In this connection might be quoted the author's interpretation of a familiar myth : " The fable of Prometheus, on whose liver a vulture was said to prey constantly, as a punishment for his stealing fire from heaven, was intended to illustrate the painful efifects of ardent spirits upon that organ of the body." Here is a curious anticipation of the modern gold cure, as it took form in the fertile intellect of Dr. Rush : " The association of the idea of ardent spirits, with a painful or disagreeable impression upon some part of the body, has sometimes cured the love of strong drink. * * * This appeal to that operation of the human mind, which obliges it to associate ideas, accidentally or otherwise combined, for the cure ol vice, is very ancient. It was resorted to by Moses when he compelled the Children of Israel to drink the solution of the golden calf (which they had idolized) in water. This solution if made, as it most probably was, by means of what is called hepar sulphuris, was extremely bitter, and nauseous, and could never be recollected afterwards, without bringing into equal detestation, the sin which subjected them to the necessity of drinking it." In this pamphlet was sounded the first eflFective call for a combined movement against the evil of intemperance -- a trumpet call v.'hich reverberated in the soul of Dr. Clark until, nobly responding, he stood forth alone before the world, having inscribed upon his banner the word, Organization. For Dr. Rush had said : " Let good men of every class unite and besiege the general and state governments, with petitions to limit the number of taverns, to impose heavy duties upon ardent spirits, to inflict a mark of disgrace, or a temporary abridgement of some civil right upon every man convicted of drunkenness. * * * Xo aid the operation of these laws, would it not be extremely useful for the rulers