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Ferro-Salicy'ata may be used in combination with the Iodides and Bromides of Potassium and Sodium. Associated with the former it will prove an admirable alterative and tonic in secondary syphilis, attended by a debilitated condition of the general system. It also combines well with Chlorate Potassium, the Hypophosphites, with Fowler's solution, the vegetable bitter tonics, either in Fluid extract or Tincture form.

Ferro-Salicylata, and all other preparations of the Merrell Company, reach the laity through professional channels only. We therefore avoid entering into the minute details of their application, leaving the physician to make such practical use of our therapeutic notes as, in his judgment may be best suited to individual cases.

An admirable combination of well known and highly approved medical agents; recommended in acute, chronic and capillary bronchitis, in ordinary coughs and colds, and wherever a routine" expectorant is suggested.

CAUTION.-Dispensers are reminded that the Elixir Pinus Compositus of this manufacturer is wholly unlike the many syrups, etc., under similar names, and the difference will be readly appreciated when tried. In testing the physical properties of the Elixir Pinus, note especially its delicate taste and perfect freedom from the odor of rank syrup, the drastic, harsh and repulsive characteristics of the crude blood root, and other coarser ingredients characteristic of competing preparations.

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CONCERNING THE DOCTOR

DR. R. L. GALBREATH died at his home in Carthage, Mo., on January 29, aged 50 years.

DR. ELMER E. BARR (colored) has been appointed upon the Cook County medical staff.

DR. ERNEST B. SANGREE, of Nashville, has been appointed Bacteriologist to the State Board of Tennessee.

DR. S. H. CHARLTON, one of the oldest physicians in Indiana, died at his home in Seymour, on January 12th, age 70 years.

DR. ABNER C. JONES, of Munsey, Ind., died on the 28th of January, at the age of 48. He is said to have been the youngest soldier that served through the late

war.

DR. J. F. B. LILLARD has been appointed advertising manager for the Norwich Pharmacal Company, of Norwich, N. Y. We congratulate this company upon its wise selection.

DR. ISAAC OTT, Dean of the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, announces that the chairs of Anatomy, Clinical Surgery and Genito-Urinary Surgery are vacant in that institution.

SIR JOSEPH LISTER has been honored with a peerage by the Queen of England. It is said that a daily paper, in announcing the fact, referred to "Sir Joseph Lister who gave the world Listerine."

DR. DECLAT died at his villa, Nice, France, November 26, 1896. He was the originator of the antiseptic method of treatment in medicine and surgery. He administered phenic acid, and used it for dressings in 1861, and for hypodermic injections in 1863.

DR. PERRY MILLARD, of St. Paul, Minnesota, died on February 1, in the private ward of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, of pernicious anemia. He had been there for nearly two months and, though at first hopes were entertained of his recovery, he had lately been failing rapidly. Dr. Millard was one of the most prominent members of the profession in the Northwest. He was one of the first promotors of the Association of American Colleges, and he had been for many years Dean and Professor of Surgery in the University of Minnesota. His labors as an educator helped greatly to advance the curriculum of studies in the medical schools of the west.

SIR SPENCER WELLS, the well known surgeon and ovariotomist, died at Cannes, France, on the first day of the present month. He was the eldest son of the late Mr. Wells, of St. Albans, Hertfords, his mother being the daughter of the late Mr. Wright, of Richmond, Surrey. He was born in 1818 at St. Albans, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. His first medical experience was in the infirmary at Leeds, but he subsequently studied in the Anatomical School at Dublin and at St. Thomas' Hospital, London. In 1841 he became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and three years later was elected one of the Honorary Fellows. At the close of the Russian-Turkish war, in which he officiated as naval surgeon, he returned to England and revived the operation with which his name has been chiefly associated, and ultimately became surgeon to the Samaritan Hospital for Women. In April, 1883, in acknowledgment for "distinguished services rendered to the medical profession and to humanity," Her Majesty conferred upon him the honor of a baronetcy.

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MEDICAL MISCELLANY

American Products First.- Physicians generally will find food for thought in the novel announcement of the Chas. Roome Parmele Co. in this issue.

He Knew. "This" said the professor, as he exhibited a human jawbone, "is the inferior maxillary." "I beg your pardon, professor," said one of the married students, "but didn't I understand you to say that the skeleton you have before you belonged to a female?" "I did." "In that case, then, there is no inferior maxillary." -Med. Standard.

New Method for Reducing Hernia.- Dr. Stafford says continuous pressure for reducing a hernia is advisable in nearly all cases. An ordinary rubber bandage, two and one-half inches wide and three yards long, is wound about the scrotum and penis, commencing below the centre and drawing tighter at the lowest part, until all the parts are covered. This is less painful and more effective than taxis. The same method is employed for prolapsed rectum.

New Firm.-Dr. J. W. Moore, formerly of the Holekamp-Moore Instrument Co., St. Louis, has withdrawn from that house, and associated himself with Messrs. Blees and Clements, the style of the firm being the Blees-Moore Instrument Co. Elegant quarters have been secured at No. 213 North Tenth street, where a well selected stock of physicians' supplies will be carried. The best wishes of Dr. Moore's many friends go with him. See his announcement on another page.

The Laryngoscope, published in St. Louis, has been selected as the official organ, for the year 1897, of the Laryngological Section of the New York Academy of Medicine. This selection, and the great probability of the same journal being. chosen by other Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Societies as their official organ, would indicate that The Laryngoscope has become what its proprietors stated they intended to make it, i. e., The American Journal of Record for the specialties represented.

Visited Asylum No. 2.-The students of the University Medical College, of Kansas City, visited State Insane Asylum, No. 2, at St. Joseph, recently. The visit was made from a strictly medical standpoint. Dr. Jno. Punton, Professor of Nervous Diseases, accompanied the students. Dr. C. R. Woodson, superintendent of the asylum, held a special clinic and delivered a lecture, which was much enjoyed by those present. Among the other professors who accompanied the students were the President, Dr. J. M. Allen; Dean, Dr. Wainwright; Secretary, Dr. L. A. Berger, Drs. S. C. James and C. W. Adams.

Why Ice Water is Dangerous. The reason why so many physicians object to the drinking of water during the mealtime, is that Americans, as a rule, drink ice water. The temperature of the stomach is 98 to 100 Fahrenheit. After a meal it should be from 99 to 102, and if a person is exercising it sometimes will run up to 103. Now this temperature is necessary to carry on digestion in a perfectly healthy way. Constant drinking of ice water during the meal or an ice at the close of the meal will reduce the temperature of the stomach sometimes to 95, which would stop digestion and sooner or later render one a confirmed dyspeptic. Water of an ordinary temperature is not so objectionable--in fact, it would be better to take a swallow of water now and then during the meal, provided the water is cool, not iced. Foods that are slightly diluted, are more easily digested than those which are concentrated and dry.-MRS. S. T. RORER, in February Ladies' Home Journal.

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Treatment of Nasal Catarrh.-Mucous membranes are a law unto themselves, and their many strange characteristics seem indeed past finding out.

The foregoing is particularly true of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat. Just when we think we have fully mastered the task of their successful treatment, complications arise that leave the last state worse than the first. That we have much yet to learn of the treatment of the various forms of rhinitis, is evidenced by the fact that the remedies employed are almost numberless, and the means of applying the same, extremely varied. From the snuffing of salt-water from the hand, to applications of complicated formulæ by compressed air apparatus, we have indeed a wide range. A simple application recently came under the writer's observation, and its benefits have been demonstrated beyond question. This instrument is the Birmingham nasal douche, a cut of which appears below.

It is not so impressive as the beautiful cylinders used in spraying, neither is it so costly. It might be added, that it is not dangerous, and the patient may safely use it at home.

Mucous membranes are easily irritated, and are readily liable to shock, with its characteristic reaction. Those most familiar with the use of sprays and vapors, know how frequently the membrane is rendered more congested by their use, and how very disappointing such applications are in consequence of the above fact. We give opiates and anæsthetics to prevent surgical shock. Why not apply the same principal to the treatment of the nasal mucous membranes, prior to making our applications? This we can readily do by the use of cocaine or eucaine solutions, used in sufficiently weak dilution to prevent any constitutional disturbance, or the formation of a drug habit. The membrane will soon become accustomed to the method of treatment, if a proper one, and the local anesthetic may be readily dispensed with. All applications to the nasal lining should at least be at the ordinary body temperature. In applying even cocaine, it has been found preferable to use a little cotton on a probe, and gently paint the irritated surface. In other words, use the least possible force. The little instrument just mentioned requires the least possible force and is devoid of danger, either to the parts treated, or those adjacent. Too often we find in the treatment of nasal catarrh, that while the nose is benefited and the inflammation perhaps perfectly relieved, we have by our treatment, set up an inflammation of the Eustachian tube and middle ear. An alkaline solution of antiseptic value will give best results. As proof of this we have only to notice the standing of such remedies as Dobel's and Seiler's solution. A most excellent application of true antiseptic and cleansing properties is Glyco-thymoline (Kress). This remedy has been largely used with the Birmingham nasal douche, in the proportion of 1 to 6, with warm water. It will be found particularly satisfactory in the treatment of those forms of nasal catarrah, in which the troublesome scales of hardened matter cause such great discomfort to the patient, and difficulty in their removal.

Glyco-thymoline may be used in variable proportions as indicated in various cases. At this season of the year, when in our changeable climate every one suffers more or less from rhinitis, the nasal douche and this solution will be found particularly appropriate.