"In very urgent cases, I have used tincture of camphor, ounce iv; essence of peppermint, ounce iv; syrup of ginger, ounce ss; tincture of Cayenne, dram j. A table-spoonful, from one to four in an hour. I have given the saturated tincture of prickly ash, with the compound tincture of guaiacum, with good effect, in doses from a tea-spoonful to a table-spoonful every fifteen or twenty minutes. When there is excessive irritability of the stomach, the following injection should be given after every discharge: Rx. Saturated tincture of prickly ash, ounce ss; water, ounce j; tincture opii, dram ss. Mix." Such are the views of Dr. Massie, as presented in his Treatise on the Eclectic Southern Practice of Medicine. They are confirmatory of the observations and experience of many other eminent practitioners, and strictly accord with his views of the pathology and essential phenomena of the disease. We find in a very valuable work, entitled the Eclectic Practice of Medicine, published at Cincinnati by Professors Powel and Newton, a full account of the mode of practice generally adopted and pursued by the great body of physicians in the West, the substance of which we are induced here to present, preserving, as far as practicable, the language of the authors. For our inquiries are, What are the modes of practice? and what modes, if any, are consistent with the pathology and the essential phenomena of the disease? Each mode, however prominent or however obscure, is entitled to a fair representation in our inquiries, and should be held responsible for its deviations from the strict and generally received principles of science, and the consequences arising from any such deviations, or departure therefrom. "When called upon," say these eminent professors, "to treat a patient in the early stage of the disease, he should at once be placed in a recumbent position, and everything should be avoided which will have a tendency to disturb the mind, as well as the stomach and bowels. In the greater part of cases in this early stage, the administration of the compound pills of camphor, made according to the following formula, is sufficient to prevent a further development of the disease: Rx. Camphor, } Opium, } [=a][=a]., gr. xxxv. Kino, } Capsicum, gr. v. Conserve of roses, Q. S.--Mix.