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Ecce Medicus ; or, FIahnemann as a Man and as

a Physician. By J. Compton Burnett, M.D. (Homoeopathic Publishing Company.)— This is the first Halmemannian lectare, which was delivered at the Lon- don Homceopathic Hospital last October. Dr. Burnett gives a sketch of Hahnemann's life and of the development of his doctrines, which is interesting even to laymen. It has long ago been admitted that homceopathy has at least thus much in its favour, that it has im- proved allopathic practice. To see at what cost of suffering and per- secution at the hands of jealous professionalism this has been achieved, we advise consultation of'Dr. Barnett's volume.