of those present for president, and we believe will so conduct the affairs of the club as to cause a reactionary feeling on the part of the members which will clear up the atmosphere surrounding this society's sittings. The Critique predicts better things for the Denver Homeopathic Club and sincerely hopes the new president will have no occasion to alter the course which he so carefully laid out in the few remarks with which he favored the members on the evening of his election.

M.

THAT PORTLAND ARTICLE.

The illustrated article relative to Portland, Oregon, with which we promised to regale our readers this issue, reached us too late for publication in this number. It is the product from the pen of one of the most prominent physicians of the great Northwest and will be of great value to the very many who will visit this wonderful country at the time of the forthcoming meeting of the American Medical Association, which convenes in that city several days during the month of June, and should convince those contemplating the trip of the interest which is being taken by the profession and the people of Portland in this national meeting of medical men, and serve as a guarantee of the good times in store for them. The article in question is one of those kind, while we would have willingly made some sacrifices to publish in this issue, possessing qualities which make it keepable, and assures us that it will be appreciated next month with equal relish. M.

EMERGENCY AND GENERAL HOSPITAL.

A reorganization of the old Denver Emergency Hospital Association has been effected and as a result the Emergency and General Hospital Association comes into existence. The association is composed of some twenty prominent physicians of the city and one of the peculiarities of the new-old organization is that it insists that the professional piracy with which so many of the hospitals of Denver is infested, shall not become prevalent

within its walls. "The rights of physicians will be guaranteed" is one of the slogans of this institution, and employes attempting to influence patients to the detriment of the attending physician, will either have to "prove their innocence, or pack their trunk." Physicians outside the city may rest assured that all business entrusted to this institution will be well cared for and that all kinds of cases can be guaranteed the most careful attention. This hospital is capable of caring for about seventy-five patients without feeling any bad effects from overcrowding; surgical, medical, and obstetrical cases will receive the carefulest consideration. At a meeting of the new organization, held January 25th, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Dr. Crisp; first vice-president, Dr. Richmond; second vice-president, Dr. Lucy; third vice-president, Dr. Oettinger; secretary, Dr. Mastin; treasurer, Dr. Simon.

M.

According to the secular press, a few scientific gentlemen have discovered a sure cure for cancer, and about the only thing now necessary for those troubled with this heretofore incurable affliction to do is to dig up and look pleasant while the experiments are being made. So far about the only fatalities which have occurred have been among white mice and other animals, as a result of the experimental efforts of the enthusiasts, but then it is hardly fair to say what effect they will have upon the human family, as but few of this number have been subjected to the ordeal.

A street mendicant handed us a card the other morning with the following reflections:

"Did you ever think as the hearse drives by

That it won't be long until you and I
Go riding out in that big plumed hack,
And never remember of coming back?
Do you ever think as you strive for gold
That a dead man's hand can't a dollar hold?
You can pinch and tug, strive and save,

But you'll lose it all when you reach the grave."

There is some little satisfaction, at least, in knowing that the average doctor will have but slight regret over what he will be obliged to relinquish at the terminal station.

BOOK REVIEWS.

Lectures on Homeopathic Materia Medica.-By James Tyler Kent, A. M., M. D., Professor of Materia Medica in Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Chicago. Author of the "Repertory of the Homeopathic Materia Medica," and "Lectures on Homeopathic Philosophy"; 965 pages; large 8vo. Cloth, $7.00; half-morocco. $8.00; book expressage extra. Boericke & Tafel, 1905.

While this work does not claim to bring out all of the Materia Medica, a careful consideration of the contents will convince even the most skeptical that our most frequently used and fully proved remedies, "such as have strong characteristics," as the author expresses it in the preface, have been handled in the masterful manner characterized by Dr. James Tyler Kent's conduct of materia medica matters. Beginning with the very first remedy and continuing throughout the entire volume, there is an absence of the moss-grown methods of presenting this rather sober subject, and we believe the interesting colloquial style adopted by the author will be appreciated by all true students of homeopathic literature. Instead of referring to their materia medica for the purpose of verifying some particular symptom and laying aside the book when this information shall have been absorbed, the chances are that those in search of information will read the entire "story" (any of the remedies are handled in a sufficiently interesting manner to be characterized as such), thereby acquiring a knowledge of the chief characteristics of the drugs desired, instead of a mere smattering acquaintanceship with some head or heel symptom which will be of very little value to either the practitioner or the patient. We are glad to know that already several volumes of this valuable work have been bought by Denver doctors, and The Critique will take great pleasure in permitting any and all who may desire to do so the privilege of perusing the volume sent us by the publishers, provided, of course, that the perusal takes place at our office. Practitioners and students will find this work of rare value, and can ill-afford to permit their collection of homeopathic literature to be lacking by its absence from their shelves. It is printed and bound in the characteristically workmanlike manner of the Boericke & Tafel publications, and besides being an acquisition from a standpoint of usefulness, is a volume which will add greatly to the artistic appearance of a library-if such a thing should be considered. With Kent's Repertory and Materia Medica in our possession, we feel, if we make a failure in the successful application of homeopathic remedies, that it will be wholly our own fault.

