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abscess is not yet sufficiently ripe, this agent often increases the inflammation and renders it more obstinate.

Allen, in speaking of hepar, says: "Tonsilitis in the suppurative stage; it is indicated after belladonna and baryta; these three remedies may follow in succession; bell. at the very outset, baryta after the bell.-dryness and fever have subsided, then if suppuration threatens, hepar; the indications for which are the fetid odor of the salivations, sharp, splinter-like pains on swallowing, and great sensitiveness to the air or even chilliness.' The only sensation that hepar sometimes furnishes us in prolonged cases is that of "swallowing over a lump." Do not mistake your hepar for mercury.

Baryta carb., is to us an unknown remedy in the acute stage of this disease. We have heard of others using it, but either we do not know when to use it, or else we are in a rut and cannot see over the edges. Allen says: "For suppurating tonsils from every cold; indicated when the tonsils are inflamed with swollen. veins, in persons who have habitual sweat of the feet." Hawkes writes: "Tonsils enlarge and suppurate often." C. C. Smith gives it this characteristic: "Suffocative breathing from enlarged tonsil on lying down." Jahr places it with sepia, sulfur or calcarea for "chronic swelling of the tonsils." We have always reserved it for chronic cases where we could not see any other remedy indicated, and we have had very few of that kind.

Careful study of the materia medica and equally careful study of each case makes tonsillitis a very easily handled disease with no bad sequelæ. EDWIN JAY CLARK. ·

22 Steele Block, Denver, Colo.

Washington, Feb. 6.-Dr. L. L. Seaman was heard to-day by the House Committee on Military Affairs on a project to increase the efficiency of the medical department of the army. Dr. Seaman has recently returned from an observation tour with the Japanese army and his comparison of sanitation and medical methods between the Japanese and American armies was embodied in these words: "They. go us a million times better in sanitation and military supplies." He said that but one per cent. of sickness is fatal with the Japanese army, while seventy per cent. of the sickness in the American army during the Spanish war was fatal.-Daily Paper.

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OSTEOPATHS RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGES.

CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS NOT.

Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 15.-The Missouri Supreme Court to-day rendered an opinion in which it holds that while osteopaths are not physicians and surgeons under the laws of the state, they are liable for damages resulting from injuries sustained by persons whom they treat.-Daily Paper.

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The Supreme Court of New Hampshire has recently decided that persons who knowingly submit themselves to treatment by Christian Science "healers' must not expect to recover money damages for any injurious consequences that may arise. The case was one in which a healer tried to dismiss the thought of a recurrent attack of appendicitis. The patient was a woman who had an attack from which she recovered under medical treatment. When a recurrence took place she hired a "scientist" to disperse the claim by sitting in front of her and making assertions while she read Mother Eddy's book. As she grew steadily worse she finally became alarmed, called in her physician, was operated upon and recovered. She then tried to recover damages from the "healer" who didn't heal, but the judge said the dupe was just as guilty as the duper, and that if it was illegal for the defendant to treat the plaintiff as he did, it was equally illegal for her either knowingly to employ him to give her such treatment or to consent to be so treated. One might say this was a good ruling, for the plaintiff was a fool and it served her right nearly to pay with her life for her folly. But, on the other hand, the law ought to protect weaklings and fools from the machinations of crafty knaves, and when Christian Scientists know there will be nothing to pay if their victims die, society will have lost a powerful defense against the onslaughts of the readers and healers of the Church of Eddy.-Medical Record.

In a recent publication Dr. Benjamin F. Bailey of Lincoln, Ne braska, asks the question: "Ought the teaching in homeopathic colleges be criticised by the profession?" Most assuredly, "No!" On the same principle, if a man steals a horse, keep it quiet.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF HOMEOPATHY.
Office of the President, George Royal, M. D.

To the Members and Friends of the American Institute of Homeopathy, Greeting:

At a recent meeting of the executive committee, held in Chicago, the date for the annual meeting of the Institute was fixed for June 29th to July 1st, 1905. The committee of local arrangements reported sufficiently to assure the executive committee that everything necessary to the comfort and convenience of the members and their friends, who attend, has already been outlined and will be completed.

The headquarters will be at the Auditorium hotel. The management of this hotel, which also controls others in the same neighborhood, have made very liberal reductions from their usual rates. As is well known, the auditorium hotel is siutated on the Lake front, assuring fresh, cool breezes and freedom from noise.

The meetings of the Institute will be held in Music hall, adjoining the Auditorium. The affiliated societies have been provided rooms on the "assembly" floor of the Music hall building, and in the banqueting rooms of the Auditorium. Thus are provided four large, well lighted and well ventilated rooms and several smaller ones, under the same roof and conveniently connected by elevators and halls.

