REPLY ARTICLE OF DR. J. W. METCALF, CONTAINED IN THE NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY, NO. II, PURPORTING TO BE A CRITICISM ON MY "DOMESTIC PHYSICIAN." BY J. H. PULTE, M. D. 'People living in glass houses, should not thtfow stones. "fOltl Proverb. CINCINNATI: H. W. DERBY & CO.; DR. J. M. PARKS. N. YORK: WILLIAM RADDE, A. S. BARNES & CO., J. P. PUTNAM. PHILADELPHIA : E. S. JONES & CO. BOSTON: OTIS CLAPP. LONDON AND PARIS: BALLIERE. MANCHESTER. TURNER. LEIPSIC: KOEHLER & CO. 1851. I REPLY ARTICLE OF DR. J. ¥. METCALF. CONTAINED IN THE NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY, NO. II. PURPORTING TO BE A CRITICISM ON MY "DOMESTIC PHYSICIAN. BY J. H. PULTE, M. 1). 'People living in glass houses, should not throw stones."—Old Pn-'r'j. *> LIT:! CINCINNATI: H. W. DERBY & CO.; DR. J. M. PARKS. N. YORK: WILLIAM RADDE, A. S. BARNES & CO., J. P. PUTNAM PHILADELPHIA: E. S. JONES & CO. BOSTON: OTIS CLAPP. LONDON AND PARIS: BALLIERE. MANCHESTER: TURNER. LEIPSIC: KOEHLER & CO. 1 851. 667060 C. CLARK &, Co., Ber Franklin Book and Job Printing Offi, mcinnati, V. H REPLY. The readers of the "North American Homoeopathic Journal" will have observed in its 2nd or May No., an article from the pen of Dr. J. W. Metcalf, of New York, purporting to be a criticism on "Dr. Pulte's Domestic Physician." Criticism is a legitimate and necessary branch of literature, par- ticularly in our times, where the quantity of new books on all subjects render a critical guide indispensable. The office of a critic is of the most sacred and responsible nature ; from his judgment, the public opinion derives, to a great extent, its elements of life and growth; but he can only hold this high position as long as he discharges the duties of his office with impartiality, urbanity and deep research. When he ceases to be a gentleman, who is always truthful and cour- teous, and displays ignorance, malice and envy, the critic becomes a libelist, an odium and moral nuisance to society, which ought to be rid of his pestilential influence as soon as possible. For this class of criminals, the courts of the country afford redress, and punishment is frequently dealt out to them ; but as these judicial processes are sel- dom expeditious, one-half of the benefit for the public is gone before the slanderer of his fellow-men is reached by the law. It has been found more efficient to exterminate these moral vampires by the force of public opinion, directed in the proper channel, in order to know and detest these enemies of public morals. Before this tribunal, I will now summon Dr. J. W. Metcalf, of New York, and examine fairly and quietly the article referred to at the beginning. As a great many of my readers might not be in pos- session of the "North American Homoeopathic Journal," I give the slanderous piece of Dr. Metcalf in full at the end of this pamphlet, to facilitate comparison. Before I proceed to the consideration of the more important points at issue, I will give a short history of matters connected with this case, for the better understanding of the motives and purposes which prompted Metcalf to write or undersign such a libelous article. After it had become apparent, in the early days of Homoeopathy, that the Allopathic profession generally rejected its doctrines, the adherents of Homoeopathy became the more zealous to influence pub- lic opinion in their favor; popular treatises were issued for the in- struction of the people, and soon small works on the treatment of diseases for domestic use, made their appearance. Caspari was one 4 of the first who attempted a more extensive work of this kind, which is very popular up to this day. Shortly after, « Hartmann s Acute and Chronic Diseases" appeared, intended solely for the profession, yet containing an arrangement in the grouping of diseases and remedies, which could be made available for the laity. Hering's first edition of his " Domestic Physician" appeared after the second edition ol Hartmann had been issued, and is indebted to the latter for almost all the prescriptions it contains, save those peculiar to Hering, where he gives old house-remedies, not strictly homoeopathic, a place m his collection ; or where, for instance, he prescribes powdered sulphur to be carried in the stockings as a preventive against the return of fever and ague, or the application of leeches in croup, at a time when he himself pronounces the patient beyond recovery. _ We could, mention, if we had space, more of these genuine peculiarities of Hering. All the editions of Hering's " Domestic Physician," up to the fifth, which is the last, give no diagnosis or pathology of disease. This peculiar feature of his work never was followed by any other writer on the same subject, and I merely point at it here so prominently, in order to show that, as soon as he introduced pathological diagnosis into the last or fifth edition, he took it almost word for word from Laurie, without giving the least credit for it; nay, even without mentioning the name of Laurie in the preface. In this respect he acted in the same manner as when his first edition had been compiled from Cas- pari, Hartmann and others. Laurie had, several years previous, is- sued a " Domestic Physician" entirely on the plan of Hartmann's, taking the pathology of Hufeland for his model, without even men- tioning his name. The appearance of Laurie's "Domestic Physi- cian" was very detrimental to the sale of Hering's, and the latter, in order to remain in market, altered his fourth edition completely after the model of Laurie's, embodying in it from Laurie, whole pages without changing a word, and without giving the least credit; yet, nothing was mentioned of this "most astounding piece of literary piracy that has ever come under our notice," by his reviewer, Dr. Metcalf, in the first No. of the "North American Homoeopathic Journal;" on the contrary, everything was original, fresh from the brain of Hering, and no mistake. We subjoin in the note below, this clever review on Hering's work, by Metcalf,* inviting the atten- Note.—It is only necessary for us to announce the publication of the fifth edition ot this deservedly popular domestic manual. The appearance of seven successive edi- tions in Germany, of five in this country, and its recent translation into the French language, are a sufficient testimony to its value. We notice the addition of nearly a hundred pages of new matter, the more full description of some diseases, and the in- troduction of several which did not appear in the last edition. The part relating to the diseases of women and children, which was then contributed by another hand, is supplied in the present issue by the author himself; a great improvement, as it gives to the work a desirable completeness, which the productions 01 different individuals can never present. We are also happy to say, that the paper, printing, and typographical arrangement of the copy before us, are very decided advances upon previous editions; though we beg the respectable publishers not to suppose that they have yet attained the maxi- mum of what is desirable in these respects. 5 tion of the reader to the cringing construction of its contents, and begging not to forget that Metcalf is the co-editor of Hering for the same journal in which the puffing takes place. My "Domestic Physician" had appeared shortly before Hering's last edition ; its contents had been prepared for years ; for the path- ology, Hufeland had been chosen as the most popular expositor of that branch, yet Schcenlein had been consulted, and frequently my own experience was given, where both did not suit or suffice. Men- tion was made of these facts, however, in the preface, and every honorable critic would have been satisfied, except Dr. Metcalf, who could swallow with ease and relish Hering's whole pages where no credit had been given—the scissors even had not been necessary—but choked at my lines, which bore the mark of considerable labor in adapting them for popular use, and for which even credit had been given. Reader, dost thou not think involuntary on the Pharisee in the Bible ? My reasons for publishing this work were simply the need of a manual for the people, which could be understood and be of real service to them. Neither ambition nor gain prompted me to the ar- duous labor, of preparing its pages; but having found that neither Hering nor Laurie suited the people, I had conceived and prepared by degrees my present work. In its preparation, I consulted, of course, the best authors of our school, who, in their turn, had drawn from that only fountain of our knowledge, the " Materia Medica Pura." No one has an especial claim to the group of symptoms, by which Nux vomica is distinguished in the cure of piles, and so on, with all the other indications. I drew from the same source that Hering and others had done, namely, from Hartmann and Jahr. The reasonment of Metcalf in this respect is particularly rich in the ridiculous and ignorant. Poor man, he knows only of two therapeu- tic authorities, Laurie and Hering, which, according to his opinion. have taken all what they ever had published from their own brains ! Risum teneaiis, amid ! It comes better still; Hering's work particu- larly was useless for comparing or consulting. The only article which was taken from Hering, was that on poisoned wounds, in the cure of which I had no experience. This fact was stated, together with an acknowledgment. I introduced into the family practice, for the first time, the use of the higher potencies, which had to be done throughout the whole work, lending to it a feature altogether original, and not possessed by any former. I condensed the prescriptions to a great extent, giving only those which, according to my experience, had helped in a large majority of cases, in this manner facilitating the choice of reme- dies in an astonishing degree. Anyone comparing different "Domestic Physicians" with my work in this respect, will soon find the proofs. That this process required a great experience, no honest physician will deny ; it was only left for Dr. Metcalf to expose his silly mad- ness, by sneering at the " results of sixteen years practice." Again, I introduced treatises on sciences intimately connected with G a successful domestic practice, and these were prepared after works which had acquired a noted popularity. Here I must remark, that it is not true, as Dr. Metcalf asserts, that " the next 80 pages were taken word for word, etc.," neither that the article on Hydropathy was at all taken from Dr. Cutter's work, as it did not treat on that subject in the least. Any one who compares my remarks on Anatomy and Physiology, with those of Dr. Cutter's, will soon perceive that, although I followed his truly admirable arrangement, yet a great amount of discriminating labor had to be performed by me, in con- densing such a mass of matter, in Cutter's work over 300 pages, into the small space of 30 pages in my own work (not 80 pages, as Dr. Metcalf will have it.) It is extremely difficult to condense volu- minous and weighty subjects in a smaller space, remaining still intel- ligible, and omitting nothing of importance. My object was to give a cursory view of Anatomy and Physiology, thereby instructing as much as possible in a short space ; on account of this great labor which I had to bestow on such a treatise, I call it my own, and no one will deny my right, except when imbued with sinister motives. One word in regard to the " Abridged Materia Medica,"" which I gave at the end of the work, and on account of which Dr. Metcalf bursts out in the following : " To any one who is acquainted with * the pepper-box principle, on which those italics were inserted, the value of this part of Dr. Pulte's work will be apparent." This expression of his, touches deeply at the veracity of the early fathers of Homoeopathy, even Hahnemann himself, and needs no farther comment of mine, but that the sneer thus recklessly, and without qualification thrown out, becomes in the highest degree impious and disgusting. Thus, I have given a sketch of my work, which was offered to the public at a time when thousands of copies of other " Domestic Physi- cians " had been offered in market, and Hering's fifth edition was issued to re-engage lost ground, for which purpose it had been studded with the feathers of other birds ; this last edition of Hering, should, as Rademacher, its publisher, expected, successfully drive Laurie out of the market, after which, he feared no rival to compete with a flourishing sale. But in a short time Rademacher had to find out, that even Hering's fifth edition, improved as it was, would not sell, as numbers of copies were sent back from the west to the disappointed bookseller. Even in the east, in the very city of Philadelphia, my work made sad havoc among his former customers. His wrath now broke out in open denunciation, and then that plot was formed which should drive per fas aut nefas my work out of the market. The greediness of an avaricious bookseller, therefore, was the moving cord to this shameful spectacle in the columns of a literary periodical; it was the punctum saliens of this miserable affair. To accomplish his object he did not shrink from trying to rob another of his reputation, even if it had to be done by the most dishonest means, which really were used, as I will show hereafter. I introduce now, an extract from a letter written by Rademacher to Dr. Davis of Cincinnati, who had the 7 sale of my work. Although a private letter, it was intended by its author to have an effect on the public, and is here inserted for the purpose of showing that it contains in every particular, the germ of Dr. Metcalf's criticism, even to the choice of words and sentences : "You will know well enough that Dr. Pulte's book would never have come to light if it had not been for Hering's fourth edition. This you will see yourself, by comparing the books. Dr. Calvin Cutter's Treatise on Anatomy, etc., has also been plundered in a shameful manner without having received the least credit for it, for compare pp. 399, 400, 401, etc. Proceeding in this way, any one can publish a medical work, and even if he were no physician of sixteen years' prac- tice. " " The editors of the Cincinnati Journal show very little judgment in saying that Dr. Pulte's work is superior to any work of the kind they have seen, and we shall soon see what the judgment of more com- petent editors about the matter will be. " After threatening Dr. Davis with establishing an agency of his own in Cincinnati, he goes on to say : " For we consider Cincinnati entirely lost to us, and we must have one there to take care of our interest. (Remember, not the people's but Rademacher's interest.) Time will show whether you would have made more by selling Hering's or Pulte's Domestic." This letter was written in March, and one can hardly get rid of the idea that its contents were transferred substantially into the article of Metcalf's, which appeared in May. Rademacher wanted to stop the growing popularity of my work ; he therefore, formed his plan of operation, and found in Metcalf the willing tool to carry it out. I cannot conceive of any other combination of causes, to have produced such strange, and for Dr. Metcalf's personal reputation, so fatal results. Could even money prompt any one, except a criminal by profession, to disregard his honor and dignity so far as to publish a gross falsehood against the fair name of another ? And strange to say, of this crime, Dr. Metcalf made himself guilty. He says, on page 299 : " The next eighty pages of the book, containing popular informa- tion, on Anatomy and Physiology, Hygiene ^md Hydropathy, are taken without any acknowledgment and almost word for word, from a school-book in common use." The italics are my own, and shall point out, where Dr. Metcalf suppressed the truth, thereby evidently trying to wrong me in the eyes of the public. It is easy to show that his statement does not contain one word of truth. On page 398 of my " Domestic Physician, " after the introduction to the article on Anatomy and Physiology, it thus reads in a conspicuous note : "If a more extended acquaint- ance is desired with these necessary branches of practical medicine, it can be satisfactorily found in the work of Calvin Cutter, M. D., on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene, which we followed in its admira- ble and popular arrangement." Here is not merely an acknowledgment in clear, unequivocal words, sweeping the whole ground at once, but more than that, a recommendation of the work of Dr. Cutter, from which I had made the extracts. Alas ! for poor human nature, how could Dr. Metcalf make himself guilty of thus publicly uttering a falsehood against one who never had done him any harm ? How could he thus trifle with a good character and reputation, ii he ever possessed it? I cannot comprehend it; my knowledge in regard to Dr. Metcalf amounts to about nothing at all. I never heard of°him professionally, although I have been in the Homoeopathic ranks of this country almost from the beginning; whether he is a reliable man or merely one of those who ride into notoriety by hang- ing themselves on the coat-tails of others, I do not know—must however, confess that what I knew of him as an author, previous to his attack on me, did not impress me favorably; his article on Bibli- ography, in the first number of the North American Homoeopathic Journal, could have been compiled by any school boy just as well, as it did not contain any thing worthy of notice, but the titles of the books, gathered in a library; this however, does not influence the pre- sent question ; a limited cultivation of the mind does not necessarily carry along a deterioration of the heart. Dr. Metcalf may be in a scientific direction incapacitated for any great achievement, yet his heart might be good and his character an estimable one. I confess, it is impossible for me to conceive, how Dr. Metcalf could publish the above untrue statement, thus trifling with his character, except on the supposition that he did not know what he had undersigned, that other persons made up the article, to which he merely lent his name. Sapi- enti sat! It now remains for me to show that the charge of " literary piracy," made against me by Dr. Metcalf, is unjust and false, and ought to have been directed by Metcalf towards other points, where it would have stuck firmly. Whenever I found it necessary to avail myself of the labors of others, I freely acknowledged the source ; in the case of the article on Yellow Fever, I gave even the reason, why I had done so. I leave it for any one to judge, whether such conduct can be called " literary piracy," and on what ground Metcalf could have the im- pudence to charge me with it. The genuine literary piracy laid much nearer his own door; we will submit some proofs of this below, which will be startling and conclusive to every one. Literary piracy consists in the appropriation of the writings of others without giving them a fair compensation, either in money, where it is possible, or by an acknowledgment, giving the name of the author. If any other construction could be given to it, all the authors in the world would be literary pirates, as each one, more or less, has used the works of others. But it is honorable and fair, to give credit; if this is not done and the source kept secret, the charge of literary piracy is justified. Such a case presents itself in Hering's fifth edition, as the following specimen will show : 9 Hering—Fifth Edition. Bronchitis, p. 204. This disease consists of an inflam- mation of the mucous membrane of the bronchi, and is divided into acute and chronic. Of the former it is intended more particularly to treat. The disor- der is of frequent occurrence, both as a primary affection, and as an accom- paniment of measles, scarlatina, small- pox, hooping cough, roaching, the menses become more or ess irregular both as to the time of their recurrence and the quantity dis- charged—they may either return too soon or the interval be more protracted than usual. The quantity discharged may likewise vary from the regular amount—be very small, by itself, or largely mixed with mucus, or be very profuse, amounting to a true hemor- rhage. The flow frequently appears suddenly, at an unexpected moment, continuing for an hour or two, and then stops, without any of the ordin ary symptoms of suppression follow- ing." Regimen during Pregnancy, p. 311. " During the period of gestation, a woman should consider that her most trifling actions may exert a great influ- ence on the future physical, and we may add, moral and intellectual condi- tion of a being bound to her by the most endearing ties—a being that has a right to expect from her as its parent, so far as it lies in herpower to give, a sound constitution. Therefore, to real- ize such an object, it becomes the duty of a mother to pay every possible atten- tion to her diet, dress, and exercise." (See these.) Constipation, p. 319. "Constipation is a very frequent at tendant upon pregnancy," etc. Labor, p. 330. " Were it not for the acquired habits of civilized life, the process of child- bearing would be divested of much of the suffering and danger, which now so Hering—5th Edition. Cessation of the Menses, p. 345. ' As the 'change of life' approaches, the menses generally become irregular, both as regards the time of their return and the quantity of the discharge. They may either return too soon, or the interval may be much longer than usual. The quantity discharged is at times much smaller than common, and at others again it may be so profuse as to amount to a hemorrhage. , Occasion- ally the flow comes on suddenly and quite unexpected, continues for a short time, and then stops without being followed by any of the ordinary symp- toms of suppression. Sometimes the menstrual fluid discharged is largely mixed witli mucus." Kemarks on Pregnakcy, p. 349. " During this period, therefore, she should consider that her most trifling actions may exert a great influence on the future physical, and we may add, moral and intellectual condition of a being that has a right to expect from her, as its parent, so far as it lies in her power to give, a sound constitution. Therefore, to realize such an object, it is the duty of the mother to pay all possible attention to her diet, exercise and dress." (Compare these.) Constipation. Hering, p. 351. •' Constipation is a very common at- tendant on pregnancy." Labor. Hering, p. 370. '• Were it not for the acquired habits of civilized life, such as tight-lacing, improper diet, want of proper air and exercise, atory or chronic cold swelling, readily passing are very similar to hose of inflammato y rheu- J and calcar*'ous for^tions1 matism ; consequently, the• remedie. will be s\. d .^ digestive difficulties, flatulency m^*Vm?;fc^™^™lll^S generation of acidity, mucosity, apepsia, ob- the ]Oints, with inflammatory swelling; or in f,ru„t:on » chronic cases, with a swelling of the joints, caused by deposits in them of a calcareous sub- , Hufeland, p, 174. stance, which impedes their movements and I "The principal discriminative signs are: Rheu- causes them to make a cracking noise. There matism attacks more the muscular and membra- is always connected with an attack of gout, flat- nous parts, arthritis, the joints; rheumatism is nlency, acid stomach and other derangements of not necessarily connected with digestive difficul- the digestive organs. The principal differences ties, quite the contrary, with the best appetite ; between rheumatism and gout are : rheumatism but arthritis always shows itself connected with attacks more the muscles and membranes—gout, or succeeding to digestive difficulties ; arthritis more the joints ; rheumatism is hardly ever com- exhibits in the urine and other secretions more the plicated with derangement of the digestive or- ' signs of a singular dyscrasia, such as the knotty, «ans • gout is never without that—has besides calcareous concrements on the joints, and the permanent swelling of the joints by calcareous j calcareous sediment in the urine; rheumatism deposits which rheumatism never has. Rheu-; does not. Rheumatism sets in after taking cold, matism is caused by taking cold, consequently an external influence operating from without to depends upon external causes ; while gout is generated by internal causes, amounting, some- times, to hereditary predisposition. Both dis- eases, however, can intermix with each other, one taking the form of the other." within; arthritis after, and by disorders of diges- tion and chylification from within to without, and appears as a critical deposit of a qualified morbific matter to the surface. It is not rare for rheuma- tism to assume an arthritic form, and vicevsrsa." 22 Pain in the hip. Pulte, p. 11. " Diagnosis. Pain in the region of the hip joint, extending to the knee, even to the foot, accurately following the course of the sciatic nerve. Its continual severity may impede the motion of th3 foot, producing stiffness and con- traction, disturbing the rest at night, and thereby inducing general uneasiness and emaciation." Inflammation of the psoas muscle. Pulte, p. 14. " Diagnosis. Pain in the region of the kid- neys, hip and downward to the leg, which can- not be stretched or drawn near to the abdomen, without pain; increased, also, by turning when lying and lifting, with a ieeling of numbuess of the affected side; walking is possible only by hobbling, with the body bent forward. Although not often fatal, yet it is very important in its consequences, as its issues may give rise to lin- gering diseases. If suppuration takes piace, by not preventing it in time, the matter discharges itself in tho abdomen and causes death, or it sinks down further snd further until it reaches sometimes even the knee before it escapes; fre- quently, the spine becomes affected and is ren- dered carious in such cases. The causes of this disease are, besides external injuries, rheuma- tism and piles." Hips. Hufeland, p. 180. " Diagnosis! Pain in the region of the hip joint which often extends to the knee, even to the foot, accurately following the course of the sciatic nerve. Its severity may impede the mo- tion of the foot and bring on stiffness and con- traction, finally by its long continuance and vio- lence, disturbing nightly rest, it may induce gen- eral marasmus and emaciation." Inflamation of the psoas muscle. Hufe- land, p. 167. •' Diagnosis. Pain in the renal regions, hip and downward to the leg; the leg cannot be stretched or drawn near to the abdomen without pain; turning when lying and lifting increases the pains; walking is possible only in hobbling, and with the body bent forward." "It is not lethal, but very important in its consequences, for suppuration often exists though unperceived and the matter breaks through and empties into the abdominal cavity, bringing on a ratal issue; or (what happens more frequently) the matter burrows downwards, hence, a phthi- sis lumbaris,abscessus lumbaris, which opens in very remote parts, as in the grains, anus, pe- rineum, thigh or above the knee. Not seldom, also, are the vertebral bones or the hip-joint af- fected by it and rendered carious. The causes besides the general, are: violent exertions in lift- ing and carrying, blows; falls on the back or the back or the nates;rheumatism and hemorrhoids. And so it runs throughout the diagnosis. For the therapeutics, Hufeland and Scluenlein not being recognized as authorities in our school, Dr. Pulte has had recourse to Laurie and Jahr, but principally to Dr. Hering. The whole article on yellow fever, (pp. 95—104,) he has copied from Dr. Marcy's theory and practice ; in this case, however, with an acknowledgment of the source. An instance or two will suffice as a sample of the mode in which the therapeutics have been taken bodily from Dr. Hering's Domestic Physician. Nervous Headache. Hering, (1818) p. 144. "In headache arising from an affection of the nerves, the head is generally cool, the face pale, in the beginning sometimes discharges a color- less urine; vomiting gives relief; the headache. however, returns frequently on one side only or is rootiug, as if produced by a nail on particular spots; touching the head increases the pain. Coff". will do good in violent, drawing, pressing pains on one side of the head as if a nail were Nervous Headache. Pulte, p. 13G. In this kind of headache, to which nervous persons and lemales are mostly subject, the head is generally cool, the face pale, with a suffering expression: in females, great quantities of color- less urine are discharged; if vomiting sets in, it only relieves for a short time; the pain is mostly concentrated in one spot, with the characteristic feeling as if a nail were driven through the head {clavus hystericus;) the patient is generally very nervous, fickle-minded, dejected, hysterical or hypochondriacal. * * Cuffea. Pain as if a nail was driven into the head, or as if the brain were torn or bruised; pain seems to be intolerable; also noise and mu- j driven into it; as if the brain were shattered sic; the patient is very restless, screams, weeps, crushed and torn, recurring on the slightest occa- feels chilly, and has an aversion to open air sion after close thinking, vexation, taking cold, drinking coffee, though he is at other times fond eating too much, &c, with a distaste for coffee, of it. The headache generally arises from cold, sensitiveness at the least noise, even music; the close thinking or vexation. pains appear intolerable, making the patient fret- Ignatia. Aching pain above