Now let physicians refuse to become the hired tools of designing lawyers, and by this means maintain the dignity of our profession.

Dr. Henry M. Smith of New York, Treasurer of the Hahnemann Monument fund, visited Denver recently, and spent an evening with the local profession at the Brown Palace Hotel. The doctor exhibited modela and plans of the monument and gave a most interesting talk upon the present condition and necessities of the great undertaking. We believe the doctor's visit will result in something practical for the cause, not-withstanding the hard times, and the fact that we in Denver are endeavoring to build up homeopathy by establishing a school and hospital, and the further fact that this work must be done at great personal sacrifice by a limited number of Denver physicians. We are just beginning a work which has already been accomplished in Eastern medical centers, and hence, while our hearts are in the cause, our ability to do will be more determined by local necessities.

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THE LATEST. Another serum. From California. This time. it is veal instead of horse. Perhaps that makes a difference. Any way, it is enough to give our scientific regulars and a few mongrel homeopaths another play at the poor deluded consumptive. Tuberculin was getting to drag very perceptibly. Antisepsin is nearly worked out. Koch's No. 3 was too much like No. 1. Something new had to come, and now it is veal bouillon boiled in hydrogen per-oxide. Koch didn't know any better than to use hydrogen mon-oxide. Peroxide was beyond him. He had never heard of this superior genius Hirschfelder of California. Alas, poor Koch!

"If you have tears, prepare to shed them now."

Homeopathy in Nebraska has a staunch and clear headed defender in Dr. Benjamin F. Baily, judging from the way he punctures the ignorance and egotism of one Dr. J. L. Sutherland in a discussion which has been going on in the Western Medical Review, a medical journal published at Lincoln Nebraska. He shows very conclusively that the rank and file of the old school have no actual knowlege of homeopathy; that their education is meager and bigoted; that they are not well informed in regard to their own school or their own authors, and that their minds are ruled by prejudice and presumption. While homeopathic physicians are broad and liberal and include in their reading the literature of all the schools, the allopath becomes narrow and selfish in consequence of a limited understanding only of his own dogmas. We regret that we have not space for a fuller report of doctor Bailey's argument.

THE JOURNAL OF HOMEOPATHIC SURGERY.

We take occasion to welcome in advance this new journa] which is promised for January first, 1898. The time is ripe for such a publication, and we predict for it a substantial support from the start. Surgery has made such great strides in this country during the last decade that a large, well conducted journal devoted exclusively to homeopathic surgery is essential to the proper development of this branch in our school. Under the management of Dr. C. E. Fisher, the accomplished editor of The Medical Century, the profession may expect a journa] worthy of their confidence and respect. One of its important features will be the development of homeopathic therapeutics in surgical conditions-and nothing can be more important than this. The intelligent application of homeopathic remedies in surgical diseases, is something, the value of which should be thoroughly impressed upon the minds of all our surgeons, and this can best be done in the columns of a journal wholly devoted to the discussion of surgical subjects. Homeopathic surgery is and should be better than any other surgery, because homeo

pathic medication is better and safer than any other medication. All that is needed to demonstrate this fact to the mind of any one, is a loyal adherence to the principles of similia in the treatment of surgical conditions.

We wish the new journal abundant success and prosperity.

COLLEGE NEWS.

TALLY ONE FOR DENVER. Dr. Walter D. Spoor, who graduated from the Denver College in 1896 has located in Schenectady, New York, after having passed a most rigid examination before the State Board of Examiners. Dr. Spoor is to be congratulated, not only upon having successfully passed this examination as a whole, but also upon the fact that his average was such that he was placed upon the "Roll of Honor" by the Board, which means that he must have secured a rating of ninty per-cent. or more in each and every branch.

After the doctor graduated he was unanimously elected house physician and surgeon in The Denver Homeopathic Hospital, which position he filled to the satisfaction of all concerned up to the time of his departure for New York. Dr. Spoor writes us that he shall never regret having taken his degree from the Denver College, and that he holds in grateful remembrance his chosen Alma Mater.

