I had never been called or asked to prescribe for the party. The case in question was that of a young man, aged 24 years, farmer; had been subject to epileptiform convulsions for over four years, with an average, nearly of an attack a day during that period. After becoming somewhat better acquainted with the family, rather neighborly, by-the-way, and taking an interest in the young man who appeared to be getting no better very persistently, I asked them if they had ever tried homeopathic treatment? This was shortly after reading Dr. Kent's article in which I recognized a picture of the case in calcarea ars., and I proposed, if possible, to give the remedy a try. Gaining the consent of the mother to try the remedy and being anxious to prove or disprove the symptoms as given in The Critique article I sent, or had the Denver firm handling their goods, send to B. & T. for the 30th of the drug, which was administered three times a day for a month. The beginning of my treatment was about four months ago. The first month the young man had but two attacks and from latest reports I am inclined to think he is cured inasmuch as he has not had any trouble for some while. The clear and concise manner in which Dr. Kent conveys his materia medica ideas in the articles now running in The Critique, will be the means of putting many members of the profession upon the right track in the selection of a remedy, thereby aiding suffering humanity, in addition to improving the quality of homeopathic prescribing. There is nothing I enjoy so much, whether in The Critique or elsewhere, as a season of prayerful consideration of the homeopathic materia medica, with the great and rapidly growing greater, Kent, as my guide.

FROM E. P. GREGORY, M. D., BRIDGEPORT, CONN.

Was visited by Eugene S.: He disclosed a penis corona surrounded by ring of fig-warts, some one-fourth of an inch long; informed me that he had come to have them burned off again. He was trembling from fear as he knew, from former experience, what he expected to go through. He was told that we did not do business that way.

R Thuja occ., 75 m.

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(Finke.)

Was told to report in two weeks, at the end of which time he came in and insisted that the warts be burned off. Upon being shown that the warts were clearing off at the base he was given a vial of s. 1., with instructions to return in two weeks.

Saw nothing of him for over a year when I chanced to meet him upon a lonely road, where he informed me that inasmuch as the warts had all disappeared he could see no economy or reason for his paying for another bottle of pills, consequently

had not kept his appointment of the twelve months previous. Taking him into the adjacent woods I verified his statement. I see by my records that the date of this case is August 18th, 1874.

FROM "HINTS," IN HOMEOPATHIC ENVOY, MAY, 1905.

Dr. Richard Hughes, in his Pharmacodynamics, wrote that Calcarea carb. 30th "has, for me, quite superseded Chloroform and the hot bath for the intense pain caused by the passage of the biliary or renal calculi-gallstones."

Dr. Orr, a recent graduate of the D. H. M. C., will continue to practice at Barnum, a suburb of Denver, for some time. He has succeeded in building up a very good business in this part of town, is well liked, and very successful. The Critique predicts prosperity for Dr. Orr wherever he concludes to locate permanently.

LAST CALL.

My Dear Editor: Permit me to assure the readers of your journal that all the preparations necessary to make the Chicago meeting of the A. I. H. the most successful one in its history have been completed. The chairman of the committee on arrangements, together with his enthusiastic associates, has spared neither pains nor money in securing suitable rooms for the meetings of the institute, all its committees and affiliated societies; in securing hotel accommodations to fit the purses of all; and in securing the co-operation of the ladies of Chicago to help make the meetings of the Meissen successful and enjoyable.

The chairman of the committee on the anniversary of the birth of Hahnemann, together with his associates and a committee of the Illinois Homeopathic Medical Society, has planned for a magnificent social entertainment with which to close the week on Friday evening.

The program of the business and scientific part of the meeting, which is already in your hands, shows that in this respect a feast is in store for us all.

The amalgamation scheme demonstrated to the homeopathic profession that the work begun by Hahnemann is far from completed, and inspired the profession with the determination to renew the battle and fight till a complete victory is achieved.

It is the sanguine expectation of all who are in charge that at the Chicago meeting plans will be matured, orders will be issued and inspiration furnished for a campaign which will in time carry the practice and principles of homeopathy to every city and hamlet in the land.

The preparations for the meeting are a success. To make the meeting itself a success only requires the presence of your

self and every reader of your journal. On behalf of the officers and members of the committees I extend to you this last, urgent, cordial invitation to come.

GEORGE ROYAL, President.

Des Moines, Iowa, May 16, 1905.

HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF OREGON AND LEWIS AND CLARK CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION. The Homeopathic Medical Society of the state of Oregon will hold its annual session in the "City of Roses," Portland, Oregon, July 6th, 7th and 8th, instead of in June, as is usual, thus giving visitors from other states an opportunity to attend the scientific congress July 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th; American Library Association, July 6th, 7th and 8th; National Food and Dairy convention, July 10th and 11th, and American Medical Association, July 11th 18th, as well as to attend the exposition and see our glorious state in its native grandeur and wealth of flowers that makes our state famous in the floral world. The members are making a great effort to have a program of unusual merit and papers are promised by prominent men who are famous in their chosen line.

