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the Ache, who drank the water of that torrent that rushes through its bed of gneiss, are much affected with goitre. He drank the water himself for two weeks, and his thyroid gland swelled. The circumstance that the thermal waters which rise from the depths of the gneiss hill act unfavorably in cancerous swellings and ulcers led him to prove the gneiss. He made five triturations and then dilutions according to the decimal scale. He tested the 6th dilution in men and women. The symptoms most frequently observed were burning, and shooting pains in the cardia and pylorus, in the mammæ and uterus. He called the medicine Lapus albus, as it has a white appearance when triturated, and he knew of no Latin name for gneiss. This rock, as is well known, contains a large quantity of mica. The cure of a cancerous ulcer in the cheek of a woman aged 50, which had made an opening in the cheek as big as half-a-crown, and rendered chewing and swallowing difficult, made such a sensation in Nürnberg that several homoeopathic practitioners began to employ the Lapis albus which he had given to the local apothecary to dispense. He noticed that under its use the woman's complexion improved in a remarkable degree, showing that the blood had become quite normal. He consequently employed it in chlorosis, But it proved extremely beneficial in all so-called scrofulous affections and ulcers, in all diseases of the glands and lymphatics, also in gland-like tumours, where physiologically no glands are usually to be found. It was of use likewise in unulcerated cancers, in leucorrhoea, and even in tuberculosis. But it did harm in all such cases as occurred in persons who had suffered from ague or other malarious diseases. In them it causes relapses of the aguish disease. Last year, when in St. Petersburg, he tried it in five cases of uterine cancer, pronounced to be such by three allopathic attendants, and given over as incurable. All these five cases were completely and permanently cured by the Lapis albus. He has not yet seen one open cancer that was benefited by its use. He is disposed to think that the mica in the gneiss is the active medicinal ingredient.

but without success.

In the number for June 22nd Dr. Schelling, of Bernek, gives two cases cured with Kali carb. The first was a mower aged 45, who being heated at his work drank some cold water from the Rhine. Soon after doing so he was affected with difficult respiration, formication, pressure in the stomach, and nausea with vertigo. Since then he has never felt well. Gastric derangement, vertigo, headache, noise in ears, rumbling in bowels, bellyache, eructations, empty feeling in stomach, debility, bad taste, white tongue; feeling as if the stomach were full of water, wabbling when moving or stooping; staggering and sensation of unsteadiness of the heart when walking or driving, nausea, yawning, deep inspirations, fulness in scrobiculus cordis and beating there. Bowels regular, rather relaxed. Frequent call to

make water, which is light yellow and turbid. Sleep good, sleepy by day. Eyes red, constant chilliness, cannot get warm even at his work, difficulty of perspiring, very weak. Calc. carb. 30 did little good. Kali carb. soon set him to rights.

The next case was a boy, æt. 11, who in the summer of 1870 became affected with vertigo, nausea, vomiting, and other ailments, for which the domestic remedies prescribed did no good. In summer for many weeks he could eat nothing without immediately vomiting. This continued, though in a less degree, in winter. After every meal he has vertigo, pain in forehead, with heat of head, redness of face, dimness of vision. The cheeks, ears, and forehead became red, the eyes surrounded by rings and sunk in; one cheek is often hot, the other cold. If he does not at once lie down he gets such severe vertigo that everything seems to be whirling round, and even if he catches hold of something he falls to the ground, where he lies with staring eyes, and objects seem distorted. Before he falls he has shooting pain in the forehead, root of nose and eyes. In summer and autumn the vertigo attacked him chiefly when walking, when stooping while at work, and on any exertion; also sometimes at night. He had frequently to be carried home from his work in the fields. At first these attacks came once a fortnight, but latterly more frequently;

in winter every day, and by day and night, or when at school, with burning in eyes. After the attack, stupefaction, loss of consciousness, sopor sometimes with delirium and followed by exhaustion. The patient has a pale, greyish-yellow complexion, with dim, dull eyes, and grey furred tongue; appetite not deficient, but nothing tastes good. After the least morsel he feels too full, and he can eat no more; has pressive pains in stomach and scrobiculus. Rumbling in bowels, much thirst, frequent yawning, urine scalds and is fœtid. Scrobiculus cordis distended, painful when pressed. At night has frequently desire to pass urine, and diarrhoea. Chilliness in the evening, often cough with much muco-purulent expectoration; difficult, anxious breathing, especially when walking; sleep disturbed, full of dreams. In the morning exhausted, fetid smell from the mouth, also noticed by day. On the 29th January he got a dose of Kali carb. 12th. 31st. He had yesterday a slight attack of vertigo without falling down. He did not lose consciousness, but was sleepy for an hour; afterwards he felt lighter than ever before. Has more appetite and slept well. Kali c. 12. 4th February. Every evening chilliness, with pale face slept well. Two loose motions in the forenoon; appetite good; no pain in stomach; otherwise quite well.

