a theorist, a ance and pertinacity as those now fanatic, and as visionary, but these in vogue, as the Old School accepts have never cured sick people as and abandons theories as flippantly, Hahnemann did. Let all men learn of and with as profound reason, as a him until they can do as he did; siren, her lovers); when we realize the for he was, and still is, the teacher extent of his learning in all branches above all others. He was the first of science, the wonderful physical advocate of Homoeopathy, and we endurance that enabled him to re- must look to him, and all deviation main every third night in reflection, from his teachings should receive and the love that, under all circum- another name. stances, he manifested toward the There should be no controversy human race and God; and when it is with men when principles are the known that the source of man's love things considered. The truth often is the fountain of inspiration; then cuts men deeply and urges to dispute, may we comprehend the depth of and wounds thus made seldom heal truth in, and properly revere, his by first intention or without loss of masterwork, the ORGANON OF HEAL- blood. Controversy seldom teaches ING. him who does not seek the truth. Indeed, has it been said by all The rational man accepts the truth masters since its writing that new because he is prepared for it and truths come out of it, after every because it is truth. The sick come reading, to suit the varying degrees in distress after all else has failed, of advancement in the progress of and they are in a receptive attitude; each faithful observer, no difference while the old and hardened follower how old nor how wise. The masters of traditional methods comes in the of these living doctrines and the attitude of rebellion, and his egotism materia medica have been constant and bigotry cannot be overcome. readers of this great work. Not one To him the sunlight is as dark as of the great prescribers has ever smoke. claimed a discovery not fully set Hahnemann formulated the prin- forth in this work, but all in their ciples of Homoeopathic therapeutics. greatest accomplishments have said Isolated statements had been made that they based their successes upon previous to his labors, showing that the ORGANON. It is the first book for glimmerings of truth had occasionally the student to read, and the last for appeared, but not bright enough to the old and busiest physician to permit the arrangement into doc- ponder over. trines. He so arranged the rules of When Lippe, Wells and scores of practice in the ORGANON and CHRONIC others advocated a continuous -read- DISEASES that the system of homoe- ing of this book during their long opathic therapeutics may be con- careers, should we not similarly look sidered complete. upon it with a feeling of profound Homoeopathy rests not upon theory PRELIMINARY ADDRESS 7 nor opinion, but upon facts. Hypothe- there prevail the lightning changes in ses and reasonings have no place in a medical opinions, as an afflicted treatise on that upon which human mortal rambles over a large city life depends. It is, of course, impos- among the medical luminaries; to sible for the medical theorist to re- receive their costly and worthless flect upon medical facts, because he diagnoses. This might not appear so has no knowledge of facts to consider; hazardous were it not a fact that hence he reasons that perhaps the treatment is supposed to rest upon vomiting is caused by a disordered the diagnosis. Fortunately, for the brain, or by a congested liver, or is patient as for the doctor, the suppo- reflex from the uterus, and so on, sition is not criminal. Our own Chap- indefinitely. This theorist is more man, with his prescription test case, likely than any other to think that has demonstrated that the simplest an exact diagnosis is of great moment, case cannot secure two similar pre- and yet every hypothesis shows the scriptions, even when the greatest shifting basis of his false conclusion. minds in allopathy are consulted. The minds thus perverted by false The result was quite different with reasonings are outnumbered only by the New School, as all the physicians fluctuating opinions, and with them named the same remedy. The same there is no substantial way and road- test can ever be repeated with similar bed because the wandering, the con- results. fusion and the mental fluctuation The epidemics in the last twenty- prevent settlement upon any course five years have revealed wonderful or path of continued operation. With similarity of methods and remedies. them there is no indicated remedy, and The Yellow Fever Commission por- a continuous whirl of medicaments trays the certainty of method and comes before the mind. The sick- results, in the records forming the room is filled with bottles and the statistics for Memphis and New patient's stomach distended with Orleans. These men had no connec- things too numerous to mention: tion with each other. They labored from home-made decoctions to an and gained results that demonstrate Irish stew. that they were inspired by principles, The more accurate the diagnosis as the same remedies were used in and the more substantial its basis, the the different cities for the same symp- more inaccurate the prescription that toms, and with similar results. is based upon it. The diagnosticians Exactitude of methods, and similar are the poorest prescribers, yet, in remedies for similar symptoms the spite of all this, no harm can come world over, with the same good old from the finest sagacity in naming materia medica which becomes better diseases. It must be understood, how- with age and use, should appeal to ever, that the diagnosis does not reveal the minds of men in a way to secure the nature of a disease in a manner to a hearing. The statistics furnished image a remedy. The diagnosis is the by Boericke & Tafel should be scru- name of ultimates and exteriors, tinized before the back is turned upon while it is the interior nature that this thoroughly tested system of must be perceived through the pe- therapeutics. culiar, characterizing signs and symp- It has been said that men are born toms, in order to discover the remedy cowards; but scarcely can this be that will cure. (ORGANON §§ 6-8.) appreciated until it is known that The highest order of this peculiar Old School physicians dare not pur- insight leads to selection of remedies chase; dare not read; dare not pos- of the highest degree of similarity, sess ; dare not keep in their libraries hence, to the highest order of healing. a book written by Samuel Hahnemann, Medical opinions concerning a given from the fear they hold of being con- sickness are as plentiful as doctors. victed of this crime by their fellows Even in this day of medical sunlight, and the societies to which they belong. 8 SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS Recently a physician, while dining the remedies suited to the epidemic; with a family of friends, ventured to yet he had never seen a case of sneer at Homoeopathy. He was asked cholera? When asked what remedies if he had ever read a book on Homoe- would correspond to this disease, he opathy; if he had ever looked into one simply recalled the provings. The of Hahnemann's books; if he possessed nature of the disease appeared similar any written brochure on the subject. to what he had seen in the provings To all of these he frankly answered in of Camphor, Veratrum and Cuprum. the negative. He was then asked if it He therefore concluded that these is not the custom of the "regular remedies ought to cure this sickness. school" of medicine to smile at the They were thereupon successfully New School, to which he answered used. They are our sheet-anchors in in the affirmative. He was then cholera today, and they ever will be. asked if he was acquainted with a This was no opinion of Hahnemann. "regular physician" who possessed No, he had simply obtained the symp- any literature of Homoeopathy. To toms of the provings, and compared this he answered that he was not. them and those of the disease. From The questioner then remarked that this he said that these would be the by the answers it appears to be the remedies. Homoeopathists thus have custom with the so-called "regular a power that is not found elsewhere school" to sneer at the things about in medicine, viz., that of prevision. which they know the least. Such is Positive principles should govern always the case with bigots and the every physician when he goes to the ignorant. Self-conceit manifests it- bedside of the sick. (ORGANON, § § 1-2.) self by sneering at the doctrines of The sick have a right to it. Before Homoeopathy. the time of Hahnemann there was no If the one hundred dollars offered such thing. The sick were villain- by Dr. Gould had been accepted by ously treated. Since the advent of this men of reading, we should have had most beautiful and perfect system, another accession to the New School. the people have a right to demand Every honest man, every learned man, exactitude in methods and knowledge. who has attempted to expose the falla- Better to do nothing than to do cies of Homoeopathy, has himself be- something useless. It is better to come its advocate. The honest re- watch and wait than to do wrong. viewer must read thoughtfully the Every action in Homoeopathy must writings of Hahnemann. Scarcely be based on a positive principle. could the works of Hahnemann other- Every action of the physician using wise find excuse for reaching the libra- Homoeopathy should be based on the ries of these intolerant dogmatists. principles of the system. He should The more rapid the growth of the say: "Thus saith the principle, as New School, the more rigid has been doth the grammar in every word of the quarantine against Hahnemann's your speech." Some say, "I do not writings. believe;" but let it be known that In the practice of Homoeopathy, a belief has no place in the study of master, wherever he may be, has Homoeopathy. The inductive method something on which to base a pre- of Hahnemann gives no place for un- scription. When else was this ever so belief; hence it is that Hahnemann marked as by Hahnemann, when, has formulated the first paragraph after his study of the cholera epidemic, of the ORGANON: and reference to the symptoms of the The first and the sole duty of the physi- materia medica, he decided that cian is to restore health to the sick. This is Veratrum,Cuprum and Camphor were the true art of healing. MATERIA MEDICA BUREAU

Stramonium By FREDERICKA E. GLADWIN, M.D., H.M., PHILADELPHIA, PA In the proving of STRAMONIUM, delirium and spasms are so strongly emphasized that STRAMONIUM without delirium and spasms resembles "Hamlet" with Hamlet omitted. Nevertheless, STRAMONIUM has an individuality in which neither delirium nor spasms exist. During the last year it has fatten to my lot to have one of these cases under observation. As time has not permitted me to write up any remedy for this bureau, I ask for the privilege of showing you STRAMONIUM as represented in this case. February 17, 1910, Mr. W. brought grace. Thinks he disgraces his family his son to my office. In the eleven and himself by the stammering. preceding years he had taken him While he was talking with me, his from one specialist to another and, father watched him with a disgusted discouraged, had given up trying to expression on his face. Father says have the boy cured; but some kind he has never been so bad as now. It heart, in pity for the boy, had per- is painful to see him. suaded him to try once more. He is nervous, restless, can't keep still a John is twenty-one years old, has minute; works his fingers; moves his hands; bites his finger-nails until thy dark hair, brown eyes, low forehead, bleed; picks his toe-nails until they depressed cheek bones and over- bleed'; digs his fingers into his ears until developed jaws. he makes scabby sores in them. Despondent at times. Timid, almost afraid to say his soul is his own; Imagines something will happen. has the look in his eyes of a cowed dog; Ameliorated in the open air. came only because his father brought Shuns people. If there is company in the him. house, shuns them; will not stay in the Thinks that every one else thinks he is in a room where they are; goes away, class beneath them. "because they feel above him." Will not talk with his father; he thinks his Easily excited. father despises him. Talks in sleep; nightmare. Dreams of fires. Everything that he has ever attempted, a special study, or work, just as he was The trouble began when he was nicely started and interested in it, he seven years old. The school-teacher, was obliged to give up on account of desiring to attract another boy's nervousness and stammering. Had to give up school on account of it. attention, suddenly struck John's Worries and grieves about his failures. desk with a ruler and spoke loudly. Can hardly talk. Starts a sentence, says a John was much frightened, thinking word or two, then, instead of saying the the commotion intended for himself. next word, he just works his mouth and lips and moves his hands rapidly for a From that time he began to hesitate moment. Then he gives up and waits a in his speech. minute, and starts the sentence again. While out driving, when ten years Maybe he succeeds in reaching and old, the horse ran away. John jumped speaking the first syllable of the trouble- from the carriage and ran into a corn- some word; then he tries in vain to go field; was lost from noon until after on; stops, waits a minute and begins again. When he finally does speak the dark; was in hysterics when found. word, it comes out with a jerk, and two "Has never been right since." or three more will follow. Then he stops Chill ten days ago, and what he thinks was a again without uttering a sound, works fainting spell. He was in the house alone; his mouth again. sat for an hour, numb; couldn't move nor speak. Finally he did move; lighted He imagines himself in some way the gas, but had no memory of it after- to blame for the stammering, but ward; was dazed, crawled to a neighbor's doesn't know how, and cannot help and they took care of him until the fam- doing it. Thinks stammering a dis- ily returned; has had a cold ever since. (9) 10 SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS Cough, dry, hacking, since the chill. house where a large collie dog was shut Expectoration; yellow, thick. in. The dog unexpectedly jumped Aggravation 6 P.M. upon her and she, screaming, fell in STRAMONIUM has changed it all. convulsions. The treatment she re- His restlessness, imaginations and ceived from the doctor of the locality fears are all gone. consisted chiefly of bromides. One day He can stand quietly and with per- she came screaming home from school, fect composure while carrying on a saying that her schoolmates threat- conversation with a stranger, seldom ened to put a cat on her if she would hesitating for a word. He is ambitious not do as they wished of her. Al- to make his future a success. though she never had been afraid He will not be imposed upon. He of animals, when they did put a cat recently reproved his father for not on her, she had the second spasm, treating him right. and thereafter the squint in the eyes He drives an automobile down was present. Loss of mental control through the heaviest traffic, and is followed, with fear of going in the not in the least timid about it. dark. The oculists gave no hope of He knows now that he is just as improving the eyes. Otherwise she good as anybody, and takes it for appeared ordinarily healthy. granted that every one else also knows Having just recently read the it. symptoms of STRAMONIUM, the doctor He is happy, because now he has a recognized this as a STRAMONIUM chance to "make good." case, and told the parents that as The thing that has most interested her mental condition improved, the me in the case, the thing that I have squint would disappear. She was watched for with curosity but without given one dose of STRAMONIUM, with expectation, is the filling out of those directions to report in six weeks. depressed cheek bones; and it is In one month a remarkable change actually being accomplished. occurred. She had one spasm after How different would have been the taking the remedy, then improved. whole life of this boy if some one That one dose held her for one year. could have given him STRAMONIUM Then the fidgetiness, fear and strabis- soon after the fright. mus returned in a measure, and one dose was repeated. The oculist DISCUSSION ON STRAMONIUM wanted to know of the parents what Dr. Holloway recalled the condi- that doctor had given to produce such tion of a patient, a young man of an improvement. sixteen years, the only son of wealthy Dr. Dienst had once had some parents, who picks his fingers and the difficulty in comprehending a young nails until they bleed. He had lady who was suffering from malarial appeared to be cured of intense chorea, fever. When he called to see her, but remains intensely nervous. On she attempted to make love and, in the strength of this report of the the midst of her chattering, an- STRAMONIUM case, he decided to con- nounced that she had a date with a sult that remedy, reading the symp- doctor in Pennsylvania to attend the toms to discover how nearly it will theater, and she then realized that cover his entire patient. he was that doctor. He soon recog- Dr. Thacher, four or five years ago, nized STRAMONIUM in her symptoms was called to attend a child of wealthy and, in one half hour after receiving parents who had marked convergent a dose of STRAMONIUM she presented strabismus. Plans were in progress a rational aspect, and her malarial to take her to a hospital, where the fever ceased. Although STRAMONIUM skull was to be opened, to ascertain probably has no intermittent fever the occasion of the trouble. in its proving, yet the patient had The child, naturally fond of ani- intermittent fever, and by prescrib- mals, had one day gone to a spring- ing for her he relieved the fever. STRAMONIUM—CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 11 Thus, the speaker directs attention been given, the better for us, and the to the fact that the paper just read longer our patients live. calls to mind things we have seen Dr. Gladwin reports.Dec., 1911, the and things we have not seen. The Stramonium patient was in today. It exchange of ideas is good for impress- certainly is wonderful how that timid, ing and confirming the remedies. He sensitive, flinching boy has developed once lost a child, suffering from into an aggressive man who will not cholera infantum, because he was allow any one to impose upon him yet unable to interpret a symptom pres- is always watchful for the comfort ent—flexing and extending the limb, and pleasure of his mother and sisters. performed repeatedly, almost contin- One could hardly believe, to see him uously. Eight or nine years later he now, that he is the same person as found the symptom under Chamo- the cowed boy (though then twenty- milla, when reading of that. The two years old) of less than two years more we learn to verify what has ago.

