the beginning of treatment, the pulse, nervous system, temperature, strength and every symptom rapidly improved. The idea originated upon observing the depression of the wet bulb of a wet and dry bulb hygrometer caused by the evaporation of the . water from the gauze, which is applied tightly to the bulb c ntaining the mercury. All that is claimed for this method is that it is more convenient, more easily applied, less dangerous, cheaper and pleasanter to the patient than by any other method. The gauze is to be kept wet until the temperature is reduced to normal."-Philadelphia Medical Journal.

A NEW METHOD OF CLOSING SUPERFICIAL INCISED WOUNDS. -Dr. Arthur G. Bretz (Medical and Surgical Monitor) believes the method very simple, and describes it as follows:

Given a wound on the forehead, for instance, after cleansing and preparing it in the usual way, dry the adjacent surface thoroughly and then apply a piece of adhesive plaster on either side of the wound, the size of the plaster and the distance from the edge of the wound to be determined by the length and character of the same. However, it should be of sufficient width to give ample area for adhesion, which should not be less than onefourth of an inch and not nearer the wound than one-fourth of an inch. Raise the inner edges of the adhesive strips and insert interrupted sutures through them instead of through the skin, draw together and tie. This coapts the edges of the wound even better than stitches through the skin. The wound is then dressed in the usual way.

First, it prevents the painful process of inserting stitches, of which all patients have such a dread.

Secondly, it does away with the possibilities of stitch-hole abscess and the trouble caused by particles of sutures being left in the wound on removing the stitches.

Thirdly, it prevents the stitch-marks, which always add to the unsightliness of the scar.-Canadian Practitioner and Review.

FOR night sweats tr. hydrastis canadensis, in five to twentydrop doses, has proved valuable.-Medical Summary.

SUPRARENAL IN POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGES.-The extraordinary uses of suprarenal gland have been commented upon in all directions. Its use in postpartum hemorrhage has recently been alluded to by Schafer, of Edinburgh. An infusion of the dry substance, thirty grains to the pint of water, is to be injected into the uterine cavity, and its value may be increased by adding sixty grains of calcium chloride. It tends to promote immediate contraction of the uterine musculature, besides acting as the most powerful styptic known. This, and the action of this remedy when hypodermically injected in reviving in heart failure, will make suprarenal an indispensable adjunct to the operating and obstetrical outfits.--Medical Age.

SALOPHEN IN AFTER-PAINS.-Dr. Auderbert (in Arch. Mcd. de Toulouse, February 1, 1901), recommends salophen for the treatment of after-pains. The remedy has the property of abolising the pain without interfering with the contractions of the uterus. He prescribes a dose of fifteen grains, which he repeats in two hours if necessary. As a rule the pains disappear in a half hour after the first dose. It occasionally happens that the pains reappear on the next day, but then another dose drives them away completely and permanently.-Merck's Archives.

Olive Oil for GALL-STONES.-Witthauer reports a case in which 137 stones were passed by a patient to whom olive oil was given daily in doses of from twelve to sixteen ounces. When the patient could no longer tolerate the oil by the stomach it was administered by the rectum.-Modern Medicine.

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Editorial.

FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

Although the meeting at Atlantic City was perhaps larger than that at St. Paul, it had but little advantage in point of numbers; and the great change in the working methods of the organization, make the last meeting notably the most important in its history. While the character of the organization is not changed, the very important change made in the future as pertains to 'business,' as it may come before the Association, is not only a marked feature, but one of the very greatest importance, and one that we confidently believe will redound to great good.

The House of Delegates,' composed of at least one member from each State Society, with additional representatives in proportion to membership in the State socteties, together with representatives from the sections, the Army, Navy, and M. H. S., this House of Delegates never to exceed 150 in number, and to whom shall be relegated all business mat. ters that may require the action of the Association, is, indeed, quite a movement of progress of the very highest degree that can but redound to the good of the entire profession. As a representative body to whom might be entrusted business of any character, the Association had grown entirely too large, and in the effort for a body of over 1,000 members to be gathered together from all parts of our great country, within the short space of less than four days, with but little if any previous conference, distracted by the many other features of both a social and scientific nature it is wonderful beyond compare, that matters have worked so smoothly, so satisfactorily; and speaks well indeed for those composing its membership. It was but impossible that frictions, dissatisfaction, and other causes of complaint should from time to time arise; and the wonder is that the Association has gone along so remarkably well in the past.

