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We will at all times be glad to give space to well written articles or items of interest to the profession. Entered at the Postoffice of Denver, Colorado, as mail matter of the second class. Editorial Department. Supreme Court Decision. The decision of the supreme court of Michigan, in the matter of the Detroit Medical College removal, practically settles the Medical Department of the University of Colorado. The fact is, the question of removing the Medical Department of the University of Colorado to Denver is now and has all the time been settled. The only reason why the Medical Department of the University of Colorado is in Denver is because. those that are operating the scheme deny that it is in Denver. It is like a man being present at roll call and answering "no" to his name when called. The Medical Department of the University of Colorado is, in every sense of the word, in Denver and yet we are sorry to say that there are honorable gentlemen connected with this department who, in court upon their oath, deny emphatically that the said Medical Department is in Denver, and they will jest and laugh about it after leaving the court room. Lawyers of the most eminent type, occupying the highest positions in our courts within the gift of the people-even one of the most noted judges, stepping down for a time from his high pinnacle-will argue for hours at a time that the said Medical Department is not in Den ver, knowing full well that they are distorting the facts, possibly taking advantage of a technicality at the time they make such assertions. Can any good ever come to such a school? Can any man, coming out of such a school, ever come to any good end? Truth will, or at least should, prevail; right will, or at least should, succeed. Any institution or cause backed up by lying, deception and "shenanigan” will, or at least should, come to grief. Called to Arms.-When Governor McIntire called the Colorado State Militia to arms it is very gratifying to note that there was but one soldier in all the ranks who pleaded the old time-honored, or time-disgraced, excuse. There were several doctors in the various companies; in fact, one of the companies was headed by the gallant Clayton Parkhill. Rumor has it, we regret to say, that the indisposed individual was a physician. Rumor also has it that his indisposition was caused by the suddenness of the call and that fear had nothing to with his indisposition, but then, rumor is like the tattle of old women and is not always to be relied upon. A Musical Denver Doctor.-Dr. C. K. Fleming has evolved from his multitudinary intellect a rallying campaign march. While it may not be fin de siecle in every sense of the word, it is at least, as Chimmie Fadden would say, "up to de limit." Up to now it is the best campaign song extant. It is called "The Bryan Marsellaise," and is dedicated to Mrs. William Jennings Bryan. It is very popular and has been favorably commented on by the press, not only in the West but in the East. Go it, Doctor, but do not try your hand at light opera until your reputation and fortune are made as a pelvo-abdominal surgeon. Charlotte "Medical Journal."-In point of style, size and quality of reading matter the Charlotte Medical Journal is one of the best in the country. It has had a very remarkable history; only four years old, and yet few medical journals can compare with it from any standard of comparison. Pelvo-Abdominal Surgery Versus Gynecology.-We have advocated for some years past that the title, or term, of Pelvo-Abdominal Surgery take the place of the old title, Gynecology. The advanced, progressive gynecologist of to-day is a pelvo-abdominal surgeon. Abdominal surgery owes everything to the gynecologist and, since. the gynecologist, by his faithful and ardent labors, has brought the work of abdominal pelvic surgery to its present high status, why should he not receive the credit and why should he not adopt that term which best expresses the work done by the gynecologist? It seems to us that it would be eminently proper for those physicians, who see fit, to send out cards calling attention to the fact that their practice is limited and label the card as follows: J. Paylus Jones, Practice Limited to Pelvo-Abdominal Surgery. Book Thieves.-Who is the most despised of men? The man who borrows our books. Who is the most uncomfortable of men? Hear Polonius to Laertes: He who loans his books. "Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry." Therefore it is, most assuredly, an unwise and unjust act to loan a book; and it is, most assuredly, a dishonest act to borrow a book. Hear, again, Polonius to Laertes: Movable Kidney.-The symptoms of movable kidney, says Professor Cunningham (British Med. Journal) may be conveniently divided into three groups. To the first belong a dragging pain in the abdomen; a sense of weight in one side; neuralgic pain in the loin, shooting down the thigh; fatigue on slight exertion. Most of these symptoms are probably the results of dragging upon the vessels and nerves and may attend the prolapse of either kidney. The second group includes gastric phenomena, as indigestion, flatulence and vomiting. These symptoms are not influenced by the kind of food taken; neither is the flatulence relieved by medicine, but by lying down. The pain usually comes on an hour or two after eating. This second train of symptoms can be accounted for on purely mechanical grounds, the right kidney carrying the duodenum with it in its descent. Intractable constipation (due to dragging downward of the colon) without the gastric symptoms, is observed when the left kidney alone is at fault, constituting the third class. In addition to what the writer has mentioned we may note that the urine in renal displacement frequently contains albumin and a great number of epithelial cells, which are apt to be in a state of fatty degeneration. These urinary signs are doubtless owing in part at least to the irritation caused by the twisting of the ureters. The Pre-Asthmatic State.-Under this caption Dr. Ephraim Cutter makes some original observations on the pathology and treat ment of asthma and hay fever. The paroxysms of these complaints are due directly, he says, to the prickling irritation of various sharp crystals to be found in the sputum in the intervals as well as at the time of the attacks. The crystals, which are usually colorless or nearly so, consist of uric acid, triple phosphate, calcium oxalate or cystin. Their presence in the blood and sputum is the result of over-formation beyond the eliminating capacity of the skin and kidneys. Paroxysms of the disorders are excited by anything which lowers the tolerance of the pulmonary mucous membranes to these gravels, as for example, by a cold or by the inhalation of some irritant, in the case of hay asthma, the pollen of certain plants, particularly the artemisia. The paroxysms cease when the patient removes to some higher locality freer from this vegetable dust, but the underlying predisposing condition remains the same, though latent. The great principle of treatment, says the writer, is to get rid of the gravelly concretions in the lungs. To accomplish this result the patient should be instructed to drink a pint of hot water an hour before each meal and at bed time; to reduce the amount of vegetables in his diet, using instead lean chopped beef, fairly broiled; and to keep the skin in good condition by the free use of sponge and tub baths. By way of medicines he advises the administration of English potassium iodide in combination with vegetable tonics. This mode of treatment faithfully followed out readily cured a severe case of asthma of twenty-six years' standing. The writer in conclusion asserts that Dr. Salisbury discovered the sputum crystals long before Leyden and Curschmann. Ten Things a Physician Should Never Forget.— I. That disease is simply an unbalanced state of health. 2. That most maladies are complex in character, and the complication often exceeds in importance the primary disorder. 3. That every morbid phenomenon, however obscure and remote, has its reason and cause. 4. That prominent symptoms are frequently situated at some distance from the seat of disease. 5. That most derangements are atypical, varying with the personality and environments of the patient. 6. That every active remedy excites reaction as well as action. 7, That a stimulant is merely a spur, and that a narcotic is a gag stifling the cry of nature for relief. 8. That proper diet, clothing, climate and occupation with rest |