In the "French News" column of the _Chemist and Druggist_ we came across a note on the effect of _Thallium_, which we have no doubt homoeopaths will soon turn to good account. Here is the paragraph:-- CURIOUS EFFECT OF A REMEDY. "Dr. Huchard read a paper at the last meeting of the Paris Academy of Medicine on _Acetate of Thallium_, which was formerly advocated by Dr. Combemale, of Lille, as a medicament against profuse perspiration in certain cases of serious illness. It appears, however, that its useful influence is counterbalanced by the fact that it causes the hair to fall off with great rapidity. Dr. Huchard exhibited at the meeting several photographs of patients who had become quite bald in several days. He was consequently very emphatic against the use of the remedy." There is all the difference between the two schools in this note. To the allopath this is a "curious effect" merely, and serves to condemn the drug. To the homoeopathic it brings to light a new remedy for a troublesome affection which is by no means too well provided for. _Thallium_ is a rare metal, whose atomic weight is 204.2, its symbol being Tl. It receives its name ([Greek: thallos], a green shoot) from the green line it gives on the spectrum, through which it was discovered by Crookes in the residuum left from the distillation of selenium. _Thallium_ has a bluish white tint and the lustre of lead; is so soft that it can be scratched by the finger nail. Specific gravity, 11.8. It belongs to the lead group of metals, but has peculiar reactions of its own. It is used in the manufacture of glass of high refractive power. THLASPI BURSA PASTORIS. NAT. ORD., Cruciferæ. COMMON NAME, Shepherd's Purse. PREPARATION.--Three parts of the fresh plant in flower are macerated in two parts by weight of alcohol. (The following paper on this remedy is by Dr. E. R. Dudgeon and appeared in the _Monthly Homoeopathic Review_, 1888): The _Art Médical_, for July, 1888, contains a paper on this plant by Dr. Imbert Gourbeyre, displaying all his well-known ability and erudition. Although an unproved remedy, its sphere of specific action is pretty accurately known, and in former days it was frequently employed by many eminent medical authorities. In our own days, though almost unknown to "scientific" medicine, it enjoys a considerable reputation in popular medicine, chiefly for hæmorrhages, and profuse menstruation, and metrorrhagia.