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some nausea, and she usually vomited when the pain was the most severe. All I could get was, "It comes like lightning, and leaves just as quickly." Belladonna relieved

promptly, in 3x dilution.

CASE 4. Gentleman, aged fifty-two, has just returned from a residence in Oregon, where he was taken with a severe illness, his version of which was that he had a chill and suddenly became unconscious. Physician had to come two hundred miles, and only came once, so that further account of the case is meagre. He recovered, however, sufficiently to remove to this state, but soon after his arrival here, he relapsed, and on the advent of a severe chill, I was called to see him. Found him with temperature of 104.5°, pulse 120, very hard and unyielding, some nausea; prescribed tr. veratrum vir, five drops in one-half glass of water, teaspoonful every half hour until fever abated. It lasted about ten hours, gradually subsiding with moderate perspiration. During the chill there was thirst; chill at 3 P.M., begins in chest and stomach, great oppression of chest; with fever, has smothering sensation and oppression of chest: apyrexia, soreness of muscles and joints, no swelling of face, although there is scanty urine. During fever, the same remedy, (veratrum vir.,) was given as before; but during apyrexia, apis. mel. 3x, one grain tablets, of which two were given every two hours, and cured the case perfectly. His wife, coming from the same locality, had similar malarial taint, chill coming about 11 A. M. every other day. Violent chill, no thirst, swelling of spleen and liver, painful on motion or pressure; prodrome, nausea, hunger and severe headache, apyrexia, sweats easily, great prostration. During fever, veratrum vir tr. alternately with bryonia 3x, as headache was severe. During apyrexia, gave chinin. ars. 2x, two tablets every two hours, which cured the chills promptly. The great prostration led me to use the combination, chinin, ars.

CASE 5. Child very restless, crying out during sleep, fever 105°, taken in axilla, very thirsty, drinking constantly. I ordered an injection of hot water to clear the bowels, and

JOHNSON-CLINICAL VERIFICATIONS

aconite lx, fifteen drops in one-half glass of water; dose, one teaspoonful every half hour until relieved. This was at 5:30 P. M. Reports entire relief at 8 A. M. the next morning. CASE 6. Child had a high fever, constant thirst, drinking merely enough to wet the lips, screams out in sleep and awakens in a convulsion, but immediately goes off into a profound slumber. Belladonna 3x relieves, after the bowels were emptied as in the preceding case.

CASE 7. Child is in convulsion when I am called. The first thing noticed is that the fingers of the left hand, (index and middle) are firmly extended and cannot be flexed, whimpers in its sleep and finally stiffens out in a firm convulsion. Ignatia removed all of these symptoms, and whenever the stiffness of fingers would come on, it would pass off immediately when ignatia was exhibited.

My experience with children, when there is a tendency to convulsions, is that nine times out of ten the attack is precipitated by overloading the stomach, and the bowels being a little sluggish, become loaded, making much of the irritation. Consequently, flushing them out relieves the little patient of much of its trouble, when the indicated remedy will be able to cure the case much more quickly. I realize fully that all of these symptoms are so very common and worn out, that it must seem simple to rehearse them, but as they are given in cases that are real, and the results are real, they may be of use to someone in a daily practice of such magnitude as to prevent them from looking over their repertories.

A child has had a spasm, and seemingly recovered, but the mother reports that on going to sleep or on awakening, its eyes becomes fixed and roll upward, remaining in that position. Cicuta 3x relieves every time.

Another child had twitching of facial muscles, which zincum 3x relieved at once.

And so we might go on through all the key notes, giving just such results. I believe, therefore, that we cannot be too earnest in our endeavor to keep these key notes ever at our command.

MEDICATION VS. OPERATION FOR THE REMOVAL

OF CATARACT.

E. D. PERKINS, M. D.

ASHLAND, WIS.

So many unsuccessful efforts have been made to restore sight to those afflicted with opacity of the lens, without the use of a knife, that it has come to be well nigh universally accepted that the only hope of relief is from an operation. Still, from the natural dread of an operation, and the more cr less risk of failure, almost anything will be given a trial before resorting to the knife.

You have doubtless often felt a measure of impatience with the physician who hastens to report a cure from the exhibition of a certain drug in a single given instance. Such men have not contributed in any large degree to the building up of our splendid materia medica, but in this instance we have considerable corroborative evidence, so that I feel in some measure justified in calling your attention to a remedy upon the single trial which I have given it, and which seems to hold very great promise of good to humanity.

