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It is entirely free from all the unpleasant effects of quinine, and as decided an antiperiodic and antipyretic DOSE-From one to two pills every two hours, till 6 to 10 are taken during an intermission or daily. Price, per 100, $1.20. In lots of 1,000, 10 per cent. off. Address inquiries, and write for pamphlets on the subject to HANDLY, WHITE & CO., SOLE MANUFACTURERS. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. CITY OF NEW YORK. SESSIONS OF 1887-88. The REGULAR SE SION begins on Wednesday, September 21, 1887, and ends about the middle of March, 1888. During this Session, in addition to the regular didactic lectures, two or three hours are daily allotted to clinical instruction. Attendance upon at least two regular courses of lectures is required for graduation. The SPRING SESSION consists of recitations, clinical 'ectures and exercises, and didactic lectures on special subjects. This Session, daily recitations in all the departments are held by a corps of Examiners appointed by the Faculty. The CARNEGIE LABORATORY is open during the collegiate year, for instructions in microscopical examinations of urine, practical demonstrations in medical and surgical pathology, and lessons in normal histology and pathology, including bacteriology. Fo the annual Circular and Catalogue, giving requirements for graduation and other information, address Prof. AUSTIN FLINT, Secretary, Bellevue Hospital Medical College, foot of East 6th Street, New York City. WHEELER'S TISSUE PHOSPHATES. Bone-Calcium Phosphates Ca3-2 P. O.4. Sodium Phosphate Na2 H. P. 0.4. Ferrous Phosphate Fe3-2 P. 0.4. Trihydrogen Phosphate H. P. O 4. WHEELER'S COMPOUND ELIXIR OF PHOSPHATES AND CALISAYA. A Nerve Food and Nutritive Tonic, for the treatment of Consumption, Bronchitis, Scrofula and all forms of Nervous Debility. The Lactophosphates prepared from the formula of Prof. Dusart, of the University of Paris, combines with a superior Permatin Sherry Wine and Aromatics in an agreeable cordial easily assimilable and acceptable to the most irritable stomachs. Medium medicinal doses of Phosphorus, the oxidizing element of the Nerve Centers for the Generation of Nerve Force; Lime Phosphate, an agent of Cell Development and Nutrition; Soda Phosphate, an excitant of functional activity of Liver and Pancreas, and Corrective of Acid Fermentation in the Alimentary Canal; Iron, the Oxidizing Constituent of the Blood for the gen. eration of Heat and Motion; Phosphoric Acid, Tonic in Sexual Debility; Alkaloids of Calisaya, Anti-Malarial and Febrifuge; Extract of Wild Cherry, uniting with tonic power the property of calming Irritation and diminishing Nervous Excitement. THE SUPERIORITY OF THE ELIXIR consists in uniting with the Phosphates the special properties of the Chinchona and Prunus, of subduing fever and allaying Irritation of the Mucous Membrane of the Alimentary Canal, which adapts it to the successful treatment of Stomach Derangements and all diseases of faulty nutrition, the outcome of Indigestion, Malassimilation of Food, and failure of supply of these essential elements of Nerve Force and Tissue Repair. The special indication of this combination of Phosphates in Spinal Affections Caries, Necrosis, Ununited Fractures, Marasmus, Poorly Developed Children, Retarded Dentition, Alcohol, Opium and Tobacco Habits, Gestation and Lactation to promote Development, etc., and as a physiological restorative in Sexual Debility and all used-up conditions of the Nervous System should receive the careful attention of good therapeutists. There is no strychnia in this preparation, but when indicated, the Liquor Strychnia of the U. S. 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ESPECIALLY COMMENDED to the practicing physician as a purifier of the sick room, and a disinfectant and deodorizer of the discharges from the sick. Not only in contagious diseases is its use most essential, but in the Lying-in-Room, in combating Fevers, in cases of Cancer and old offensive Sores or Wounds, for neutraliziing the poisonous sputa in cases of Consumption, and in fact in the sick room generally, when sprayed about or sprinkled in high dilution over the bedding and carpet, its effect upon patient and attendant cannot but be most gratifying. AS A HOUSEHOLD DISINFECTANT, having no odor, destroying all poisonous matter, gasses and disease germs by direct chemical action, its great value and usefulness in every family should be know to every physician, for upon him rests the important duty of educating the people in sanitary matters. PLATT'S CHLORIDES is sold in quart bottles at 50 cents each by druggists generally. Each quart prepares from two to three gallons of powerful disinfecting fluid. To any physician who may still be unacquainted with it, a sample will be sent free of expense, by addressing Aug. '87, 1 yr. HENRY B. PLATT, 36 Platt Street, New York. |