lasted some five minutes, which was succeeded by an interval of partial calm. During this interval," continues Dr. O., "It was somewhat difficult for him to articulate with distinctness. He made several attempts to vomit in this interval, by exciting the fauces with his finger. There seemed to be some constriction about the throat, as it was difficult for him to swallow." "This interval lasted perhaps five minutes, when another paroxysm commenced by a little starting and stiffening of the extremities, and immediately the whole body was thrown into a tetanic paroxysm, in appearance like the first, and lasted two or three minutes, when death ended the struggle."

"In about three minutes from the first paroxysm," says Dr. H.," the tetanus again returned, and in the space of two minutes death closed the scene, with terrible spasms of the whole system. The pulse remained unaffected till the last struggle."

"His appearance," says Dr. O., " led me to believe that death ensued from asphyxia or suffocation. There must have been great congestion of the brain, which of itself might have proved fatal."

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5. How soon after taking the article did death occur? "Dr. H. says, "From the best information which I could obtain, I should judge that death ensued in fourteen minutes." "The time from taking the article till death ensued,” Dr. O. remarks, "Could not have been over twenty minutes."

"6. Did his mind remain clear till the last struggle?

"I think," replies Dr. H., "that he was perfectly conscious from the first to the last, except in the paroxysm of tetanus, from the following facts:-1. His appeal which he made to me, as noted in the first article. 2. On loosening his cravat, he requested me to unbutton his vest, at the same time desiring me to take out his gold watch and take care of it. An emetic having been administered, he applied his finger to his throat to provoke a nausea. 4. And from the last words he uttered, "I fear, I fear, O God, deliver me."

"Dr. W. had never possessed very firm health, and for about two years before his death he had suffered from an

inordinate action of the heart, for which he had occasionally

taken morphia.

"JONATHAN A. ALLEN, M.D.

"ERASMUS D. WARNER, M.D. "WM. P. RUSSELL, M.D."

Had Dr. W. practised homoeopathy, this result would not have been.

PAINFUL PASSING OF URINE, (DYSURIA)-BEARING DOWN OF WOMB, (AND ALBUMINOUS URINE), CURED.

[Communicated by Dr. EPPs.]

Mrs. W, aged 46, married, the mother of one child, now nine years old.

About twelve years since she had a severe attack of the cholera, after which she experienced a feeling of the descent of the parts within, (of the front passage.) Of this she recovered.

She consulted me January 13, 1847.

Her womb had been affected for the last five months, since she had given up beer, which she left off, because she found it affected her head.

The symptoms, which now distress her, are the following:Symptom 1. A bearing down of the womb, which has caused a stoppage in the passing of the water for the last two months.

Symptom 2. She has pain after making water towards evening.

Symptom 3. She has a forcing after passing water, lasting two to three hours.

Symptom 4. She suffers least when extended straight. Symptom 5. When walking up stairs she suffers severely from the bearing down.

Symptom 6. Pricking pain in the passage to the womb. Symptom 7. She has a yellow discharge from the womb. Symptom 8. Back is weak.

Symptom 10. Bowels are much confined: there seems to

be a stoppage during the time of action: this feeling being connected with the presence of much wind.

Symptom 11. Sediment like white of egg at the bottom of vessel, (albuminous urine?)

Symptom 12. Has a cough, which shakes her much at the bottom of belly.

Symptom 13. M. period three times in two months: and proper colour.

Ordered pulsatilla and cannabis, the alternate use.

Feb. 4, 1847.-No 1. Bearing down still, but the stoppage is better. No. 2. The pain is better. No. 3. A forcing, felt towards evening. No. 4. Still. No. 5. Still feels the bearing down on walking up stairs. No. 6. The pricking pain is better. No. 7. Yellow discharge is lessened. No. 8. Back stronger. No. 9. Tongue is clearer and appetite is good. No. 10. Bowels more regular: not so much wind. No. 11. Water much less thick. No. 12. Cough still troubles. No. 13. The m. period occurred last week.

Ordered puls. and cann., the alternate use: to be followed, if symptoms do not wholly disappear, by sepia.

