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lowed  ;  everything  seems  to  sweep  along  in  great  undulating  cycles. 
Nothing  is  stationary.  One  seems  to  get  a  view  and  a  grasp  of 
vast  forces  of  nature  sweeping,  rushing,  tumbling  like  billows  or 
vast  cloud  masses  from  some  immense  power  or  force  that  seems  to 
stand  and  judge.  The  person  says  to  himself :  '  It  seems  as  though 
this  was  not  new.  I  have  seen  all  this  before.'  The  mind  seems 
to  dominate  all  this.  After  this  stage  subsides,  which  it  does 
slowly,  then  quiet  and  languor  supervene  ;  the  skin  is  moist,  and 
every  muscle  soft  and  relaxed,  then  comes  a  quiet  sleep." 
Following  the  conspicuity  given  "  Husa  "  by  such  exceptionally 
responsible  professional  authorities  as  the  above-named  journals, 
came  reproductions  of  the  papers  in  full  or  in  part,  in  various  medi- 
cal journals,  together,  even  with  editorial  comments  as  well,  this 
too,  in  the  most  reputable  medical  journals  of  America.  From 
these  commendations,  the  wonders  of  "  Husa  "  spread  into  pharma- 
ceutical print,  and  not  a  few  of  our  own  professional  journals  were  in- 
veigled into  giving  both  Husa  and  its  discoverer  charming  notices 
and  excellent  advertisements.  At  last  the  fame  of  Husa  crept 
across  the  ocean,  and  now  we  find  that  our  European  friends  are 
giving  voice  to  the  claims  of  the  wonderful  American  discovery, 
a  Florida  plant,  that  is  a  specific  for  the  opium  habit. 
Naturally,  this  conspicuity  brought  orders  for  Husa  to  dealers  in 
American  drugs  and  plant  products.  However,  such  a  thing  as 
uHusa"  being  unknown  in  trade,  the  Lloyd  Library  was  asked  to 
give  its  habitat  and  description.  And  lastly,  since  "  Dr.  Winthrop  " 
used  the  name  eclectic  in  connection  with  his  wonderful  discovery, 
it  was  natural  that  from  the  study  I  have  made  of  eclectic  medi- 
cines, I  should  be  importuned,  both  by  pharmacists  and  by  phy- 
sicians, for  information  on  this  subject.  This  accounts  largely  for 
the  interest  I  exhibit  in  bringing  "  Husa  "  before  this  Society.  I 
have  before  me  a  mass  of  correspondence  on  this  subject,  which  I 
shall  answer  as  follows: 
In  the  first  place,  Viola  sagittata  is  not  used  in  eclectic  medicine. 
It  was  introduced  by  Dr.  John  Fothergill,  under  the  common  name 
arrow-leaved  violet,  in  1775.  It  was  first  on  record  under  its 
botanical  name  in  Aiton,  Hortus  Kewensis,  1789,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  287. 
It  is  not  to  be  found  in  King's  American  Dispensatory,  nor  in 
Scudder,  Webster,  Watkins,  Ellingwood,  nor  in  any  other  authority 
of  that  school,  and  I  have  never  known  an  eclectic  physician  to  use 
