Journals of the Quarter.

GERMANY.

Allgemeine homöopathische Zeitung.-This, the oldest extant homœopathic journal in the German language, is now in its 88th volume, which, at the rate of two volumes annually, shows an existence of forty-four years; it has been successively edited by Drs. Gross, Rummel, Hartmann, and Meyer, and has now passed into the able hands of Dr. Kafka, of Prague. During all these years it has appeared regularly once a week, and has during that long period enshrined a multitude of valuable practical and theoretical papers which have greatly assisted the scientific development of Hahnemann's doctrines. We have often had occasion to present our readers with admirable papers translated from its pages, and it continues to be the chief organ of communication among the homoeopathists of Germany.

The number for May 11th, with which we commence our review, contains, first, a controversial article entitled "Similia Similibus," in reply to an onslaught on homoeopathy in the Wiener Medicinische Wochenschrift, àpropos of a motion introduced into the Vienna House of Deputies for the establishment of a governmental school of homœopathy in connection with the Vienna University. The next paper is the continuation of the translation of a proving of Lactic acid, by Dr. T. F. Allen, of New York. The third article is entitled "Curative Results from Daily Practice," by Dr. H. Goullon, junior, of Weimar. The subject is the action of Kreosote in menstrual derangements. The case was one of menorrhagia, the discharge lasting sometimes for weeks at a time, and accompanied by great anæmia. Kali carb. and Ferr. mur. had been fruitlessly employed, and Kreosote seemed to be indicated by the circumstance of the discharge ceasing when the patient stood or walked, but coming on profusely when she

lay down.

The medicine was given in drop doses of the ordinary Aqua kreosoti, and its use was followed by a violent attack of convulsions throughout the whole body; these were followed by a profuse discharge, after which the flow gradually ceased, and the anæmia was much diminished. A review of the first number of the Rev. hom. Belge and some extracts from American homœopathic journals come next. These are followed by the conclusion of a proving of Cuprum hydrogenio-reductum.

The number for May 18th contains an interesting paper by Dr. Welsch, of Kissingen, on "Homœopathy and Mineral Waters," in which he endeavours to show the homœopathicity of mineral waters to the diseases for which they have been useful. Allen's Lactic acid proving is continued. Next a case of arsenical poisoning from the Med. Times and Gazette that has already appeared in the Monthly Hom. Rev. This is followed by the review of a pamphlet, by Dr. Nedswitzky, containing the result of his microscopic investigations in cholera, in which he discovered bacteria in the choleraic evacuations. Extracts from American journals follow this. The death of Dr. Karl Julius Ægidi, at the advanced age of eighty, is announced. The deceased was one of the earliest disciples of Hahnemann in Germany, and his name is familiar to students of homœopathy as an industrious practitioner and author.

In the number for May 25th we have the conclusion of Dr. Welsch's article on "Mineral Waters" and of the "Proving of Lactic acid." Another reply to the article in the Vienna Med. Wochenschrift, from the pen of Dr. v. Vezekenyi, Director of the General Hospital at Gyöngyös. A criticism not altogether favorable of Dr. Berridge's Complete Repertory, by Dr. Goullon, comes next. A curious paper on the "Cure of Hydrophobia," by Dr. Ivanfy, of Kecskemit (wherever that may be). He treated a great number of persons who had been bitten by dogs said to be mad, and none of them got hydrophobia, so he thinks he is justified in recommending his treatment as curative of this disease. His remedies are mother tincture

of Cantharides externally, and Cupr. ac. 3 and Bellad. 3 internally.

The number for 1st June opens with a report of the Linz Homœopathic Hospital for 1873. There remained in the hospital from 1872, 41 adults and 10 children. There were admitted during the year 836 adults, viz. 484 men and 352 women; and 106 children, 56 boys and 50 girls. The total number of patients treated during the year was 993. The average stay in hospital was for adults 18 days, for children 33 days. The long stay of the children is accounted for from the patients being mostly cases of advanced scrofulous disease who were a burden to their parents.

With regard to the issue of the cases—

743 adults and 86 children were dismissed cured or relieved.

3 adults dismissed uncured.

85 adults and 21 children died.

46 adults and 9 children remained at the end of the year. This was certainly not a small mortality, but the list of diseases treated account for its greatness. Thus there were 114 cases of tuberculosis, with 39 deaths; 11 cases of organic heart disease, with 5 deaths; 11 cases of ascites, with 7 deaths; 102 cases of variola, with 20 deaths; 28 cases of typhus, with 9 deaths.

