SAL HEPATICA.

THE attention of the medical profession is invited to a careful consideration of the merits of Sal Hepatica in the uric acid diathesis, in constipation, and to its highly important property of cleansing the entire alimentary tract, thereby preventing the development of conditions arising from indiscretion in eating and drinking, and the absorption of irritatino toxins. Sal Hepatica contains all of the tonic, alterative and laxative salts of the celebrated "Bitter Waters" of Europe, especially those of Bohemia, as determined by actual chemical analysis of these waters, and fortified by the addition of lithium and sodium phosphates. The admixture of these phosphatic salts with the salines of the "Bitter Waters" is exactly in accord with the practice that now obtains among the most eminent European physicians, who prescribe these salts in copious draughts of mineral waters-Carlsbad, Pullna, Seidlitz, Marienbad, Hunyadi, Freidrichshall, etc. Sal Hepatica possesses marked alterative, antacid, anti-lithic, anti-rheumatic, cholagogue, deobstruent, diuretic, secernent, tonic, laxative and cathartic properties.

Sal Hepatica is specially indicated in the uric acid diathesis, such as rheumatism, gout and true lithemia. In these affections it is the remedy par excellence, without peer or rival. It is also indicated in several forms. of constipation and the various troubles arising from gastric, hepatic and renal disorders.

Sal Hepatica is the ideal laxative for all ages and conditions. It is not in the least depressing, but on the contrary is a physiological tonic; its use does not establish toleration leading to increased dosage; and its withdrawal, unlike other agents, does not leave the bowels more constipated than at the beginning. There are times in every physician's practice when recourse is made to saline laxatives and purgative mineral waters. Especially are these saline laxatives used when it is desired to dilute and purify the blood, thus furthering the processes of secretion and excretion and flushing the "great sewer" of the economy and its adjuncts and tributaries, thereby eliminating the irritating toxins formed from the waste products of imperfectly digested food.

Sal Hepatica is the most powerful solvent of uric acid known, and for this reason it is the most effective remedy for the treatment of gout and rheumatism, diseases characterized by an excess of uric acid in the blood and deposits in or about the joints.

Absorbine Jr. This is a remedy which has recently been found to be quite valuable, especially in the treatment of varicose veins, and the manufacturer has recently placed it in the hands of his Canadian agents, Lyman Sons & Co., of Toronto and Montreal. The claim made for it as to the successful treatment of this condition, is not that of the maker, but has been found to be the case by many physicians who have emploved the remedy and had occasion to be more than pleased with the results. In the treatment also of severe sprains, bruises, rheumatism, synovitis, etc., Absorbine Jr. will be found salutary, it being a counter-irritant and antiphlogistic of no mean order. The best proof of these facts will be to try it and see.

The purity of Scott's Emulsion, the excellent quality of its ingredients and their skillful combination, and the excellent work it has done in the thirty years of its existence, make it the standard cod liver oil preparation.

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SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, Toronto, Ont.

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UNGUENTINE, AN IDEAL SURGICAL DRESSING.

THE ideal surgical dressing should not only be a perfect antiseptic, but should be soothing and non-irritating, and possess in a marked degree antiphlogistic, anodyne and restorative powers. Unguentine meets all these requirements of modern surgery. During the past twenty years, it has been subjected to the most critical clinical tests, which have conclusively demonstrated its great superiority over all other surgical ointments extant. Its range of applicability is unusually wide. It is employed with best results not only in surgical cases but in the treatment of all external inflammatory diseases and in those internal affections where a poultice is indicated. One of the most remarkable characteristics of this ointment is its rapid healing power. This is most strikingly shown in its record of healing burns of all degrees, generally without a scar or disfiguration. Because of its exceptional merit and from the fact that it is always ready for use and does not deteriorate or become rancid from age, it has been adopted by leading hospitals and by surgeons of smelters and iron works as a routine treatment for burns and other injuries. That it comes triumphant out of even the severest tests is shown by letters like the following one from the office of Dr. Theo. Coleman, Physician to the Canadian Copper Co., at Copper Cliff, Ont., dated January 30, 1903:

THE NORWICH PHARMACAL Co., Norwich, N.Y.

