In discussing treatment, Jardine urges that emptying of the uterus is the only reliable method. While the tampon is valuable in many cases, it occasionally converts an evident hemorrhage into a concealed bleeding.

METRORRHAGIA DUE TO LIVER DISEASE.-Dalchi (Fraun earzt, February 18, 1898) affirms that the relation between hepatic affections and metrorrhagia is undoubted. It is most marked in cholelithiasis. The flow becomes more profuse after the attacks of colic, and may reappear after the normal period, lasting several days. After repeated colicky seizures the menstruation becomes irregular, and may cease. If the patient has uterine disease emorrhage occurs between the periods. Metrorrhagia is common in the early stages of cirrhosis; later, amenorrhoea is present. Hepatic tumors and icterus of septic origin may also be attended with uterine hemorrhage.

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INTRA-PELVIC DISPLACEMENT OF THE APPENDIX.-Barishy (Press Médicale; Frauenarzt, February 18, 1898), from an examination of 121 subjects of all ages, notes the following results = In the fetus and newborn the deep position of the appendix noticed in only three cases, while in twelve old women it was found eight times. Out of one hundred young subjects, in sixty-one the tip of the appendix was found as low as the brim of the pelvis in thirty-two of these the appendix occupied the pelvic cavity, being on close relation with the rectum, bladder, uterus, or surface of the broad ligament.

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TWO CASES IN WHICH PORRO'S OPERATION WAS PERFORMED FOR PELVIC TUMORS PREVENTING DELIVERY.-Robson (British Medical Journal, No. 1921, 1897), reports the case of a suppurating ovarian cyst complicated with an abscess bounded by uterus, cyst, and intestines, in which he delivered the child by the Porro operation, followed by the gradual recovery of the mother. So soon as the child was delivered by uterine incision and the uterus

was

brought forward, a large abscess in the abdomen was opened. filled with offensive pus. The tumor and the womb were so adherent that both were amputated together, the abdomen washed out with hot boric solution, and a glass drainage-tube introduced to

the

bottom of the pelvic cavity. The patient's temperature immediately

fell to normal and remained so. His other case was that myoma successfully operated upon in the same way.

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INFLUENCE OF MENSTRUATION ON CHRONIC PSYCHOSES.

Näcke (Archiv. für Psychiatrie; Frauenarzt, February 18, 1898), fluence of menstruation upon insanity; these included fifty-seven analyzed ninety-nine cases, with the purpose of recording the incases of paranoia, twenty-three of hallucinations, twelve of mania or melancholia, and seven of idiocy. In seventy-three cases the patients were observed during from eight to fifteen periods, in all during not less than four. In sixty-five the influence of menstruation

was nil, doubtful in sixteen, and certain in only sixteen.

results ordinarily observed were increased vasomotor pressure, restlessness, increase of hallucinations and rarely erotic impulses.

The writer infers that in general menstruation in the chronically insane differs but little from the function in healthy women, and its influence on the course of the malady is slight and inconstant.

TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY BY THE METHOD of Pechtereid.— Dott De Cesare makes use of the following: Adonis vernalis, fifteen grains; infused in water, twelve drachms; to this is added potassium bromide, seventy-five grains, codeine, two-thirds grain; syrup, four drachms; and water, two and one-half ounces. One-half of this is taken in the morning, the rest at bedtime. Good results have been obtained upon eight patients during six weeks, in that convulsions ceased in four and the remainder noticed only vertigo.Riforma Medica, 1897, No. 188, page 447.

CHELIDONINE.-Dr. Hugo Guth reports the results of the use of this drug, which is an alkaloid obtained from the chelidonium majus and has been offered as ca substitute for morphine to relieve pain. Six patients suffering from carcinoma of the stomach, one each from tabes dorsalis, osteomalacia, and arthritis fungosa, received varying doses of the sulphate-from one to six grains daily -without ony result.-Therapeutische Monatschefte, 1897, Heft 10, S. 515.

