Poems the Doctor Should Know

SPRING FEVER

Dogged if I don't believe I'm gettin' old or lazy, don't know which;

But when the violets start to bloomin' on the mountain, and the rich

Sap o' springtime leaks out o' the old white maple 'n trickles down the bark,

'Pears to me I want to join the robin 'n' the catbird 'n' the lark,

And just fly away somewhere so's I can find a quiet spot and rest,

And worship nature, bathe in her warm sunshine and be her honored guest.

This thing o' workin' all the time, and toilin' with no

reward 'cept money,

Ain't no kind of pay; what a feller really needs is a sniff of bees and honey,

And a little freedom; get out whar you can have elbow room and run 'n' holler,

And enjoy yourself like the blue jay, and stop thinkin' 'bout the dollar

That you have to work so hard for, and the grocer bills 'n' things you have to pay;

Just forget it, run away somewhere and let nature entertain you for one day.

That's the kind of medicine that a feller needs and really ought to have in spring!

Been shet up all winter and grindin' and a toilin' and that sort of thing;

Beats all the sassafras tea and tonics and the things you see in almanacs;

Ain't nothin' in them pills and powders or them plasters for our backs;

Just get away from the whole durned business 'n' take a romp among the daisies,

And then, by jinks, when you come back you'll feel like new and work like blazes.

-Eugene Holt Eastman, M. D., in Medical Pickwick.

THE KAISER'S TALK TO HELL By W. E. CURRY

The Kaiser called the Devil up On the telephone one day, The girl at Central listened to All they had to say.

"Hello," she heard the Kaiser's voice, "Is old man Satan home?

Just tell him it is Kaiser Bill

That wants him on the 'phone."

The Devil said, "Hello," to Bill, And Bill said "How are you? I'm running here a Hell on Earth, So tell me what to do."

"What can I do?" the Devil said, "My dear old Kaiser Bill?

If there's a thing I can do
To help you, I surely will."

The Kaiser said, "Now, listen,
And I will try to tell
The way that I am running

On earth a modern Hell.

"I've saved for this for many years,
And I've started out to kill,
That it will be a modern job,
You leave it to Kaiser Bill.

"My army went through Belgium,

Shooting women and children down, We tore up all her country

And blew up all her towns.

"My Zepps dropped bombs on cities Killing both old and young, And those the Zeppelins didn't get Were taken out and hung.

"I started out for Paris,

With the aid of poisonous gas The Belgians, darn 'em, stopped us, And would not let us pass.

"My submarines are Devils,

Why, you should see them fight, They go sneaking through the sea, And sink a ship at sight.

"I was running things to suit me, 'Till a year or so ago, When a man called Woodrow Wilson Wrote me to go more slow.

"He said to me, 'Dear William,

We don't want to make you sore, So be sure to tell your U boats

To sink our ships no more.

"We have told you for the last time,
So, Dear Bill, it's up to you,
And if you do not stop it,
You have got to fight us, too.'

"I did not listen to him,

And he's coming after me,

With a million Yankee soldiers
From their homes across the sea.

"Now, that's why I called you, Satan, For I want advice from you,

I knew you would tell me
Just what I ought to do."

"My Dear Old Kaiser William, There's not much for me to tell, For the Yanks will make it hotter Than I can for you in Hell.

"I've been a mean old Devil,

But not half as mean as you, And the minute that you get here I will give my job to you.

"I'll be ready for your coming,

And I'll keep the fires all bright And I'll have your room all ready When the Yanks begin to fight.

"For the boys in Blue will get you
I have nothing more to tell,
Hang up the phone and get your hat,
And meet me here in Hell."

Notes on Reliable Remedies

Hemagluen-Hemagluen is a physiological hemostatic for local application. It is prepared from fresh brain substance. Physicians find Hemagluen indicated in all types of hemorrhages from capillaries and small vessels where it can be applied to the bleeding surface, such as after the removal of adenoids, tonsils and other operations on the nose, throat, etc. Hemagluen may be given orally, diluted with water, in gastric and duodenal hemorbhages. Dentists use Hemagluen with fine results in checking the bleeding after the extraction of teeth. Hemagluen is supplied in one ounce bottles and is prepared by Eli Lilly & Company who will be glad to send literature on request.

AbilenA Discovered by Accident-The farmer, who despairing of making a stock ranch of the northeast quarter section 4-12-1, Dickinson County, Kansas, sold the land because the wells he drilled produced "salty" water, little dreamed that this same water would become, in time, the world famous AbilenA. Judged by the 3,000 letters received by the Abilen A Sales Company in 1917 from physicians all over the world, this firm is certainly entitled to make the claim that AbilenA is a superior cathartic. It is the easiest to take of all the saline waters, and its therapeutic efficiency is surpassed by none. It has been found that AbilenA is its own best advertisement, and the AbilenA Sales Company of Abilene, Kansas, will gladly send samples prepaid to any physician wishing to make a clinical test.

Uric Acid Elimination-Whether it be true or not that uric acid is the prime cause of rheumatism and kindred ailments, the presence of this element in the system is conducive to disease, and the sooner it is got rid of the better. Indeed, it is axiomatic that "acidity is disease, alkalinity is health." Our attention is accordingly attracted by any new agent that promises to be genuinely efficacious in eliminating uric acid from the system and in restoring the latter to the desired state of alkalinity. In Urodol, which comes to us from France, where things are carried to utmost refinement, we appear to have a uric acid solvent and eliminant of uncommon value. The French medical authorities are said to have designated Urodol "the king of diuretics," while the remedy has the endorsement of the Academy of Medicine of Paris and the Academy of Science of Paris, thereby establishing it on a high plane of professional approval. Urodol comes conveniently in the form of tablets, one being dissolved in a glass of water and taken before each meal. It is marketed here by the French Medicinal Company, Inc., 70 East 38th Street, New York.

