A PORTABLE ANTISEPTIC DRESSING. By CHARLES MEIGS WILSON, M. D., (LECTURER ON OBSTETRICS AND GYNECIC SURGEON TO THE PHILADELPHIA LYING-IN CHARITY.) E desire to call the attention of the medical profession to a new form of Antiseptic Dressing, suggested by Charles Meigs Wilson, M. D., of this city. It consists of 7.3 grains of corrosive sublimate, and 7.7 grains of ammonium chloride, in the form of Compressed Tablets, each of which, when added to a pint of water, will make a millesimal solution. The ammonium chloride hastens solubility, and makes a permanent solution by preventing the decomposition of the bichloride and the deposition of calomel. Dr. Wilson says: (Medical News, December 27th, 1884.) "To those medical men who desire to use this, the safest and best antiseptic agent, the Tablets will prove of great use; they save the carrying about of bulky solutions; they make a solution which is mathematically correct, as to its strength; they eliminate an element of danger, because the physician can carry the Tablets about with him, making and using the solution when required, and throwing the unused portion away, thus avoiding the necessity of leaving a dangerous poison in the hands of irresponsible or ignorant people, or the necessity of bringing his solution at each visit; they will also be of use as a means of preparing disinfectant solutions, as a large amount of disinfecting material can be obtained in this way in a compact form." Each Tablet contains the requisite amount of corrosive sublimate to make a 1 to 1000 solution when added to a pint of water, which is the ordinary strength employed. For vaginal douching, urethral injections, etc., 1-2000 is the proper strength. By increasing or diminishing the amount of water, the strength of the solution may be altered at pleasure. For example: Elaborate experiments conducted by Drs. Arloing, Cornevin and Thomas, at Lyons, France, and by Dr. Koch, at Berlin, and Dr. Sternberg, of the U. S. A., prove that corrosive sublimate is the most efficient germicitic agent known, an aqueous solution of one part to five thousand being capable of destroying the resting-spores of bacilli, which are the most difficult of all forms of life to destroy. Hence, these Tablets gives us one of the easiest and best methods of destroying typhoid fever stools, and preventing contagion. As a disinfectant, it possesses the great advantage of having no odor. The Tablets are put up in bottles of 25 each, which will be sent by mail on receipt of thirty-five cents. JOHN WYETH & BROTHER, Manufacturing Chemists. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Fluid Cosmoline (Petroleol) is a fixed oil of Petroleum, a pure hydrocarbon prepared expressly for medical use. From it all the volatile and otherwise offensive properties of the crude Petroleum have been separated, without the aid of chemicals. Perfectly indifferent to atmospheric action, it remains inalterable in any climate. It is neutral in reaction, bland, soothing, cooling, and may therefore be applied to the most sensitive conditions without irritation. Flowing at 32° Fahr., it may be used either alone or as a menstruum for injections. Not evaporating below 325° Fahr., it may be warmed to any temperature the body can endure. It will be found excellent to relax the skin, to protect irritated surfaces from the air, and to use as a constituent in liniments, ointments and plasters, where an emollient is needed. For these, and many other purposes, obvious to the medical profession, it will be found. superior to olive oil, or to any vegetable or animal oils, which undergo decomposition, and turn rancid. It contains no foreign ingredient. SAMPLES FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION. [Petroleol] Is put up in 1-lb., 5-lb., 10-lb., 25-lb., 50-lb. and 100-lb. Cans. PREPARED BY E. F. HOUGHTON & CO.. 211 SOUTH FRONT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. BEKF PEPTONOIDS THE ONLY PERFECT FOOD EVER PRODUCED! THE NUTRITIVE CONSTITUENTS OF BEEF AND MILK WITH GLUTEN. Each Ounce of Powder Represents 10 Ounces of Beef, Wheat and Milk. 1st. Beef Peptonoids, as now prepared, is both pleasant to the taste and smell. 2d. There is no food preparation that compares with it in nutritive properties. 3d. It contains over 98 per cent of nutritious matter. 4th. One ounce of Beef Peptonoids contains more nourishment than five pints of beef tea prepared from eighty ounces of beef. 5th. Beef Peptonoids is the only preparation, rich in nitrogenous matter, 6th. It has the advantage of being easily and quickly prepared for use. is pleasant to the taste. that REGINA examined by me. It merits my fullest endorse- "Beef Peptonoids is the most concentrated nitrogenous food I have ever examined. It is a complete food, consisting of 95 per cent of assimilable solids of the most nutritious character." PROF. C. R. C. TICHBORNE, Dublin, Ireland, Professor Chemistry Carmichael College of Medicine, Fellow of the Institute of Chemis try, President Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, etc. Price, in four-ounce packages, $1.00; also for