THE

PHILADELPHIA

JOURNAL OF HOMEOPATHY.

EDITED BY

WILLIAM A. GARDINER, M. D.,

PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY IN THE HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA,

AND

JOHN F. GEARY.

ASSISTED BY NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTORS.

VOLUME IV.

1855-6.

PHILADELPHIA:

RADEMACHER & SHEEK.

No. 239 ARCH STREET.

1856.

KING & BAIRD, PRINTERS,

9 Sansom Street.

CONTENTS TO VOLUME IV.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

Chloroform, considered in its relation to Parturition and its Medico-Legal

aspects. By J. M. Ward, M. D...........

Contributions to Homœopathy, from the Flora of Barbados. By Francis

.....

1

Goding, M. D...........

.............26, 91

Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Birth-day of Samuel Hahne-

mann, April 10th, 1855, at Sansom Street Hall..........

38

Hahnemann in the Cradle, a Historical Romance.........

Discoveries of Hahnemann, with a view of the past and present state of the

39

Medical Science. By Edward Bayard, M. D., of New York.........

The Character of Hahnemann. By B. F. Joslin, M. D., of New York.............. 50

Philosophical View of Homeopathy. By J. P. Dake, M. D., of Pittsburgh, Pa.

On the progress of Medical Science. By John F. Geary, M. D............. 65

Commocladia Dentata, (Guao.) By J. G. Houard, M. D.........

Half-yearly Report of the Philadelphia Homœopathic Dispensary, from No-

vember 1st to May 1st, 1855. By W. T. Helmuth, M. D...............

Remarks on a Resolution, passed by the American "Medical" Association, at

42

55

73

98

their late Convention at Philadelphia. By John F. Geary, M. D........105, 154

Case of Malformation. By John R. Coxe, Jr., M. D...............

Our Zeal. By David Dosomething, M. D..........

108

110

...

Temperaments

Fungi

140

Provings of Allium Sativa. By J. Silver, Esq.............

Notes from Practice. By D. W. Reil, of Halle........

140

146

Thoughts on one of the Peculiarities of the Mechanical Phenomena of Respira-

tion. By Silas Swift Brooks, M. D.........

151

The Value of Clinical Experience and of Clinical Reports, to Homœopathy and

its Practitioners. By J. P. Dake, M. D.,............

159

Twelfth Session of the American Institute of Homœopathy, Buffalo, New York,

June 6th and 7th, 1855.......

The New Jersey State Homœopathic Medical Society..........

Variola. By C. E. Toothaker, M. D............

Physiology, or the Philosophy of the Human Organization. By C. E. Tooth-

aker, M. D.............

193

Letter to the Homœopathic Physicians of the United States. By B. F. Joslin,

M. D.

200

Introductory Lecture, delivered at the Homœopathic Hospital in 1855. By T.

R. Leadham, M. D., M. R. C. S.........

Chronic Rheumatism. By E. R. Johnston, M. D.........

Reasons why Medicines should be used in accordance with the Law, "Similia

.....

.206, 289

214

Similibus Curantur." By Silas S. Brooks, M. D.........

217

Report of the "American Provers' Union" to the American Institute of Homœo-

pathy, at its Meeting in June, 1855.......

Report of Homœopathic Treatment in the Protestant Half-Orphan Asylum,

232

New York

236

"The Homœopathic News." Its Critiques and its Colleges Reviewed. By

John F. Geary, M. D..........

237

Remarks on Electricity. By C. Pretsch, M. D..................

Our Literature. A Review. By John F. Geary, M. D., 264, 327, 385, 480, 529,

257

577, 641

Transformations and Properties of Matter. By John F. Geary, M. D., 267, 564, 625

Clinical Observations; --Abscess of the Scalp. Translated from the German.

By J. F. Sheek, M. D.........

270

Neuralgia Crunilis. Translated from the German. By J. F. Sheek, M. D...... 271

Diseases of the Nervous System. By Alvan E. Small, M. D., 273, 337, 417, 513, 609

Physiology; or, the Laws of the Human Organization. By C. E. Toothaker,

M. D................

321

A Paper on the state of Medical Science in South America. Read before the

San Francisco Medical Society, 1854. By C. W. Brink, M. D................ 353

Clinical Record.......

375

Trismus. By Dr. Battman, in Grossheim. Translated by J. F. Sheek, M. D... 376

Cancerous Tumours of the Breast. By Dr. Cade. Translated by J. F. Sheek,

M. D........

877

Can our Quacks Beat it? .........

415

Clinical Record and Autopsy. By C. E. Toothaker, M. D.

Biographical Sketch of the late Wm. P. Esrey, M. D. By Silas S. Brooks, M.D., 602

Allopathic Medical Treatment of Cataract, hy the Iodide of Potassium and Li-

quor Ammonia. By M. Gariamopaz.....

608

Diseases of the Skin. By C. E. Toothaker, M. D......613, 678, 705

Opthalmia. Read before the British Hahnemannian Society. By Dr. Henriques, 655

Homœopathic Despotism. By John F. Geary, M. D...........

668