A banquet will be tendered to the guests. You need the trip. You cannot afford to miss all the good things offered. The railways give round trip tickets for one way fare, good for ninety days with stopover privileges along the line. It is desired that all who intend being present, either with or without papers, should send their names and titles of papers to the secretary, that due announcements may be made, and the program completed at an early date.

This announcement is intended as a personal invitation to each homeopathic physician in the whole world, to attend and participate, so make your plans, get your tickets, and enjoy the hospitality of the state of Oregon.

Fraternally and cordially,

OSMON ROYAL, M. D., President,

The Marquam, Portland, Oregon. ELLA K. DEARBORN, M. D., Secretary, 800 Union Ave. N., Portland, Oregon.

We understand that George Hamilton Ewing, M. D., one of the recent graduates of the Denver Homeopathic Medical College, had, or will very soon, locate at Littleton, Colorado. The people of Littleton will find Dr. Ewing a capable physician and a gentleman in every sense of the word.

COMMENCEMENT AT ST. LOUIS.

The commencement exercises of the Homeopathic Medical College of Missouri were held at the West End hotel, April 19, 1905, in connection with the banquet of the alumni association, tendered to the graduating class of this year. Dr. John L. McCaughan presided as toastmaster and toasts were responded as follows:

"Duty and Doctor," by Dr. J. L. Dryden; "The Reward," by Dr. A. H. Schott; "Realizations," by Dr. W. W. Gilbert; "The Modern Hospital," by Dr. Scott Parsons; "Illusions, by Dr. Willis Young. During his toast, Dr. Schott as president of the board of trustees, conferred the degree of doctor of medicine upon the graduating class, and in speaking of the progress and conditions of the college said: "The Homeopathic Medical College of Missouri is in the best condition financially and in point of support tendered it by the outside profession than in many years past. We have at this time a larger number of matriculants entered for the freshman class for next year than ever before at so early a date.'

The graduating class and several of the undergraduates, together with a large majority of physicians and their families of St. Louis, were in attendance at the banquet. Everybody in St. Louis is a unit in the upbuilding of homeopathy in the Middle West.

CURE FOR MENINGITIS.-MOUNT VERNON HOMEOPATHIST
USES HELLEBORUS NIGER, TINCTURE, IN
GRAVE CASES, WITH GOOD RESULTS.

Announcement was made in Brooklyn to-day that a novel and highly successful method of treating cebro-spinal meningitis had recently been used with gratifying results by Dr. N. H. Ives of 145 South Second street, Mount Vernon. By its use the physician, who is a homeopathist, succeeded in saving the lives of two patients that had been near to death.

The treatment is simple and in accord with the basic principles of Hahnemann. It is a combination of the ordinary treatment with, icebergs at the back of the head, together with hellebore niger tincture, which Dr. Ives has found particularly efficacious in such cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis as he has come

in contact with.

The hellebore tincture is administered in minute doses of one drop every hour.

In both of the cases where Dr. Ives saved his patient, both of whom had been pronounced critically ill by New York physicians who were called into consultation, the crisis was passed in some ten days' time. It is probable that with the spread of the disease in Brooklyn this method of treatment will be generally adopted here by those physicians who follow the teachings of the Hahnemanian school of medicine.-Brooklyn (N. Y.) Citizen, May 12, 1905.

According to the secular press, candidates for license to practice medicine in Colorado, besides paying a fee of twenty-five plunks, will be required to place two copies of their photograph on file with the state board. This is not, as the printer man would say, necessary for publication, but a guarantee of good faith as it appears there has been some monkey business going on in the way of selling licenses, etc., all of which the state board proposes putting a period to.

Dr. William F. Burg, a prominent homeopathic physician of the city of Denver was called to his old home in Burlington, Iowa, the 25th of last month, by the sudden and unexpected death of a sister. The Critique extends sympathetic expressions of condolence.

ECHINACEA IN BURNS.

"In burns Echinacea works like a charm. I apply it locally as well as give it internally. If very severe and deep tissues are implicated, I use it locally full strength, and also give it freely internally. It not only relieves the pain and suffering like magic, but seems to have a decided influence on the nervous system and reduces shock. I first apply the remedy diluted, or full strength, as the case demands, then saturate cloths with same and lay over parts loosely. Within a few minutes the patient will quiet down and drop off into a quiet, refreshing sleep. By continuing the application locally and administering the remedy internally nature seems to attain greater efficiency in throwing off the morbid waste, thereby reducing sepsis of the system to the minimum, enabling the process of repair to progress without hindrance. In treating burns, great or small, never forget Echinacea. You will not be disappointed and your patient will be grateful."-Dr. E. E. Colglazier, Rush Center, Kansas, Medical Arena.