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TWENTIETH CENTURY OBSTETRICAL AND EASY TERMS On Any Medical Works Send for copy at once. It conin Our Bargain List tains over 5,000 Standard Books at Great Reduction. WE EXCHANGE SALABLE BOOKS YOU NO LONGER NEED. SEND LIST 2623 Olive Street L. S. Matthews & Co., ST. LOUIS, MO. known about condensed milk, and so when you buy or recommend to your patients Borden's "Eagle Brand" you can know that you are getting the best to be had in the condensed milk line. And physicians who have not lookt up the condensed milk claims should write to Borden's for literature on the subject. See adv. on page 13. Florence B., age 30 years; American. Diagnosis, endometritis. Greatly anemic and emaciated. Discharge was so profuse that unless proper appliances were used it would run from her almost constantly. Examination revealed the uterus to be in a highly diseased condition. On the 3d of March, after the patient's secretions had been regulated, I commenced treatment by washing out the uterus and injecting a solution of bovinine and salt water, two-thirds bovinine and one-third salt water, and tamponing the vagina with bovinine pure. Internally she was given two teaspoonfuls of bovinine every hour in peptonized milk and a little water. The vaginal injections and tamponing were employed twice in 24 hours, up to March 14th. At this time the discharge had entirely ceast and the uterus was becoming smaller. The uterin washings now were employed once in 24 hours and, instead of bovinine tamponings, vaginal injections of the bovinine pure. Internally, the bovine was increast to a wineglassful every two hours. March 18th, the patient was up, and went for a short walk, and returned in splendid condition. On March 23d, the uterin injections were discontinued, and the vaginal injections employed once in 24 hours. At this time the uterus had assumed its normal size, and all evidences of inflammation had disappeared. The patient was looking and feeling splendidly. Therefore, local treatment was discontinued. April 1st, she was discharged cured, but instructed to return at intervals for examination and continue the bovinine internally indefinitly. This case was certainly an extreme one and by all gynecologists an operation would have been deemed, I think, an absolute necessity. For terms on medical books that you may need, or for terms on those that you wish to part with, address Matthews & Co., of St. Louis, Mo. See adv. on page 23. If you have any nervous or mental patients that need the care of a sanitarium, write to Dr. Kinney, of Easton, Pa. A beautiful country. See adv. on page 21. A recent addition to the Unguentine family is "Unguentine Dermal Soap. A soap that contains the healing properties that have made Unguentine famous would be a very useful article. For the physician's own use what better than such a soap for ordinary use? For the physician's hands need to be cleaner than other people's, and also they are more subject to dangerous infections. See adv. on page 30, and send for descriptiv circular and free sample. "Dr. W. M. Gray, Microscopist to the Army Medical Museum at Washington, D. C., by tests, has proven conclusivly the bactericidal action of Tyree's Antiseptic Powder as to the anthrax bacillus, the staphylococci of pus, etc. It combines the qualities of such agents as salicylic and boric acid, so that its application to diseased mucous surfaces has a mild, stimulating, and astringent (Continued on page 26) President Roosevelt said to Harriman "You and I are Practical Men" It is with that idea we wish to address our prospective cus tomers. You are a practical man and know a good thing when you see it. We make a splint that is PRACTICAL. 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To new subscribers we will send it for 14 months, beginning with November, 1908, to include the Doctor's Dispensatory complete, and 1,000 dispensing labels with name printed on, or a hypodermic syringe, free; the syringe is put up in a neat case which contains also needles, vials, wires, washers, etc.; a complete outfit guaranteed to do the work as well as a $3.00 syringe. FOUR MONTHS' TRIAL-TEN CENTS Address Physicians Drug News, Newark, N. J. effect in the rapid healing of diseased tissues. While it may be applied as a powder, when circumstances demand, the economy of its use consists in the fact that water (so as to make from 10 to 50 percent solution) may be added at the time its use may be required. A trial package will be mailed free of charge to physicians if they will send their name and address to