convenience and economy. we put up Beef Peptonoids in 16-oz. tins. which will be sent to any physician's address, postpaid, on receipt of $2.50. Sample maiied on application. Thanking the profession for generous support in the past, we remain, Very respectfully, REED & CARNRICK, 182 FULTON ST., NEW YORK. BY the researches of Dr. Koch, it is now known that acids are most useful to kill the cholera microbe, and have been successfully employed by the profession in Europe. Dr. CHAS. GATCHELL, of Chicago, in his Treatment of Cholera," says: "As it is known that the cholera microbe does not flourish in acid solutions, it would be well to slightly acidulate the drinking water. This may be done by adding to each glass of water half a teaspoonful of Horsford's Acid Phosphate. This will not only render the water of an acid reaction, but also render boiled water more agreeable to the taste It may be sweetened if desired. The Acid Phosphate, taken as recommended, will also tend to invigorate the system, and correct debility, thus giving increased power of resistance to disease. It is the acid of the system, a product of the gastric functions, and hence, will not create that disturbance liable to follow the use of mineral acids." A recent report from Bangkok, Siam, states the facts in the case of a native, who was attacked with cholera. The usual treatment failed to afford any relief, and the case appeared hopeless. It occurred to the attending physician to try Horsford's Acid Phosphate. After the second dose the patient commenced to revive, and six hours after, he was pronounced out of danger. Pamphlet sent free. Physicians desiring to test Horsford's Acid Phosphate, will be furnished & sample, without expense, except express charges. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS AND DANGEROUS SUBSTITUTES. These Works also manufacture Prof. Horsford's baking preparations, which are made of acid phosphate in powdered form. These preparations restore the nutritious elements that are taken from the flour in bolting. No other baking powder or anything else used for raising bread, does this. The use of these preparations is positively beneficial to health. The Horsford Almanac and Cook Book sent free. RIGOLLOT'S MUSTARD RIGOLLOT'S Rigollot's Mustard Paper. Is one of the most important and useful discoveries of the age, but it is not (as certain dealers of bad faith pretend) a preparation that any one can make, for it is not manufactured with a mustard that every one can buy. Rigollot's Mustard Paper. RIGOLLOT'S Is the discovery of MR. P. RIGOLLOT, who is the exclusive Manufacturer, it is the only preparation which has been adopted by the civil and military hospitals and the armies and navies of France and England, and which has obtained a medal at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia. All other mustard plasters or leaves, of whatever name, are but imitations of the original. RIGOLLOT'S MUSTARD PAPER. RIGOLLOT'S RIGOLLOT'S PAPER. [For the Brief.] Introduction of Foreign Substances into the Body. EDITOR MEDICAL BRIEF: About three weeks ago, Dr. S., of this city, was called to see little Henry R. He found him suffering from retention of the urine and considerable swelling of the glans penis. The usual remedies were resorted to but with no effect and the urine was finally drawn off with the catheter which only gave temporary relief. The little fellow gradually grew worse and after a few days Dr. W. was called in consultation, the catheter was again introduced, but with only temporary relief. As the swelling of the glans was considerable and the foreskin drawn down tightly over them, it was thought best to divide the foreskin, which was performed in the usual manner. I will here state that the little patient was just three years old on the day the operation was performed. Upon the division of the foreskin Dr. W. observed something protruding from the meatus, which, after some little difficulty was removed, as it seemed to be imbeded just within the orifice and coated with pus. The foreign body proved to be a small stone (such as are found in this vicinity in large quantities) about three-eighths of an inch long and about two-eighths of an inch in diameter at its largest end and tapering to a blunt point and somewhat rough in outline. Now, what seems to be somewhat remarkable is, that the presence of the stone in the urethra was not discovered upon the introduction of the catheter, and more than that both the physicians contend that the stone was a renal calculus, that it formed in the kidney, passed down the ureter into the bladder, then onward in its course until it lodged within the meatus. I have not written this article as a criticism of the physicians' practice in this case, but I do not agree with them in regard to the origin of the stone. I am thoroughly satisfied that the child itself, or some of its playmates, introduced the stone into the urethra, that after being there a while it produced inflammation which caused the swelling of the glans and tightness of the foreskin (phymosis). I have known the child almost from |