attention which is called for on my part not only by the importance of the subject of which it treats, but by the distinguished names by which the prayer of the memorial is supported.

I regret, however, that after the best consideration which I can give to the subject, I do not feel that I am justified in lending the authority of government to promote this particular mode of medical treatment in the army.

I am far from presuming to decide on a question of medicine, and not even from the gentlemen who composed the deputation which accompanied your Lordship to present the memorial, can I accept direction on so grave a subject.

The great principles of the science of medicine on which we rely, have been slowly built up by the labour, and are founded on the recorded experience of able and learned men; and until these principles are proved to be erroneous, and consequently abandoned, the government ought to continue to be directed by their professors and teachers.

With this opinion, I regret to say that it is not in my power to comply with the request contained in the memorial.

I have the honour to be, my Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient servant,

The Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P."

PANMURE.

Such, then, (says the British Journal of Homœopathy,) was the termination of the great and influential movement set on foot for the purpose of securing to our army in the field the advantages of homœopathic treatment in those diseases which were, at the time the movement was commenced, decimating our brave troops under the superintendence of the practitioners of that science of medicine which Lord Panmure facetiously, as it appears to us, asserts is "founded on the recorded experience of able and learned men," &c.

The principles here laid down by Lord Panmure, are so perfectly modest, so entirely unassuming, that we think they must have emanated from some gentlemen of the Allopathic school of medicine. It certainly cannot belong to the English nobility to be so very cautious in the expressions of its opinions.

Not presume "to decide on a question of medicine?" No, no. But decide that thousands of officers and soldiers, who prefer Homœopathy, shall have Allopathy forced down their necks, in all its offensively nauseating and prostrating doses, because it would be presuming to decide a question of medicine, for the learned Lord to give to Homœopathy one little spot, where she might exercise her healing functions, and administer to the suffering and the dying the balm of health and life. - Not decide a question of medicine? We wonder how Moses, the great law-giver of Israel, dared "to presume" to decide against the incanters and the sorcerers, the regular medical Faculty of his day, and to raise that serpent of brass to which the sick had only to look up and be healed. But Moses probably lived in a different day, when men had common sense, and exercised common reason, and were not tied to their swaddling clothes and led about by their mamma's apron strings as Lord Panmure, and many of the English nobility are at the present day.

But seriously, a voice from the Almighty, as loud, as distinct, and as certain, and supported by as many clear and unmistakeable evidences of his will, as that which spake to Moses in the wilderness, is now speaking to Lord Panmure, and to the English nation, and commanding them to hold up the more brilliant light of Homœopathy for the healing of the people. But Lord Panmure answers, no, no-we are tied to the apron-strings of Allopathy. We have not yet got off our swaddling clothes. We cannot yet presume to think for ourselves. Our old mother Allopathy does all our thinking for us. Nothing is "proved" but what she tells us. We can look on nothing else-we can see nothing else. We know nothing else. Allopathy now, -Allopathy for ever. So says Lord Pan

mure.

LETTER FROM F. R. MCMANUS, M. D.

MESSRS. EDITORS. In the number of the Journal for October, 1854, appeared an article under the caption of "A Singular Disease;" in which were described several cases of catarrh. The affection is not an uncommon one, and has generally been called "Autumnal Catarrh." I have seen many cases, and in every instance the attack commenced on the 19th or 20th of August. A gentleman of this city, who has not missed an attack for twenty-five or thirty years, is taken with it on the 19th, always commencing with sneezing; and every case which I have seen has had this distinguishing symptom. The first of the cases related in the Journal was treated with Arsen., Ipecac., Pulsatilla, Nux Vomica, Belladonna and Aconite. I have never had any success with either of these remedies in that disease. I believe the specific remedy for it is Silicea, and I generally succeed in arresting it in a day or two, unless it should occur in an asthmatic patient, when it always terminates with an attack of that distressing complaint, and requires additional treatment. While the disease is nasal, the irritation being greatest in the Schneiderian membrane, with slight bronchial development, Silicea will cure it. I generally give a drop of the thirtieth attenuation in ten or twelve teaspoonfuls of water, a spoonful to be taken every two or four hours, if necessary. If the symptoms did not abate in forty-eight hours, I substituted the twelfth dilution, and if that did not relieve, the sixth. While the sneezing continues, I consider Silicea the remedy.

This disease is certainly "singular," from the fact of its attacking persons on the 19th or 20th of August. I have been puzzled to account for this, but have never thought of a better cause than the great difference of the midday and midnight temperatures at or about that time. The middle of the day is generally hot, -the middle of the night, cool and humid-sometimes cold, with heavy dews. I hope that any of your readers who may meet with this catarrh, will try Silicea, and report the result in your Journal together with any facts which may tend to illustrate its character, cause, developF. R. MCMANUS.

ments, &c.

Baltimore, August 12, 1855.

EDITORIAL.

HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA.

The announcement for the Eighth Annual Course of Lectures in this Institution has been issued, and it will be perceived that the prosperity of the school has continued as usual. There has been some changes in the Faculty since the last session; Professor Walter Williamson, who has been identified with the prosperity of the College since its first commencement, has been obliged on account of ill health to relinquish the Chair of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, and J. P. DAKE, M. D., of Pittsburgh, a gentleman of acknowledged ability, has been elected in his place. It is, however, a gratification to announce, that Professor Williamson has consented to retain his connexion with the College as Emeritus Professor of Clinical Medicine-so that his valuable counsel may still contribute to the prosperity of the school. W. A. Reed, M. D., has been elected to the Chair of Physiology and Medical Jurisprudence, and he will unquestionably discharge the duties assigned him in a faithful and acceptable manner. The other Chairs have the same incumbents as at the conclusion of the last session.

To insure the permanency of the Institution, the College Building in Filbert Street above Eleventh, has been purchased by the College Corporation, together with two dwellings adjoining, which will ultimately furnish ample means for sustaining a Clinical Department.

The Faculty have been perseveringly engaged in preparing for the ensuing session, which will commence on the 8th of October next; and no pains will be spared in trying to render the school in every respect, worthy of the patronage of the Homœopathic profession. The Museum is amply supplied with apparatus and the opportunities for the pursuit of practical anatomy are equal to any in the country; and, moreover, it is believed that students intending to practice homœopathy, will have the advantage of as thorough instruction in all the departments of a medical education at this school, as in any other, without being compelled to listen to teaching entirely adverse to our scientific basis for practice. And in thus striving for the elevation of the Homœopathic School of Medicine, we trust the Faculty of the Homœopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, will be encouraged by the support and patronage of all interested in upholding the

cause.

The plea for sending students, intending to practice Homœopathy, to Allopathic Colleges, because the opportunities for pursuing the collateral sciences are greater, is without any just foundation. For in this institution, all the branches are as thoroughly taught as in any medical institution in the country; and the graduates that have gone forth from this school, it is believed, have been as well qualified for any emergency that may turn up in the course of practice, either in Surgery, Obstetrics, or the practice of medicine, as those from any other school.

YELLOW FEVER IN VIRGINIA.

From accounts constantly being received from Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., concerning the ravages of the yellow fever in these cities, it appears that this malignant form of disease is advancing from year to year towards more northern latitudes. From what information we can gather, it would seem probable that the disease is endemic owing to some peculiarly predisposing influences in or about the locality where it is raging; at any rate, it has been fearfully fatal, judging from the bills of mortality; whether this circumstance has been owing entirely to the malignity of the discase, or the faulty modes of treatment that have been brought to bear, it is impossible to say. Whether Homœopathic treatment has been introduced at all we are not informed; if not, we think there is abundant reason for turning the attention in this direction. It will be recollected that Dr. Barton of Charleston, Dr. Leon of New Orleans, and Dr. Holcombe, of Natchez, have severally served the cause of humanity in warring against this dreadful scourge, and with such signal success as to leave but little doubt as to the favorable result of Homœopathic treatment. If any of our readers are possessed of specific information as to whether any of the sufferers at Norfolk and Portsmouth have had Homœopathic treatment, and with what success, we will esteem it a favor, if they will communicate.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

THE NORTH AMERICAN HOMEOPATHIC JOURNAL, a Quarterly Magazine of Medicine and the Auxiliary Sciences: Conducted by E. E. MARCY, M. D., New York; JOHN C. PETERS, M. D., New York; WM. H. HOLCOMBE, Natches, Miss.; HENRY C. PRESTON, M. D., Providence, R. I.

It will be seen that this Journal completed its first three volumes under the editorial charge of Constantine Herring, M. D., of Philadelphia; J. W. Metcalf, M. D., of New York; and E. E. Marcy, M. D., of New York, who is one of the present editorial corps. At the conclusion of the twelfth quarterly number, the publication of the Journal was suspended for a time. We are glad to see its republication commenced with the thirteenth number, under circumstances that warrant a reasonable hope for its continuance. The number before us presents a handsome appearance in its mechanical execution, contains 160 pages of the Journal, and the first moiety of 64 pages of "The Elements of a New Materia Medica and Therapeutics, based upon an entirely new collection of drug-provings and clinical experience, by E. E. MARCY, M. D.; J. C. PETERS, M. D, and OTTO FULLGRATH, M. D.

The present number is made up of original and translated matter, of an interesting character, and without doubt it will meet with a favorable reception from the members of the profession in general. The conductors of the Journal are gentlemen of acknowledged science, ability and liberality, and we sincerely hope they will find themselves amply supported in their enterprise. Messrs. RADEMACHER & SHEEK are the agents for the Journal, and they will gladly receive subscriptions and furnish subscribers at the publisher's price, $3 00 per annum.