METHYLENE-BLUE IN DISEASES OF THE URINARY PASSAGES.Dr. G. Richard d'Aulnay concludes a paper, in which he presents the results in diseases of the kidneys, bladder, and urethra, with a brief résume: First, it is an excellent microbicide; Second, it coagulates pus; Third, it prevents fermentation; and Fourth, it is an excellent analgesic given internally, and these properties determine its indications in various affections of the urinary system.— Bulletin General de Therapeutique, 1897, 8e liv., page 352.

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DR. A. E. CLARK has been appointed city physician of Ann Arbor, Mich.

DR. NANCY WILLIAMS, Augusta, Me., is president of the Maine State Society.

WHEELING, West Virginia, with a population of 60,000, has but four homeopathists.

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES turn down applicants who have taken the Keeley Cure.

DR. BLISS (Cleveland Homoeopathic '98) has succeeded Dr. E. E. Richardson at Lamont, Iowa.

DR. MILLIE J. CHAPMAN, of Pittsburg, Pa., is rapidly recovering from a recent severe illness.

DR. DANIEL C. MAIN, who was until recently located in delphia, is now in Plainfield, N. J.

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THE NORTH AMERICAN extends its sincere sympathy to Dr. F. W. Hamlin on the death of his father, who was a well-known lawyer of Amherst.

QUERY.-What has become of the new homoeopathic "Journal of Surgery," of which two numbers appeared and nothing has since been heard?

DR. HARRY W. DANFORTH, of Milwaukee, Wis., one of the surgeons with our forces before Santiago, was shot and killed ministering to wounded soldiers.

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THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORIFICIAL SURGEONS elected Dr. J. W. Means, of Troy, Ohio, president. Dr. Means will prove a good choice, and with his energy build up the society.

DRS. BISHOP and NIELSON have recently taken a trip to the Adirondacks after deer. They report that the deer were running well, and for all that is known to the contrary are running still.

THE officers of the Homœopathic Medical Society of N. E Pennsylvania are Dr. Arthur Bullard, of Wilkesbarre, president; Dr. J. J. Thompson, Carbondale, vice-president, and Dr. Anna C. Clark, Scranton, secretary and treasurer. With these officers the society ought to have good meetings.

DR. CHARLES GATCHELL delivered an address at the University of Minnesota at its opening exercises last month. Dr. Gatchell is becoming a national speaker, and he has many calls upon

him.

at Mackinac, and from his reports must have taken large draughts DR. A. E. NEUMEISTER, of the Medical Arena, spent his vacation

from the fountain of youth, which would certainly seem to cated on that lovely island.

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DR. ORRIN L. SMITH, Professor of Nose, Throat and Fauces, Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, has opened a down-town

office in the Columbus Memorial Building, 103 State street, hours from II to I P. M.

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desirable city is presented elsewhere in THE NORTH AMERICAN. AN OPPORTUNITY for some doctor to get a good practice in a

The practice for sale is a good one, and the man who buys be satisfied with his investment.

it will

HOMEOPATHY ON HAND.-During Knights Templar Conclave at Pittsburg, temporary hospitals were located along the route of

parade, with nineteen homoeopathic physicians on the staff, supervised by Dr. L. H. Willard, of Allegheny, Pa.

MEDICAL DEGREES IN AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.-In the future, medical degrees from an Austrian University will permit the holder to practice in Austria only, the intention being that Hungary shall enjoy "home rule" in the matter of medical qualifications.

ANN ARBOR NOTES.-Dr. O. R. Long was offered by the Governor the surgeonship of the Thirty-first Michigan Regiment, but declined it. The appointment was afterward given to Dr. Chas. L. Morley, president of the Homoeopathic State Society.

DR. SENN RESIGNS.-At his own request, Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas Senn, Chief Surgeon of Volunteers, was honorably discharged from the service of the United States, September 21. Dr. Senn has returned to Chicago to resume his professional work.

PROF. LE SEURE, of Ann Arbor, has a leave of absence, granted by the regents, until January 1, 1899. During his absence his hospital and college work will be performed by the other members of the faculty. Dr. Le Seure has been assigned to a division hospital in Chickamauga.

DR. FRANK KRAFT, the well-known materia medicist, was recently petitioned by the students of the Cleveland Homœopathic Hospital to deliver a course of lectures on materia medica. This is a very gratifying recognition of the doctor's ability as a teacher, and a very pleasing expression of his students' appreciation.