Constitution and By-Laws Adopted November 17, 1910 opathy as promulgated by Samuel ARTICLE I Hahnemann, to increase knowledge Name and Object. of them and their application. Sec. 3. Its prerogative shall be, Section I. This organization shall guided by the authority of these doc- be called The Society of Homoeo- trines, to determine what is Homoe- pathicians. opathy and consistent therewith. Sec, 2. Its object shall be to foster The Charter Members and their and develop the principles of Homoe- addresses are as follows: Austin, Alonzo Eugene, M. D., H. M., 8 E. 58th St., New York, N. Y. Bassett, Alice H., M. D., H. M., 803 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. Boggess, W. B., M. D., 4919 Center Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Breuer, Bertha Laurriaux, M. D., Portland, Ore. Breuer, David, M. D., Portland, Ore. Blackmore, Richard, M. D., Farmington, Conn. Cowly, Wm., M. D., Centre and S. Highland Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Dienst, G. E., M. D., 81 Fox St., Aurora, Ill. del Mas, R., M. D., Hugo, Minn. Gladwin, Fredericka E., M. D., H. M., 1703 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Penna. Green, Julia M., M. D., 1738 N St. N. W., Washington, D. C. Grimmer, A. E., M. D., 67 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. Hanlin, S. B., M. D., Pomeroy, Ohio. Holloway, J. C., M. D., Galesburg, Ill. Houghton, Henry L., M. D., H. M., 419 Boylston St., Boston, Mass, Keith, Frederick S., M. D., H. M., Newton Highlands, Mass. Kent, Clara Louise, M. D., 108 North State St., Chicago, Ill. Kent, James Tyler, A. M., M. D., 108 North State St., Chicago, Ill. Kimball, Samuel, A., M. D., 229 Newberry St., Boston, Mass. Lewis, Margaret C., M. D., H. M., 4027 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Penna. Loos, Julia C., M. D., H. M., 30 North Second St., Harrisburg, Penna. McDonough, A. W., M. D., Harper, Iowa. MacKenzie, P. L., M. D., H. M., McCleay Building, Portland, Ore. MacNish, David, M. D., 10 Harley St., London, W., Eng. Marriott, W. A. L., M. D., 27 Surrey St., Norwich, Norfolk, Eng. Miller, R. Gibson, M. D., 10 Newton Place, Glasgow, Scotland. Moulton, Eugene A., M. D., 839 Wellington St., Chicago, Ill. Newton, Carrie E., M. D., H. M., 36 Holyoke St., Brewer, Me. Norman, Lee, M. D., 712 W. Broadway., Louisville, Ky. Reel, Ida Virginia, M. D., 4027 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Penna. Schwartz, Wm. H., M. D., Perkasie, Penna. 12 SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Sherwood, Willoughby W., M. D., 1052 E. 43d St., Chicago, Ill. Smith, Percy Hall, M. D., Northwold, Stanley Road, Sutton Surrey, Eng. Starkey, G. G., M. D., 420 W. 63d St., Chicago, Ill. Taft, Florence, M. D., 332 Walnut St., Newtonville, Mass. Thacher, Geo. H., M. D., H. M., 2008 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Penna. Tyler, Margaret L., M. D., Linden House, Highgate Road, N. W., London, Eng. Weir, John, M. D., 47B Welbeck St., London, Eng. Woods, H. Fergie, M. D., Park Drive, Golders Hill, London, Eng. cise of their privileges, they may I ARTICLE II. transferred to Active membership Membership. upon recommendation of the Board Members shall be of three (3) of Censors, and election by two- classes: Active, Associate, and Con- thirds vote of the members present tributing. at any regular meeting. Sec. 4. An applicant for Associate ARTICLE III. membership shall have been in Officers. active The Officers of the Organization practice for one year, or a pupil of one shall be a President, a Vice-President, of the Active members for six months a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such and shall present to the Board of other Officers as shall be designated Cen- by the By-Laws, and their duties shall sors a paper on some subject of be as ordained by the By-Laws. Homoe-opathy or report of three cases as ARTICLE IV. treated by him or herself, and shall Amendments. be recommended by two Active or This Constitution may be altered three Associate members, in good or amended by a vote of two-thirds standing, personally endorsed by one of the members present at any annu- of these. al meeting, provided that notice in Sec. 5. Contributing members writing shall have been given at the shall preceding annual meeting. be persons interested in the promul- gation of the work of the organiza- tion, contributing ten dollars or more BY-LAWS annually, to its treasury. They shall be admitted to all regular sessions ARTICLE I with membership privileges except discussion, voting, and holding office. Membership. They shall be elected by vote of the Section I. All members shall be in Board of Censors. harmony with the exposition of Hahn- Sec. 6. Annual dues of Active and emann's "Organon of the Science and Associate members shall be five Art of Healing," as presented in dol- "Lectures on Homoeopathic Philoso- lars, payable in advance. Applica- phy," by James Tyler Kent. tions for membership must be Sec. 2. Active members shall have accom- been pupils of James Tyler Kent or panied by one year's dues. followers of his teaching (as evidenced Sec. 7. Failure to pay the annual by four years' practice consistent dues for three years in succession therewith), or for four years harmoni- ren- ous Associate members. No others ders the member liable to forfeiture shall be eligible. of membership, which may be re- Sec. 3. Associate members shall gained by payment of all arrearages, have the privilege of the floor for dis- on recommendation of the Board of cussion and all membership privi- Censors. leges except voting and holding office. Sec. 8. Upon evidence of three After four years harmonious Associ- members in good standing, presented ate membership, evidenced in exer- to the Board of Censors, that any member of any class is working detri- ment to the organization, the member shall be interviewed in private by two members of the Board of Censors and, upon their judgment, may be asked to withdraw from membership. CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 13 collect all dues, keep a correct ac- ARTICLE II. count of all receipts and disburse- Meetings. ments, and furnish at each annual Section I. Meetings shall be held meeting a written report of the finan- once a year, time and place to be de- ces of the Society. The retiring termined six months previously, each Treasurer shall transfer all moneys, year, by the Executive Committee. books and property belonging to the Sec. 2. Seven (7) members shall office, to the succeeding incumbent. constitute a quorum for regular ARTICLE IV business. . Board of Censors. ARTICLE III Section I. There shall be a Board Officers. of Censors, consisting of three (3) Section I. The Officers shall be members, two (2) of whom shall elected by ballot at each annual meet- constitute a quorum, one elected an- ing and shall enter upon their respec- nually for a term of three (3) years, tive duties one month from the time except the first Board (for which of their election. one shall be elected for three years, one Sec. 2. The Officers of the organi- for two years, and one for but one zation shall constitute an Executive year). If not otherwise specified the Committee which shall arrange the Chairman of the Board shall be ap- business of each session, attend to pointed by the President at the be- any business of the organization not ginning of the term. otherwise provided for, fill any va- Sec. 2. The Board of Censors shall cancy occurring in offices between receive and examine the credentials times of election, and perform such of applicants for membership, and other duties as may, by vote of the report to the Society, for election, organization, devolve upon it. such as may be qualified. It shall Sec. 3. The President shall pre- further exercise a supervision of the side at the sessions of the Society, membership and act upon all cases appoint all committees not otherwise referred to it, according to the stand- provided for, and perform the duties ards of the Society. usually pertaining to the office and such as may, by votes of the society, ARTICLE V. be assigned to it. The President shall Bureaux. deliver an address at each annual The President shall appoint Chair- meeting and shall be ex-officio mem- men of Bureaux, to prepare the pro- ber of all standing committees. gram for each meeting, as follows: Sec. 4. The Vice-President shall \ Philosophy of Homoeopathy. preside at meetings in the absence i Clinical Medicine. of the President, and shall assume the ' Materia Medica. duties of that office in case of disa- Repertory. bility of the President. Sec. 5. The Secretary shall keep ARTICLE VI a record of the proceedings of the Amendments. meetings, conduct the correspondence These By-Laws may be altered or of the Society, preserve the docu- amended by a vote of two-thirds of ments and valuable papers of the the members present at any annual Society, issue notices of meetings, meeting, provided that notice in notify members of their election or writing shall have been given at the appointment, and perform such other preceding annual meeting. They may duties as may be properly assigned. be suspended at any meeting by a Sec. 6. The Treasurer shall receive two-thirds vote of the members pre- all moneys belonging to the Society, sent.

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(15) Secretary's Report After the meeting of the Society, with the position assumed by the in November, 1910, the Transac- society took occasion to express his tions were prepared and 1,000 copies appreciation of the work of Dr. Kent. were printed, 500 being ordered Copies of the Transactions have beforehand. Copies were sent to each been sent out, in response to requests member on the charter list and to a from nine persons outside of the mem- list of 125 other doctors, supposed to bership; in Fargo, N. D.; Mansfield, be interested in the proceedings. Mass. Detroit, Mich.; Freeport, Ill.; Each copy was accompanied by a Tübingen, Germany; Philadelphia, letter announcing that additional Penna.; York, Nebraska; Farming- copies of the Transactions were to be ton, Conn.; and San Francisco, Cal. had from the treasurer, at the rate Letters have been received from of five cents a copy, and one or more doctors in seven different states, application blanks. expressing appreciation of the Trans- The original charter list has been actions. slightly amended by the addition Chairmen of Bureaux were ap- of a few names omitted from the first pointed by the President, as follows: publication, and the withdrawal of a Philosophy of Homoeopathy—Alonzo few names of those who decided that, Eugene Austin, New York, N. Y.; for personal reasons, they did not Materia Medica—G. E. Dienst, wish to be included. These reasons Aurora, Ill.; Clinical Medicine—Fred- included withdrawing from active erick S. Keith, Newtonville, Mass.; practice, finances, and poor health. Repertory—A. H. Grimmer, Chicago, All but one expressed personal sym- Ill. pathy with the work of the Society, Letters from absent members will and some anticipated later affiliation. be presented under a separate order The one who was not in sympathy of business. JULIA C. Loos, Sec'y. MEMBERS, ATTENTION The third annual meeting of the Society of Homoeopathicians will be held in Chicago, three days during the early part of June. Details of place, time and meeting will appear in the February issue. Members should communi- cate with the chairmen of the various bureaux, so that the programs can be sent to the secretary early in April.

