That it was not peritonitis or enteritis appears to me to be clearly proved by the toleration of pressure and the pain being lessened by it, independent of the paroxysmal character of the pain and the total absence of fever. That it was not painter's colic may be inferred from the extinction of all the symptoms soon after the first spasm following the administration of Lead. Nor am I aware that scybala in the colon would give rise to the opisthotonos and suspension of the secretion of urine. But whatever the nature of the disease I think the cure may be undeniably attributed to the Acetate of Lead, confirmatory of the axiom, post hoc, ergo propter hoc.

I have met with some very interesting cases of disease of the bladder which have been entirely cured by homoeopathic treatment, though, from their long antecedent duration, they proved somewhat intractable and a long course of treatment was necessary. I will trouble the Society with two only, the features of which appeared most unpromising and one of which had been under allopathic treatment for six years, and was considered to be in a hopeless state.

The patient had been a book-keeper in a factory, but was obliged to relinquish his position about nine months before I saw him. He had been a remarkably robust man, but presented a most pitiable appearance when I visited him on November 29th, 1863.

He had lost all power of retaining his urine, which was continually dribbling from him, attended with the most terrible burning of the urethra and an incessant expulsive effort on the part of the bladder. About every quarter of an hour he voided about a tablespoonful of urine and a muco-purulent matter generally mixed with blood. He had constant pain in the region of the bladder, and occasionally the right testis would be forcibly drawn up to the pubes, causing agonising pain which extended throughout the penis. His pulse was very quick, but feeble. He had a parched, dry tongue and constant thirst. Occasionally he was

delirious. I think I never saw such extreme emaciation, and altogether his condition was such that I entertained no

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2, a teaspoonful dose, to be taken The next day I passed a better

hope of his recovery. I directed warm fomentations to be applied to the abdomen, and his diet to consist of good beef tea thickened with pearl barley, occasionally to take milk and potash water, but no stimulants, and the penis. was to rest on a large soft sponge, which was frequently to be washed in warm water. With some difficulty, on account of the pain it produced, I introduced a medium catheter and thoroughly washed out the bladder with warm water, repeating the operation night and morning. After the first impression of pain from the use of the catheter, this proceeding afforded the greatest possible relief. prescribed Arsen. 3, and Cantharides of each mixture, about half a drop for a alternately every quarter of an hour. found him somewhat easier and he had night, and looked less anxious. This plan was adhered to till the morning of December 4th with gradual amelioration of the symptoms; the strangury was considerably relieved and more urine, and of a more healthy character, was discharged. From this date the bladder was injected only once a day and the same medicine continued at intervals of two hours, The appetite being somewhat better, a little chicken was allowed at dinner, and the beef tea every three hours. Matters progressed favorably till the 11th, when a copious blenorrheal discharge from the urethra set in and the ardor urinæ greatly increased. Still the calls to urinate were much less frequent and the quality of the secretion better and more copious. Cannabis 2x was substituted for Cantharides with manifest relief, and the Arsenicum was discontinued. The general condition of the patient was much improved. On the 23rd the aspect of affairs was much more promising, the discharge had considerably abated and the patient expressed himself as feeling much better in all respects. He was now able to take a mutton chop, and I allowed him a little sherry and water, which was to be discontinued if the urinary difficulties increased.

On January 2nd, 1864, the patient was so much better in all respects that I allowed him to take half a pint of

porter at dinner, which in a few days materially improved his strength. He had now an excellent pulse, the. countenance had lost all its hippocratic expression, and he had occasion to pass water only once in three hours, and every trace of mucus had disappeared under the use of Thuja and Sulphur for the next two months. He became convalescent and was removed to the seaside the latter part of March, where he rapidly gained flesh and strength. On the 14th of May I received a letter from him in which he says, "I can now make water as well as any man and think I must have gained more than a stone and a half in weight. If you have no objection, I shall return to my office next month." I have seen the patient frequently since, and should not have recognised him as the same person.

The next case that I describe was one of chronic inflammation of the mucous membrane of the bladder, occurring in an Independent minister. The patient was at a hydropathic establishment, and I was telegraphed for to see him on November 3rd, 1871. I found him suffering most acutely from retention of urine, and was told that, on the previous day, a medical man in the neighbourhood had been sent for, but could not succeed in passing a catheter. Soon afterwards a hospital surgeon was telegraphed for, and he succeeded, though not without great difficulty, in introducing one.

