If one consider that there is a discussion upon this subject, and on the other hand that the mother tincture you possess is that which is made with the hair on the epidermis of the pod (_North American Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. 1, p. 209._ _Allgemeine Homoeopathische Zeitung, vol. 53, p. 135._ _Oehme, Hale's Amerikanische Heilmittel, p. 242_), while the tincture which we employ is made with the pulverized bean (1:5 alcohol) enclosed in the pod of a special plant which grows in the calid regions of Venezuela I believe you must try the same tincture we use and the success will be that which we obtain. I have used my tincture of _Mucuna urens_ extensively in a great number of hæmorrhoids and with the most satisfactory results. It seems that the characteristic symptom or key-note is a sensation of burning. The hæmorrhoids may be or not in a great stage of development, there may be more or less blood, etc. One can consider the _Mucuna urens_ as a specific against the hæmorrhoidal diathesis. The diseases of other organs, depending upon that cause, liver, uterus (hæmorrhage) and intestinal affections, yield admirably to its use. I have been treating recently a remarkable case of chronic ingurgitation of a testicle, small and frequent hæmaturias, and other intestinal troubles with a prominent symptom, the hæmorrhoidal state, which led me to use _Mucuna_, and in a few months I have obtained a perfect success. The experiences have taught me, and I have the conviction that this tincture is a more perfect remedy for the cure of hæmorrhoids than any other remedy known. I rely upon it more faithfully than I do upon _Hamamelis, Æsculus_, etc. Its pathogenetics are not known. I frequently use the mother tincture in the hæmorrhoids, one drop daily. I seldom use the lower dilutions. _Mucuna_ may be used also, and with success, as an ointment. The beans are very difficult to obtain; the plant has a single yearly crop. NAPHTHALIN. ORIGIN--A chemical compound procured from coal, alcohol, ether vapor, etc. PREPARATION.--Trituration of the pure naphthalin. (Two clinical cases illustrating the use of _Naphthalin_. The first is by Dr. W. L. Hartman, in Transaction of the Homoeopathic Medical Society of New York, 1896.) In treating children we are often disappointed in our results; in making prescriptions we think we have just the right thing in the right place, but when we come to see our case again we are confronted with the same condition that we had before. We may say the same in adults, but not so often. In whooping cough in the very young who are unable to tell us how they feel we must rely on what the mother may tell us; but how often do we find mothers who cannot tell their own symptoms, let alone those of their children? Now, what do we do? Sit and look wise and guess at our prescriptions while we hear the little fellow coughing, in fact trying to cough his head off and at the same time lose his breath.