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Kent's Repertory an Aid in Applying the Doctrines of Hahnemann

BY JULIA C. LOOS, M.D., H.M., HARRISBURG, PA., U. S. A. The method of treatment to restore health, expounded by Hahnemann is only hinted at in the name he applied to it—Homoeopathy: The practice summed up in the law "Similia Similibus Curantur." The foundation on which this law rests cannot be, disregarded by those who would apply it with confidence and with benefit. Construct the arch of the foundation, on one side with the doctrines of (I) Vital Force and (2) the Totality of Characteristic Symptoms, correspondingly on the other side with the doctrines of (I) Dynamic Drug Force and (2) Drug Pathogene- sis on the Healthy, united and held in position by the keystone (3) Individualiza- tion, each stone true and accurate in structure and placing. Then build your application of the law "Similia Similibus Curantur" on that and you have a road for the prompt, mild and permanent restoration to health. If these stones be defective, or one omitted, the arch will not hold, the road will be unreliable and will be discarded for some path that appears more alluring or more promising. Keep this road illumined by the lamps Obedience to hygienic law—physical, mental and moral; Patience to Wait for developments, and Uninterrupted Action of medicine, gained by permitting suitable intervals between the doses. THE DOCTRINES OF HOMOEOPATHY with as separate from the living These are the doctrines expounded being. in the ORGANON OF MEDICINE, the The Precautions for a physician fruit of many years of Hahnemann's prepared to restore order in the sick work, and more recently elucidated promptly, mildly and permanently, in- in James T. Kent's book, "Lectures clude three definite items—(ORGANON on Homoeopathic Philosophy." § 3.) The first fundamental essential (a) Knowledge of what is curable in dis- order (disease), is perceiving the patient as a unit, (b) Knowledge of what is curative in an organism in disorder, a co- medicines, and ordinated being under the control (c) Knowledge how, properly, to apply of life force; not a collection of the medicine to the individual case of sick- organs and tissues isolated or separate ness. from each other, nor some entity in (a) Much advance is noted, in the the form of a specific disorder which conception of what constitutes sick- has entered the organism, to be dealt ness and what characterizes the sick (17) 18 SCIENCE AND ART OF HOMOEOPATHY person, since Hahnemann wrote his sends the sufferer again to medicines. astounding doctrines. Though they Different forms of drugless healing are not universally adopted even at the and various methods have come into present time, recognition of the in- better repute and appear often to fluence of the unseen, the power of give more satisfactory results. the immaterial, has largely replaced The only method of obtaining the materialistic views of his day. We knowledge of what is curative in find, however, that Hahnemann had medicines is by the Pure Provings this perception and taught it, so far on the Healthy. (ORGANON §§ 105-108. as his pupils could receive it. Before Kent'sLects., Chap. 28.) Proving col- the modern practice of mental healing lects the symptoms as evidence of the and mental causative influence in action of each drug, separately, espe- diagnosis, he intelligently demon- cially in reference to those symptoms strated that sickness is in the unseen that reveal the man himself in dis- forces of the being and the tissue order, expressing the alterations in changes are but the results of this will and intellect and their exten- sickness, not the sickness itself. (OR- sion into the tissues. GANON §§7-15: Kent's "Lect. on Hom. (c) The third point, the applica- Phil., Chaps. 7-10.) tion of medicines to the particular As a man thinketh, so is he. The case of sickness, is the practical appli- man is his mind. The body is the cation of the preceding knowledge. elaboration of the mind, through It constitutes the art, as the other the power of the vital force. It is the two constitute the science, of healing. house of the tenant, into every part Employment of the single remedy, in and cell of which the mind extends the minimum dose to obtain curative and expresses itself. The innermost results, according to the similarity is the mind and the outermost is the of sickness image and remedy image, body. What is curable in sickness is constitute our rational method of treat- the vital disorder which disturbs the ment. (ORGANON §§ 146-153. Kent's harmonious expression of mind in Lects., Chap. 31.) It is the method healthy functional action, nutrition which has given wonderful results in and repair of tissue cells. The symp- innumerable cases of suffering, supe- toms that characterize the patient rior results which have given to the in his disorder, that distinguish him system of Hahnemann the position from a normal being, rationally con- it occupies in the esteem of the wise. trolled and in harmonious action: Failure by prescribers to obtain the symptoms that distinguish one the expected results is due to sick: the strange, rare and peculiar insufficient knowledge of one or more symptoms that differ from common of these three cardinal precautions expressions of derangement—these in the judicious, true practice of medi- are the evidences that reveal what is cine. Such failure on the part of the curable. The disorder and the tissue prescriber almost certainly throws results of disorder must be clearly discredit on the method and leads to distinguished to the perception. adulteration of practice and renuncia- (b) What is curative in medicine tion of faith in the power of Hom- has not yet been learned by any oeopathy. The result of failure should except students of Hahnemann's be a better preparation, on the part teachings. The majority of doctors of the individual prescriber, for the in modern times take a strange satis- art which has been signally successful faction in declaring that there is when conducted according to the nothing curative in medicines. So science which underlies it. unsatisfactory has their administra- tion become, as medicines have com- KENT'S REPERTORY monly been employed, that a general THE PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT. revolt has arisen against them, though Familiarity with the plan and ar- in particular cases of suffering, habit rangement of Kent's Repertory is the KENT'S REPERTORY 19 secret of its usefulness. This com- in each instance the simple rubric prehension is not difficult but simple. first, then the details of circum- The prime necessity is the foregoing stance and time and specific forms. acquaintance with the doctrines on Next in order, closest to the will, which an homoeopathic prescription is the intellect. Perversions in in- is based. These doctrines are em- tellect, rationality, intelligence, under- phasized and fixed in the mind by standing, are also included in MIND. use of the book; but it is useless as These include absent-minded, absorbed, ab- a book of reference except the patient straction, errors in answers, clairvoyance, al- terations in comprehension and concentra- be viewed according to our fundamen- tion, confusion, delirium, delusions, dullness, tal conception—as a unit, an individ- sluggishness, ailments, from mental exertion, ual in disorder, disturbed from the in- gestures, abundance or deficiency of ideas, nermost to the outermost. This the imbecility, mistakes in speech and writing, in mental activities, mental prostration, som- repertory reiterates unceasingly. nambulism, disorders of speech and thought, Using it as a reference book, we seek unconsciousness. the remedies having the symptomatol- Investigation of the rubrics in this ogy presented in the patient. On the section should be made in every case other hand, as a consultant it acts where any symptoms relative to the as a monitor and guide, a quiz master. mind can be obtained. The mental In effect it asks the prescriber: symptoms, the innermost expression, "What are the characterizing features give the key to the entire case. The of this individual case of sickness; remedies that correspond to the what are the symptoms which most mental image will form the basis for forcibly and clearly express the dis- further comparison. ordered being?" That which this The will is expressed also in the query demands, viz.: the prescriber's physical desires and aversions, the perception of what symptoms are physical affections. Some things give most expressive of the individual and comfort and amelioration and others most characteristic of his disorder, is afford discomfort or aggravation of essential before search is made in symptoms. These are expressive of the repertory for remedies character- the entire being; they dominate as a ized by such symptoms. general dominates and controls his SYMPTOMS OF THE PATIENT: army, and are termed "generals" because they are dominating. In the GENERALS . section GENERALITIES, these are The innermost of man is the mind; found alphabetically arranged. Im- the innermost of the mind is the will; portant among them are: hence the symptoms of the will are Heat and cold, motion and rest, time of ag- most expressive of the patient in gravation (in reference to the parts of the disorder. Most important in study, day, the month and the seasons), effects of the first to be considered, are the positions, wetting and bathing, influence of pressure, touch, rubbing, jarring, the effect expressions of disordered affections— on the individual from eating, from fasting, emotions, desires and aversions. These effect of coition, of defecation and urination, are classed in the repertory under of menstruation, of sleep. (The patient in MIND, in the rubrics: himself is worse or better after these func- tions.) Anger, contrariness, cursing, hatred, im- patience, indignation, irritability, quarrel- A complete record of a case in- someness, rage, shrieking, violence, anxiety cludes the symptoms of the patient— in various phases, and fears in various phases, those that relate to the organism— despair, sadness, weeping, aversion to many things, cowardice, nymphomania, ail- regardless of the specific or particular ments from bad news, from grief, from love, disorder the patient suffers. from reproach, from sexual excesses, ennui, Among the generals, included in discouragement, lasciyiousness, loquacity, GENERALITIES, are those rubrics which aversion to talk, aversion to being spoken to, contradiction of will, and many other dis- refer to the conditions affecting the orders in sentiment. physicial organism, related to the These are arranged alphabetically, functional action, not of one part but 20 SCIENCE AND ART OF HOMOEOPATHY in general; the nature of physical these rubrics in their symptoma- alterations. tology, the number of similar remedies These include anaemia, physical anxiety, is so small that it is possible to select apoplexy, atrophy, discoloration of parts, can- the most similar without difficulty. cerous conditions, caries, catarrh, catalepsy, Reason and experience are unani- chlorosis, chorea, congestion, contractions, collapse, convulsions, cyanosis, dropsy, mous in teaching that the remedy dwarfishness, emaciation, exostoses, faint- which is most similar to the patient ness, hemorrhage, gonorrhoea, heat flashes, (as revealed by the general symptoms) indurations, inflammations of various tissues, will control any condition of disorder excessive physical irritability, jerking, lassi- that is local, if controllable. tude, inclination, to recline, loss of fluids, character of discharges, numbness, orgasms To complete the evidence of of blood, distinctive character of pains, study embracing the Generals, or paralysis, plethora, variations in pulse, lack to verify the selection based on of reaction, relaxation, sides affected, slug- the Generals, comparison is extended gishness, stagnation sensation, swelling; of various tissues, trembling, twitching, varices, to those symptoms relating to the weakness under various circumstances, various parts of the body, found effects of injuries, of intoxication, of lifting, under their own headings, in the of sexual excesses, of various poisons, sequellae various other sections of the Reper- of acute disorders, septicaemia. tory. Guided by the preceding plan, These all relate to the patient, the student consults each section, rather than to one organ or one part of where the symptom rubrics are ar- the body. Some of these conditions are ranged alphabetically, with details of reported directly, as relating to the circumstance and time secondary to patient, as when he says, "I tremble; the general character of the symptom. I am weak; my pains are all burning Here, also, we discriminate in favor sensations, cutting sensations; this of things more general, the more I had after measles, or after vacci- particular following in order. nation," etc. Other conditions are This is not a long nor tedious perceived by a collective survey of the method of study. It is scientific, symptoms as the patient reports simple, working from center to cir- them, or as they are observed by cumference, and in the end saves others—anaemia, collapse, poison ef- time, strength and disappointment, fects, etc. because it leads to the best results in Symptoms of menstruation, of gaining the homoeopathic prescrip- coition, of sleep, chill, fever and tion and the results attendant upon perspiration are close to the indivi- the administration of the hom- dual as an organism, hence are symp- oeopathic prescription. Use of the toms of the patient, but are to be Repertory according to its intended found in the different sections of the purpose leads the prescriber to in- Repertory devoted to GENITALS, vestigate the case, when listening to SLEEP, CHILL, FEVER, and PER- its report, with more emphasis on SPIRATION. the patient as a sick individual and Cravings for certain articles of less as a specimen of morbid anatomy food and water are expressions or a bacteria colony laboratory. It of the will (desires of the individual) strengthens the aim to restore order manifested through the stomach. in the patient so that the functions Character of discharges from any will be harmoniously performed, part of the body indicate the condi- rather than to be satisfied with rapid tion of the blood, to some extent, extirpation of altered tissue or de- and the blood is expressive of the molition of the bacteria in their individual. feeding ground. The homoeopath When the study of the patient with deals with the beginnings of disorder, the repertory has extended through while the materialist devotes himself to all the symptoms which express the the end results, regardless of their be- patient—the Generals—and all reme- ginnings and the conditions that con- dies eliminated that do not have tinue them. This Repertory trains the KENT'S REPERTORY 21 prescriber more and more to the trend With his own copy every new of mind to perceive the beginnings and remedy proved, every remedy Dr. estimate the relation of beginnings Kent studies (and he is constantly and endings. studying remedies), is incorporated into the Repertory. The grade MATERIA MEDICA STUDY of every remedy in the rubrics is raised or lowered, and new entries Such use of the Repertory leads us made in the rubrics, according as to study the materia medica in a further study or observation in clin- more scientific manner, perceiving ical use reveals its proper place. New the characteristics more in accordance provings are reported to him from with the doctrines. Whether in many countries and all reliable and making acquaintance with a remedy consistent symptoms are inserted in alone or in comparison with the con- their proper places. There is nothing dition of a patient, we strive to be- to prevent every student of Homoeop- come familiar with its influence in athy incorporating into his repertory the mental realm on the desires and the data he can collect, in consistent aversions (revealed in the modal- symptomatology, as he desires. ities), and the effect on the patient, Many appeals have been received as herein outlined, in Generals. By by this master of materia medica establishing such a habit of com- and prescribing, urging him to ex- parison, the perception is trained to plain his method of prescribing. study remedies in this scientific, There is no secret about it. The rational method, from interior to Repertory is furnished, the intro- exterior, from center to circumfer- duction outlines its plan. The ence, noting the effect on the provers, method of using the book is to pro- in the will, the intellect and response ceed as suggested in the introduction, to every day environment, and these with the conception of the patient extended into the tissues, thus ob- and his characteristics ever clear. serving the influence revealed in the Actually working in this line makes disordered man rather than in the the plan and the doctrines ever morbid anatomical changes produced. clearer, and the perception truer, as The program of one of our state attested by the work and the results societies, last year, included the of the master himself, and his pupils report of study of certain remedies who have persistently and consist- in glandular affections. The study, ently followed that practice. as it was presented, was absolutely It is this method of working and useless in determining the indications studying, this line of thought through for these remedies in patients suf- many years of active practice, that fering glandular disorders because it has led James T. Kent to his present presented only the glandular changes. ability to restore order in cases that It ignored completely the symp- baffle the efforts of those who have toms relating to the patient, which worked many years in Homoeopathy. should determine the effect on the It is this which enables his pupils to patient, according to our doctrines undertake and succeed with cases for selecting a homoeopathic remedy. that, from other views appear com- If these be omitted from the materia plicated and hopeless. The field of medica study, its value as an in- Homoeopathy is so broad, from this strument for curing is absent. If point of perception, that there is these be omitted from the record of always more awaiting our efforts. the individual case of sickness, there The joy of entering it is in proportion is no basis for a homoeopathic to the grasp of the comprehension prescription, though page after page of its doctrines, and the success in of particular and common symp- results is in proportion to the zeal toms be presented. with which they are applied. Homoeopathic Nosodes