He

The patient was 67 years of age, and had suffered, more or less, for years from difficulty in passing water. His present symptoms were constant but ineffectual efforts to urinate, only a few drops passing at a time, and followed by a quantity of acrid bloody mucus, which caused him to scream from the intensity of the pain it occasioned. was sadly reduced in flesh and strength; tongue dry; pulse feeble, but not much accelerated; sallow complexion; great pain on pressure over the pubes, and violent pain in the glans penis. Evacuations from the bowels quite flattened, and a vast amount of pain in the anus and perineum on passing fæces. On examination per rectum I found the prostate gland enormously enlarged, and ex

quisitely tender, presenting to the finger the feeling of a large accumulation of matter being there. I ordered fomentation, which had been freely used previously, and injected the bladder with warm water. Gave Cannabis every two hours.

On the 7th the symptoms were unchanged, excepting that more blood was passed, and the desire to pass water every half hour. Terebinthina 1x was ordered every hour, to drink freely of barley water, or potass water and milk. 14th.-Pain very severe; micturition more frequent; more mucus and less blood. Copaiba 1* every hour.

22nd. No improvement, and thinking it desirable to see him every day, I desired that he should be removed to Bath, which was accordingly done. He bore the railway journey better than I could have expected, but his sufferings were very great. In succession I gave him Cantharis, Pulsatilla, Berberis, and Thuja, but with very little relief to his symptoms, which continued of the same severe character till February 6th, 1872, when I prescribed Chimaphila 1*, to be taken in drop doses every hour.

On the 13th there was no improvement, and I then gave five drops of the pure tincture every two hours. The effect was marvellous; his bladder began to act well; the urine quite healthy; no trace of mucus, and he rapidly regained his usual health. He writes to me from Hertfordshire to say that he is quite well, and able to preach every Sunday; sometimes twice in the day.

I will now describe two 'cases of chronic dyspepsia occurring in clergymen, which illustrate the great value of Argentum nitricum, where the brain and nervous centres are sympathetically affected.

The first is that of an old and venerable clergyman residing in Norfolk, and whom I have lately seen in the enjoyment of excellent health. For several years he had been in declining health, and at his age (78) despaired of getting better, particularly as many medical men, whom he had consulted in London and the provinces, assured him that his heart was so seriously affected that it was only a question of time how long he might live. He had

always been very much opposed to homoeopathy, but by the advice of his friends, who were desirous that nothing should be left untried, he was induced to consult me on August 8th, 1868. I found him exceedingly depressed in spirits, having had a consultation of three medical men on his case that morning, all of whom had given the same adverse prognosis. His general aspect would indicate serious organic mischief. His pulse was very fluttering and extremely intermittent, averaging about 140 beats in the minute. The tongue was loaded with a brown fur, and very dry. He had constant eructations of a fœtid character; great dryness of the throat, and a feeling of suffocation, chiefly at night, when reclining; total loss of appetite and extreme nausea, with feeling of anxiety, and trembling in the epigastrium, sometimes acute pain in that region. The bowels very variable, though generally relaxed, and a great amount of mucus in the evacuations. Some difficulty in urinating, sometimes with a sharp pain, extending to the anus; occasional cough, particularly after a meal, and most violent palpitation of the heart, with dyspnoea. I could not detect that there was any disease of the heart, but imagined it to be affected sympathetically with a very disturbed state of the digestive organs. He had taken Nux, prescribed by one of the doctors he had consulted. I ordered Argent. nit. 3, in drop doses, three times a day for a week.

On the 15th of August he came to me again, and was wonderfully better; and on the 29th all his bad symptoms were gone, together with the cardiac irritation, and he considered himself quite well. has enjoyed excellent health.

From that time to this he

The other case to which I have referred was a Dorsetshire clergyman, who consulted me in March, 1872. He had been ill nearly three years, and had given up all clerical duty for upwards of two years. Being a cousin of a former president of the London College of Physicians, under whose care he had been from the commencement of his illness, and who had given a most unfavorable prognosis of his case, he was not very sanguine that any system of