J. Ellis Barker THE ANIMALS PAGES. The homoeopathic preparation Distemperinum given internally is a safe and effective remedy as a prophylactic. It is prepared from the tissue of a dog suffering from distemper and given in an attenuated form. A dose of the No. 5 potency (made in 5 grain powders by homoeopathic chemists) should be given twice a week for a month, commencing when the puppies are about six weeks old.
Without wishing to boast in any way or to blow my own trumpet, I think that I can say of myself that I have been fairly successful at my profession, at any rate, as judged by the ordinary standard of success, viz., professional reputation and financial competence.
A PROVING OF GRAPE FRUIT. SOME time ago I had a very strong desire for grape fruit, instead of taking the usual half grape fruit at breakfast, took two whole grape fruits last thing at night with the minimum of sugar or no sugar, usually with no sugar. After a fortnight or so I began to suffer from an almost continuous headache low down at the back of the head which took various forms and is therefore difficult to describe.
HOMOEOPATHY AND LONGEVITY. SAMUEL HAHNEMANN and many of his successors down to the present day have frequently asserted that orthodox medication shortens life and that homoeopathic treatment promises longevity.
PULSATILLA 30 IN MENSTRUAL PAIN. A YOUNG lady of 21, slender, dark, muscular, deep voiced, energetic, but exceedingly found of fresh air, told me over the telephone that she was attacked by a terrible colicky pain which she had at every menstrual period, and which usually lasts at least twenty-four hours.
THE DOCTOR AS A DETECTIVE. The eminent specialists had not thought it worth while to find out these ghastly facts by putting a few questions. The poor fellow would, in course of time have been driven to the lunatic asylum by bromide and luminal, and if he had died of these dopes there would have been a certificate of natural death on the part of the doper.