much of its " armature'1'1 or coating of Compound Resinous Balm, and now the full force of the antidote is gradually discharged as it slowly passes to the follicles and glands of the smaller intestines. The chemical agent then suddenly attacks the deadly germs of blood-poison, and this is announced by the continuous disengagement of gases which before were in latent confederacy with death. It is reported that Dr. King would bend to his patient with unremitting care, and even in cases, most forlorn, when every outward sign was hopeless or moribund, if the slightest motion could be heard from the Electrobole within, he would lift his hand in triumph of prognosis, announcing the positive cure almost to a day. Just here it is wise to stop and consider that in all malignant fevers, the small intestines are first seriously involved. How is it possible by detergent means alone to expel the infusorial germ which is propagated by infection through the whole tract? And without this a fa Lai relapse is' always imminent. But the rare genius of Dr. I King promptly inferred that those organs which generate I and renew the blood must, in such a crisis, first be rescued from themephitic taint; and that this could only be accomplished by a subtle chemical agent to disintegrate and thus annihilate the noisome infection. Hence he achieved the most sublime results, for after Electrobole treatment the cure was always final and relapse was unknown. In the light of modern research Medical Science is gradually accepting every radical conclusion rendered visible by the microscope. But if the germ theory of disease be undeniable ; it is yet a vital question whence the infection is derived. Does it float in the air ? or in the water ? or is it received by contagion ? As a practical chemist Dr. King was persistently engaged with experiments to illustrate gastric digestion and the interaction of the bile' and pancreatic secretions in the production of pure blood. He maintained that quality of blood was in itself not only Life but longevity alsoinsisting that in fact there must be no reason for decay, if only the life-stream can be preserved in its normal purity by judicious medication. Hence), with great enthusiasm, Dr. King combined all resources in the treatment of a young officer who had been already marked as a victim of Phthisis, or Pulmonary Consumption. In six weeks the progress of the disease was arrested, but the patient, after some years, finally yielded to the fell destroyer, still believing to the last, and declaring that his life might have been saved if the proper treat-64