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The present age witnesses a notable departure from previous methods of healing disease. The change is a striking one, yet neither extravagant nor absurd to the thoughtful mind that has noted the progression in material methods, from the salivation by calomel, the black draught and the blood-letting of our grandfathers, to the higher attenuations of the homeopath and the manipulations of the magnetic healer.
I was called to attend a lady of whom the M. D.
A gentleman here had hired all the most skilled Drs. in the U.
From Houghton, Mifflin & Co. , we acknowledge the following holiday publications: "Reckonings For Every Day—A Calendar of Thought;" arranged by Lucy Larcom.
The Potency of High Dilutions . —From French sources we derive the following incident: Madame de X—,feeling rather poorly, sent for her doctor, a homeopathist, and asked him to give her a "potion" which might make her able to go the same evening to a ball.
The season is coming which is marked by beautiful custom and sweet association, in which everybody is asking what presents they shall make to friends and dear ones; and our times furnish an infinite variety of things good for such a purpose. But among them all there is nothing equal to a good book.
In various discussions and observations involved in conducting a Journal, unpleasant things have to be said sometimes of persons, and sometimes of the causes and interests with which they are connected. But these do not always go together.
We extend our thanks to correspondents who have sent us some excellent articles for the Journal, some of which, however, were too late for this number, and will enrich the next. Our first article for this month is a real Christmas Carol, though not so announced, and it will make melody in many hearts.
Somebody who has seen Hungry Joe, the bunko swindler, since he went to prison, reports him as holding an apparently sincere belief in his possession of psychologic power. Asked what was the secret of his wonderful success in swindling intelligent and often experienced men, he replied: "It is mesmerism.