. The American homoeopathist . had been but asmall quantity of blood lost. I strippedoff the placenta, a matter of little difficulty,and replaced the uterus with Thepatient, however, died some two minutesafterward, altogether about an hour afterthe accident. I think there can be nodoubt as to the immediate cause of the ac-cident. The woman had had a tiring dayand was much fatigued when labor com-menced. After the expulsion of the fetusthe midwife—according to her own accountand that of a bystander—pulled stronglyon the cord, and almost simultaneously theuterus and its contents were prot
. The American homoeopathist . had been but asmall quantity of blood lost. I strippedoff the placenta, a matter of little difficulty,and replaced the uterus with Thepatient, however, died some two minutesafterward, altogether about an hour afterthe accident. I think there can be nodoubt as to the immediate cause of the ac-cident. The woman had had a tiring dayand was much fatigued when labor com-menced. After the expulsion of the fetusthe midwife—according to her own accountand that of a bystander—pulled stronglyon the cord, and almost simultaneously theuterus and its contents were the primary cause seemed mechanical,but as there was a strong expulsive efforton the part of the patient it was probablyassisted by muscular contraction. I thinkI am safe in saying that the presence of amedical man would have prevented theoccurrence of such an accident.— W. Vol. XX. No. 5. XEbe Hmetican Ibomeopatbist NEW YORK, MARCH 1, 1894. FRANK KRAFT, M. D., Cleveland, Ohio, Editor. OUR PORTRAITS. ?*. Reginald B. Leach, Paris, Tex. (Dartmouth College Medical Department, 1883.) SCARLET FEVER AND ASIATIC CHOLERA:A COMPARATIVE PROPHYLAXIS. ByR. B. Leach, M. D., Paris, Tex. IN his discovery of belladonna as a pro-phylactic against scarlatina Hahnemannsays : I reasoned thus : a remedy that iscapable of quickly checking a disease inits outset must be its best other words—in the words of the Organon—this remedy must match a con-dition found in almost every single patientalike and be as perfect a similimumas possible to such condition, as de-scribed in Chapter 244, where he says : Each epidemic possesses a peculiar uni-form character, common to all individualsattacked by the epidemic disease ; by ob-serving the complex of symptoms peculiarto all patients this common character willbe found to point out the homeopathic(specific) remedy for all cases in general. Now note in Chapter 236 he says :The remedy, in its similitude of symp-toms, should
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