The subcommittee on entertainment has planned so as to interfere as little as possible with the work of the Institute. Besides the opening reception and ball on Monday tvening, there will be a banquet on Friday evening. At this banquet the Illinois Homeopathic Medical Association and the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, each celebrating their fiftieth anniversary, will act as host to the members of the Institute and their friends, and all will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Hahnemann.

The presidents of the affiliated societies and the chairmen of the bureaux, with two exceptions, were present with the executive committee. They all reported excellent progams well under way. The keynote sounded by these officers clearly indicated that the coming meeting is to be one for effecting a more vital and aggressive organization.

The officers earnestly ask for the inspiration of your presence at this meeting. GEORGE ROYAL, President. CHARLES GATCHELL, Sec'y.

Des Moines, Ia., Feb. 15, 1905.

Published by The Denver Journal Publishing Company.

JAMES WILLIAM MASTIN., M. D., MANAGING EDITOR.

230-1-2 MAJESTIC BUILDING.

J. WYLIE ANDERSON, M. D., BUSINESS MANAGER.
16-17 STEELE BLOCK.

Communications of a literary nature, books for review and exchanges should be addressed to the Managing Editor. Those relating to business matters, inquiries for advertising rates, space, etc., should be addressed to the Business Manager.

MATTER FOR PUBLICATION, NOTICES OF CHANGE IN ADVERTISEMENTS SHOULD BE IN THE HANDS OF THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS BY THE 15TH OF THE MONTH PRECEDING DATE OF PUBLICATION TO INSURE ATTENTION. No attention whatever will be paid to communications unless accompanied by signature and address of the author. We would respectfully request that correspondents be particular to write upon but one side of the paper, write plainly, spell correctly, and bear in mind that there is such a thing as the proper use of capital letters and punctuation marks.

HOMEOPATHIC SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

COLORADO HOMEOPATHIC SOCIETY-Le Roy C. Hedges, M.D., Grand Junction, Colorado, President; Giles P. Howard, M.D., Steele Blk., Denver, Colorado, Secretary. Meets annually, meeting place to be determined by the board of censors.

DENVER HOMEOPATHIC CLUB-G. S. Peck, M.D., president; address, Stout Block; D. S. Vinland, M.D., Secretary, 1705 Lawrence street. Club meets third Monday of every month at the Adams hotel, corner Welton and Eighteenth streets, promptly at 8 o'clock p. m.

EDITORIAL COMMENT.

HOMEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA.

This all-important branch of a Homeopathic physician's education is receiving a remarkably reliable review through the columns of The Critique in the articles appearing monthly from the pen of Dr. James Tyler Kent of Chicago, and we feel a very great feeling of pride and pleasure when, in a personal letter to the editor, Dr. Kent says: "The papers now running through your Critique have never appeared; they are dictated entirely for your paper. I have never lectured on these remedies." It is further a source of great satisfaction to receive numerous inquiries for extra copies containing "Dr. Kent's article," men

tioning some particular topic discussed by him, and to have this request followed by an annual subscription, which, in more than one instance, at least, has been followed by similar subscriptions from friends of the former inquirer after true Homeopathic teaching. Those who, in their student days, have had the benefit of Dr. Kent's teaching of Materia Medica, have nothing but the highest terms of endearment and enthusiastic praise for the manner in which he presented this rather tiresome topic during this period and many have seen fit to say many pleasant things relative to his articles in these pages, the only difference they can see between the lectures and the later-day articles is that the latter are more condensed than were the class room talks. We shall continue to give these articles the benefit of first position in our pages and trust this feature of The Critique. will meet the approval of our readers and that they will not miss this introduction to our regular monthly meetings for many

moons.

CRITICISM OF HOMEOPATHIC TEACHING.

In the December number of Progress, Dr. Benjamin F. Bailey of Lincoln, Nebraska, asks this question: "Ought the teaching in homeopathic colleges to be criticised by the profession?" This is easy; certainly the teaching in homeopathic colleges should be criticised by the homeopathic profession whenever and wherever the teaching is faulty. Criticism-honest, able, judicious criticism-is the one thing needful for the securing of proper teaching, inasmuch as such criticism not only brings out the best there is in the teachers, but spurs them on to greater and more effective work. Unfair criticism is always to be deplored, but such criticism never comes from a broad-minded, capable man. Honest criticism never hurts.-The Medical Counselor.

The foregoing from the very conservative Counselor will surely meet the approval of the ex-president of the A. I. H., manager of Green Gables, situate near unto Bryanville, but whether it will receive the complete concurrence of the class of publications first presenting the conundrum is another question. Criticism is a peculiar commodity and some people would much prefer to retain it as a personal privilege rather than see it used promiscuously by others; in fact, opinions expressed in a perfectly fair and open manner by any one except them

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