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78 Hahnemann observes, 'A globule, of which ten, twenty, or a hundred weigh a grain, impregnated with the 30th potentised dilution, and then dried, retains for this purpose (of olfaction) all its power undiminished for at least eighteen or twenty years (my experience extends this length of time), even though the phial be opened a thousand times during that period, if it be but protected from heat and the sun's light. But (he continues), should both nostrils be stopped up by coryza or polypus, the patient should inhale by the mouth, holding the orifice of the phial betwixt his lips. In little children, it may be applied close to their nostrils whilst they are asleep, with the certainty of producing an effect. The medicinal aura thus inhaled comes in contact with the nerves seated in the walls of the spacious cavities it traverses, without obstruction, and thus produces a salutary influence on the vital force in the mildest, yet most powerful manner. And this (he adds) is much preferable to any other mode of administering the medicaments in substance by the mouth.'—(Organon, p. 332. )

"In a note of Hahnemann's, translated by Dr. Dudgeon in his 'Lesser Writings,' the founder of homœopathy states—'A globule of this kind—for example, of staphisagræ, of the 30th