The patients were from the lowest and most povertystricken classes of the town-a very different class of patients from those seen in our charitable hospitals.

Dr. Goullon, sen., questions whether some of our remedies even in infinitesimal doses do not act more chemically than homoeopathically.

Then comes a translation of Hamamelis virginica from Hughes's Pharmacodynamics.

Next a translation from the American Journ. of Mat. Med. of Dr. Moore's chief remedies for diarrhoea, which extends through three numbers.

Dr. Blumberg, lately practising among us, announces his settlement at Kreuznach, and his wish to take three or four children from six to thirteen years old to board.

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In the number for June 8th Dr. Kafka details a case of paralysis of the glottis which is not without interest. The patient was a little girl of eleven. Having gone to school one day when the north wind blew bitterly cold, she was sent home by the teacher on account of a cough that had come on. The cough was of a very hollow unresonant character, and occurred every ten to fifteen seconds. voice was extinct, or nearly so. There was no pain, but the fauces appeared dark red. She got Spongia, but next morning was no better, and had paralysis of the right side of the jaw. Dr. Kafka now gave Aconite, but with little or no benefit. He next tried Hepar, Rhus, Graph., and Mag. mur., each for two or three days at a time, but all to no purpose. A clinical celebrity being called in in consultation, diagnosed paralysis of the glottis and recommended Bromide of Potasium, which, however, Kafka did not give, but gave Caust. 6x instead, and with remarkably good effect, for after taking it for a few days the little patient recovered perfectly.

Dr. Goullon, jun., relates a very severe case of dysentery in a boy of nine years old, brought on apparently by a draught of foul cold water, when he was much heated. The straining was almost continuous, the pain in bowels very considerable, no sleep, an evacuation of mucus and blood every quarter an hour, extreme prostration, with clean tongue and som tite. He first prescribed Ars. 6, and Mer. sol. 6 alterna every hour and a half. The next day, the patient being better, besides these two remedies he ordered clysters con a grain of Quinine. The following day no improvement, he now gave a trituration of one part of Merc. corr. to 400 parts of milk-sugar. This was followed by marked amendment, and in a few days the patient was well except that a feeling of constipation and stoppage in the bowels remained, which yielded to Nux, and the stools became formed under the use of Sulph.

Follows a review of a work by Dr. V. Gutceit called Thirty Years of Practice, which by the reviewer's account seems to be a very original work, the author being familiar with

homœopathy and with Rademacher's system, both of which he used commonly in his practice.

The death of our good friend Dr. Krieger, of Bern, is announced and a long biographical notice given of him. Dr. Krieger was born in Wasserelfingen in Wurtemburg in 1817. In 1833 he was placed at the gymnasium of Stuttgart, where he remained two years. In 1835 he entered as a pupil the evangelical theological seminary, and devoted himself with zeal to theological studies. He soon

became convinced that theology was not a suitable career for him, so he resolved to study medicine. In order to obtain the necessary funds for this he undertook the instruction of two of the children of a gentleman. He afterwards performed the same office to the children of a gentleman in Bern. Then he was appointed to the chair of geography and natural history in the Realschule of Bern. He also became teacher of Latin at the Progymnasium. Amid all these occupations he found time to study medicine, and took his degree in 1854. He now devoted himself entirely to medical practice. He was converted to homeopathy by Dr. Severin. He had married in 1845, and was blessed with a daughter in 1846, who was the joy of her father's life, but who died in 1863, to his great sorrow. In 1856 he founded along with Dr. Bruckner of Basel, and Zopfy of Schwarden, the Swiss Homœopathic Society. Dr. Krieger enjoyed a very large practice, but notwithstanding his professional labours he found time to devote much attention to natural history and even to give gratuitous lectures on his favourite study. Though a busy practitioner, an accomplished scholar, and a learned naturalist, Dr. Krieger has contributed but little to homoeopathic literature.

In the number for June 15th is an article by Dr. v. Grauvogl, which had already appeared in Hirschel's Zeitschrift on Lapis albus. It seems that Dr. v. Grauvogl had introduced under this name a new medicine, nature unknown, which had proved of singular efficacy in many severe affections. He here tells us what it is, and how he got to know it. It seems that on one occasion when on a visit to Gastein he observed that the inhabitants of the valley of