This patient visited me Sept. 17, 1847, being then troubled with cough, but she had been well of her old complaint for some months.

LECTURES ON HOMOEOPATHY.

It is not usual to print syllabuses of Lectures in the body of a Journal; but the conviction, that, some thirty or forty years hence, when homœopathy will be the only recognized mode of treating disease, it will be interesting to know the steps that were taken in the promotion of the spread of this, the only scientific mode of treating disease, has caused a departure, in this instance, from the usual course.

In thus deciding, it seems proper to state that Dr. Epps established homoeopathy in Manchester, by lecturing there on homœopathy, and, at intervals, practising there: that he diffused it in Liverpool by lecturing there: and that, further, he lectured some years ago on this subject'in London. His position is, therefore, that of having been the first apostle,

who, to public popular audiences, proclaimed the glorious truths of homoeopathy in this country.

Syllabus of a Course of Eight Popular Lectures on Homeopathy, to be delivered by JOHN EPPS, M. D.

LECTURE I.

The progress of truth. LIFE. Animate bodies endowed with organs for uses. The more numerous the organs, the more numerous the uses. Anatomy and Physiology. HEALTH: what it is. DISEASE: what it is.- Vitality disturbed in manifestation. Conditions essential to health and disease. Erroneousness of the idea of overcoming a disease. Destructive means used in medical practice. Picture of a medical warrior. Physician's object, the removal of disease quickly, safely, and favourably. MATERIA MEDICA, or remedies.

LECTURE II.

Arrangement of remedial means according to their action. Acting direct-ANTIPATHIC. Illustrations of the antipathic mode: its injuriousness and inefficiency. ALLOPATHY. Medicines acting indirect. Illustrations of the allopathic method : its destructive character. The cures, occurring under the antipathic and allopathic modes, considered and explained. Counteraction explained. The fallacy of the common dogma as put forth by medical men, of " imitating Nature."

LECTURE III.

The third method, the HOMEOPATHIC. A short history of the discovery of this method, in connection with the discoverer, Hahnemann. The philosophic character of Hahnemann's mind. Principle, similia similibus curantur, "like cured by like." Symptoms, produced in a healthy person by medicine, called pathogenetic. Medicinal disease. Natural disease. Illustrations from every day experience. Dr. Kentish's burn liniment. Treating frozen persons. Mental illustration: Shakspeare. The homoeopathy of nature: homoeopathy the universal law of action in nature.

LECTURE IV.

Homœopathy, the only scientific system of medicine. Its

philosophic character. Establishes a certainty in the treatment of disease. The non-existence of this certainty hitherto. Testimony of medical authors. Enables to arrive at certainty by the use of medicines singly. The absurdity of the old practice. Description of a prescription. Montaigne.

LECTURE. V.

The injuries inflicted by the old system. Numerous diseases nothing but injurious permanent effects produced by the medicines taken for the cure of diseases. The falsity of the grounds on which the old system practitioners justify their active treatment. The deadliness of the treatment. The want of faith by physicians under the old system.

LECTURE VI.

The minute doses called infinitesimal. How those were arrived at by Hahnemann. Process of preparation. Proofs that virtues are developed in the preparation. Caloric and electricity. Do things act in infinitesimal quantities? Chemistry: doctrine of atoms. only on the particular seed. experiment with the salmon. quantity considered. Musk.

The pollen of flowers acts Mouldiness. Spallanzani's Objections to the intangible Cinnamon groves of Ceylon.

Camel. Buck. Sir H. Davy's statements.

LECTURE VII.

Objections to homœopathy, and the cures effected by it, considered. Diet said to be the cause of cure. The generous diet allowed. What diet can and what it cannot effect. Imagination said to be another cause. Dr. Beddoes' interesting fact explained. Mind has great power, for this simple reason, that man is pre-eminently MIND. "Nature does it all," a third objection. An explanation of what nature does do, and what she does not do.

LECTURE VIII.

Receptivity of system augmented in certain states. In vegetables in disease.

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Opposition to be expected; the sources detailed. The experiments abroad. The experiments abroad. Support to be

expected; the sources detailed. The progress made in different quarters of the world. The state in England. Conclusion.