"Her water she complained of more than anything else. Had to pass it every half hour during day and several times during night. "Backache all of the time, which was not decreased by passing water. Urine had a white, slimy deposit on standing a short time. "Requested an examination, but could not discover that she was in a family way. Found her back very sensitive in region of kidneys, trace of albumin in urine. "I gave her a vial of _Solidago_ 1x, told her to take two disks every four hours and report in three or four days. She came back December 13th, 'the medicine went right to the spot.' From the second dose her water became natural and she did not bloat so much in P.M. Her stomach did not bother her any more. I gave her a bottle of _Puls._ 3x to take with the _Solidago_, and she reported December 17th, that her menses had come on. "I have used it in several other cases where it seemed indicated by the tenderness in kidney region and the inability to control the water from whatever cause, always with perfect satisfaction to patient and myself." (The following paper on the use of _Solidago virga-aurea_ is by Dr. M. Gucken, of Eupen, Germany:) The Golden Rod is in Homoeopathy, according to my opinion, not as much made use of as it deserves. Foh. Gottfr. Rademacher, who has many admirers among us, says, in his _Justification of Experience in Medicine_, about _Virga-aurea_: "This herb is a very old and good kidney medicine. It is a specific for kidneys, and brings the patients back to the normal condition." I have used the Golden Rod for a long time, and have to make favorable reports. The results of extensive homoeopathic proving of this remedy on healthy persons cannot be found in our literature, but a Würtemburg physician, Dr. Buck, has given us a list of cures with the Golden Rod in the popular homoeopathic paper edited by Dr. Bolle, which wholly confirms the statements of Rademacher, besides the cases reported by Dr. Buck. According to this last, _Virga-aurea_ is especially adapted for scrofulous subjects; at the same time other constitutions do not exclude the use of this remedy. In the first place, _the condition and the action of the kidneys and the quality of their secretions_ are to be considered in the selection of this remedy. The symptoms on the part of the kidneys and the urinary organs, which point to _Virga-aurea_, are as follows: Pains in the kidneys; region of kidneys painful upon pressure; feeling of enlargement and tension in the kidneys, also pains in the kidneys which extend forward to the abdomen and to the bladder. Dysuria, difficult and scanty urination; urine dark, red-brown, with thick sediment; stone and gravel, albumen, blood or slime in the urine; urine dark, with sediments of phosphates; slightly sour, neutral or alkaline; urine with numerous epithelial cells or small mucous particles. Epithelial cells with gravel of triple phosphates, or phosphate of lime. Bright's disease.