Dr.

Succus cineraria maritima is the juice from a plant indigenous to the Lesser Antilles and the countries adjacent to the Carribean Sea. The juice is extracted just before the plant blooms,at the period of its fullest vigor. The plant may be cultivated, but the product of the wild is preferred. R. Mercer of the Port of Spain, seems to have been the first to publish information in 1888, concerning its use in the cure of cataract, though it had been used by the natives some time prior to that.

The only case in which I have had an opportunity of observing its action is such an extreme one, that from the results already attained, I feel morally certain that in an average case, or in the progressive stage of the disease, success is assured. The patient Mrs. B., 60 years of age,

has been totally blind for five years with senile cataract of the hard lenticular form. Two years ago she had an unsuccessful operation on the right eye. Her disappointment was great as a matter of course, and she stoutly refused to submit to a second attempt. On the 8th of last February, I persuaded her to make trial of cineraria, and at the end of the first week there was noticeable improvement. She has been under constant treatment for three months and a half, and from blindness, so extreme that she could scarcely distinguish day from night, having to be led almost every step, she wheels her little grandson in his carriage, safely along the walk, distinguishes colors, and the outlines of objects in a room. There has been constant gradual improvement, and which is still progressing.

Two drops of the drug is instilled into the eye three times daily. There has not been the least ill effect beyond a slight burning and free lachrymation, for a few seconds after treatment. No other treatment was given except for slight acute derangement. The physiological action of the topical use of the drug seems to be stimulation of the processes of circulation and absorption. I am also fully convinced that it will prove of value in other disordes of the eye consequent upon impaired nutrition.

In this instance all of the visible structures present a vastly improved appearance. From a dull lusterless eye, with muddy congestive conjunctiva, we have a bright, clear, healthful looking organ. With the absolute assurance of no harm, and so good a promise of success, it would seem manifestly advisable to give the remedy a fair trial in every case before advising an operation.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.

The thirty-fourth annual session of the Homœopathic Medical Society of the State of Wisconsin, was held in the

Plankinton House, Milwaukee, May 25th and 26th, 1898. The convention was called to order on Wednesday, May 25th, at 10 o'clock, A. M., by President J. P. Stiles, M. D., of Sparta, and the following physicians were present during the meeting:

J. P. Stiles, Sparta; W. J. Taylor, Brookfield; J. J. Davis, Racine; E. R. Schultz, Milton; Harvey Dale, Oshkosh; A. G. Leland, Whitewater; R. M. Nichols, Sheboygan Falls; M. G. Violet, Waukesha; A. Schlemich, Portage; E. M. Van Der Linder, Beloit; S. J. Martin, Racine; Q. O. Sutherland, Janesville; G. H. Ripley, Kenosha; N. A. Penneyer, Kenosha; E. D. Perkins, Ashland; J. D. Lindores, Stevens Point; R. K. Paine, Manitowoc; C. F. Browne, Racine; E. Everett, Madison; Mabel Park, Waukesha; C. H. Kækel, Mayville; R. B. Hærman, Watertown; A. M. Riddle, Oshkosh; A. L. Huntington, Darlington; J. W. Hanson, Racine; W. B. Webb, Beaverdam; A. L. Alexander, Milwaukee; A. R. F. Grob, R. T. Martin, Emma West, Lewis Sherman, Evelyn Hohne, Joseph Lewis, H. M. Drappers, W. W. Irving, E. W. Beebe, O. W. Carlson, J. W. Cutler, Filip A. Forsbeck, Milwaukee; George F. Shears, L. C. Hedges, J. J. Thompson, H. C. Allen, T. C. Duncan, A. C. Cowperthwaite, A. K. Crawford, O. L. Smith, C. S. Swan, N. B. Delamater, Chicago; H. C. Aldrich, Minneapolis.

The minutes having been printed in the official journal of the Society were dispensed with, and the report of the treasurer, Dr.J. Lewis, Jr., was presented, showing a balance on hand of $14.97. The report was referred to the auditing committee, consisting of Drs. Alexander, Grob and Dale, which reported favorably and the report was duly adopted. The report of the secretary was now presented and adopted.

SECRETARY'S REPORT.

The secretary hereby begs leave to present his annual report. According to his recommendation of last year the committee on By-laws has revised the constitution and bylaws, and will present the work to the society in a special

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