have a scientific system of ventilation, are lighted exclusively by electricity, have two passenger elevators and are elegantly furnished. It is an admirably equipped institution for the reception of chronic and convalescent patients, sent by their physicians for treatment. Scientific hydrotherapeutics, two distinct and valuable mineral waters. which have proved especially beneficial in the relief of rheumatism, skin, kidney and nervous diseases, electricity, massage, gymnastics and every case under constant observation and direction of experienced, regular physicians. Every physician should read their brochure. It gives a full description of everything in and about The Alma and is sent free to any address.

There is no opiate that serves the purpose that does Papine. Bromidia speaks for itself. Iodia is an alterative, unsurpassed in its merits. I prescribe these remedies, and specify Battle & Co., because they are so well prepared that I think no drug store or prescriptionist capable of combining their ingredients so nicely, so accurately, and all considered so reliably as they are coming from their laboratory.

J. H. GILES, M. D., West Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 23, 1895. Alimentation in Mental Disorders.-In the management of cases of nervous and mental diseases, great difficulty is frequently experienced in the feeding of the patient owing to the presence of nervous anorexia or various delusions. These persons sometimes refuse food on the ground of poverty or the inability of swallowing it, and the physician's ingenuity may be taxed to the utmost to provide nourishment in such form that it will be taken in sufficient quantity to sustain life. Obviously, a concentrated albuminous food product, which can be administered without the patient's knowledge is a desideratum, and for this purpose Somatose is eminently adapted. It contains the nutrient principles of meat in a condensed, digestible and assimilable form, and being readily soluble in a variety of fluids and practically free from taste and odor can be given without distrust to the insane. Dr. Kornfeld (Medic Chirurg. Centralbl.) relates two interesting cases illustrating the value of Somatose in cases of dementia. The first was that of a woman suffering from senile melancholia, who refused food on the plea that it no longer passed into the stomach, the greatest difficulty being experienced to administer even a small amount of nourishment in a fluid form. Somatose was given for seven weeks in soup, coffee, or in form of Somatose Chocolate, and at the end of this time she began to eat everything, increased in weight, became more quiet and content, and this improvement has persisted for ten weeks. The other patient, who had been affected with paralysis for six weeks, could be induced only with the greatest difficulty to take coffee and

soup. After one week's employment of Somatose, which had been added to his food without his knowledge, the appetite improved, he began of his own accord to eat more heartily, became more lively and active and gained in weight. This improvement has kept up for six weeks.

Pain and Rest in Diphtheria.-Rest is one of the sweetest words in our language, and in the management of no disease is this more true than in diphtheria. In keeping with the experience of Prof. T. E. Murrell, Ex-Vice-President of the American Medical Association, and Dr. Pollack, of St. Louis, who have found antikamnia valuable as a reliever of the pain of nocturnal earache, it has also been found of great value as a sleep producer in these cases. Given in doses of two and a half to five grains every two to four hours, there is no depression, nor have other than satisfactory results been obtained. Dr. Eggers, of Horton Place, St. Louis, reports in the treatment of an attack of diphtheria in a member of his own family, that, to obtund the pain consequent upon the injection of antitoxine-serum, which ordinarily lasts from three to four hours, he exhibited antikamnia internally, securing relief in a few minutes. In the treatment of any neuroses of the larynx, coughs, bronchial affections, la grippe and its sequelae, as well as chronic neuroses, clinical reports verify the value of codeine in combination with antikamnia, the therapeutical value of both being enhanced by combination.

D. T. Hudgens, M.D., Elizabeth, Ark., says: I have used S. H. Kennedy's Extract of Pinus Canadensis in leucorrhea with very good results. I have had under my treatment, Mrs. S., age 33 years, for leucorrhea, with anteversion of the uterus. I used the White Extract per vaginam as a local treatment for the leucorrhea, and the treatment was attended with success. I am satisfied that Pinus Canadensis should occupy a prominent position in our materia medica.

Notwithstanding the large number of Hypophosphites on the market, it is quite difficult to obtain a uniform and reliable Syrup. "Robinson's" is a highly elegant preparation, and possesses an advantage over some others, in that it holds the various salts, including Iron, Quinine, and Strychnine, etc., in perfect solution, and is not liable to the formation of fungous growths.

Oak Lawn.-Dr. Frank Parsons Norbury, of Jacksonville, Ill., has been appointed as Medical Superintendent of Oak Lawn, a Private Retreat for the Insane at Jacksonville, Ill. This institution has been successfully conducted for over twenty-three years by the late Andrew McFarland, M.D., LL.D., and his son, Geo. C. McFarland, M.D.

A List, Issued by the Colorado Medical Library Association, of the Medical Books, owned by the Public Library, and of its own Collection of Medical Books, Medical Journals, Medical Society Reports and Proceedings, Hospital Reports, Health Reports, Etc, all in the Medical Department of the Public Library, Denver, January 1, 1897.

NOTE.

The Colorado Medical Library Association was organized in May, 1893, "for the establishment of a library and the accumulation of literature for the same, by purchase, gift or otherwise, for the diffusion of knowledge of the medical arts and sciences." All persons are eligible for membership on payment of an annual fee of five dollars.

The growth of the library in less than four years is manifested in the present catalogue. It need hardly be said that the greater part of the material here represented has been freely given by those who have at heart the improvement of medical facilities in this region.

The present publication is intended not only to invite the physicians of Colorado to become members of the Library Association, but to urge any who may be able to supply missing volumes in the list of journals, or who have books of reference which can be spared, to donate such to the library.

BOOKS ON MEDICINE.

PROPERTY OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

The Public Library would be pleased to have anyone report the typographical errors they may see in any of the lists published, that they may be corrected before the final catalogue is printed.

Books on medicine, save those marked "Reference," may be taken from the library. Bound medical journals and proceedings are lent only to members of the Colorado Medical Library Association. Current numbers of medical journals are never lent.

The books in this list are arranged alphabetically by the names of their authors. Those with a before the call-number belong to the Colorado Medical Library Association. On the shelves the books are arranged in the order of the subjects of which they treat. The main classes into which they are divided, and the numbers by which the classes are distinguished, are as follows: