I took little notice; but some four or five days after I had occasion to perform the same, when to my astonishment, I found myself more severely affected than at first, as much so, as if I had taken a large portion of the pills."

PROGRESS OF ECLECTICISM

Dr. B. HUBBELL, of Clermont Co., Ohio, says in a recent letter to the editor, "Six years only have passed since the first medicine was given in this county by an eclectic physician. It was administered by myself. There are now within thirty miles of me thirty-one Eclectic practitioners, and forty-seven going through the preparatory studies or attending lectures. There have been three deaths among the number, all of whom are much lamented by their acquaintance. Those practising or studying are not within ten or fifteen miles of the city. I think this is very fair progress, and indicates a good prospect for Eclecticism."

A fair prospect indeed. Seventy-eight accessions to our ranks in six years, in a small district, prove how easy it is to revolutionize the whole profession. All that is necessary is for our friends to bestir themselves in the way of enlisting recruits of the right kind—young men of talent and character. Do this efficiently and the whole land will be soon revolutionized.

Dr. D. A. Austin says: "In some cases of masked ague in the shape of Neuralgia, I have used a combination of Macrotyn and Quinine, (two grains of the former to four of the latter,) given every two hours, with success; no neuralgic symptoms remaining afterwards, as is generally the case with all other anti-periodics peculiar to our practice.”

HOMEOPATHIC Books.-A correspondent enquires for the best works on Homœopathic practice. The writings of Hartman on acute and chronic diseases stand as high as any. Hering's Domestic Physician or Hull's Laurie may serve for an introduction to the subject and give an idea of the outlines of the practice.

END OF THE VOLUME.

The present No. closes the 9th volume of this Journal, dating from the original commencement at Worthington, or the second volume of the enlarged Eclectic Journal. The review of the past shows a very large sum still due to this Journal from its subscribers, and evinces in the clearest manner the absolute necessity of adopting the cash system. No doubt the subscribers of the Journal wish to sustain it, and even its delinquent readers entertain a vague notion, that sometime or other, when it is perfectly convenient, they will pay up their arrearages, although they forget the fact that in the meantime its publisher must encounter a heavy expense, and even an actual loss of money for their benefit, with no definite certainty of ever being repaid-or rather with an absolute certainty of loss. For all these evils, the cash system is an infallible specific, and it must be adopted. All who wish the next volume of the Journal must pay up their arrearages and remit $2 in advance for the 10th volume. As there will not be time for the remittances of a majority of the subscribers to reach Cincinnati before the issue of the January number, that number will be sent to all of the subscribers as heretofore, but it will be the last number sent to any subscriber who has not fulfilled his obligations and also paid in advance. I regret the necessity of this peremptory measure as there are many among the readers of this Journal whom I should be pleased to credit to an indefinite extent. But it is necessary to apply the rule, and it must bear upon all alike.

For three years past, I have maintained a pleasant (though not a profitable) relation to my readers as the editor of this Journal. I shall continue to edit it in the same spirit as heretofore, aiming to be liberal, practical and useful, to assist, not in promoting medical sectarianism, but in removing error, encouraging liberality, and increasing the therapeutic resources of enlightened physicians.

CINCINNATI AND LOUISVILLE.-The three schools of Louisville have about three hundred actual students according to rumor. The three schools of Cincinnati have about three hundred and sixty or seventy.