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136 of megrim, deafness, cataract, amaurosis, urinary calculus, paralysis, defects of the senses, and pains of thousands of kinds which figure in systematic works on pathology, as peculiar independent diseases."

At a homœopathic school which was established for a time at Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, of which a Dr. Mure was president, every candidate for graduation was required to make confession of his faith in Homœopathy, and then to take a most solemn oath to abide by the principles taught by Hahnemann. The oath concludes as follows: "And this I swear in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." After this, the president addressed the graduates in the following words: "In the name of Hahnemann, discoverer of Homœopathy, from whom I have received the mission, and the power, and with the assistance of my coadjutors the disciples of that messenger from Heaven, I now declare you fit to exercise the new art, acknowledge you as my colleagues, and as professors of pure Homœopathy." [See British Journal of Homœopathy for 1849, page 537.]

By this highly imposing ceremony, that