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 Homoeopathy, from the Flora of Barbados.

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

1

By Francis

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38

39

42

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

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

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

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

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 Homoeopathy. By J. P. Dake, M. D., of Pittsburgh, Pa. 55

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

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

Half-yearly Report of the Philadelphia Homoeopathic 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

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

Case of Malformation. By John R. Coxe, Jr., M. D.................................... 108

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

98

110

........ 129

140

140

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

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.,.....................................

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

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

...... 159

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

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

....... 193

Letter to the Homoeopathic Physicians of the United States. By B. F. Joslin,
M. D.

200

..206, 289

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

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

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

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

214

217

232

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

New York...................................

236

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

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

237

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

257

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

Neuralgia Crunilis.

270

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

Mortality of the Season.......

800

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

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...............

377

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

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

Letter from C. Dunham, M. D...........

Letter from Dr. Wm. H. Holcombe..........

A Reviewer Reviewed. By C. Pretsch, M. D..............

415

433

449

459

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-

608

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

Diseases of the Skin. By C. E. Toothaker, M. D...................................................................... 613, 673, 705

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

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

668