from the evacuating tube and all the urine passes into a vessel except the half thimbleful that remains in the neck of the bottle, to guard against the entrance of air within the injecting tube.

The clamp is now replaced and the fluid to be used for injection is poured into the bottle whieh is slowly raised to a proper distance above the bladder, which gradually fills; the operator readily observing through the glass that it be not raised so high that the level of the fluid falls below the end of the short glass tube.

Having once introduced the catheter, this process of filling and emptying may be repeated as often as desired, without laying down the bottle, by the careful raising and lowering of which, the distension of, and pressure within, the bladder may be regulated.

In this apparatus we have no syringe, no tap to turn, no injecting nozzle which has to be repeatedly connected and disconnected with the catheter, and no doubt about its safety, for we see what we are doing.

A ready way to remove the bottom of a bottle is to file a groove, with a three-cornered file wet with turpentine, deep enough to hold in place a piece of strong twine. The twine is then drawn to and fro until the glass becomes hot. If now the bottle be immersed in cold water, the bottom separates along the filed groove.—Dr. Holyoke in Boston Med. and Surg. Jour.

SWEATING FEET.—The editor of the Jour. of Cut. and Gen.-Ur. Dis. says that the best results have been obtained from the use of foot baths of a strong solution of extract of pinus canadensis (Kennedy's) every night, and powdered boracic acid, or salicylic acid mixed with lycopodium, oxide of zinc, or other inert powders, constantly used inside the stockings. Hebra's treatment, with diachylon ointment, is undoubtedly efficacious, but the inconvenience attending its application, often temporarily interfering with the occupation of the patient, renders its employment usually undesirable.

ETHER IN BRIGHT'S DISEASE. -The danger of administering ether to persons suffering from Bright's disease is not sufficiently insisted upon, at least in this country. In England the contraindication is more heeded, but as chloroform is still used much oftener than ether in that country, there is less danger of making the mistake. It is the custom with those who use ether for producing anesthesia to the entire exclusion of chloroform, to administer ether during the convulsions in cases of puerperal eclampsia, whether due to acute nephritis or not; here of all places

chloroform is the better agent to use, both because of its less injurious effect upon the kidneys and because the condition of pregnancy so greatly diminishes its ordinary dangers. Just how ether effects the kidneys is not known. It is freely eliminated by these organs, and it is suggested that its effect is to paralyze the renal nerves, giving rise to congestion which aggravates the existing trouble, while another source of danger may be in the presence in the system of the ether itself, which cannot be eliminated by the diseased kidneys.—N. W. Lancet.

THE FLAXSEED FALLACY.-If we were to ask every man and woman in almost any community, what is the best way to get any foreign substance out of the eye, probably fully one-half of those questioned would say, "put a flaxseed into the eye-it's a sure cure!" Every few days some one who has followed this advice comes to me for relief. Only a day or two ago a young man, with an eye full of flaxseed, came to me, stating that the seed had been in the organ all night, and that he could not sleep, because all night long he could feel the seed chasing the foreign substance around and around under the lid, but for some strange reason the substance "could not be forced out!" I have never seen any account of the origin of this superstition-for it is nothing more-but it is probably very ancient; but unlike most ancient superstitions of this sort, it has absolutely no basis in fact. Any one who has a foreign substance in the eye and sends a flaxseed to "chase it out," simply adds fuel to the flame. It is fortunate that the seeds are smooth and comparatively unirritating, as otherwise the fallacy would be a more serious one. Another and similar superstition is that foreign matters may be chased out by a "stone from a crab's eye"—which is nothing more nor less than the crystalline lens of the eye of the crustacean, hardened by boiling. In their eagerness to do something in emergencies, the great mass of people rarely use common-sense-if they did they would know that when one is not absolutely certain what to do, the best plan is to do nothing. —A. D. Williams, in St. Louis Med. and Surg. Jour.

CRUDE PETROLEUM AS AN ANTIseptic Dressing.-Having been in active practice for about twenty-five years in the woods, where accidents are frequent and the resources for dressings limited, I wish to give the results of my experience in treating gunshot-wounds, resections, compound fractures, injections in abscesses, extensive sloughing, snake-bites, and burns, with petroleum. I use the pure heavy oil from the wells of West Virginia. In exploring a wound I use it on the probe or finger.

After

cleaning the wound, I then pour it full and keep it so until it is entirely healed. I will briefly refer to a few cases:

CASE I. P. M., gunshot-wound of upper thigh: poured wound full, after being tamponed on under side; kept it full of oil until it entirely healed, and without a drop of pus.

CASE 2. Mrs. S., resection of os calcis: kept wound well saturated with oil; it healed without an unkind symptom.

CASE 3. O. D., terribly lacerated hand from gun bursting: kept hand well swathed, using a gallon of the oil, with the very best result. CASE 4. G. A., legs crushed in saw-mill, compound fracture, with resection dressed as above; very little suppuration, and perfect repair.

I could cite many similar cases. In a lacerated or sloughing wound, it being heavier than the serum and pus, it penetrates every part of the wound and floats them out. In a slicing wound I use white wool yarn (which is slightly elastic) dipped in the oil, and wind the slice perfectly in place, leave it on a week, and find union with no scar. Since using petroleum I have never had a case of erysipelas or sceptic poisoning from a wound of any description, and as a local application for inflamed surfaces or herpetic eruptions it is the best I have found. The only objections are the slightly unpleasant odor and staining of the linen. But it is clean, grateful to the patient, and perfectly antiseptic. I would recommend for it a fair trial by the profession.—William P. McKibbin, M. D., in Phil. Med. Times.

NINE or ten inches below the tubercle of the tibia is the best place to amputate in order to get the best stump for the application of an artificial leg.-Prof. Brinton.

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