In Tuberculosis Fresh air and over-feeding, combined with rest in the earlier stage of treatment, are now recognized as the only means of successfully combating the disease. Lacto-Globulin is the only concentrated nourishment which fulfils the requirements of the Profession :: A pure and non-sterilized albumen, retaining the natural enzymes of fresh milk. A transformation of casein into globulin by a physiological process, and not by chemical synthesis. Rich in soluble phosphates, maintaining the alkalinity of the blood and increasing leucocytosis. The proteid of new milk in its most readily assimilable form. A natural food retained by the most delicate stomach, and decreasing all gastric and intestinal irritation. Lacto-Globulin is so easily digested and so rapidly assimilated that it forms an absolutely ideal food for frequent administration between meals and before retiring. It will increase the natural appetite and the power of digestion through its affinity for and attraction of the gastric enzymes, and gives the maximum nutriment at the least taxation of the digestive organs. In Promoting Nutrition Angier's Petroleum Emulsion has a most positive value in the treatment of cases associated with progressive loss of flesh, either as an accompaniment of organic or infectious disease, or existing without discoverable cause. Its value in these cases is due to its reinforcing influence upon the normal processes of digestion, assimilation, and nutrition, whereby the system is enabled to utilize to the full extent all forms of nutriment. Publisher's Department THE TREATMENT OF ACNE. C. M. Williams first reviews the evidence in favor of each of the various theories of the etiology of acne, and expresses himself as believing that the view which embraces both the bacterial and the constitutional factors is the true one. He says that acceptance of the belief that the microbacillus is the active, essential pathogenic agent in the production of the lesions does not invoive the denial of the equally great importance of the constitutional state. Accordingly the treatment must be both local and general, and the neces⚫sity for thoroughness in the search for and correction of all possible predis posing causes, and for minute detail in all efforts at treatment, is particularly emphasized. Of the predisposing causes indigestion with constipation, disease of the sexual organs, the scrofulous type, and anemia are mentioned as especially important and their treatment when compli cated by acne is outlined. The local measures are, however, the most important, and the hygiene of the skin is described in detail. 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Resinol Ointment is the first local application I have found that has given lasting and gratifying results in the treatment of pruritus vulvæ. DR. GRACE WINTERSTEEN, Harrisburg, Pa. I have used Resinol Ointment ever since it cured me of a severe case of pruritus of 15 years' standing. L. A. CLARK, M.D., Cambridge, N. Y. I have been prescribing Resinol Ointment for quite a while with very happy results, and find it excellent in all forms of skin diseases, also in many troubles of the vagina and rectum. Especially is it appreciated by physician and patient in pruritus. W. E. REYNOLDS, M.D., Hopkinsville, Ky. RESINOL CHEMICAL CO. Great Britain Branch- BALTIMORE, Md. Australasian Agents- CONTENTS THE PHYSICIAN'S LIBRARY The Era Key to the U. S. P. 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