called, length; thence backward towards the made with the convexity downward occiput three and one-half inches; also a scar from the center of the depression backwards three inches. His general condition was good. Has facial paralysis of the left side; tongue protrudes to the right side; right arm and leg not as strong as the left; cannot write or read written words; more or less aphasia, as for example: When asked what certain things are he cannot tell; has no idea of what is good to eat or the quantity; will eat everything set before him; breath is foul; complains of singing in the left ear; hearing diminished, especially on left side. He realizes his mental condition. On September 29th I decided to explore. The head was carefully prepared for operation, and he was placed under chloroform anesthesia. A semi lunar incision was for drainage at the edge of the depression, and the scalp tissues carefully dissected free from the dura, to which they were firmly adherent. As no fragments were found the flap was simply dissected free and a little gauze drain left in at the lowest angle. The drain was removed on the following day, and the silkworm stitches were removed on the fifth day. The wound healed kindly. October 1st, paralysis of the face improved, and is able to put the tongue out straight. October 3rd, can move his tongue in al directions-the first time since he was hurt. His mental condition seems improved; he can say words that he could not before, and from that on his mental condition has steadily improved. He is able to write his name, and is learning to read; his appetite is normal. SAUNTERINGS AT IDYLLWILD. BY KATE GLESSNER CARRITHERS. Study mental hygiene. Take long doses of dolce far niente and be in no hurry about anything in the universal world.-Geo. Eliot. Today there is rain and mists quite obscure the mountains, but the nearby pines and oaks in shades of orange, russet and green look fair and fresh from my tent door. The rush of the little stream is clear through the open silence and nature is restfully renewing her wonderful life. Tomorrow when the sun bursts over the range, the glories of these colors and the intense blue of the sky may seem almost garish in contrast with this gray day. After one rests, the first wide outlook dispels all memories of the dusty stage ride from San Jacinto and gives the salient points of this charming spot. Peak and just below lies Lily Rock. With a cultivated imagination It is easy to evolve a bowed and cowled head from these white out-jutting rocks, and to call this point "The Weeping Monk." Mt. San Jacinto is quite shut out from dwellers in the valley, but all hear epic lays of rugged trail through flower-decked mountainlocked valleys, the steep ascent, the sheer perpendicular walls from which are seen the vast stretches of the Colorado desert. Three days suffice for this gypsy-like excursion through delightful wind-swept solitudes with nightly camp fire and homely camp fare. Is this not what John Muir has called the joy of life? On the west low-shouldered hills are lying, and here from Inspiration Point the outlook into the wide valley is On the northeast rises Tauquitz superb. Sheltered on the west by the ter comes clearly, distinctly, to the ears. Just a few steps to the left a rough path over smooth and slippery boulders leads into the heart of Coldwater canyon, the favorite jaunting spot of the whole valley. Another picture long to be remembered is that from Tauquitz Peak, This trail, winding through open spaces between tall yellow pines and graceful oaks, through buckthorn, lilac and manzanita thickets, by painter's brush, aster and fragrant pennyroyal, ever higher and ever widening in view, is like a jewel in the memory. Up past the slow-moving oxen Courtesy Land of Sunshine Over all the bright foreground and far blue perspective lies a lofty and unbroken silence. A frost-touched morning and stout walking boots are much to be desired for a ramble in Lily Canyon. There in midsummer swayed yellow bells of Lilium Parryi and starry clusters of wild azalea. Down in the rank growth by the water's edge were fragrant hedges of the wild rose. With the feathery fronds of the Woodwardia fern grew nodding columbine and scarlet monkey-flower. Now the touch of King Midas lends color to the green solitude, and gorgeous photo by D. S. Merwin "THE SLOW-MOVING OXEN OF THE LOGGERS." Courtesy Land of Sunshine golden oaks, the vivid yellows of the willow, and softer tones of the wild currant bring sunshine into the shady places. All is silent here, save the fall of water, the swift movement of lizard or ground squirrel, the faint call of a bird, yet the camp with its bustle and stir is not a half mile away. Nearer the picturesque sanatorium with its gay company of tents, lie golf links, a tennis court, and grounds for croquet. Farther on past the links through sweet-scented bracken runs the laughing, hurrying stream. Just here, where the road crosses the shallows, alders crowd with smooth white trunks-the leaves a delicate tracery Two red-letter days are those which mark the rides to Pine Flats and Strawberry Hill. 'Tis a wild, rough trail to the lonely little valley-past huge, mossy boulders, down into bracken-filled dells, across the tiny thread of a stream, up the soft leafcushioned knolls and out into the light with the flats below. To Strawberry Hill, the road winds smoothly along. Here Coulter pines are burdened with giant cones beaded and glistening. Sugar pines swing long, light pendants from the extreme tips of their highest branches, and all frame distant vistas of mountain and valley. The little climb to Sunset Rock is preliminary training for the longer excursions and as such it has its place. The long drives to Hemet dam and lake, together with the detour to Thomas' ranch are interesting in their own way. The big dam holds thirty-seven thousand-acre feet-that is, it would cover thirty-seven thousand acres one foot deep in water. When night falls on Idyllwild, it is rarely beautiful. First comes the after-glow with its clear, cold tints, then the deepening dusk with its black silhouettes of leafless pines stretching bare arms as if in benison. The early lights of Venus and Jupiter gleam low in the west; and when hours are "wee and sma" Orion mounts high and shines glowing, scintillating, above the sleeping valleythe valley that still dreams of the days when it sheltered Ramona and Alessandro.-Land of Sunshine. SELECTED. DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE. THE USE OF RATTLESNAKE POISON IN LEPROSY. (Ueber die Anwending des Giftes der Klapperschlange bei Lepra.) Adolpho Marcondes de Moura, (Brazil, Deutsche medicinische Wochenschrift, November 29, 1900. The author states that he has for years been studying the effects of the poison of the Crotalus durissimus on leprosy. The inhabitants of the interior of Brazil have for a long time eaten rattlesnakes for the of skin diseases of various kinds. Every part of the snake except the head with the poisoning glands, is used in this way. cure This same remedy is also used for leprosy, and the inhabitants believe that if a leprosy victim is bitten by a rattlesnake and does not die as a result of the bite, he will be free from the disease for the rest of his life. The author had been frequently assured by the natives that people afflicted with leprosy had been cured after being bitten by a rattlesnake. He then experimented with the poison on animals and having determined what dose could be safely used, treated cases of leprosy both by the internal administration of the poison and by injections. He obtained the poison from the living snake by gently squeezing the region where the poisonous glands are located, causing the snake to project the poison. This is caught on sterile cotton which is placed in glycerine diluted with an equal amount of water. It is frequently shaken and the cotton allowed to remain in the glycerine several days, the poison from a number of snakes being added from time to time. The author's experiments were made on dogs of a certain weight, and the proper dose of the poison determined. For example: |