M.

A Compend of the Diseases of the Eye and Refraction, including treatment and surgery, by Dr. George M. Gould, editor of "American Medicine," formerly Ophthalmologist to the Philadelphia Hospital, etc., and Walter L. Pyle, A. M., M. D., assistant surgeon to Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, etc.; 294 pp., including index; price $1.00, net. P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1012 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa., 1904.

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NOTES AND PERSONALS.

The Critique is published on the first of each month. Subscribers failing to receive their copy promptly, please notify us at once. If you change your address, write us. The policy of the Critique is liberal, progressive and independent. It is not the organ of any institution, college or pharmaceutical preparation, but is published in the interest of its readers, advertisers and the homeopathic profession. Doctors are invited to write articles for insertion, and not to forget to send in their subscriptions.

Dr. Bates has made several pilgrimages to outside towns during the past month.

H. B. 32, by Keezer, is one intended to regulate professional nurses, medical matters and a few other things.

The election of the Denver Homeopathic Club is a thing of the past. Was everybody there? I guess yes.

An advertisement in the Indian Homeopathic Review says: "Terms cash, or V. P. P." We interpret that to mean very prompt payment.

Cash contributions to the amount of $1,262 were received at the Rochester (New York) Homeopathic Hospital during the month of December, 1904.

Let's see: Did the Homeopathic State Society have any representatives at the Legislature during the discussion of the new medical practice law?

Gossip at the club meeting is responsible for the statement that Dr. A. C. Stewart, associate editor of Progress, had been on the sick list for some time.

Dr. C. W. Judkins, ex-president of the State Society, who, when we last heard of him, was a resident of Glenwood Springs, was a visitor in the city the first of last month.

Dr. Charles Nelson Hart sold four two-story brick houses located at the corner of Twenty-seventh and Stout, in this city, to H. P. Rollins, recently; consideration, $8,000.

The osteopaths have presented a bill before the Legislature, entitled, "An act to regulate the practice of osteopathy, in the state of Colorado." Evidently don't intend to "butt in" on any one else.

Medical Century says: "The Physicians' Casualty Association of America, of which Dr. D. A. Foote of Denver is vice president," etc., etc. No doubt Dr. Foote will be surprised to learn that he has changed his residence.

Dr. Sharpley added the names of Drs. Stewart, Peck, Strickler and Locke to the staff of the County Hospital too late for us to publish the names in our last issue. They represent the Denver Homeopathic College.

'Dr. D. J. Horton, Evans, Colo., has the thanks of the business manager for an invitation to attend the sixth annual coyote round-up, which took place southeast of Evans Thursday, January 19, 1905. Sorry we could not attend, as it goes without saying that all had a good time.

After a continuous service in the cause of Homeopathy for nearly a half century, Conrad Wesselhoeft, M. D., the eminent homeopathic physician of Boston, Mass., died in his home city the evening of December 17th, of disease of the heart. He was seventy-one years of age.

The many friends of Dr. Rae Proctor McGee, graduate of the Denver Homeopathic, will regret very much to learn of the sudden death of his father, which occurred in this city Sunday afternoon, January 15, 1905, while greeting friends at his home, 3359 Goss street. Heart failure was the cause.

Dr. Wetlaufer declares that you can go down the line, but that no state medical practice law will be found which will compare with the Wyoming product. He says it is absolutely impossible for an advertising adventurer to do business in that state, as was demonstrated recently when the New York doctors tried to turn a trick there.

"Surgical Interference in Gynecology," Carolyn Dewey Beebe, M. D.; "Argentum Nitricum,” J. P. Willard. M. D., constitutes the literary program of the February meeting of the Denver Homeopathic Club, Monday evening, February 20, 1905. No doubt there will be a very large attendance, as there should be.

A Denver violinist, while performing on his favorite instrument before a Nebraska audience, went raving crazy. The dispatches do not state the condition of his hearers' minds at this critical moment, but the music must have been awful bad to have affected so seriously one already prejudiced in its favor.

Dr. Emory Lamphier's American Journal of Surgery and Gynecology, notwithstanding it's eccentric orthography-"vouched for by the most prominent educators of this country, and recommended for general adoption"-is one of the handsomest and best edited journals which reaches this office.

Dr. Brace of New York and Antiphlogistine fame, a former practicing physician of Denver, by the way, was a caller at The Critique

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