Granted, that there have always been in attendance at least a few experienced members continuously from session to session, notably that of the Father of the Association, whose absence at the last meeting, was to us a remarkable feature, who held down the more impulsive element that usually showed its inexperience; yet here was a danger at any time that might have worked disaster. Now, business matters may be transacted readily, smoothly, decorously, and with judgment, by a thoroughly representatively, but limited body. Our National House of Representatives is becoming rather cumbrous, and its work is from time to time sufficiently defective, yet the mass of its business, and its most important matters are,

as a rule, settled first in committee, with opportunities of weeks or possibly months for conference and consideration. We can and do most earnestly and heartily commend the committee to whom was intrusted this mos important matter; and right well, indeed, have they performed so important a duty.

Outside the possibility of greater advantages of transacting its business properly, a longer time is afforded for the scientific work of the Association. Farther, it foreshadows, or should do so, a complete reorganization of State organizations, and no time is more suitable than the present; and we most sincerely hope to witness, within the immediate future, the reorganization of all along similar lines. Possibly local environment, or customs may require some slight variations, but the general characteristics of the National, should pervade all State and Territorial Societies.

The addresses of the President, together with that on Medicine, Surgery and State Medicine, as well as the scientific work in all the sections, so far as we can learn, compare favorably with any preceding meeting. The exhibits were well up with former meetings, and the hotel facilities were satisfactory.

As for the social entertainments afforded, both general and private, as an experienced delegate, one who has been quite a regular attendant for a number of years expressed himself, St. Paul just spread herself, and Minneapolis helped her."

The election of Dr. John A. Wyeth, of New York, as President, is a fitting recognition of his abilities as student of science, a faithful and careful worker, an eminent Surgeon, and a most worthy member of his profession, and courteous gentleman.

The selection of the other officers we believe will give as much satisfaction as is possible, as will also the selection of Saratoga as the next place of meeting.

The journal of the Association is in a most prosperous condition, and its capable and competent editor, Dr. Simmons, was very properly accorded a vote of thanks. It is rapidly becoming just what it should, the exponent of American Medical opinion and thought. Yes, truly, an organ of the American Medical profession with influence and weight.

TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN
ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, ST. PAUL, MINN.,
JUNE 1ST AND 3D, 1901.

A registration of fifty and an addition of forty-eight members represents the cold facts concerning the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the American Academy of Medicine.

It thus begins its first year of a second quarter of a century under auspicious circumstances. The simple tabulation of statistics, however, does not give the true value of the meeting. The subjects under discus

sion consisted first of a symposium on Reciprocity in Medical Licensure, in which the trend of thought seemed to be away from pure reciprocity towards a conditional examination of those men moving from one State to another who had already acquired a license to practice by an examination before a State Board. It was thought on the one hand that it would be almost impossible to so synchronize the movements of the various State Boards of Medical Examiners as to make the examinations practically equivalent; and, on the other, that certain fitness to practice shown by those who had already been in practice should be accepted in lieu of an examination upon the primary sujects while certain other tests should be applied which could easily be met by anyone engaged in active practice if he were at all fit to receive a license.

The other symposium was entitled "Institutionalism," but papers rather treated of the abuses. They were all suggestive, and will form an interesting contribution to the subject. Special mention should be made of a paper by Dr. Hill, of Iowa, upon the present method of supervising institutions of that State, whereby a commission of three, giving their whole time and receiving a salary from the State to supervise the management of all the institutions for the defectives. It removes the oversight of these institutions from politics and is working very well.

Another paper by Dr. H. Bert Ellis, of Los Angeles, describes a hospital in that city owned and controlled by medical men for profit, not philanthropy, which serves as a fair investment for the money and is a great convenience to the profession in that city.

In addition to the papers connected with these symposia were several papers of general interest Dr. Cattell, of Philadelphia, giving the details of the executive management of clinical laboratories in connection with hospitals; Dr. T. D. Davis, of Pittsburg, a valuable paper on the necessity of culture studies for medical students; a paper by Dr. P. Maxwell Foshay, of Cleveland, upon his new method of determining the value of professional services recently outlined in the Cleveland Journal of Medicine; and another by Dr. James A. Spalding, of Portland, Me., giving the personal experience of an ophthalmologist suffering from a sudden loss of vision and consulting first the optician and then the oculist for aid, showing the inefficiency of the former and the great help which the latter gave him.

The meeting concluded with the usual very enjoyable social session after electing Prof. V. C. Vaughan, of the University of Michigan, Presi dent.

CHOLERA INFANTUM.--Physicians coincide in their views regarding the treatment of the Summer Diarrhoea of infants and children to a degree that enables it to be thus briefly summarized: Diet, emptying the ali. mentary tract, antisepsis. For the antiseptic treatment, Listerine alone, or Listerine, aquæ cinnamon and glycerine, or, Listerine, bismuth and