GENTLEMEN,-Your letter of the 24th inst. has been handed to me, as it is for my use that Unguentine is ordered. I have used it very successfully for the last eighteen months, both in the treatment of burns and the innumerable accidents that come under the routine of a large practice. The burns treated are smelter burns, which are the worst that can be inflicted, as the melting point of the copper ore is higher, and the latent heat much. greater than in iron smelting.

My method of treatment is simply never to wash any wound or burn, never break blisters, never do anything but apply Unguentine, and wait for granulation to appear, and my results are more than satisfactory.

You may gather from my statement that as I have the work which 3,000 men (many married and with large families), would give, results must have been easily and quickly gotten for me to handle the preparation at all. Any testimonial I can give you is free for publication. Very truly yours, THEO. COLEMAN.

Saline Laxative." Were I compelled to practice with only two remedies I would choose the effervescent form of magnesium sulphate and the sulphocarbolates," said an old and well-posted practician to me recently. The "Saline Laxative" of the Alkaloidist is diuretic, refrigerant, laxative, cathartic and cholagogue. It may be given to the youngest infant or the oldest and most debilitated patient with safety. Its use does not induce a habit. Given in teaspoonful doses in a glass of water every morning before eating will cause a normal daily stool. Obstinate cases will require repeated or larger doses. An excellent plan, when prompt and thorough elimination is essential, is to give two teaspoonfuls in a glass of hot water the first thing upon wakening in the morning. If the night prior four to six doses of calomel and podophyllin (aa 1-6) have been exhibited at half hourly intervals, this procedure will" flush the mains" and "rid the system of debris."-Extract from article in Medical Summary for December, 1904.

Literature and sample of Saline Laxative will be sent on request to the Abbott Alkaloidal Co., Ravenswood, Chicago, Illinois.

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HAY FEVER AND THE URIC ACID DIATHESIS.

BY A. B. CONKLIN, M.D.,

J. H., aged 38, merchant, with good family history, and personal history of rheumatism, had hay fever annually in July, to an extent that completely incapacitated him and had sent him to Northern Michigan several seasons where he enjoyed immunity.

In 1897 I began about June 1st to prepare him for what was to come. I put him on Alkalithia in drachm doses three times a day, for a week, and then on a dose morning and evening which I had him continue throughout the season. He had been a generous meat eater, which I interdicted, and put him upon a fruit, vegetable and cereal diet, with milk and an occasional egg; withholding also beans, peas, tomatoes, strawberries and rhubarb. He had no seizure in July, but in August and September a few mild attacks, that were readily relieved by a few doses of nitro-hydrochloric acid, and omitting the Alkalithia for a day or two; which by the way, is a very good general rule to follow in giving this remedy for the relief of the neurosal types of lithemia, but not in rheumatism. And, again, do not wait until hay fever is upon your patient before giving Alkalithia. It is not a specific, but merely eliminative treatment, and as such, should be utilized as a preventive treatment, and begun long enough in advance to get the system free of urates by the time hay fever may be expected. For three seasons this

patient was under my observation and care, and was able to keep himself almost entirely free from hay fever by this treatment.

UNIQUE CASE OF AMPUTATION OF BOTH ARMS AND BOTH LEGS.

CASES of double amputation are often bristling with difficulties to the limbmaker, especially when both hands have been removed. Occasionally one hears of cases where three limbs have been lost, but W. R. Grossmith, of 110 Strand, London, has recently been entrusted with a unique case, in which both legs and both arms have been amputated. The amputations were as follows: right leg amputated above the knee, left leg below the knee with contracted knee-joint, both arms between the wrist and elbow-joint. The case, in spite of its difficulties, was successfully carried through in such a manner that the patient could be independent of others. In order that he might learn to walk, special crutches were devised, which could be controlled with perfect safety by the artificial arms. The hands could be adjusted and detached by the patient himself, and a variety of instruments were fitted to the hands, with a new patent adjustment for quickly inserting the instru ment required, by which he was enabled, the first time they were fitted, to feed himself, using knife, fork, spoon, tumbler-holder, etc., although left. without assistance during the meal, having to change the instruments as required. We direct attention to advertisement on page xii. of this issue.