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Hirschel's Zeitschrift für Homöopathische Klinik.—Shortly before his lamented decease Hirschel, the founder and editor of this fortnightly magazine, was almost giving it up in disgust, not being able to get a sufficient number of contributors to keep it filled. His announcement of the probable abandonment of the undertaking seems to have roused his colleagues to supply the needful "copy" for this periodical, which, since Hirschel's death, is edited by his nephew, Dr. Edmund Lewi, of Dresden. It is now in its twenty-third year, and has been a useful organ, chiefly of the free-thinking portion of the homœopathic profession, as distinguished from the stricter Hahnemannists, who have always preferred the Allg. hom. Zeitung as the organ for the publication of their views.

VOL. XXXII, NO. CXXX.-OCTOBER, 1874.

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The number for May 15th commences with a paper of Dr. Magdeburg, of Wiesbaden, "On Cures Effected by the Wiesbaden Waters," which are worth reading by those who wish to make themselves conversant with the cases for which these waters are especially useful. The second paper is the conclusion of a compilation by the editor of experiences of various practitioners of the old school respecting the therapeutic action of Eucalyptus globulus. His summary of its pathogenetic and therapeutic action, as far as they are as yet known, is as follows:

I. As regards its specific action and relation to the various organs and systems of the body, it has a decided action on the intestinal tract (vomiting, colic, and diarrhoea), and on the spleen (alteration of its size and consistency); it may also be credited with a marked action on the heart and lungs, through the vagus and certain nervous tracts of the spinal cord. Through the same channel it exercises a fever-producing influence.

II. The chief indications for the remedy from the cases related seem to be:

1. Intermittent fever, and that chiefly of a simple uncomplicated character; as regards the type, tertians and quartans. It seems to be peculiarly successful when the intermittent is a relapse, and where Quinine has already been given without effect. The fits seem to occur chiefly in the evening and to last through the night, as often happens with intermittent neuralgias and masked agues. Gastro-intestinal derangements apparently are no contraindication for its use-a symptom which may be regarded as characteristic is sleeplessness and restlessness.

2. Asthmatic-neuralgic states from organic and mechamial causes, with orthopnoea and nocturnal paroxysms.

3. The hectic fever of certain pulmonary disorders. 4. Wounds and ulcers of a putrid septic character with foul secretions.

A marked feature in this periodical is the Feuilleton, which gives bits of homeopathic intelligence corresponding to the Miscellaneous of our Journal. This number contains, among other things, a clinical lecture by Dr. Bakody,

of Pesth, upon a case of trichinosis that occurred under his care in the Rochus Hosiptal.

The number for June 1st contains the article by Dr. Grauvogl on Lapis albus of which an account has already been given in our review of the Allg. hom. Zeitung. This is followed by the fragmentary proving of Eucalyptus by Dr. Fawcett from the Monthly Hom. Review. Then comes a continuation of Dr. Magdeburg's paper on the Wiesbaden waters. This is followed by extracts from English and American periodicals.

The number for June 15th contains the commencement of a thoughtful article by the editor on the present direction of therapeutics, and a forecast of its future outcome, which is continued through several subsequent numbers, bnt is too long to give even an abstract of in this review. A case of scrofulous ophthalmia with intense photophobia is related by Dr. Goullon, junr., which was rapidly and promptly cured by Hepar sulph. 3 for six days, followed by Aurum 3, after a long allopathic treatment had been fruitlessly employed.

A controversy respecting the action of the Gastein waters fills the next six columns of this number, but is not of much interest to the homœopathic student.

Cases of poisoning by Agaricus muscarius are given from the Wien. Med. Presse. The first two cases were those of a man, aged 60, and his wife, aged 40, who had eaten of a dish in which the fungus had been introduced. Half an hour after partaking of the dish the woman had trembling of the stomach, weakness of the limbs, nausea, and violent vomiting. She trembled all over and could scarcely hold anything in her hands. She grew worse, got violent convulsions in the arms, almost like electric shocks. She felt as if her limbs did not belong to her, her legs bent under her; at the same time she felt light as if she could run with great quickness. She had dazzling before the eyes, was much excited, the eyeballs rolled about, vision impaired, but hearing very acute. Towards the evening the convulsions ceased, she had inclination to bend the body backward and forwards and to stretch; sleep restless.

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