Case of Nellie M., from my records, illustrates the benefits derived from Anedemin in a typical way. Patient was 32, mother of three children, with history of the usual attack of inflammatory rheumatism of 8 weeks duration,, age 14, a town charge. I found her dropsical to the extreme, entire body water-logger, complexion cyanosed, sitting in a morris chair, gasping for breath. The heart was greatly enlarged, of borine type, and the heart-sounds loud, very irregular, and I was unable to differentiate them. She could not eat or sleep and her condition was altogether pitiable. I gave her 4 morph. sulph. by hypo and

ordered two Anedemin tablets every 2 hours for one and one-half days, then one tablet every 2 hours for one day, gradually reducing them to one tablet morning and night, and ordered one tablespoonful epsom salts every morning at first, omitting the salts after the fourth day. Inside of 72 hours she had passed 48 pints of water, and appeared so emaciated that her friends thought her about to die; but she could lie down in bed and sleep and her heart became more regular. In this case there was a large mitral lesion with broken compensation and general anasarca; yet in a few weeks patient was able to do her housework with no discomfort. It is essential in these advanced cases to insist that the patient continue to take one or two Anedemin tablets daily for years. I have had cases take them daily for four years with nothing but benefit and finally die from some intervening disease such as pneumonia or apoplexy.-A. L. House, M. D., Stanford, Conn., Sept. 16, 1917.

Disease Prevention-Views as to the transmission of disease have undergone great change within the past few years. Indeed, a revolution has taken place in the opinions of our public health authorities relative to the manner in which the so-called contagious diseases are conveyed or spread. The belief that formerly held sway was that the surroundings, and various agencies-the fomites-played the chief part in the transmission of what are now aptly termed "communicable diseases," that they were air borne, and that dirt and dust were important factors in their propagation. Research and investigation have now conculsively demonstrated that communicable diseases are either of parasitic or bacterial origin, and that those due to germs are transmitted directly by infected individuals through the medium of their bodily discharges. It is true that it has been known for many years that general cleanliness is a protection against disease, but in the light of latter day knowledge it is now realized that it is only a specific cleanliness carried out along definite lines which can control and eliminate disease germs. In other words, it is a question of applying the practical principles of personal hygiene rather than of simply improving the surroundings and environment. The great object, then, is to prevent communicable diseases from spreading from individual to individual and the logical method of attaining this end would seem to be to free the infected person from pathogenic organisms, and therefore render that person impotent for evil to those with whom he comes in contact. In this connection the use of Dioxogen is a preventive measure of the first order, not only because it is a germicide of gratifying efficiency, but because it will exert its bacterioidal action without offering the slightest harm or injury to bodily tissues. The foregoing make it particularly serviceable for disinfecting the nose, throat and mouth, and it can be used with every confidence in its freedom from any poisonous or disa greeable effect. As a matter of fact the popularity of Dioxogen and its extensive use by thousands of the leading practitioners of the country have been due not only to the extreme satisfaction that has attended its use in medical and surgical practice, the cleansing of infected wounds, etc., but also to the way in which it has made it possible to carry out the principles of personal hygiene in regard to the nose, and mouth, the care of the teeth and so on. In brief, Dioxogen has proven itself the ideal germicide and antisepticeffective, convenient to use, and absolutely safe. It has met every need, and justified every confidence.

Apply cold externally; iced drinks all increase thirst. There is no cooling alcoholic beverage.

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Confidence Born of Experience-So confident is the AbilenA Sales Company of Abilene, Kansas, of the therapeutic efficiency of AbilenA water that for years every bottle has been sold with this sweeping guarantee: "If the user does not like it better than any other saline cathartic water, purchase price will be refunded." The sales of AbilenA water are increasing by bounds, but so far not a bottle has ever been returned-a remarkable record. If you are not acquainted with AbilenA water, write to the AbilenA Sales Company, Abilene, Kansas, and they will send samples prepaid for clinical test.

Catton divides infectious bronchitides into elective and non-elective, the former displaying leucopenia.Cal. S. J. M.

CAUTIONI-Whenever the true merit of

a preparation is authoritatively established, imitation is sure to make its pernicious appearance. To counteract the injurious results of another of these fraudulent proceedings in this instance affecting firm name and reputation-Sander & Sons have been compelled to appeal to law, and in the action tried before the Supreme Court of Victoria, the testimony of a sworn witness revealed the fact that this witness suffered intense irritation from the application to an ulcer of the defendant's product, which was palmed off as "just as good as Sander's Eucalyptol." Sander & Sons had the satisfaction to obtain a verdict with costs against this imitator, who is perpetually restrained from continuing his malpractice. Dr. Owen, in a report to the Medical Society of Victoria, and Dr. J. Benjamin, in the Lancet, London, both denounced, as others did before, on the strength of negative results, the application of unspecified eucalyptus products.

This forms convincing proof that only an authoritatively sanctioned article can be relied on.

SANDER & SONS' EUCALYPTOL
(Ecalypti Extract)

1. Has stood the test of Government investigation.

2. It was proved at the Supreme Court of Victoria by experts to be an absolutely pure and scientifically standardized preparation.

3. It is honored by royal patronage. 4. It always produces definite therapeutic results.

Therefore, to safegaurd the physicians' interest and to protect their patients, we earnestly request you to specify "Sander's Eucalyptol" when prescribing eucalyptus.

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