By FRANCES D. BLOOMINGSTON, M.D., H.M., CHICAGO, ILL. EDITORIAL NOTE.—In this paper on Nosodes, Dr. Bloomingston gives a hint why homoeopaths haw strong confidence in their potentized remedies, and are not enthusiastic about the serum treatments, so much discussed, not only by the doctors but also by the laity. Many who acknowledge the law of Homeopathy as truth have been induced to consider that the popular serum treatments are in some way con- sistent with the Law of Similia. Without pausing to consider whether the present- day serum-injection treatment is superior to the practice of Homoeopathy in its purity, they follow the lead of those who advocate and employ unproved prepara- tions (unproved, in the sense of recorded effects on the healthy). Familiarity with the symptomatology of the Nosodes prepared for Homoeopathy insures more power, in the face, of deadly affections, than merely the knowledge of the correct diagnosis and the corresponding serum. No thinking physician can ignore the evidence here presented without being tempted to investigate the subject further. What value is there in the homoeo- We have slight respect for the homoeopaths, in general, as they do not stand by their pathic nosodes? colors. They practise neither one thing nor This is a question in the minds of the other; they take up with every new idea many in our school, who, fearing a we advance, and usually after we have dis- lack of virtue, rush after false gods, carded it. There are a few who remain by and use, without question, the crude their guns, and such we respect. serum. In the treatment of tubercu- There is warning in these words for losis, sepsis, and diphtheria, we find us. None of my hearers, I trust, that many, registered under our pleads guilty. banner, are using the tuberculin test In the homoeopathic Nosodes there and other animal products. Why is exists the same remedial power, when this? properly indicated and given, as in It must be accounted for by one of any of our remedies. Secale is a three reasons, or a combination of all. vegetable Nosode, and we do not They are overzealous for a name question its power; why should we, or notoriety; or, that of the newer ones? They think it requires too much One factor, at least, in favor of our time to study deeply into the case, preparations over those used by the properly to select a remedy, or, Allopath brethren, is, they do not They have not received proper create sepsis; neither are we introduc- instruction in our therapeutics. ing into the system crude toxins, which So they bow down to idols of produce instant death, or arouse a another belief, as that is easier than diseased condition that requires years the laborious road to our goal. They to eradicate—if it be possible to become blind and discouraged, and eradicate it in the lifetime. The we recognize too late that the seed honest prescribers admit the danger. has fallen either upon stony ground I heard one of our scientists, who had or among the thorns, and soon been a student, and for years a co- perishes. Those who are materialists worker, with Prof. Koch, say: by nature fail to grasp the delicate Tuberculin should be used with great care. colorings and touches of our thera- If it is used as a test in the advanced stage of the disease, it hastens the process, and peutics, and, while they cling to our death follows in a few weeks; and there is no name, they have brought derision telling how many we have sent into eternity. upon us as a whole, from which all In the sensitively weak, we have terrible suffer. aggravations. A member of the Old School once Although they recognize these facts, said to me: they continue to use the test, experi- (22) HOMOEOPATHIC NOSODES 23 menting similarly on the well and the idiosyncrasies in sections 30-32 of sick. THE ORGANON, and Dr. Kent, in There can be no question in our Lectures on Hom. Phil., Chapters minds, therefore, if this test is used 14 and 16, explains clearly the for diagnostic purposes on a sus- reason; and all here realize that, on ceptible person who is tubercularly the one hand, it is susceptibility or inclined, that it must arouse a prac- oversensitiveness, and, on the other, tically dormant condition to activity, a lack of it. thus adding fuel to the smoldering Our training in the fine diagnostic embers; or, if a patient is suffering points is such that we are not obliged from the disease, there will be a to resort to crude material means to pernicious aggravation. determine the nature of the per- Another man says: verted vital force. After taking the Be exceedingly careful in forcing the opsonic case according to Hahnemann's in- index too high in a tubercular patient, as it structions, we add to the ordinary exhausts him. If depression comes then, the physical examination the examination opsonic index has been raised too high and of the hands, nails, hair, eyelashes, you have an aggravation. color of conjunctiva, and often the Hahnemann said: "The physician's shape of the head. These are all con- highest and only mission is to restore tributing factors in substantiating our the sick to health in a gentle and perma- diagnosis, and no injurious results nent manner;" (ORGANON § I) and remain from this method. If the herein we excel, without swinging the patient is young, constitutional treat- pendulum beyond its normal action. ment changes the entire economy, and Our indicated remedies gently arouse the tendency to tuberculosis has the system to form its own anti- been averted. If given in the early bodies as the serum-therapeutists stage, our remedies frequently cure; term them, without more seriously and, in other cases, life is comfortably disturbing the perverted vital force. prolonged. We have fifty or more In some of our United States, the remedies to be thought of, and have tuberculin test upon cows has been performed wonderful cures. denounced, as unsatisfactory and harmful, and proved absolutely TUBERCULINUM untrustworthy. Many times the ani- In the treatment of tubercular cases, mal has not responded to the test when TUBERCULINUM may not, or may, be known to have the disease; whereas, indicated. When suppurative proces- after killing the animal, by micro- ses have taken place in the lungs, scopic examination of the various much caution must be used in admin- tissues, it was found thoroughly istering it, if required, as it may infected. Percentages are given of cause disastrous results. It is to be 25-40 per cent that will react, and thought of when deposits begin in the are condemned; when, in fact, they apex of the lung, similiar to Phos., may have no infection, and are per- Sulph. and Therid. I know of no manently injured by the inoculation. remedy that stands so high in severe In one instance, sixteen out of sixty dysmenorrhoea, when pains increase cows were condemned; and, upon with the establishment of the flow, examination, were found perfectly providing other symptoms agree. healthy. If these are the results upon Do not prescribe simply on a animals, what must they be on the tubercular history, and do not repeat human family? These scientific inves- very often. (ORGANON § 245.) We tigators fail to give satisfactory are all familiar with the fact that reasons why this difference of action symptoms cut no figure, with the Old exists. School man, in selecting a remedy; Are not the homoeopaths a century so we find them prescribing calomel, in advance of the so-called dominant quinine and tonics, and occasionally school? Hahnemann explained these giving a test, to observe consequences, 24 SCIENCE AND ART OF HOMOEOPATHY If it becomes necessary to immunize VARIOLINUM a patient, give a dose of VARIOLINUM Consider for a moment the two dry on the tongue, any potency from methods of vaccinating, as this sub- 2 c to cm according to the suscepti- ject has lately been brought to your bility of the individual to the homoeo- attention. Now is the time to demon- pathic remedy. If the following strate the value and superiority of symptoms manifest themselves in a internal vaccination (if I may so call few hours or days, he can be con- it) by giving a dose of VARIOLINUM. sidered immune. I give the symptoms In the United States, those who have that have been reported by my used VARIOLINUM find it as good a patients: prophylactic as the crude method, In a very sensitive patient, you find, in a and it is absolutely free from the few hours, a general disturbance of the system, followed by headache, back and sequellae of septic conditions, skin limbs aching, and great restlessness, rarely eruptions and tubercular infection. a fever. Then again, some have nausea and This latter I have traced several diarrhoea with prostration. In twenty-four times as a direct result after vacci- hours, the conditions usually disappear and the patients feel perfectly well. In the less nation. I know of three cases of cancer susceptible person, it may take four or five resulting from it. In one woman, it days to take effect. appeared at the point of scarification. In another, a young woman of nine- I always request that a report be teen, one breast became malignant made in a week's time and, if there a few months after vaccination. In are no results, I repeat the dose; but another woman, fearful results fol- this is seldom necessary. lowed scarification on the thigh; I know of cases of small-pox that finally, the glands became hard, sore, the attending physician permitted and, one after another, were removed, to remain in the home (two, in par- until those of the groin became ticular, where the families were involved, and the surgeon thought large), and each member of the unwise to excise. The X-ray was family was given a dose of VARIO- applied with bad results, and the end LINUM 2 c for several days, unless came in a few months. immediate effect appeared. The So serious have been the conse- patient was quarantined in a remote quences from vaccination that a few part of the house, with the mother years ago the State of Iowa finally in charge, and no one contracted the passed a bill in the Legislature to the disease. The patient received a dose effect that the homoeopathic internal of VARIOLINUM every hour for seven vaccination be acknowledged and or eight hours, or until the fever and recognized as valid. general symptoms were relieved. Does it not stand to reason that Result, a rapid recovery. if a poison injected into the system is You have noted my frequent repeti- capable of so quickly and violently tion of the dose in acute diseases, producing tetanus or septicaemia, while in chronic we give only the causing death in a few hours or days single dose at long intervals. There (such cases occur every time we have seems to be no prescribed law as to a small-pox scare), that it must be the length of time for continuing a capable of producing, more slowly, remedy, but in severe, acute sicknesses terrible chronic effects? There can the system requires more, as the be no doubt that vaccination by action is more quickly exhausted. scarification is promoting rapid in- (ORGANON §§ 246-248.) When the crease of cancer, tuberculosis and patient is under the influence of the nervous diseases. They are not satis- remedy, noted by an abatement of fied with a good small scar, but it pain, or a general improvement, it is must be a half-inch in diameter, as time to discontinue and use Sac. Lac. though the size of the scar regulated in water, and continue with it as long the immunity! as improvement continues. Many of HOMOEOPATHIC NOSODES 25 us err, in both acute and chronic no circumstances should she take the cases, in changing the remedy too powder. Much to my surprise, the soon, or repeating too often. (OR- next morning she was better, and GANON § 245.) reported that in two hours after tak- I cannot better advise for a clearer ing my medicine she felt a decided understanding in these points than, improvement. say, read carefully, side by side, THE These are the cases where we must ORGANON and Dr. Kent's "Homoeo- move with the utmost caution and be pathic Philosophy." Light will then patient. A repetition would either fall on dark and obscure places, and have spoiled the case or produced you will see the science of Hahne- aggravations. Recovery was the final mann's principles. result. PYROGEN ANTHRACINUM This, as you know, is a product of When infection takes place from sepsis. It is a remedy that has long malignant ulcers, carbuncles or surgi- been in use with us, and the Old cal wounds, with intense burning and School has again appropriated our stinging, and red streaks extend along ideas, giving us no credit, and pro- the course of the lymphatic, a dose claiming to the world their wonderful, of this nosode quickly brings the new, scientific, discovery, using this rapid extension of the infection to product in crude form. It has been an end. used by us in septicaemia, sapraemia, from either surgical or puerperal DlPHTHERINUM infection, from sewer-gas infection, DIPHTHERINUM, or the Homoeo- and sometimes in diphtheria and pathic Antitoxin, both as a prophy- typhoid, when the system becomes lactic and a remedy to be considered thoroughly poisoned and death seems in dipththeria, shows its superiority inevitable, when these symptoms over the ordinary commercial prod- present: uct, in that eczema, nervous com- Tongue clean and fiery red, smooth, as plication, or weak heart after admin- though varnished; dry and cracked; istration, do not follow as a result. Throat dry and articulation difficult; Intense restlessness, body feels sore and The commercial product has become bruised, must move to find a comfortable almost universally used by all schools, spot to ease pain; although we find many of the Old Chill begins in back, between scapulae and is School and Eclectics who oppose severe; Temperature rises rapidly to 103° or as high its use, as well as the thorough as 106°; pulse rapid and wiry 140-170, homoeopath. out of proportion to the temperature; Not many years ago, the "Opsonic Skin dry. Index" was discovered and considered ' In these cases, PYROGEN works a potent factor in determining the wonders. degree of the recuperative powers of A woman with septicaemia had the patient. In a recent conversation been given up by two Old School with a leading scientist of the Allo- doctors, who said that nothing could pathic school, speaking upon the be done and she would die in a few value of the Opsonic Index, he said, hours. I was called to the case, and The discoverer who had placed such value was of the same opinion; but I found upon its use has practically discarded it as a perfect picture of PYROGEN. One untrustworthy, as, upon repeated tests made at comparatively short intervals, it was found powder PYROGEN cm. was placed on the index fluctuated too much to be depended her tongue, and placebo, in water, for upon scientifically. her to take every hour for seven hours. If, at the expiration of this time, and, personally, he, (the speaker,) she did not feel improved, another considered it of little value. powder was to be taken. If there Many of our school are placing was the slightest improvement, under much stress upon this test of the vital force or the resisting power. 26 SCIENCE AND ART OF HOMOEOPATHY Hahnemann recognized that there is percentage of deaths with the allo- some unseen force acting within us pathic treatment has been less than in the system, and knew that this before the introduction of antitoxin, invisible force must be roused to but has it lessened ours? I think perfect a cure; and also that, if this not, and a few statistics published vital force maintains its normal con- in the Medical Gazette bear me out dition, we are immune to deleterious in my statement. influences. (ORGANON §§ 9-12.) Pos- No. of No. of % of Cases Treatment Deaths Deaths sibly, with the unique training of our 34, Hom. remedies alone .... 4 school to investigate the finer points 81, Hom. rem. and antitoxin. 8 of the human economy, our scientists 114, Hom. remedies alone .... 8 7.02 may be able to perfect the value of 205, Hom. rem, and antitoxin. 16 7.80 the Opsonic Index; but they must Cases for 6 years: 1904-1910 watch constantly lest they become 148, Hom. remedies alone .... 8.11 materialists, as this is a tendency 286, Hom. rem. and antitoxin. 8.39 developing among those who do not value the potency, and they appar- Cases for 6 years: 1898-1904 ently think they must feel, see and 283, Hom, remedies alone .... 2.61 smell, in order to accomplish results. 70, Hom. rem. and antitoxin. 1.32 530, Hom. remedies alone.... . 22 4.04 Dr. W. J. Hawkes of Los Angeles, 368, Hom. rem. and antitoxin. 24 6.92 Cal., says: Jan. 15,1910. Recordes Col- I heartily agree that the homoeopath must ogne, France, reports keep abreast with scientific progress. No matter what investigations are made, I am When only 8,000 units of anti- heartily in favor of our knowing it before the toxin were used...... 32 Old School; but it seems to me they have undertaken almost an impossible task in Had our homoeopaths clung to the endeavoring to ascertain the action of drugs, use of remedies, instead of mixing, and how they operate in producing the symp- this rate might have been less. tom. They must first learn what is life itself. This Opsonic Index is all right; it is going to Many physicians who use DIPH- prove Homoeopathy; but is there not a better THERINUM as a prophylactic in the way than the present method? In a case of families of their diphtheria patients malaria under Old School treatment, it had say they have not had a second case become chronic; microscopical examination of the blood showed malarial germs; they had in one family, after administering it. treated it with quinine. When the case came to me, after carefully studying, Natrum mur In cases of strumous diathesis, when was administered. Three days later, chills symptoms are mostly objective: ceased and, upon subsequent examination of the blood, no germs were found. What Weak, too prostrated to complain; killed the germs? The indicated remedy Tonsils and palatine arches dark red, swollen, raised the vital power of the individual so almost painless; Nature herself killed the microbes. Glands of neck much swollen; It is absurd to inject or administer enough Membrane thick, dark gray or brownish of any drug to kill those microbes already in black; the individual. The patient is apt to be the Eyes dull and besotted; first victim, but if the indicated homoeo- Marked debility; pathic remedy removes the obstacles in Temperature subnormal; pulse weak and Nature's way, Nature, being free from encum- rapid; brance, does the work, kills the microbes by or, enabling the vital force of the body to destroy Prostration profound since the beginning; them, and no danger is done to the patient. Swallowing possible without pain, but fluids are vomited or returned Dr. Hawkes has aptly expressed the through the nostrils; sentiments of the homoeopaths. DIPHTHERINUM is a most valuable ANTITOXIN remedy, in any potency to which the Why do physicians use antitoxin? patient usually responds. If 200 or Because they know of no other Im is used, doses should be repeated means to raise the Opsonic Index and frequently until results are evident. strengthen the organism to produce The remedy is also to be thought of proper antibodies. Certainly, the in post-diphtheritic paralysis.

