use tobacco, and have not for over thirty years. Finally, I "made a good recovery," and now whenever I have a sensation of biliousness I touch my tongue to my finger after touching the cork of the mother tincture bottle of _Berberis aqui._; with laid finger--and have no trouble compared to what I have usually had--I believe I may say, I am subject to bilousness by heredity, but it has removed much thereof, and this remedy, I think, is good enough for the remainder. BLATTA ORIENTALIS. SYNONYM, Indian cockroach. CLASS, Insecta. ORDER, Orthoptera. COMMON NAME (Indian), Talápoka. PREPARATION.--Triturate in the usual way. (These two papers are by Dr. D. N. Ray, of Calcutta, India, and were originally published in the _Homoeopathic Recorder_ in the years 1890 and 1891. A number of papers from American physicians could be added confirming what Dr. Ray says of the drug.) The _Blatta orientalis_ is a common insect in India, where it is found abundantly in the dwelling houses. It has rather a flat body, from an inch to a couple of inches in length; deep brown color. It can fly a short distance. The wings reach beyond the body and cover it completely; the feet have several segments and are provided with prickles. Preparation.--The live animal is crushed and triturated as under class IX of American Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia, a tincture can be prepared as under class IV of the same Pharmacopoeia. This new unknown remedy has a curious anecdote connected with it. I call it new because it has not been mentioned in any of our medical works, although the use of _Blatta Americana_ (American cockroach) as a remedy for dropsy has been mentioned in journals. The Indian cockroach is used not in cases of dropsy but in cases of _Asthma_, a most obstinate disease to deal with. In asthma it acts almost specifically. Before I further proceed to give an account of this new, invaluable drug I shall narrate here a short story how it came into use.