though sometimes only in a small degree, will relieve the suffering, cool the fevered brow, control the harassing cough, check the night sweats, and, if the disease has not progressed too far, will kindle new hope in the heart, renew the strength of body and mind, give nature a chance to assert herself, and possibly assist her in throwing off the burden beneath which she is groaning and of which, unaided, she could not rid herself?

There are many remedies and adjuvants which are very helpful in combating this disease, but of those which I have tried ars. iod. is the one which has given me the best results. Under its administration some of my tuberculous patients have been cured, and therefore I have great confidence in the remedy. And when I make the honest confession that my faith in medicine is very limited, and that I believe the vis medicatrix naturae, in company with proper feeding and hygienic surroundings, will accomplish more and greater cures than our long list of vaunted remedies, as, for example, at our Rutland hospital, my listeners will, perhaps, give more credence to my words, and will certainly not consider me a crank on ars. iod. or any other remedy, and will, I trust, be all the more interested in my experience with the remedy.

Some eight or ten years ago my attention was called to this remedy, and since then I have watched its administration with careful interest. I have preserved the clinical records of twenty-eight cases, and the temperature charts of some of them, and have never failed to have the sputum examined by my friend, Dr. J. P. Rand, who is an expert at the business. Permit me to note, in passing, that all the cases in whose sputum the tubercle bacilli were not found have recovered. Of the seventeen cases in which bacilli were found, three are perfectly well to-day. One of these, a woman, has remained well for eight years; the second, a young man, has been in good health for two years; and the third, also a young man, has done well for three years. These three had pulmonary tuberculosis. Another patient in this list is a boy, now about twelve years old, whose right

thumb I removed nine years ago on account of tubercular disease of the joint. He is not strong, but in fair health. Thus far there has been no reappearance of tuberculosis in any part of the body. All of these four cases have a family history of tuberculosis. It is fair, then, to state that of the seventeen cases 23.5 per cent remain cured up to the present time.

Let me say just a word about my mode of administering the iodide of arsenic. We all know that patients become tolerant of almost any drug; and acting upon this knowledge, I have begun with the fourth potency, giving from five to ten grains three to five times daily, and gradually worked up to the second potency, the frequency and size of the dose remaining the same. I would lay great stress upon the necessity of increasing the strength of the remedy as the system becomes accustomed to it, and then, after all signs of the disease have passed away, to decrease both the strength and frequency of the remedy and dose.

It is very interesting to notice how quickly some of my patients have responded to this remedy, even those in whom the disease was too far advanced to offer any possible hope of cure. This leads me to believe that in the early stages of tuberculosis, even though there is an afternoon rise of temperature, ars. iod. is very effective. All my patients who recovered gained rapidly in weight, and are now heavier than ever before in their lives.

I have now under treatment a young man, a hostler, who is taking about an ounce of ars. iod 2 x. per week. When he came to me in January his right lung was full of râles, there was considerable dyspnoea, thick, tough, greenish expectoration, languor, and appetite not very good. At present his lung is very clear, he takes a much deeper breath, can walk up-hill better, and when I asked him for a specimen of sputum a week ago, he said: "That stuff is getting scarce, doctor." He looks well and strong, and I expect his complete recovery, although Dr. Rand tells me that the sputum still contains quite a number of bacilli; some of them, however, show signs of disintegration, which is quite encouraging.

I want to mention another case, which Dr. Rand and I treated at our dispensary three years ago, and which we believed to be a form of lupus on the arm of a boy of about sixteen years of age. We tried various remedies and local applications, but saw no marked results until we put him on ars. iod. He did remarkably well, and the wound healed over nicely. A month or six weeks ago he came to the dispensary again, presenting a small swelling above the site of the old ulcer and also several purplish spots on the back of the hand of the same arm. I immediately put him on the ars. iod. again. The small swelling on the arm is disappearing, the spots on the hand look less angry, and the tissues between the spots present a better and more healthy color. Granting that lupus and tuberculosis are one and the same disease, this case and that of the little boy whom I mentioned represent an interesting class in which the disease is localized and confined to a very small area. The boy with lupus looks and feels perfectly well and strong.

In the treatment of my patients all available adjuvants were employed, such as rich, nourishing diet, emulsions, inhalations of pine oil vapor, physical exercise, deep breathing, plenty of fresh air night and day. An intercurrent remedy was occasionally given to control special symptoms. In the main, however, ars. iod. has been my sheet anchor and has been used until satisfied that it was doing no good. practice may be criticized by my strict Hahnemannian brother as being too empiric. Can he show better results? My patients were satisfied, and so am I until I find something better.

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MEETING AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE INSTITUTE.

Another gathering of the members of the oldest national medical society in the United States is at hand; and once more the opportunity comes to the followers of homoeopathy to advance its interests, and to practically prove their allegiance, by attending the fifty-fifth meeting of the American Institute of Homœopathy.

The attractiveness of this opportunity is more apparent the more one considers what is to be offered to those who respond to the cordial invitation to be present, always extended to every member and prospective member of this great organization.

It is not the least feature of the occasion that the coming session will be held at Atlantic City on the Great Steel Pier, which will probably afford as cool, as quiet, and as healthful a spot as could possibly have been selected. As regards the program which has been arranged, one has been agreed upon which, as the president, Dr. Bailey, writes, will give every section at least one meeting before the entire Institute, and he adds: "There will be seven papers on the different fields of homœopathy. There will be special features of unusual interest. The memorial exercises will be held during a recess in a busy session, and will be of a character to command our respect and cause us to indeed realize the solemnity of the occasion. It will be a session of thoroughly scientific interest, and one in which the cause of homoeopathy will be kept well to the front."

This is as it should be, and we feel confident that those who attend will do so with no less profit than pleasure. To increase the latter, every effort will be made to adequately entertain the profession. There will be ample accommoda

tions at reasonable rates, so that those who wish to limit their expenses will have no difficulty in doing so. We believe that with all the inducements offered and with every prospect of their fulfilment, next June will witness a satisfactorily large, representative, and enthusiastic gathering at Atlantic City. We sincerely trust this may be the case.

In connection with the near approach of the meeting of the Institute, the following communication from Dr. I. Tisdale Talbot, that veteran in homoeopathy, concerning the Institute membership, is particularly timely and interesting:

"After perusing the volume of Transactions of 1898, just issued, we cannot fail to speak many words of praise of the book as a whole and of its various details. Unlike some of the past volumes, there is little in this to spare. Well edited and printed on good paper, its 754 pages are valuable from beginning to finish, and must exert an important influence on those who have the opportunity to read them.

"Without reviewing at this time many important parts of the Transactions, we may express our interest in the matter of the Institute membership. Composed as it is of some of the most prominent and often distinguished members of the profession, it is with no little degree of pride that we find the number at present amounts to 1,659. Without doubt, many, perhaps a thousand more, have joined and would to-day be active members but for the fact that the great and necessary expenses of an exacting profession compel the exercise of a most rigid economy, even in the small sum of the yearly dues. But it is a gratifying fact that no less than 229 of these have been in continuous membership for more than twenty-five, and some even fifty years. What other association in this country can show such a record? We have taken the pains to go over the list and see where these members are located, with the following results: