The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-04-03
Now Publications.

printed and dumbly bound volume Of 400
pages, It embraces the whole Of the orig-
nal German edition, revised and reformed 10y
the author himselfl aud Il contains the nu-
mcrous editions prepared for the forthcoming
eleventh Gcrmanrcditou. The Homeopathic
Domestic Physician was first published
about twenty years ago, From the fact that
Il has since attained ls eleventh edition In
EUROPE, and its sixth in America, We may pre-
sumo that Ills generally accepted among those
who favor the Homeopathic practice, as an
excellent and standard work, for popular use.
The name Of the Boston publisher moreover,
Is guaranty Of the value Of the compilation,
to the followers Of llahncmnun.s. AZ any rate.
and without prcsumiug To pronounce upon the
wisdom or folly of the contents Of the bool,
in hand Dr. Herring writes as one having au-
thority. lie treats Of the preparation and
administration Of medicines, gives list Of
the latter, dilaics considerably upon the yari.
Gus causes Of disease, and, finally, is very full
upon the treatment of symptoms and malp-
dies. Some Of his directions, az il seems TO
us, should not be confined 10 the covers Of
any one volume, however large may hc It's cir.
cunlion. They should be spread ABROAD over
the world, for the common bcpcit OF ofuhnkind.
We copy a few of the most important passn.
gcs. On page 2s, the author in noticing the
treatment Of tho sick, says, &" rooms, paperci
cH geiior paPer, ar stunned or painted gel.
lolr, aud yeiio,e transparent irindoic std'cs or
cyi4ias houid Ne 0roii,d The best color
for the walls " sc, room is light rose
color" ON page ., in specifying the rene
dies lur disease oecasioncd 10y Fcnr, It Is said,
III the fc9r continues, il they imagine that
they see dead persons, ar TINT &iercs arc in
N,c housr, coUcollsd ha'c anil Hcrc, give ar
scuicuu."
Onpogc +, the compiler says, "Whcn grief
is caused 10y disappointment IN i7-r, give k
ua,f7, prr'tlWoiy II one cicet turns rcry oC
tra rch II jealous, violent in his motions,
qpauclsomc and dclirious, give -Hyoscyanus,
riirh moy olso DC siren j. loroS quarrel
muci."
On pagc G. ui-ler- -LGad- ae :. N.a-.......s :, Z
is rcmmHcd that chammomilIa generally an
swcrs best when the ycxation is attended
'ra rioleH .Wy of m1gcf."
On page 500 We discover that Iachcsis
must be- given irchildrcn are very cross, strike
their nurses or saul all persons Array"
On page 200, it is remarked, "If children
loW MT ira,H fo ui, Natrum -AIuriatcum,
one dose, and ici Il act to, many ,recks"
The volume contains Geuhtlcss, other equal.
ly valuable suggestions, The above, on the
important subjects Of the proper color Of the
walls Of sick room, Of illness produced by
fear disappointment in love and yexatiun of
the quarrcls of lovers, and Of cross and ST.
lent children, attracted our notice as we glanc-
cd thro' the book The publication of them in
our columns may have the effect, perhaps, of
inducing our readers to study the entire vol
ume, which contains such specimens. of prac-
teal wisdom.
Some idea Of the fullncss Of the compila-
ton may be gathered from the fact that near
Is ten pages are Devoted La Il catalogue -se the
symptoms Of diseases Of. the teeth, and that
for some Of these symptoms fifteen or twenty
different medicines are suggested The fol-
lowing are the symptoms catalogued on pages
lSG and 1877 -" Loose. as iftoo loose, blunt,
sore bruised, burning gnowing, scroping, dig /
ging, boring jerking, drawing, tearing, cutting,
piercing, beating, pulsating, intermittent,
constant during the day only, worse in bed,
worst in the night, by night only, most before .
midnight, most after midnight, when awaking, /
in the morning, at noon, afternoon, towards /
evening at night, every other day, every sew
cnth day, in spring, summer, autumn, winter
caused by damp night air, damp air, cold
damp weather, wind, draught, taking cold"
Fora toothochc or tooth disease, towards
evening" Pulsatlla alone is recommended
for toothochc or disease at night" we
have s'rtcen remedies, including Pulsatilla--
" at noon " carries t,oo rcmedios-" in the af-
ternoon" seUcn
But it is unnecessary to say more of the
volume in hand. 1t is very full in all it's dj-
rections, and we cannot doubt that to manyi
will yield welcome and valuable addition to
their medical knowledge - Boston Post
OUT Door SAFETY The fear of the
weather has sent multitudes to the grave who
might have lived in health many
years longer The fierce north wind and the
furious snow storm kill comparatively few,
while hot winter rooms and orispng summer
suns have countless hecatombs of human VIC
Tins to attest their power. Except in locali-
ties where malignant miasms prevail. onnd
that only in warm weather., out door life is
the hcalthicst and happiest from the tropics
To the poles. The general fact speaks for it
self that persons who are out of doors most