INDEX. Absorption of arsenic and antimony in infinitesimal quantities, 213 Allopathists attack on homeopathy, 229 Allshorn, Mr. 169 Amaurosis cured, 310 Brodie, Sir Benjamin, 79, 80 Brutality of medical students at Jer- Calomel, destruction effected by it, 170 Can law supply the place of care, 375 Archbishop of Dublin's adhesion to Case of deafness and mental weak- homœopathy, 157, 209 Association, English homeopathic, 1, 157; annual meeting of, 1—4 ness cured, 165 Case of tic doloureux with tearless- ness of one eye cured, 173 Case of acute bronchitis with cerebral Case of partial loss of sight cured, Bathing pressed parts with spirit of Case of inflammation of the bladder wine, 80 cured, 228 Bathing when sweating and tired, Case of death of fœtus in utero pre- evils of, 156 Belladonna a preventive of scarlet fever, 17; poisoning by berries, Bennett, Dr. Risdon, and Homœopa- Benefits of obedience to a natural vented, 261 Case of chronic conjunctivitis cured, Case of diarrhea of three years du- Case of spasmodic curve of back Case of blindness cured, 310 Bleeding, its inefficacy and danger in Case of convulsive cough, colliqua- fullness of habit, 93 Blindness cured, 310 tive diarrhæa, and uterine disease "Booing," its unphilosophical cha- Case of cephalalgia and mental de- racter, 50 Boys' tricks, evils of, 376 British Museum library, 110 pression, 323 Case of inflammation of peritoneum cured, 324 Case of tic doloureux cured, 337 Cautiousness, creating by act of par- in ship building, 191 Copaiba, evils from, 252 Crowther, James, the Lancashire na- Cubebs, evils from, 252 Death of foetus in utero prevented by Does the old-system physic kill or Economist, 1, 227 case of death of fœtus in utero pre- Epps, Mr. G. N. cases treated by,- Ergot of rye, injuries inflicted by the Errors, common. 'Oh, it will do me Essay by Dr. Hering on the progress Essay on promoting satisfactory and dence of the action of infinitesimal Eyes, diseases of transmitted, 141 Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, an anecdote Egg, curious idiosyncrasy in regard Fees, medical, 147 to the, 144 Elliotson, Dr. 24, 210 Fuchsia tree, 111 Graphites, pathogenetic effects of, 205 English Homœopathic Association, Government should do it, 221 1, 322 Epps, Dr. cases treated by,-case of Gregory, Dr. George, 217 Head, size of, index of power, 309 142 Heart disease cured, 39 Hereditary transmission of peculiari- | Law inefficient as a substitute for ties in teeth, 78 Homœopathy in India, 4, 149; in Homœopathy-What is the best Homœopathy the best preventive to accidental poisoning, 218 Homœopathy, opposition to, 373 Hunt, Mr. on skin diseases, 41, 81, Hydropathic treatment, 59 Infinitesimal action, evidence of, 212 Iron vessels, prejudice against and Is nux vomica a poison? 366 common sense and common cau- Legislative interference, folly of in Lemon juice, cures and produces the Lying on damp grass, evils of, 155 Medical Gazette and Archbishop Medical society of London and homo- Medical treatment in allopathic hospi- Mercury, evils from, 262 Mesmerism by Dr. Carpenter, 314 Mind work, love of among the chil- practice, 11. In insanity, 16, 114, Moral sentiments, their supremacy, 150 Morality of the army, 192 Juvenile refuge in Manchester,, 184 Necessity both for the patient's satis- Kidd, Mr. 322 Kroomen, 258 Lamarck's views refuted by Gall, 29 Laughter misapplied, 57 faction and for the certainty of cure, to examine fully into the condition Negro civilization, 258 Opisthotonos cured, 300 Pestilences, how made to cease, 15 Phrenology, essays by Dr. Gall, Sea sickness homeopathic to the sickness of disease, 374 Skin diseases, treatment by Mr. Hunt, 41, 81, 241, 265 Smith, Messrs. T. and H., mistake of, 9 Soldiers' flesh, 95 Stewart, Dr. Leonard, 175 Superior efficacy of homœopathic Influence of climate and of food practice, 115, 154 upon the moral and intellectual Surgery, abuses of, 79 224 powers of man, 26; Influence of System, old, medical, its irrationality, the necessities (besoins) upon the instincts; the propensities and the faculties of animals-of man, 27; Can attention give rise to any instinct to any propensity or faculty whatever? 35; Would pleasure and pain be able to produce a moral quality, or an intellectual faculty? 225; Are the passions and the desire of glory, the source of our qualities and our faculties? 225; Does social life cause the existence of the factitious qualities or faculties, 289 Taste, refined, the way to diffuse among the people, 160 Taste of medicines, best means of avoiding, 232 Phrenology and Dr. Barrow, 109 Physicians, college of, anomalies connected with, 286 Teeth, artificial, by L. Koecker, M. D. liarities of, 78; of diseased eyes, Veterinary college near Paris, 49 Physician's skill, in what consisting, Wakley-ean era, 184 Purgative medicines their evils, pro- Why women are the suffering sex? ducing blindness, 320 Ranunculus bulbosus, 206 355 Williams, Professor, 171 Ranunculus sceleratus, its effects in Would any wise man employ a second sciatica, 172 Science brutalised, 41 Scirrhus of the stomach transmissi ble, 217 servant to do the duties of one already employed and already paid to do those duties? Why should the state do so, 347 THE Journal of Health and and Disease. JULY, 1846. THE ENGLISH HOMEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION. THE The enlightened members of the commercial and of the aristocratic community are supporters of the weekly newspaper, the Economist: a paper, the articles of which are written with a solidity and a discretion, and are illustrated by documents so accurate and so well-attested, as to make them worthy of the title of "state papers:" in fact, there can be little doubt that many of the most important commercial changes, in reference to the tariff, have had their way made clear by the unanswerable expositions in this valuable paper. It is with considerable pleasure that the homœopathist must learn that the writers in this close reasoning, correct arguing, cautious in deduction paper, are steady advocates, not merely of Homœopathy, but of its scientific character and of its exalted claims. The writers seem to have watched the progress of Homœopathy with intense interest, and, as an evidence, the following Report of the Annual Meeting of the English Homœopathic Association, published in its pages, gives an effectual testimony. "The first annual general meeting of the members of this association took place on Tuesday evening, the 9th inst., in the great room of the Society of Arts. The room, which is capable of containing between three and four hundred persons, was filled at an early hour, and the chair was taken by Lord Robert Grosvenor. A report was read of the proceedings of the association during the past year, whence it appeared that the number of members had rapidly increased, and that the total now is little short of 600. The funds of the society are also in a prosperous condition--a surplus of B |