ful of water ;) when they are dry, sore and exceedingly sensitive there is no objection to anointing them with sweet suet or lard, as it not only tends to relieve by lubricating the part but prevents the deep fissures, which frequently prove troublesome. Washing the parts well with cold water, and its frequent application will be found of great service.

DIET AND REGIMEN.-The diet should be mild, unirritating, and of easy digestion, and such as will rather tend to loosen the bowels than otherwise; exercise moderate.

VII. HÆMORRHAGE FROM THE MOUTH.

It is seldom that bleeding from the mouth (properly) takes place, except as a symptom of other affections; such as scurvy; low, typhoid fevers; purpuria-hæmorrhagica ; and mechanical injuries.

TREATMENT.-When it is the result of a mechanical Arnica.

injury.

When it occurs in scurvy.

Arsenicum, Carbo.-veg., Lachesis, Staphysagria.

When it occurs in typhoid fevers.

Arsenicum, Rhus-tox.

Arnica, Coni-Mac.

When it occurs in Purpuria-hæmorrhagica.

ADMINISTRATION.--Give the remedy indicated every two, three, or four hours, according to the severity of the symptoms, and the impression produced by the drug. Should the hæmorrhage be caused by an injury, wash the mouth frequently with cold water, containing a few drops of Tinct.-Arnica; the drinks should be cold.

VIII. HÆMORRHAGE FROM THE EYES.

The same may be observed of bleeding from the eyes, which has already been said of bleeding from the mouth; and this should be treated in the same way, with the exception of the bleeding, which takes place in Ophthalmia, (Inflammation of the Eyes.)

TREATMENT.-When the bleeding takes place during severe inflammation of the eyes; the eyes red; conjunctiva injected, pain, and burning sensation.

Aconite and Belladonna, in alternation.

When there is a degree of pressure in the eyes; burning, particularly of the inner canthus; head congested, and hæmorrhage from the eyes. Carbo.-veg.

When it occurs in a scrofulous person.

ADMINISTRATION.-As above.

Calc.-carb., Ferrum.

DIET AND REGIMEN.-In accordance with homœopathic rules.

CHAPTER XI.

CANCER.

CANCER, (derived from the Latin, Cancer, a crab,) is a disease thus named by the ancients, because it frequently exhibits large blue veins, somewhat resembling crabs' claws. It was termed Carcinoma, by the Greeks; and Lupus, by the Romans, "because it eats away the flesh like a wolf.”

The disease presents itself under two forms, or distinct stages, viz.: Scirrhus or Occult Cancer; Ulcerated, or Open Cancer.

The first is a hard, indolent, and almost insensible tumor, generally situated in a glandular part, accompanied with little or no pain, or discoloration of the surface. But when this indolent scirrhus passes to the malignant state, the tumor becomes irregular in its shape, and painful; the cutaneous veins become varicose; the skin purple or livid; the tumor is attended with sharp, shooting, piercing pains, and finally breaks open, discharging a sordid, sanious, or fetid matter; the edges of the ulcer are dark, thick, and inverted, or retorted, exhibiting frequently a serrated appearance, and during the ulcerating process, bleed frequently. in consequence of the erosion of a blood vessel; this constitutes, for a certainty, the second form or stage, viz.: Ulcerated, or Open Cancer, or Lupus of the Romans.

The above description, although brief, appears not only

to define the disease under consideration, with sufficient clearness, to prevent the most ordinary understanding from forming an incorrect diagnosis, but it accords with what I conceive to be the best authority extant, and is fully confirmed by my experience, in scirrhus indurations and cancerous ulcers, (which is not very limited.) But there is in this, as well as in every other important and dangerous affection, a disposition evinced towards an endless diagnostic nicety, better calculated to lead astray by a confused prolixity, than to throw any additional light upon its true character, or to suggest any means whereby its fatal tendency can be averted. Thus, Dr. Abernethy, in his "matchless history," as Cooper terms it, says, that at its commencement, "it condenses the surrounding substance, so as to acquire a capsule, and then it appears like many sarcomatous tumors, to be a part of new formation." Sir Everard Home, says it is readily distinguished by the hard part never having been perfectly circumscribed, and giving more the feeling of a knot in the gland itself, than a substance distinctly formed. Richter says that hardness is not a characteristic property; and Mr. Bell admits the correctness of this in certain cases. Richter also observes that this predisposition cannot be discovered till carcinoma has actually taken place. and Sir E. Home, affirm that other tumors and indurations may terminate in cancer. Abernethy is equally sure that they may terminate in maglignant disease, but not cancer; and Mr. Pearson assumes the position, that when an induration is found to exist in any of the lymphatic glands, it will rarely be of a cancerous nature; and Cooper thinks that this last position may yet be generally correct.

Burns

Now what is to be gained in a practical point of view, or even theoretically, from the above learned opinions.

Do we not know that there is such a condition as a scirrhous diathesis? Have we not seen families peculiarly afflicted with tumors, which became scirrhous and cancerous ulcers at certain stages of their lives? How frequently do we meet with those who have small, blue, hardened tumors, with blood vessels radiating from them, and the tumor terminating in a cancerous ulcer; or, at other times, remaining for years without material change, until some wise disciple of Esculapius touches it with Nitrate of Silver, or Caustic Potash; or some mountebank applies a cancer-plaster for its removal, and an open cancer is the result? Does the caustic or the plaster produce the cancer? Or does it rouse from its latency a predisposition that might have remained dormant for years, or probably never have become developed if left alone, and not excited by the very means employed for its removal?

As previously stated, Cancer generally attacks glandular parts; but I have seen it occur in other parts, as in the nose; lips, or cheek, beneath the eye; at the angle of the mouth; and in one instance it commenced in the antrum, destroying the entire side of the face, the upper jaw, and the eyes, before death relieved the poor sufferer. The tongue, nose, breasts, and uterus in females, and the lips, testes, and penis, in males, are most subject to cancerous affections, and during childhood the eyes.

TREATMENT.-The principal remedies for the cure of Cancer are Arsenicum, Belladonna, Clematis, Natrummuriat, Aurum, Lycopodium, Artemesia, Baryta, Pulsatilla, Carbo.-veg., Kreosote, Conium-maculatum, Cicuta, Stramonium, and Hyosciamus.

Arsenicum is indicated in cancerous ulcers, or in scir