PLAGUE LABORATORY IN BOMBAY.-It is announced that the authorities of Bombay have provided the necessary means for the foundation of a laboratory in that city for the preparation of Professor Lustig's curative serum for plague. The director of the laboratory will be Dr. Galeotti, professor of pathology in Florence.

DR. H. C. ALDRICH, Minneapolis, editor of the Minneapolis Homœopathic Magazine, and Registrar of the American Institute of Homœopathy, has been appointed surgeon on the homoeopathic staff of the Minneapolis City Hospital. We congratulate the hospital on securing so excellent a physician for this responsible position.

DR. JAY W. SHELDON, of Syracuse, N. Y., has been in the city for the past week, the guest of his daughter, Mrs. Gleason. He has recently purchased a fine residence in Syracuse, and has had a very elaborate suite of offices fitted up for his occupancy. The doctor is a most genial gentleman, and his friends in New York regret that he has not more time to give them.

WE REGRET to announce the death of Dr. N. W. Rand, of Munson, Mass., from appendicitis. Operative means which at first seemed likely to be successful proved of no avail, and exhaustion was rapidly followed by death. Dr. Rand was a graduate of the New York Homœopathic Medical College, was a most successful physician, and much beloved by all of his large acquaintance.

PROF. W. A. EDMONDS died Sept. 22, 1898, at the residence of

his daughter in Woodford county, Ky. Dr. Edmonds was in his seventy-seventh year, and had occupied prominent places among the homopathic physicians of the South. He was for many years one of the teachers in the Homoeopathic Medical College of Missouri, and his kindness endeared him to the students, leaving an impress upon the memory that never faded.

THE ATLANTIC CITY MEDICAL CLUB held its regular meeting on October 22, 1898. The following members of the club were present: Dr. J. R. Fleming, president; Dr. J. L. Redman, secretary; Dr. L. D. Balliet, treasurer, and Drs. A. W. Bailey, T. G. Bieling, W. H. H. Bull, W. A. Corson, G. W. Crosby, W. G. Gardiner, Mary Miller, M. L. Munson, W. C. Sooy, M. D. Youngman. There were also present as guests Drs. Van Lennex, Schoemaker and Van Baun, of Philadelphia, and Drs. Norton, Garrison and Porter, of New York. A most delightful meeting and a royal reception will long be treasured in the memories of the guests.

OBITUARY.-Dr. Stammers Morrisson, of Clapham, Eng., passed away at Bexhill, on the 23d of July, in his 56th year. Dr. Morrisson had been in bad health for a long time, and those of his colleagues who saw him professionally had no hope of his ultimate recovery. Dr. Morrisson was born in 1842, went through his medical studies at University College, and was house-surgeon at the hospital for a time, afterward settling in practice at Brixton and Clapham, where he carried on a successful career for thirty years. He made a number of contributions to the homoeopathic journals. one of the most interesting and important being his proving of lycopus virginicus. He also published several brochures on consumption and other diseases. He had a singularly gentle, unobtrusive and kindly manner, which, with his devotion to his work. made him endeared to his patients and friends. Dr. Morrisson leaves a widow and two daughters to mourn his loss.

ENFORCED RECOGNITION OF HOMEOPATHY.—In 1876 there was published the Century History of Boston. It was a four-volume quarto of some 800 or 900 pages each. In this they gave large spaces to the History of Medicine in Boston, which Oliver Wendell Holmes was one of the committee to prepare. Although Horneop athy had been practiced there for thirty-eight years, with more than six hundred physicians in Massachusetts, not a word was mentioned of it in any way. Of course there were many who felt indignant that such partisanship should exist in so important a subject as medicine, and its rapid growth since that time has not tencled to lessen the effect. So that the publishers have been constant ly annoyed by inquiries from the most prominent persons why homeop athy was so entirely ignored. With the advance of the arts and sciences there are many other things which need consideration. and the publishers have determined to issue an additional volume of the same size and style to supply this want, and have appealed to Dr. I. T. Talbot, than whom there is no one more able, to write the History of Homoeopathy in Boston.