A successful medical practitioner of many years standing makes the following statement: "There are a large majority of combinations which extemporneous pharmacy cannot prepare properly; and I know that through the dishonesty, ignorance, or indifference of many retail druggists we are not able to get on prescriptions the very best drugs; hence it is to the manufacturing pharmacist, whose best interest lies in the purity and uniformity of the product, that we must look for our most reliable remedies. "I endorse worthy proprietaries, but I most heartily condemn the great tendency of the 'half-baked" so called manufacturing 'chemist," to foist upon the profession and public cheap imitations of standard prepartions." Dr. W. Raymond McDonnell, of Rockford, Ill., under date of September 21, 1905, writes that having used eusoma with satisfactory results in ulcerative conditions he determined to rely upon it is an antiseptic and antipuruent in a case in which heperformed the operation of circumcision under extremely unfavorable conditions. The patient was an old man of very uncleanly habits who had a number of soft chancres and vegetations which occluded the meatus. It seemed that general infection could scarcely be avoided on account of the personal inclinations of the patient; he would not have anything clean about him; but by keeping the wound soaked for seven days with a wet dressing of eusoma a perfect result was obtained. Dr. McDannell says that he doesn't often get excited over anything, but eusoma is worthy of recommendation and he is enthusiastic about it. The active medicinal constituents of each fluid dram of eusoma are, Echinasea Angustifolia 15 grs., Thuja Occidentalis 2 grs., and Baptisia Tinctoria 4 grs. SUPERIORITY OF LIQUID MEDICINES OVER ALKALOIDS.-By Pitts Edwin Howes, M. D., Associate Editor "The Eclectic Review," New York; Secretary Massachusetts Eclectic Medical MATERNITY HOME ESTABLISHED MORE THAN FOURTEEN YEARS A Private Retreat for Unfortunate Girls and Women During Pregnancy and Confinement, With Facility for Their Care and Protection. Especially adapted to cases that wish to avoid publicity. We provide a terms send full history of the case to For particulars and JENNIE WILLIAMS, 227 Hinman Avenue Telephone 2395 XIII "The preparation which maae Coca known as a Remedy !” VIN MARIANI RELIABLE IN CONVALESCENCE, DEBILITY, NEURASTHENIA AND ALLIED CONDITIONS; A NUTRIENT TONIC STIMULANT OF INIMITABLE EXCELLENCE DURING HALF A CENTURY Recommended by the Medical Profession of the World. ANALYSIS, FORMULA AND LITERATURE TO PHYSICIANS ON REQUEST: Paris, Pharmacie Mariani, 41 Boulevard Haussmann; Laboratories, Neuilly Sur-Seine, Francs BROMIDIA IS A REST-MAKER FOR RESTLESSNESS. IT GIVES CONSISTENT NERVE REST. IT DOES NOT LESSEN THE SUPPLY OF BLOOD TO ANY ORGAN OF THE ECONOMY, AS THE BROMIDES ARE SURE TO DO. IT IS A HYPNOTIC. FORMULA:--15 grains each Chloral Hydrate and Purified Brom. Pot. and 1-8 grain each Gen. Imp. Ext. Cannabis Ind. and Hyoscyamus to each fid. drachm. CHEMISTS ECTHOL IODIA BATTLE & CO., CORPORATION, ST. LOUIS, MO., U.S.A. In writing, please mention COLUMbus medICAL JOURNAL. Society; Secretary Boston District Eclectric Medical Society, etc. Boston, Mass. The writer of an extended article on this subject contends that experimentation has demonstrated that liquids are much more promptly absorbed than articles of a semi-fluid or more compact nature. Hence the first point of the superiority of liquids over the alkaloids is the fact that they are absorbed with greater rapidity, and thus their beneficient action is commenced more quickly. He maintains also that the action of the liquids are more gentle, because as a rule, they are less powerful than the alkaloids which are extracted by means of chemical manipulation from the various fluid preparations that yield the alkaloidal principles. He claims that liquid preparation-be it infusion, decoction, tincture or fluid extract-contains all the plant constituents, and combines in nature's own way the various ingredients. Another point in favor of liquid medicines is the rapidly of the absorption of fluids by the blood that prevents the cumulative action which sometimes results from the use of the alkaloids. He charges many deaths to the cumulative action of alkaloids. The writer does not wish to be understood that there is no place for the alkaloids in the medical practice, but contends that their place is very much smaller than many of its champions would have us believe. EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS-"One of the spiciest little journals that comes to the secretary is the American Medical Journalist. It contains many very readable articles, and its last issue seems to be chiefly directed against the various transactions of the American Medical Association, especially against the Journal. We rather think that there is a great deal of truth in what it has to say and advise all who wish to know both sides of the question to read it. It is published by D. A. O'Gorman, of New York."— From the Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association (published under the direction of the Publication Committee of the South Carolina Medical Association), Charleston, S. C., Sept. 21, 1905. J. A. Herring, M. D., Myrtle Springs, Texas, says in the Alkaloidal Clinic: "I have just received the Clinic, and find an article by Dr. Thudichum on "Echinacea." I have used it with perfeet success for the last five years, first employing Lloyd's specific tincture and later Ecthol, from Battle & Co., containing echinacea and thuja. I give the former the credit. And I want to say that it is a specific for all that Dr. Thudichum says. It has been so in my hands. I have just counted the empty ecthol bottles in my office and find twenty-six used in the last year. In fact, people come twenty-five and fifty miles to have me treat old sore shins and the like. It stops boils and carbuncles; and I give it in all glandular inflammations. Pus and ecthol cannot stay in the same place. Try it, doctor, and you will be convinced. XV "In pneumonia warmth is important because cold skin means contracted cutaneous vessels, and this means increased congestion of the pulmonary vessels." Dr. J. E. Winters to the New York Academy of Medicine. ANTIPHLOGISTINE is the only practical method of applying heat to the chest walls in ing the superficial capillaries-bleeds but saves the blood. The circulation is thus favorably affected, congestion and pain are relieved, the pulse improves, temperature declines, the muscular and vascular systems relax, and rest and sleep usually follow. DIRECTIONS: Always heat Antiphlogistine in the original container by placing in hot water. Needless exposure to air or water impairs its usefulness. Prepare the patient in a warm room. Lay him on his side and spread Antiphlogistine thick and as hot as can be borne over one-half of the thoracic walls. Cover immediately with a cotton-lined cheese-cloth jacket, previously made and warmed. Roll the patient over on dressed side and complete the application. Stitch front of jacket. Dressings should be made as rapidly as possible. Never fail to secure full and original packages-Small, Medium, Large or Hospital size. THE DENVER CHEMICAL MFG. CO. NEW YORK. In writing, please mention COLUMBUS MEDICAL JOURNAL. Four years' graded course in Medicine and Dentistry; two in Pharmacy. Annual Sessions, eight months. ALL INSTRUCTION, EXCEPT CLINICAL, BY THE RECITATION PLAN. Students graded on their daily recitations and term examinations. Large class rooms designed for the recitation system. Laboratories are large, well lighted, and equipped with practical, modern apparatus. Abundant clinical facilities in both Medical and Dental Departments. SESSION FOR 1905-1906, IN ALL DEPARTMENTS, BEGINS |