The Proving of Radium Bromide*

By GUY BECKLEY STEARNS, M. D., NEW YORK CITY One milligram of the 1,800,000 ac- Invariably occurred tivity of pure RADIUM BROMIDE was within weighed out, and the trituration was twenty-four hours. begun with that quantity. The prov- These pains are particularly significant ings were made from the 6x, 12x, and when considered in conjunction with their the 30x triturations. frequent occurrence in the large-toe joints, and confirm the very evident curative value A measurable quantity of this ac- of RADIUM in gout and chronic rheumatoid tive and powerful salt was present in conditions. each of these strengths, as was shown by the electroscope and the photo- LOCALITY. graphic plate. During the action of Nearly all had pains in one or the the 6x, the urine of the provers was other large-toe joints. rendered radio-active. All the ex- All had pains at the sacro-lumbar perimenters developed symptoms, junction, deep in the articu- some of which persisted several weeks lation; aching was dull and after discontinuing the drug. All of intense. Its selective action in the lumbo-sacral them experienced sensations which region should prove useful in acute condi- are characteristic both as to nature tions when lumbago is a symptom. and location. The pains were located deep in the MODALITIES. joints, and were described as being All the men provers were very rest- in the articulations. They were of less with the pains, compelled two kinds: to move about. Dull ache, which appeared gradu- Motion aggravated the pains at ally and stayed with the prov- first, but continued motion er a long time. relieved them. Sharp pains, which appeared and They had strong desire for the open disappeared suddenly, or ap- air, and all the symptoms dis- peared suddenly and gradually appeared or were better when wore away. going out-of-doors. These pains changed place, and (These two modalities were absent in the in some provers alternated women provers.) from side to side. In two, the In most cases there was marked right side was more affected aggravation of all the symp- than the left. toms from the latter part of the afternoon until after dinner. *Read before the New York State Homoeopathic Society, October II, 1911. (27 28 MATERIA MEDICA General symptoms were better af- with the left hand against the ter eating, in most provers. wall, for support, continuing for a day or two, appearing physical generals. after he had awakened sud- A strong desire to stretch the mus- denly with a sensation of an cles, with relief from the electric shock through the stretching, was present. body, in the second prover. Intense weakness of the lower Relief in the open air. limbs, with languor, developed Relief after eating and from ly- in all. ing. Numbness, when crossing the legs, Worse when sitting or walking. occurred in some. These modalities were strongly expressed Soreness of the muscles all over the in this condition. body developed in two. The physical cause of this vertigo was not apparent from any of the examinations made, The foregoing symptoms and modalities though the symptom was distinctly an effect were the first to appear in the proving, and of the drug. were present in all cases. The tired, weak sensation in the lower ex- tremities, as the provers said, "from the small HEAD. of the back, down," was so characteristic as Terrific headache over the left eye, to be considered a key-note of the remedy. This was so pronounced as to make a strong extending to the occiput. effort necessary in walking, though continued Relieved by warmth. walking gave relief. Aggravated by cold and pressure. Aside from the headaches, however, cold MIND. was more agreeable than warmth. Mental symptoms were present in some of the provers, but usu- Dull, frontal headache, with a ally developed some time after tight sensation. the physical. Headache from the occiput up Irritability and easy vexation first over the vertex. appeared. Extremely dull, frontal headache, Depression, discouragement and in one prover, three weeks dissatisfaction then appeared. after discontinuing the drug. Aggravation in late afternoon, In one of the women provers the depression reached a very distressing point, so that she marked, in most of the head- would waken at night in fear, and desire light aches. and company. Her sleep was restless, and Relief in open air, also marked in she was troubled by dreams, which awakened most headaches. her, and for some time she could not be sure whether they were real or not. Dreams were This last amounted, in many ex- always troubled; of fire; of attempting suicide; perimenters, to an air-hunger. of physical exertion. Unlike most of the Pains simulated the neuralgic and rheu- provers, she was not especially better in the matic types, never the gastric; and, in this open air, but obtained much relief from a respect, correspond to the general character bath. of the action of the drug, as already suggested. Apprehension, as though something would happen, with EYES. Fear in the dark. Heaviness of the eye-lids was Concentration difficult. caused by the drug. Distinct ptosis, in one case, worse in VERTIGO, right eye, with lachrymation. Vertigo was a prominent symptom Discharge, thin, yellowish, puru- in two provers. lent, stuck the lids together After three weeks, in one, brought and formed a yellow crust, oc- on by rising or reading stead- curred after three weeks, in the ily. ptosis subject. Intense, with tendency to fall to Irritation of the margins of the lids, the left, necessitating walking in another. RADIUM BROMIDE 29

RESPIRATORY ORGANS. DIGESTIVE ORGANS were somewhat The respiratory organs were affect- affected. ed by rather violent symptoms. Aversion to sweets developed. Rawness or soreness in the throat Empty, all-gone sensation. was the beginning. Craving for fresh pork, during and Worse, swallowing. after the proving, in one man. Relieved by cold drinks. Much gas formed in the intestines Dry, teasing cough, after a day. and there was Occasioned by tickling sensation Some griping, most characteristic in the larynx. modalities being Kept prover awake at night. Relief from walking about, and Worse lying down, and soon Relief from passing flatus. after going to bed. Sluggishness of the bowels was de- After beginning to cough, the sub- cided, with ject could not stop. Retarded, though soft stools, or Tickling in the throat was very Alternate diarrhoea and constipa- disagreeable and persistent, re- tion, with offensive flatus. lieved by open air. Stool was clayey in consistency, in During the cough, there was dis- one case sticky. tinct aversion to sweets. Rectum sore and excoriated during Bruised, sore sensation in chest in the movement, in cases of two provers. who did not de- diarrhoea. velop the cough. The total effect on the digestive organs In the region of the sternum. can be characterized as sluggishness and ap- As though the two sides of the pears to be incidental to the general depress- chest were pushed together. ing effect of the drug, rather than to any spe- Soreness of the throat, with splint- cific or selective relationship to those organs. ery sensation, preceded sore URINARY ORGANS. sensation in the chest in one of the provers. Some atony of the urinary organs Relieved by swallowing cold was caused, resulting in slow- water. ness in starting the urine. Expectoration occurred in only one Urates were increased in quantity. case, where the irritation be- Albumin was found in the urine in gan with soreness of the throat, most of the provers. followed by a hacking cough. A few granular casts were observed Frothy, white mucus, which soon in one case. became tenacious. The irritative action of RADIUM on the Constriction sensation was felt kidneys may be due to its direct irritating principally about the heart, in- qualities during its excretion, for there was tense. enough RADIUM in the 6x to make the urine Cough was so troublesome in one radio-active and there was enough in the 30x prover that it kept her awake to affect the photographic plate. On the other hand, RADIUM may have a selective action several nights, and had to be on the kidneys. palliated. METABOLISM Spongia, Ignatia and Coccus cacti were of the body was pro- given with little relief but Rhus venenata foundly influenced, as was stopped the cough at once. shown by Rhus venenata, in fact appears to be the Increase in the specific gravity of best antidote for RADIUM, which is another the urine, and significant point in relation to its gouty symptoms. Increase in the elimination of the uric acid derivatives. Although the cough symptoms were very Loss of several pounds occurred in severe, they did not appear to be due to any one of the male provers, dur- inflammatory condition of the lungs, but to ing the experiment. a laryngeal irritation. 30 MATERIA MEDICA toe joint and to irritated epithelial structure. SEXUAL ORGANS. Dr. J. T. Kent gave the 200th to an old gen- Sexual functions were at first stimu- tleman on two different occasions, and several weeks after each administration a painful lated in the male, causing eruption came out on the body, without sub- Frequent nocturnal emissions, and jective symptoms. This exfoliated as bran- Amorous dreams. like scales, so that the sheets of his bed were Diminution of the sexual desire ap- covered in the morning. peared later. Menstrual flow was more profuse CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. in the women, The effect on the circulatory sys- Flow protracted. tem was of lowered tone as Less painful than usual. was evidenced by lowered Headache usually present during blood pressure. menstruation was absent. The elements of the blood itself The women claim to have been much were altered resulting in benefited by the proving, in regard to their An increase of the leucocytes to menstruation and in their general health. as much as 30 to 50 per cent above normal. This was con- SKIN. fined to the polymorphonuc- There were some strong skin symp- lear neutrophyles, showing an toms. increase in the protecting cells Small, red papules on the face and of the body. chest, developed in some. The small lymphocytes were de- Similar eruption between the shoul- creased. ders, in one. In the foregoing, I have endeavored Itching, worse in early evening to select the most characteristic symp- and when undressing; better in toms and modalities as they were pre- bed and relieved by scratching. sented by the provers. A detailed re- Sensitive papulae over entire body, cital of the symptoms would be both in another. tedious and confusing. However, a Scaly, itching eruption on the an- thorough understanding of the drug terior surface of the thighs can be obtained only by studying the and the forearms was caused complete record which has appeared in another. in the Journal of the American Insti- Itching better from warmth and tute of Homoeopathy and in the scratching; worse from bathing. North American Journal of Homoe- Itching developed and partly dis- opathy. appeared in a scaly eruption The experiment was conducted on the back of the hands, one with seven provers, four men and of the provers had developed three women, and was due to the after working for several years scientific spirit and initiative of Dr. with X-ray and with RA- Dieffenbach. Every prover was care- DIUM emanations. This always fully examined before and during the troubled him by cracking and proving, and observations were made bleeding in cold weather. on the urine and the blood. Dr. Cope- A sebaceous cyst developed over land, Dr. Crump, and Dr. Sayer as- the lower part of the sacrum sisted Dr. Dieffenbach in this task, of one other prover. My work was the lesser one of ques- Intense sensitiveness of the corns tioning the subjects and bringing out was observed in two provers. the modalities. Old bunions which had not been As far as it has gone, this proving troublesome in a long time, be- has been conducted as carefully, and came inflamed and painful, in as scientifically as modern clinical the same provers. methods will allow, and is in every This last symptom is quite striking and way up-to-date. But it can only be shows the relation of the drug to the large considered a foundation, for with RADIUM BROMIDE 31 the limited number of provers, there every symptom is necessary for a true have been only hints of many of the comprehension of the complete action possibilities of the drug. Clinical re- of any drug. General characteristics ports are needed also, to confirm and are but the composite expression of fix the value of the modalities, some the complete record of such symp- of which appear to be somewhat con- toms as are grouped about some sin- tradictory. These contradictions per- gle function or part of the body, or of tain to the aggravations and ameliora- all taken together, and no symptom tions from warmth and motion, and can be omitted. probably have to do with their re- In this proving, the character of lation to local and general conditions; the symptoms; the appearance of cer- e. g., some local conditions were bet- tain symptoms, weeks after the ad- ter from warmth, while the general ministration of the drug; and the per- symptoms were better from cold. sistence of other symptoms, show The work has demonstrated, in a RADIUM to be a drug of very deep ac- way nothing else could accomplish, tion, and bear out the experiences of how wrong is the idea of those who its use in more material doses. clamor for a boiled-down materia Its well-marked modalities should medica. On the contrary, a record of make it a remedy easy of verification.