J. S. Tyree, Chemist, Washington, D. C. Before buying a breast pump, learn about the "Hoover'-not the ordinary kind. In an article of this kind you want the best, and the best only. See adv. on page 16. FORT SMITH, Ark. Philo Burt Mfg. Co., Jamestown, N. Y.: GENTLEMEN:-Replying to your inquiry of 2d inst. will say that the braces for spinal curvature obtained of you have been highly satisfactory in each of the three cases. They are still being worn, and all are improving, and highly pleased. The appliance is so comfortable and kindly borne in this climate that it is much better than a plaster cast. Respectfully, E. H. STEVENSON, M.D. Member Executiv Staff Belle Point Hospital. See adv. on page 27. In whooping cough, croup, diphtheria, etc., try Vapo-Cresoline. Nothing to take, so will not conflict with internal medicin. It simply allows the patient to breathe an atmosphere that will make him well. See adv. on page 26, and send for full and interesting literature. "Oxydendrine is peculiarly adapted by its properties to the treatment of organic lesions in the heart, liver, and kidneys, and the dropsies therefrom. "Reduces the pulse and exerts a profound but safe control over the heart by balancing pressure between the arterial and venous currents and restoring and maintaining normal compensation when disturbed from any cause. See adv. on page 4. For an idea of the popularity already attained with the profession by Abbott's Saline Laxativ, see the Pike's Peak comparison on page 11. If you have not yet tried the Abbott preparations, send for samples. You will like to deal with this house after you get started, we feel sure. The physician who prescribes Gray's Glycerin Tonic Comp., in original bottles, knows that he is getting a product representing quality, uniformity, and therapeutic efficiency. The definit responsibility of a reputable firm always insures reliability, and the manufacturers of Gray's Glycerin Tonic Comp. are proud of the faith they have kept with the medical profession. See adv. on page 16. The medical director of one of the very largest insurance companies in the United States ordered a medicin case like the one advertised on page 13. When he received it he wrote The Maltbie Chemical Co. as follows: "A glance at it is sufficient to show that it is good value received for the amount of cost. How do you do it?" There is no secret about how it is done; it is simply the Maltbie Chemical Co.'s method of introducing their tablets to physicians who are unacquainted with them. "It means much to the thoughtful practitioner to have at his command a natural concentrated chalybeate. The substantial success won by Matchless Mineral Water (Aqua Ferri Naturæ) during the past few years is the strongest evidence of the desire and appreciation of physicians for this natural chalybeate. Nature has here eliminated all the unpleasant effects of iron by combining the iron with sulfuric acid, calcium, magnesia, etc. "Matchless Mineral Water is a tonic, styptic, astringent, anti-dyspeptic, and is used successfully in anemia, indigestion, diarrhea, dysentery, hyperchlohydria, typhoid fever, entero-collitis, hemorrhoids, epithelioma (incipient), chronic ulcers, and all inflammatory conditions. It is a powerful tonic, insuring rapid convalescence from any disease or operation that has weakened the system or lowered the vitality. "One important factor is that Matchless Mineral Water keeps its strength indefinitly in any elimate, and its natural concentration makes it the most economical water on the market "' See adv. on page 9, and send for free sample, literature, etc. OCTOBER 27, 1906. The Cloftlin Chemical Co., 75 Cliff Street, City: GENTLEMEN:-At your request, we purchast a package of the medicinal preparation called Emulsion Cloftlin, at a pharmacy on Broadway, in this city, and upon careful analysis of the same we find it contains the following medicinal ingredients in the quantities below stated, to wit: Codliver oil, by weight, 51.05 percent. Vapo resolene ESTABLISHED 1879 A simple and effective treatment for the various affections of the bronchi. Especially useful for very young children. Avoids internal medication or may be used with any other treatment. Indicated in Whooping Cough, Croup, Bronchitis, Diphtheria, and the bronchial complications incident to Measles and Scarlet Fever. Vaporized Cresolene relieves Asthmatics. Laboratory tests have proven the destructive effect of vaporized Cresolene on Diphtheria bacilli. Literature on request. Vapo-Cresolene Co. 180 Fulton St., New York. 288 St. James St., Montreal, Can. THE MEDICAL WORLD The knowledge that a man can use is the only real knowledge; the only knowledge that has life and growth in it and converts itself into practical power. The rest hangs like dust about the brain, or dries like raindrops off the stones.-Froude. The Medical World C. F. TAYLOR, M.D., Editor and Publisher. Entered at the Philadelphia Post-Office as Second-Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: To any part of the United States or Mexico, ONE DOLLAR per year, or FOUR YEARS for THREE DOLLARS; to Canada, ONE DOLLAR AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS per year, or FOUR YEARS for FOUR DOLLARS; to England and the British Colonies, FIVE SHILLINGS SIX PENCE per year; to other foreign countries in the Postal Union, the equivalent of 5s. 6d. Postage free. Single copies, TEN CENTS. These rates are due in advance. HOW TO REMIT: For their own protection we advise that our patrons remit in a safe way, such as by postal money order, express order, check, draft, or registered mail. Currency sent by ordinary mail usually reaches its destination safely, but money so sent must be at the risk of the sender. We cannot always supply back numbers. Should a number fail to reach a subscriber, we will supply another, if notified before the end of the month. Notify us promptly of any change of address, mentioning both old and new addresses. If you want your subscription stopt at expiration of the Pay no money to agents unless publisher's receipt is given. "THE MEDICAL WORLD" The Language is a growth rather than a creation. growth of our vocabulary is seen in the vast increase in the size of our dictionaries during the past century. This growth is not only in amount, but among other elements of growth the written forms of words are becoming simpler and more uniform. For example, compare English spelling of a century or two centuries ago with that of today! It is our duty to encourage and advance the movement toward simple, uniform and rational spelling. See the recommendations of the Philological Society of London, and of the American Philological Association, and list of amended spellings publisht in the Century Dictionary (following the letter z) and also in the Standard Dictionary, Webster's Dictionary, and other authoritativ works on language. The tendency is to drop silent letters in some of the most flagrant instances, as ugh from though, etc., change ed to t in most places where so pronounced (where it does not affect the preceding sound), etc. thruout (throughout); program (programme); catalog (catalogue); prolog (prologue); decalog (decalogue); demagog (demagogue); pedagog (pedagogue). "You are invited to extend notice of this action and to join in securing the general adoption of the suggested amendments.-IRVING SHEPARD, Secretary." We feel it a duty to recognize the above tendency, and to adopt it in a reasonable degree. We are also disposed to add enuf (enough) to the above list, and to conservativly adopt the following rule recommended by the American Philological Association: Drop final "e" in such words as "definite," "infinite," "favorite,' etc., when the preceding vowel is short. Thus, spell "opposit," "preterit," "hypocrit," "requisit," etc. When the preceding vowel is long, as in "polite," "finite," "unite," etc., retain present forms unchanged. We simply wish to do our duty in aiding to simplify and rationalize our universal instrument-language. FEBRUARY, 1909. Ingestion of Medicin With Regard to Obtain= ing the Greatest Efficiency. It is undeniably a fact that we fail to derive all the benefits which we should derive from the administration of medicin. We have been taught to expect a certain effect from the ingestion of a certain amount of a given drug. Our experience teaches us that we will get approximately such an effect, tho it is generally much less, for a given dose, than the text-book would suggest. We know that many drugs are not properly prepared, and are not up to the ideal standard. When, therefore, we note that the results noted fall far short of being ideal, we No. 2 are very prone to ascribe it to the deficiency in the drug or to a peculiarity on the part of the patient. It is then that we either become pessimistic, and drift towards therapeutic nihilism, declaring that "there is nothing in medicin," and that "drug giving is all nonsense"; or, if made of sterner stuff, we believe our medicin to have been at fault and increase the dosage. Thus it comes that we have so many doctors who "do not believe in medicin," and that we have so many patients who are overdrugged by their really able and conscientious attendants. Too often we deem our whole duty done |