Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by

THE HOMOEOPATHIC TIMES,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

PREFACE.

The second volume of our Annual "Retrospect of Homeopathic Literature," covering the year 1876, is now finished. The work has not been so perfectly done as we could wish, but we have used our utmost endeavor to have it so. It is not an easy matter to get just the right kind of co-workers! Some are too prolix, and others are too brief, consequently we have to find out by experience who can best do the kind of work we want. We have tried to present in this volume, briefly and concisely, a fair excerpt of our literature, and as far as possible in the language of the authors.

The following Journals and Periodicals have been excerpted for this volume :

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HOMOEOPATHIC TIMES.

RETROSPECT OF LITERATURE.

Materia Medica.

and in a case of uterine reflex action. (D. B. Whittier, Mass. Trans., vol. IV., p. 369.) Actium Lappa. (E. B. Ivatts, H. W., vol

XI., p. 72.)

Abies Nigra. It has been successfully given Actea Racemosa. Its use in a case of chores for sensations of weakness-sinking at pit of stomach-with irritability of the stomach; in cases where the stomach would not retain the food; in gastric headache, and in dyspeptic troubles of the aged. (E. P. Colby, Mass. Trans. vol. IV., p. 119. Aconitum Napellus. Fragmentary prov ing. (S. Thompson, Mass. Trans., vol. IV., p. 638.)

Neuralgia shooting in various directions, with heat. (T. A. Capen, Mass. Tr., vol. IV., p. 376.)

Facial neuralgia; unbearable; aggravated by cold applications. (Munroe, Mass. Trans., vol. IV., p. 374.)

30th will produce perspiration quicker than lower. (T. A. Capen, Mass. Tr., vol. IV.,

p. 376.)

vomit

Tinct.; the result in three cases:

Esculus Hippocastanum. Cured hemorrhoids with prolapsus ani. "Great difficulty with stool and prolapsus ani; pains running up into back and bowels; stools black and sticky." (J. M. Selfridge, p. 29 Pacific H. M. S., 1874-6.

Dyce Brown, M. H. R., vol. XX.,

(D.
p. 273.)

Agaricus Muscarius. (D. Dyce Brown, M.
H. R., vol. XX., p. 334.)

Ailanthus Glandulosa. Proving, fragment-
ary. (Mass. Trans., vol. IV., p. 119.

Its use in scarlet fever. (A. M. Cushing,
Mass. Trans., vol. IV., p. 501.)

Sick headache, with stupor. (Barlow, M. I.,
vol. III., p. 280, 1876.)

Allium Cepa. Proving. (Bib. Hom., vol.
VIII., p. 273.)

When taken as food has produced contrac-
tion, cutting, tearing pain at anus during
stool and irritation of hemorrhoids. (D. S.
Kimball, M. I., vol. III., p. 418.)

Sativa. Proving. (Bib. Hom., vol. VIII., p. 279.)

painful. (T. A. Capen, Mass. Tr., vol. IV., p. 376.) Alumina.

Pain in vertex; worse on moving the head or stooping; better by pressure; shooting in vertex on coughing. Two doses cured. (E. W. Berridge, N. E. M. G., vol. XI., p. 12.)

ing greenish-yellow matter, mixed with Aloes. Borborygmus sitting upright; stools blood; face dark red or almost purple; ex tremities cold; pulse intermittent and feeble; weight in chest and pain in right lung; one case followed by a slight pneumonia. (S. L. Vail, M. I., vol. III., p. 206, 1876.) Vertigo on assuming upright position, increased by shaking the head, with inclination to fall to right side. (Guernsey, M. I., vol. III., p. 280, 1876.) Aconite and Arsenicum. Centrics and excentrics. (J. C. Morgan, M. I., vol. IV., p. 358.)

Ambra Grisea. Proving. (Pathog., vol. V., p. 1. Bib. Hom., vol. VIII.)

Menses too soon; flow of blood at other times than the menstrual periods; muscular twitching; spasms; insomnia, with aggra