Review of Dieffenbach's Proving The literature of Homoeopathy has appearing or recurring from one to recently been enriched by the record four or more weeks after the admin- of the proving of RADIUM BROMIDE istration of the remedy in the 6x conducted by Dr. William H. Dief- and 12x potencies. This fact is fenbach in collaboration with Drs. intensely significant, a warning to Royal S. Copeland, Walter Gray guide those who prescribe it. When Crump, Henry C. Sayre and Guy B. the power of potentized substances Stearns. The purest obtainable is once comprehended, it is clear that RADIUM BROMIDE was triturated by in this form it is possible to engraft Mr. E. W. Runyon, of New York, to on the system a powerful drug miasm, the 6x, 12x and 30x potencies. "The creating a sensitivity to its action in provers noted their daily symptoms those who do not at first present a for one week." In addition to this, symptom image of the remedy. Such some symptoms were developed in forced sensitivity and insidious ef- the person who made the tritura- fects are not easily eradicated. When tion. The report was presented in it is homoeopathically indicated, if the programs of the American Insti- administered in too frequent doses, tute of Homoeopathy at Narragan- the first good will be destroyed and sett Pier, and the International Con- followed by disaster through the gress of Homoeopathy at London, interfering action of the later doses. during the past summer, an outline The insidious poisonous effects in such of the same having been contributed cases, progressing in those sensitive to the Society of Homoeopathicians, to it at the beginning of its adminis- meeting in Chicago. It has been tration, may continue throughout printed in the Journal of the A. I. H. the life time and be transmitted as a and in the North American Journal drug miasm. The substance acts so of Homoeopathy. The following ré- deeply in the organism, entering the sum6 is based on that report. realm of the very construction of RADIUM is a long acting, deeply tissues. acting remedy, its pace being similar Those who have worked with it to that of Sulphur and Silica. Some have been impressed with the resem- of the provers observed symptoms blance of its action to rheumatism, 32 MATERIA MEDICA (especially of gouty form), malignant displeasure. Anxiety; RESTLESSNESS and skin affections, nephritis, pul- AT NIGHT IN BED, when awake with monary inflammation and intestinal pain or during sleep. Dullness, think- disturbances. The remedy has an ing is difficult. Confused after waking. evident affinity for joints, muscles, WEARINESS; aching through the entire skin, kidney and mucous membrane body or of affected parts. INCLINA- of the respiratory tract, but for the TION TO RECLINE. Loss of springiness most satisfactory results these tissue in walking. effects must not be the chief guide for VERTIGO, with tendency to fall; the prescriber unless he courts disap- gradually disappears; AMELIORATED pointment at the outset. Not all forms IN OPEN AIR. of such affections, not all patients suf- CRAVES OPEN AIR; AIR HUNGER; fering arthritis, albuminuria, obstinate AMELIORATED IN OPEN AIR. Ameli- skin eruptions of eczematous type oration FROM CONTINUED MOTION; and malignant disorders are to be from motion in bed; after eating; after assumed proper subjects for this sleep; during menses; from warmth powerful weapon. If it be held as an applied; from warm clothing and instrument in our armamentarium from bath. COMPLAINTS, INTERMIT- to be tried indiscriminately, if possibly TENT, PERIODIC. Disappearing grad- it may suit the case, not only dis- ually (pains and other complaints). appointment but woeful abuse must Aggravation AFTERNOON; EVENING; follow its employment. night; before menses. The certain guide to determine Pains BURNING; INTERMITTENT; what cases should receive this mar- soreness, stiffness, STICKING. SENSA- velous agent and may be benefited SATION OF DRYNESS IN MUCOUS MEM- by it, is similar to the guide for all BRANES. Sensation of warmth or our remedies, namely the symptom- heat, internally. Heat in bed, with image as revealed in the "symptoms desire to uncover. Chilliness inter- of the patient," those that character- nally. Perspiration absent or scanty. ize the man in disorder. Succession of chill then heat, per- The Radium subject suffers IN- spiration absent. Tickling sensation TENSE MENTAL DEPRESSION, for which in mucous membranes. nothing in the environment or life Blood pressure DECREASED. Blood circumstances appears accountable. vessels contracted; Blood altered by (In the prover, depression usually increased number of leucocytes; IN- present during menstrual period was CREASED NUMBER OF POLYMORPHONU- absent during the proving.) Sensa- CLEAR NEUTROPHILES (the protecting tion as if something terrible would cells), DECREASE IN SMALL LYMPHO- ' happen may accompany this. She CYTES. is afraid to be alone, especially in Drowsiness during the day. Sleep the dark. Painfully IRRITABLE, he is disturbed by restlessness and dreams. vexed, out of all proportion to the Dreams vivid; exciting; active; of fire; trifling occurrences that call forth his of suicide. J. C. L.

Eighty per cent of our business men are addicted to "nervous rush," but it does not spell efficiency. On the contrary, it means waste of energy, loss of time, more mistakes, a dull brain, and a "tired out" state of existence. The remedy is poise. —C. D. LARSON, in January "Efficiency."

Diphtheria BY H. HENDERSON PATRICK, M.D., GLASGOW, SCOTLAND EDITORIAL NOTE.—In presenting this report of a few cases of diphtheria under homoeopathic treatment to the Congress of Homoeopathy inLondon, Dr. Patrick offers a suggestion, which, when carried into operation, will give an excellent basis for comparison of the results of our treatment and the old school treatment, with the bacteria as an index. Conceding that the destruction of the bacilli is desirable and that they cannot continue in a soil devoid of their sustaining substance, conceding also that normal fluids of the body are the most unfavorable medium for the specific bacteria, the value of transforming the condition of the patient from the abnormal clinical aspect termed diphtheria to one in which the mucous membrane is normal, is conclusive. In the light of this evidence, contagion and quarantine considerations may profitably be revised. It has been my experience, and I can be obtained by the use of reme- presume it has also been yours, when dies selected according to the laws talking to orthodox medical men laid down by Hahnemann. regarding Homoeopathy and the re- Holding such views, I have often sults to be derived from homoeopathic found my arguments with medical treatment, that they almost inva- men seriously hampered by the ab- riably turn the conversation to the sence of statistics to back my asser- treatment of Diphtheria. The or- tions. Consequently, about a year thodox physician seems to feel that ago, I began to note more carefully, here, at any rate, he is on safe ground. the results of the homoeopathic The homoeopath will surely not have remedy in cases of diphtheria. In the temerity to claim that the results order to compare results of the two of homoeopathic treatment of diph- treatments, I thought the best theria are better than those to be method would be to find how long derived from treatment with anti- the bacilli remained in the throat, diphtheritic serum. after the commencement of treat- It is not my intention to discuss ment, in each case. the merits and demerits of anti- Unfortunately for my purpose, the diphtheritic serum. No one, of sanitary arrangements in Glasgow course, will deny that its use is a are excellent, and cases of diphtheria tremendous advance on the methods are not common. During the year, of treatment adopted by the or- only three cases have come under thodox school prior to its intro- my observation. As two of these are duction. I have always held, how- of considerable interest, I shall briefly ever, that the results of serum treat- detail them. ment are inferior to those which The first was a man, forty years of (33) 34 CLINICAL CASES age, a patient of Dr. Gibson Miller's. SACCHARUM LACTIS was substituted He consulted Dr. Miller last October for the LACHESIS. The throat gave about a painful throat of about no further trouble. A few days after- twenty-four hours' duration. At that ward some stomach symptoms time the symptoms had not de- cropped up, for which LYCOPODIUM veloped, and Dr. Miller found noth- appeared indicated. They were ing on which to prescribe except the speedily removed by that remedy. fact that the pain had started on the A swab taken from the throat at the begin- right side and had spread to the left. ning of the illness revealed the presence The prescription made was Ly- of Loeffier's bacillus. One taken three copodium 30. The following day the days after the Lachesis was given and another a few days later; both gave patient reported being much worse, negative results. and Dr. Miller, having an excess of work at the time, asked me to take Besides showing the rapid dis- the case. appearance of the bacilli from the I found the patient lying with his throat, this case, I think, brings out head over the side of the bed, while very clearly the complementary re- thick, ropy, blood-stained saliva ran lationship of LYCOPODIUM: and LACH- out of his mouth. ESIS. The fact that the pain in the Throat: The pain was very acute and kept throat traveled from right to left, him awake all night. For some hours although the indicated remedy was prior to my seeing him he had been undoubtedly LACHESIS, might be ac- unable to swallow anything, even a counted for by assuming that the mouthful of water. He had noticed, however, that before the throat became patient's chronic remedy, prior to so painful, cold things could be swal- the acute onset, was LYCOPODIUM. lowed with more ease than hot. This assumption would appear to be Pain worse on the left side. borne out also by the stomach condi- Examination revealed a patch of white membrane about the size of a three- tion, calling for that remedy after penny piece, on the left tonsil. the acute attack had passed. Glands about the angles of the jaw were The second case was a lady, twenty- slightly enlarged and tender, especially four years of age, who had been under on the left side. Marked aversion to having anything around treatment for some time previous to the neck. the diphtheria, for chronic rhinitis Temperature was 101.8° and the pulse, and deafness. On the 10th of April rather feeble, about 120 per minute. last, she came to me complaining of In spite of the fact that the throat pain in the throat and general weak- symptoms had started on the right ness, of twenty-four hours' duration. side and spread to the left, the other Throat: Pain was worse on the right aide and indications pointed so strongly to extended to the ear, on swallowing. LACHESIS that I had slight hesitation She could swallow food of a medium tem- in prescribing that remedy. Fincke's perature more easily than anything either hot or cold. 1m potency was given dry on the It had been much worse at night than at tongue, every four hours. any other time of the twenty-four hours, When I visited the patient the There was a small patch of gray membrane following day, his wife informed me on the right tonsil, with marked con- gestion of the entire pharynx. that he had been up and had had a Tongue was thickly coated and of a dirty hot bath and he expected to be at yellow color; its edges were indented. business again next day. He admit- ted however, The prescription was MERCURIUS SOL. 30th, every four hours until the That he had felt very weak after the bath and it was not difficult to persuade him to pain was relieved, combined with remain in bed. rest in bed and a liquid diet. The membrane had completely disappeared As this patient lived a considerable from the throat, which, except for a slight redness, appeared quite normal. distance away, I asked her friends Both liquids and solids, either hot or to inform me of her condition, daily. cold, could be swallowed without pain, On the following day, nth of April, Temperature and pulse were normal. she was reported to be feeling stronger, DIPHTHERIA 35 although the throat continued pain- Bacterial examination revealed the presence ful. The MERCURIUS was continued, of diphtheria bacilli in a swab taken from the throat on the 10th, and negative three times daily. results from swabs taken on the 13th On the 12th the throat was much easier and and 16th, when clinically it was worse. on the following day, when I saw her, The third case occurred in a boy, the pain was almost gone. The throat was much less congested and it was just seven years old, and presented no possible to make out where the mem- special features of interest. A swab brane had been. from the throat at the beginning of The tongue was not quite clean although the treatment revealed the presence much improved. of diphtheria bacillus and one taken Temperature and pulse were normal. two days afterward gave a negative I suppose it must have been with result. the idea of hastening the cure that AH the bacteriological examin- I was tempted to give two doses of ations were made by the Glasgow MERCURIUS 200 before placing the sanitary authorities. I have it on the patient on SACH. LAC. I had occasion authority of Dr. Buchanan, city to be from home for two days after bacteriologist, that under ortho- this. When calling, on the 16th, I dox treatment the bacilli remain on was informed that on the I4th (the the throat, on an average, for twenty- day following the giving of the MERC. two days after the commencement of 200) the throat was considerably treatment, and that in nine per cent worse and it continued so on the 15th. of cases they are present after six Then the patient's mother, thinking weeks. the condition due to the absence of It is obvious that we cannot gen- an evacuation of the bowels, gave eralize on three cases and it is for an enema. The result was satis- this reason that I have brought these factory so far as concerned the bowels, cases to your notice, in order, if I but the patient was so exhausted could, to induce some here to note afterward that she fainted. their diphtheria cases in a similar Throat (on 16th, when seen) was found dis- way, so that, in as short a time as tinctly more inflamed than on the 13th. possible, we might have a sufficient A small superficial ulcer appeared on the number of cases for statistical pur- right tonsil. poses. I feel sure that if we could place The pain was less than on the two pre- hard facts before some of our orthodox ceding days. friends, indicating that our treatment Realizing that the patient was is superior to theirs, even in such a suffering from a Mercurial aggra- disease as diphtheria (for which they vation, I gave two doses of HEPAR claim, and not without some reason, SULPH. 5m, four hours apart. After to have found something in the twenty-four hours the pain had dis- nature of specific treatment,) it would appeared from the throat and the not be difficult to interest them in patient was in every respect normal. the teachings of Samuel Hahnemann.