the nose, reliev. ful; he is almost beside himself, shrieks and ed by bending forward; sensation as if a nail cries, tosses about, feels much agitated, dreads had been driven into the head; with nausea, dim- the fresh air and is chilly. * * Ignatia will re- ness of sight, and yet dread of light; face pale, lieve the pressing pain above the nose, which is copious, watery urine; pain is momentarily re- mitigated by bending forward; » * taarin» in the lievedby a change of position, tendency to start; forehead as if a nail were driven through the fitful mood; ticiturn and sad." head, piercing deep into the brain; with nausea, darkness before the eyes, aversion to light, pale face, much colorless urine; the pains often cease for a time when the position is changed * * the patient being very nervous, fickle-minded, taci- turn and dejected." Homing, Buzzin-o of the Ears. Pulte, Buzzing in the Ears. Hering, p. 172. P' ; -. • • ti Th's complaint is generally connected with As a symptom it invariably accompanies ear- running of the ears and difficulty of hearing ; 23 ache, running of the ears and their inflamma- tion, and will disappear with them; but when it appears alone, it is caused generally by conges- tion to the head, from catching cold or other di- seases. Pulsatilla relieves it if worse in the evening J\iux vomica, if worse in tbe morning. Dulca- mara, if worse at night. Mercury, in persons inclined to perspire. Chamomile in persons who do not perspire easily. China in persons who have taken much calomel or when the noise in the ear is more a hissing, singing or ringing noise. Carbo-veg. if China doos not relieve or the noise is worse in damp weather. Sulphur or with earache. Sometimes with headache, and determination of blood to the head. Give medicine according to these symptoms. If it comes, however, quite alone, is not of long standing, but from catching cold, give Nuz-vom. if worse in the morning; Puis, if worse in the evening ; Dulc. if worse in the night; to' per- sons who perspire much, Merc-viv. ; to those who cannot perspire, Cham. ; to very sensitive persons who have taken much mercury, or snffer much from fever or liver complaints, when the buzzing is more hissing, like a ringing or sing- ing, give Chin., but if louder, more like the noise of a humming-top, or when Chin, does no f Carbo-veg. does not relieve or the noise in good, give Carb-veg. * * Sometimes, when the combined with great sensitiveness to sounds, is I ears cannot suffer the least noise, Sulph. given which case it ought to alterate with Aconite. \ once, and Aeon, several times will do good. We might easily, had we the space and inclination, thus trace almost every article in this first part of the work to its proper owner; what we have given must suffice. The next eighty pages of the book, containing popular information on An- atomy and Physiology, Hygiene and Hydropathy, are taken without any ac- knowledgment, and almost word for word from a school-book in common use.* The sixty following pages contain a Materia Medica in which, under each one of 68 remedies, a short abstract of their symptoms is given in the usual anato- mico-physiological schema. Here, if anywhere, might be found some valuable clinical contributions from the results of " sixteen years' practice" in the point- ing out of characteristic symptoms, the confirmation of therapeutic indications and the selection and isolation of useful and frequently recurring groups. But in Dr. Pulte's Materia Medica we have no such addition to the common stock of our knowledge—it is still mere scissors-work ; the symptoms printed in italics in the edition of Jahr's Manual, published in 1841, have been simply transcribed. To any one who is acquainted with the pepper-box principle, on which those italics were inserted, the value of this part of Dr. Pulte's work aviII be apparent. . There remain but a few pages of glossary and an index. The index is proba- bly the work of the publisher, and the glossary is extracted from Laurie's Do- mestic Medicine, (1840, p. 550 et seq.) We have thus completed a most ungracious labor, and are glad to have done with it; we can only repeat that, for the sake of Homoeopathy, we regret that such a book should have ever seen the light. J- W. M. It will be observed, that in my defense against the above libelous article of J. W. Metcalf, I have touched upon all the important points of his attack ; thereby showing conclusively the truth of the Proverb, as applied to Metcalf and accomplices, : "whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein ; and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him." J. H. PULTE. Dr. Calvin Cutter's Anatomy, Physiology, etc. ERRATA Pase 5th, line 15th— involuntarily, instead of involuntary. ff >t " 29th—raisonement, instead of reasonment. » « » 3lst—who, instead of which. » « " 32d—that, instead of what. u n » 40th—after former, insert the word one. " 8th " 7th—fAra, instead of it.