The work at the College is going on this year in a most satisfactory manner. All the classes are making excellent progress in every department. Thirty-six clinics a week afford abundant opportunity for practical observation of disease in every phase. Besides these regular clinics, the special surgical clinics for the seniors and juniors have been unusually full and interesting. The teaching in all branches is direct and practical in contradistinction to the old-time didactic methods, which latter have small space in this college. Students are taught to do, as well as to hear and see. Theory is demonstrated in practice, and the students actively participate in all the clinical work of the college and hospital.

Of the 44 students in actual attendance, 9 are women and 35 men. The Freshman class of thirteen, is composed wholly

of young men. All of the classes are made up of bright, cultured men and women who will reflect credit upon their college and upon their profession. We are proud of them.

NOTES ON GONORRHOEA,

By F. C. McCurtain, M. D., Denver.

1. Aconite low for acute stage.

2. Belladonna if prepuce is swollen, red and shining. 3. Apis given where there is the characteristic puffiness of the prepuce will give good results.

4. Gelsemium when the discharge has been suddenly stopped and orchitis is developing, will start the discharge up and stop the orchitis.

5. Argentum Nitricum is valuable in purulent inflammations, with sensation as if urethra was drawn in knots.

6. Merc. Corrosivus when the orifice is inflamed and there is a greenish discharge, often painless, especially at night. Sulphur, when other remedies apparently well selected, fail to give results.

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8. Carbo Veg. may be useful when there are violent, burning pains in the urethra and extremely offensive discharge.

9. Don't forget Cantharis when cystitis develops. Farrington says it is indicated oftener than all other remedies in cystitis; particular indication is straining after urination.

10. Mygale Lasiodora for chordee, try it.

11. Aching at the orifice with shuddering, Nux Vomica. 12. Contraction of the passage, Bryonia, Pulsatilla, Sulphur.

13. Itching in the forepart of the urethra, Ignatia, Arnica, Merc. Sol.

14. Stinging when not urinating, Acid Phos.

15. Stitches, violent, extending its whole length, Conium. 16. For soreness of the orifice, Copaiba.

17. Discharge semen-like with burning pain, Pulsatilla. 18. Discharge of whitish or yellowish pus, Hep. Sulph. Calc.

19. Discharge yellow and thick, Capsicum.

A COMPARISON.-MEASLES.

In St Louis in 1891-2 the allopaths reported 969 cases of measles, with 65 deaths, mortality 6.7%: the homeopaths reported in the same time 170 cases without a death. What the allopaths don't know about treating measles would fill a book.

In Cincinnati in 1892-3-4, the allopaths reported 3082 cases of measles with 193 deaths, a mortality of 6.26%. In the same time the homeopaths reported 254 cases with 2 deaths, mortality 0.8 %. Our old school friends say there is nothing in homeopathy. Does the reader think the same can be said of old school medicine?

In Minneapolis in 1891-2-3 the allopaths reported 1935 cases of measles with 50 deaths, mortality per cent 2.58; in the same years the homeopaths treated 458 with 5 deaths, mortality 1.1 %. Do you wonder why the old school do not take kindly to comparative vital statistics?

In Indianapolis in 1891-2-3-4-5 the allopaths reported 3105 cases of measles with 27 deaths; the homeopaths 545 cases without a death. Why is it that allopathic measles are so much worse than homeopathic measles?

In Denver in 1891-2-3-4-5 the allopaths reported 316 cases of measles with 51 deaths; the homeopaths in the same years reported 83 cases with 3 deaths. At the same rate 40 of the 51 deaths were unnecessary. Will people ever learn that old school medicine does not compare with homeopathic in the cure of disease?

In all cities from which statistics were gathered from 1891 to 1895, inclusive, the allopaths reported 18,425 cases of measles with 735 deaths, a mortality of 3.99%; the homeopaths reported 2,758 cases, with 22 deaths, a mortality of 0.8 %. At the same rate the homeopaths would have saved 588 of the 735 cases lost by the allopaths. None are so blind as those who will not see.

DENVER HOMOEOPATHIC CLUB.

The Denver Homoeopathic Club met at the Brown Palace Hotel, Monday evening, November 29th, when the alumni of