Diagnosis vs. the Homoeopathic Prescription

By WILLIAM HEINRICH SCHWARTZ, M. D., PERKASIE, PENNA. So much value has been assigned that the patient has leucocytosis or to diagnosis by the majority of doc- typhoid fever, his duties have been tors that, to the laity, it appears all- satisfactorily performed, whether the important—the "open sesame" of patient dies or recovers. It appears the art. There is a notion that if the enough to know that he died of ty- doctor is able to demonstrate, by the phoid fever. As his reputation rests blood count or the Weidal reaction, on his ability to make a proper diag- 36 CLINICAL CASES npsis, he is so engrossed in care for Aggravation in every period of cold weather. diagnosis, as years pass by, that he Aggravation intense, violent, in wet cares less and less about remedial weather. agents. Finally he says there is no Craved hot milk, respiration easier after virtue in drugs; and, according to his drinking it. experience, this is a fact. RHUS TOX. 200, three doses, two hours apart. The homoeopath does not decry The next day, Mr. R. said he felt diagnosis. In fact, the careful homoe- like another person, and had enjoyed opath becomes the expert diagnos- a grand night's rest. The breathing tician, from careful observation and was easier, and he was able to sit up. search for symptoms. Only such I then elicited the following history: work enables him to differentiate the Five years before this, he had been a pathognomonic and the vital symp- fireman in Denver, Colorado, where, toms. The pathognomonic symptoms during a large fire, in zero weather, he he uses in classifying the remedies, had been overheated, thoroughly and for a guide in hygienic measures. soaked with water, frozen and thawed He recognizes that diagnosis offers out, alternately, for several days, very little aid in selecting the proper without rest, and living mostly on remedy for healing the sick. It has stimulants. This was followed by a tendency to lead away from Homoe- a severe siege of pneumonia. He opathy toward the routine practice suffered frequently with bronchitis, of giving one or more remedies for and constantly with heart trouble, diseases by name, e. g., Rhus and which doctors pronounced "mitral Bryonia, for rheumatism; Belladonna, insufficiency." After several years of Baptisia or Bryonia, or two of these suffering, he was placed on the retired in alternation, for typhoid fever. Such list, with a life pension, as incurable. practice has proved unsatisfactory I told him that I thought he could in results and harmful to the repu- be cured. In one week he was able to be tation of Homoeopathy. Had every out, gaining strength and appetitedaily. homoeopath developed the practice 1910 of selecting remedies, regardless of the Jan. 2. Pains began to be troublesome again, diagnosis, Homoeopathy would to-day in thigh and liver. Liver much swollen, but suffering not be the dominant school of medicine. intense enough to repeat the remedy. The careful prescriber who bases Jan. 7. Violent inflammation of lungs, with his selection on the symptoms of a symptoms resembling BRYONIA. properly recorded case, is as certain BRY. 200 in water. One teaspoonful every of his remedies as is an artist with a half-hour for three hours. brush, of his colors. After the remedy is If copious perspiration or sleep administered, he is able to make definite occurred, he was not to be disturbed • prognosis. (See Kent's "Lectures on nor to receive further medicine. Homoeopathic Philosophy," Lect. 35.) He slept after the fourth dose, and The following reports serve as illus- had a good night's rest. For several tration. days he progressed nicely. On the CASE I. Mr. F. R., aet. 39 yrs. In 10th of January, PHOSPHORUS being bed and pitifully begging for relief. clearly indicated, I gave of the 500th, three doses, two hours apart. 1909 Nov. 27. Respiration intensely difficult. Recovery was uninterrupted. By Legs, tearing pain down right thigh from the 28th of January, 1911, he was hip; left leg cold as ice at night. so robust that he went to work, a Chest, intense pain, extending through thing he had been unable to do for to the back. Liver region, sharp stitching pain; much five years. suffering with liver. CASE 2. Mr. Al. B., a ranchman, Urine highly colored. for a number of years, suffered Cough in severe paroxysms, which are paroxysms of dyspnoea. He came for exhausting. Changing position frequently; could not treatment in the spring of 1908, but remain in one position comfortably. through several months' observation, DIAGNOSIS VS. PRESCRIPTION 37 I could not decide upon a remedy. Chilly and hot alternately; no thirst. He suffered intensely with constipa- Cannot stand the heat of the stove. Anxiety and restlessness; sleepiness; dis- tion; had a violent temper; had taken contented. much quinine and calomel, and was Amelioration, reclining on the back. emaciated. Becoming weaker and Agg., reclining on either side. weaker, he was finally obliged to sell Nosebleed. his cattle, being unable to follow I recognized it as a case of impacted them. He said he could not ride his faeces, and found in the repertory, horse any more, as that always made caust., gels., lac.d., lach., OPIUM and him much worse. plb. for impaction, but, as Dr. Kent This information led me to give had often told me, "only when the him SEPIA 3m (J), which was repeated symptoms agree." in three months. I never saw a more The symptoms did not agree with remarkable change in a patient. He the image of any of those remedies, so progressed splendidly until Septem- I inquired her history from childhood. ber, when one of the old sieges ap- She had the usual children's diseases. peared. These had recurred several Menstruation began at the age of times a year, since childhood, sixteen, late and protracted. Had He had terrible pain in the heart fourteen children. Headaches frontal, region, with intense prostration and worse in a hot room and when near difficult breathing. All clothing had the fire. Always was warm-blooded. to be opened around the throat. He Sleep never refreshing. Wept when lay in a stupor, without unconscious- referring to her children not living, ness. Temperature 102. She received PULSATILLA in _200th LACHESIS 200, three doses, one-half potency, and had prompt relief, so hour apart, relieved him promptly, that she had a good night's rest. and he has not had a recurrence of The next day she reported pains these paroxysms since. He has not less intense in the morning, but re- had a repetition of this remedy, and turning in the evening, and received only once has needed any medicine. PULS. 10m. January, 1911, he received SULPHUR, July 30. Legs, sensation of water cork-screw- 10M. ing and flowing down. He returned to the cattle business, Jerking of legs accompanies pains. and is able to ride in the saddle all Pain in gluteal muscles extending down- ward. day, without ill effect. I since learned Abdomen, paroxysms of pain, increasing that when he was a boy, over thirty in number and intensity, years ago, he was bitten, or rather, Resemble labor pains, only much stung, by a rattlesnake. worse. Amel., sitting, and from quiet. CASE MRS Agg., while lying, and from motion. 3. . K., aet. 65 years. Sleepy, but cannot sleep, because of in- 1911. crease in pain the moment she re- July 27. Abdomen much swollen since clines, and inability to recline on the yesterday. side. Pain in left hypochondrium and hypo- Restlessness, unable to be quiet, but mo- gastrium, extends around from the tion aggravates. back to the abdomen, intermittent, Goes from bed to chair and chair to resembling labor pains. bed. Amelioration, lying on back. POLS. 10M. Followed soon by rectal evacu- Hands hot. ation and general relief. Head, heavy as an iron skull-cap. Back BO tired she cannot raise it. The following day she was free from Nausea, no vomiting. Breath, very pain, and in less than four days was offensive odor. Rectum, watery offensive discharge. going up and down stairs a dozen No fecal evacuation for twelve days. times a day.

Greeting

T may be asked what excuse THE HOMOEOPATHICIAN can offer for its I appearance. Our readers are entitled to a frank and direct explanation of this most important question. The Society of Homoeopathicians has realized the need of a journal in which to publish its papers for the preservation of the works of its members. No sooner was this conclusion reached than many supporters and friends of our cause made known their desire to read the reports and papers of the Society. As preparations grew, the field broadened, and it was finally con eluded to offer THE HOMOEOPATHICIAN to all who love the cause of Homoe- opathy. It has been thought wise to open out with strength and zeal, to see what we can do as our part to broaden the uses of the only pure medical art ever given to man. We shall try to reward our friends by furnishing them evi- dence of the universality of the law of cure, and to conquer our enemies by the same method. If our friends are furnished clearer and fuller results than can be furnished by the so-called representatives of modern science, then our enemies will certainly feel the effect of such instruction if we continue to furnish them long enough. We have therefore come to remain. We desire the friendship of all journals and colleges that are teaching Homoeopathy and no others. We shall declare war upon nobody, no journal and no college. Our purpose will be never to be critical, but to stand for the truth, the principle and the law. The journal is the organ of its readers whether they be few or many, and it proposes to furnish evidence that medical agents proved upon the healthy are the safest and speediest means for curing all curable diseases of man and animals. As the art of healing depends upon law, we feel a deep certainty that whatever of good may come to view, by the aid of modern science through laboratory investigations, must conform to law, or perish, in due course of events. Very much of our materia medica is one hundred years old, and all educated homoeopathists believe that it will be fuller and richer at the end of another century. All old school methods, even the opsonic index, will be gone in less than a century, and its drugs, now in use, will be replaced by new ones in a decade. All that is known of those that remain will be in proportion to their conformation to the Law of Similars. We desire to come into the arena where all knowledge and uses may (38) EDITORIAL 39 develop in an orderly manner, dictated by law and confirmed by experience. We desire to instruct willing listeners and shall cooperate with all writers and readers to this end. Homoeopathic therapeutics, as it conforms to law, com- prises philosophy, materia medica and clinical medicine, even when required by the surgeon. Whatever shall broaden our knowledge in these will find coöperation in this venture. Our writers will present facts and principles and not controversial theories. Personal insinuations and thrusts will not be offered to our readers, and when coming from outside sources will seldom receive attention. Principles may be advocated ever so earnestly if they con- form to the law and it will be assumed that all who hold to principles and law are friends and strive only to impress, by earnest endeavor, that which, to them, appears to stand forth as belonging to order. This journal will not be found in the "middle of the road" at any time, nor at any time willing to compromise for the sake of peace. The principles for which we stand are not ours. The principle is or is not. The remedy is, or is not, similar. There is no half way nor middle ground. We stand for the proved remedy and not for clinical experience; for the single remedy and not for two nor several; not for serums, until they are proved and recorded in symptoms as thoroughly as are the disease forms for which they stand; not for pathological findings as a basis of prescribing. Whatever in medicine has been "demonstrated to be useful" is nothing unless it has been demonstrated to conform to law and its usefulness or curing powers are according to the Law of Similars. All other so-called discoveries are believed to be hurtful. Therefore, these pages will not contain papers that do not accord with law and order. K.

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Eighth Quinquennial International Congress of Homoeopathy: A Monument to Samuel Hahnemann For many years I have felt the fair Saxony; glided up and down the need of more, and even more knowl- river along whose shores he romped, edge of the Law of cure—as promul- as a lad; visited the same great castles, gated by Samuel Hahnemann. This and looked upon the landscapes he need has been accentuated since loved. We went to the porcelain becoming a close student of James factory, where his father's skilled Tyler Kent. Dr. Kent teaches his brush had executed exquisite ware. students, by example and by precept, As I traveled on from place to the beauty and the necessity of place, hallo-wed by his presence, he clinging close to the ORGANON. seemed near, and there came new vis- Often my thoughts have led me to ions of my great master. From these wish that I might catch intenser scenes of the life of Hahnemann I inspiration, and see a new vision of hastened to London. the Seer of Cöthen, so be enabled to Here, in the International Congress do better work than ever for suffer- of Homoeopathy, was the embodiment ing humanity. I've read his writings, of his life-work—his perpetual living and reviewed his life history; then I monument. Here I met those who planned to visit the land of his birth. were the living exponents of THE This past summer, I had this great ORGANON; strong, beautiful, in their privilege of acquainting myself with faith; able, and eager, to break a lance the paths he trod, found myself in the in his cause. places where he lived, from his birth Medical men from all climes, full to his last resting-place. of enthusiasm, based on years of I was appointed one of the dele- happy experiences, gathered at this gates from the A. I. H., and also one latest and, to my mind, best, Inter- of the delegates from the Society of national Congress of Homoeopathy. Homoeopathicians, to present papers They came from Italy, from Russia, at the International Congress of from India, from all parts of the con- Homoeopathy, held, last July, in Lon- tinent and Great Britain. It is don, England. impossible even to mention here We sailed early in the summer for all in this noble array. Yet I must Germany, later motoring through the speak of a few. Austrian Tyrol, Switzerland, France, The scholarly paper, itself a work and England. Followers of Hahne- of art,—yes, a classic,—delivered by mann, I wish I could transmit to you the able president, Dr. George Bur- something of the joy that thrilled my ford, of London; the powerful ad- being when I trod the streets of dresses of Dr. Miller, of Glasgow, and Meissen, the city where he was born; Dr. Tyler, of London, were a mighty rode over the same beautiful hills of force for all that is best. Dr. John (40)

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS—FIELD SECRETARY 41 Clarke's paper was universally Above, is inscribed, in large, deep admired. We are all proud of Dr. letters, the legend, Hahnemann John Weir, and are grateful for his Fondateur de L'Homoeopathie, and indefatigable labor, which contribu- the dates. On each side of the pedes- ted largely to the great success of the tal are tablet memorials of his great Congress. Dr. MacNish was willing to achievements. On the base is in- travel around the world, visiting scribed Souscription Internationale. Institutions and meeting physicians, In the name of the host of his in the interests of true Homoeopathy. American followers, with my grateful There was true regret that James patients, we covered his grave with Tyler Kent was not able to be pres- choice roses. On the ornamental cap ent; yet he was much in evidence. of one wing of the shaft hangs a large He has spoken powerfully through permanent wreath, which was pre- the printed page, and the impress of sented by several French homoeo- his teachings was upon the finest pathic physicians. To the other side papers delivered. His devoted stu- I lifted a sweet child—yes, a beauti- dents were his living representatives, ful little girl, healed, when all other urging always and forever THE help had failed, by the use of Hahne- ORGANON, and thus the eternal Law mannian Homoeopathy. With loving of Cure—Simitia similibus curantur. hands and grateful heart, she placed Everybody loves Dr. E. B. Nash, as over it a corresponding wreath,—all his papers and books ring true with a speaking words of praise of him whose love for Samuel Hahnmann. sacred dust rests beneath. I thought Last September, we stood at of teachers and comrades and patients Hahnemann's tomb, in Père La at home, and, for their sakes also, I Chaise, Paris, France. A broad shaft, laid my tribute, with tender emotion, winged toward the base, forms the on the grave of Samuel Hahnmann. solid background for the noble bust. A. EUGENE AUSTIN, M.D., H.M.

The Work of the Field Secretary of the A. I. H. To the United States belongs the Materia Medica for Homoeopathy; credit, among all countries of the author of text-books, valued by world, of having the best organiza- students and practicians; and for tion in the interest of Homoeopathy. many years, editor of the foremost The American Institute of Homoeo- medical journal of the western coast pathy is the oldest national medical section. He was selected by the Insti- organization in existence, and the tute, as Field Secretary, at the meet- commission and support of an active, ing held in San Francisco, in 1910. traveling, Field Secretary is one of Probably no member of that organ- its latest policies. ization is better suited to the role If the question be asked what need which Dr. Arndt has accepted. His there is for such an officer, or what former activities, in societies, in col- is the value to the organization, to lege work, and journalism have made its members, or to Homoeopathy, of him widely familiar with the condi- such an one, the answer is found in tions and the work of the profession the results achieved in the past two for the past forty years, and also years. familiar to many who were his stu- Dr. A. H. Arndt was, for many dents or readers of his literary works. years, active in the work of the Ameri- This mutual acquaintance becomes can Institute, though not always a strong and personal factor in meet- prominently in evidence at the annual ing the doctors in all parts of the meetings; for years, a professor in country, and discussing with them various colleges, filling the chair of in their own localities of practice, the 42 REVIEW prime factors of professional propa- enlisted under this banner. So ably ganda which he desires to urge upon has he met, with spirit and irrefutable the attention of all. facts, the coolness, indifference and The Field Secretary demonstrates waning enthusiasm of members of the value of his position, collecting the profession, even those widely and presenting evidence which can- separated from other students of not be refuted, pointing unmistakably Homoeopathy, more or less isolated to the merits of the cause and to the from colleagues of the same faith, and value of loyalty and organization. always in the minority among the He emphasizes, everywhere, whether doctors of the community, that, al- addressing large audiences or small most unconsciously to themselves, gatherings of a few local representa- the disciples of Hahnemann have tives of the school, the distinctive roused and awakened to a realization position of Homoeopathy; that its of the power of the doctrines and the very fundamental contentions and materia rnedica in application, and a those of the Old School, in precept and realization that loyalty to principle is in practice, render impossible any superior to simple love of good-fellow- merging of the two schools so long as ship offered by Old School societies neither relinquishes the faith of its in exchange for relinquishing that foundation, nor admits the superior- loyalty. ity of the contentions of the other. As did the Grecian, Spartacus, to There can be no compromise be- his countrymen gladiators, in Rome, tween conviction that sickness is Dr. Arndt appeals to his colleagues most promptly, mildly and perma- to be true to their manhood, to per- nently cured by the use of medicines petuate the faith which has made according to the Law of Similia, the their success possible, and to support basis of Homoeopathy, and the thera- the work of colleges and lend each, peutic nihilism which declares that his or her aid, by membership and there is no value in medicines, and participation, in the local, state and hence other measures, exclusive of national organizations. medicine, must be the dependence of The fact that thousands of com- the physician for healing—the mod- munities of 300 or more of population, ern claim of Old School professors. are calling for homoeopaths to ad- Neither can there be any compro- minister to their needs, where they mise between the crude materialism desire no other form of medical prac- of the Old School, which seeks the tice, is a strong incentive to direct primary cause of sickness in tissue students of medicine to the colleges change, and the vitalistic doctrine for Homoeopathy, especially in the so ably promulgated and utilized by face of universal admission by the Hahnemann in banishing all forms Old School teachers and practicians, of sickness, even before it is ulti- that the number of graduates from mated in tissue change. their colleges is far in excess of the Regardless of amiability, courtesy, demands or the opportunities of the and social good fellowship, mutually country for their support. enjoyed by those devoted to these Dr. Arndt unhesitatingly declares opposite convictions, no compromise that, could he have foreseen, two in professional conviction and prac- years ago, the radical changes that tice is possible, to justify a union of have occurred in the various com- the two schools in one professional munities he has revisited, where de- organization. faulting societies have revived and The Field Secretary, in his re- active interest in Homoeopathy, in peated discussions, in the course of doctrine and application, has asserted extended travel through the states, and held its place in discussions and presents the standards of Hahne- in practice, he would have closed his mann's teaching as worthy, and com- office more speedily, to carry the stim- pelling the loyalty of those who have ulus of the Institute appeal. J. C. L.

To the college student THE HO- well-being of the state and the in- MOEOPATHICIAN presents itself in dividual. For this we live and move the and have our professional well- role of Elder Brother to encourage being. No considerations of science by the example of those in the ad- for science's sake—no glamour of vance, faithfully employing the the honor and glory of mere pro- agents and the doctrines with which fessionalism; no half-way house of the student is newly making acquaint- this description can keep us from ance; to supplement college instruc- the simple truth enunciated in tion with elaboration of the Master's Plato, "The medical art does not teaching, from the field of experience exist for its own greatness." But in actual practice; to supplement the the profession—or rather the ser- clinic-course with the clinical ex- vice—of medicine is a great kinship perience and solution of problems reaching through all times and all from many states and countries. lands. Within its hands are placed As Dr. George Burford said in his in a constantly increasing number, presidential address to the Congress the keys of life and death." of Homoeopathy at the recent meet- "Homoeopathy is more, very much ing in London, "Homoeopathy is a more, than a mere passing phase in World-fact," and its confirmations the history of medicine; the reac- and verifications come from all coun- tionary extreme of yesterday from tries. the dangerous excess of yesterday. It is recognized that the college It has all the distinctive qualities of course of today affords, among constructive genius, possesses an in- the numerous varied and necessary tellectual edifice of its own, four- branchings of its curriculum, too square to all the winds that blow, scant a field and time for full exposi- and naturally exerts some influence tion of the philosophy of Hahneman- over its Hinterland. Homoeopathy nian Homoeopathy, its therapeutics plans for a future on the basis of and materia medica. Since opportu- its undeveloped powers as well as nity for the graduate to pursue such of its historic past. " fuller study in post-graduate course "And the future of Homoeopathy is the exception, an available record is one which may well inspire the of authentic exposition, demonstra- imagination and stimulate the Enthu- tions and provings is intended to be siasm of the worker for humanity. established in the pages of this journal. We look forward to its expansion, voluminous and harmonized, compact " The medical art does not exist of facts and laws which embrace the for the benefit of the medical art. whole field of curative and preventive Our science and our art, our insti- medicine."—Address of Dr. George tutions and our traditions are vas- Burford, London. sals to this over-lord, the physical

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What Homoeopathy Is and Is Not

EDITORIAL NOTE.—Since the foundation of the system of Homoeopathyt leaflets and booklets have been prepared for distribution among those interested in the subject, but not in the profession. It has always been found that the people gladly hear and read the gospel of healing, and even ask for a simple presentation of it, which can be given to those whom they desire to interest. The following leaf- lets have been prepared by Dr. A. H. Arndt for general distribution, and applica- tion made for their copyright by the A. I. H. They may be had for fifty cents per hundred, or three dollars and fifty cents per thousand, by addressing Dr. A. H. Arndt, 656 Rose Building, Cleveland, Ohio. (What Homoeopathy Is will appear in February Issue.) 1. Homoeopathy is not a new thing. porary relief. But homoeopathic physicians Hippo- may and do use any agent to relieve pain crates, Galen, Haller, Stork, and many other when to do this is a matter of common-sense great teachers in medicine, were familiar or when imperative. with the homoeopathic law of cure. Samuel 6. Homoeopathy does not suppress symp- Hahnemann (German physician and scien- toms nor give temporary relief at the expense tist) first recognized its full value and made of future comfort and safety. It aims, by the its application general. remedy given, to reach the cause of the dis- 2. Homoeopathy is not a fad, like the suc- turbance and thus make the sick well. cession of great discoveries constantly hailed 7. Homoeopathy does not injure the human as wonderful advances in scientific medicine, system. Its effect is gentle. Its methods do to drop out of sight and memory in a short not make the patient first worse, nor do they time. Homoeopathy has been daily tested for exhaust his vitality so that recovery is re- more than a century, and its hold upon the tarded. It rather coaxes back health, and al- intelligent in every community is stronger to- lows the carefully husbanded vital energy to day than ever before. make convalescence a rapid and safe process. It does not make the sick sicker; it woos them 3. Homoeopathy is not a complicated prop- back into well-being. osition beyond the comprehension of intelli- 8. Homoeopathy does not claim to be a gent lay people. It rests upon a simple, demon- universal panacea, but in more than a cen- strable law of nature; that drugs in small tury's trial in every part of the civilized world doses will cure, in the sick, ailments whose it has demonstrated its curative power in all symptoms closely resemble those that are disease-conditions known, at any time of life. caused when the same drug is taken in larger It acts as promptly in the vigorous man and doses by a person in normal health. woman as in childhood. It does not take the 4. Homoeopathy is not guess-work nor a place of the surgeon's knife, but when skil- fine-spun theory. Each one of the hundreds fully used often does away with the necessity of drugs employed by homoeopaths has been of operating. By its subtle constitutional "proved" or tested upon the healthy human effects its action reaches far and deep, and the organism, showing what organs, functions or surgeon, accoucheur or gynaecologist, who is structures it affects. Mark that these experi- familiar with the use of homoeopathically ments are not made upon cats, dogs, or guinea- indicated remedy can achieve results far pigs, but upon hundreds of earnest men and greater than those attained without it. women, who subjected themselves to pain 9. Homoeopathy is not behind the times; and inconvenience for the purpose of help- the homoeopath is educated just as other ing the sick. Homoeopaths experiment upon physicians are, meets the same requirements themselves, not upon their patients, to find in college and passes the same examinations. out what drugs can do. He knows all that other physicians do, and in 5. Homoeopathy does not seek merely to addition must have a complete understanding palliate nor suppress pain. It goes to the root of the principles of Homoeopathy, and a full of the trouble, and lor that very reason is knowledge of homoeopathic materia medica likely permanently to overcome pain when and of homoeopathic practice. opiates and other palliatives afford only tem-

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