grounded position he has taken, which has been thoroughly appreciated by us and by the medical profession generally.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the Minutes of this meeting, be transmitted to Mr. Bok, and be published in the medical journals throughout the country.

Dr. Porter presented the following resolution bearing upon the death of Dr. I. N. Love, an ex-president of the American Medical Editors' Association:

Through the joys of to-day come refrains in minor key. We welcome our friends again, but some have dropped out forever. One day eager in all that makes the activities of life-the next cold and silent on the bosom of the dark, mysterious river. Dr. I. N. Love was no ordinary man. Endowed as few are, he cultivated the art of showing to others the natural buoyance of his nature and keeping well within himself the burden and shadows that few knew of and the many never dreamed of. No one was better known in the medical societies of the country and especially in this Association. Quick, witty, generous, he made friends at every turn, and if to-day he made an enemy, to-morrow he was likely to kill him with kindness.

Of his work as a physician and as an editor, you who were his friends through the decades, need not be told. As a physician he was sympathetic and intelligent beyond the possibilities of most men. The devotion of his patients was a natural sequence following the sunshine of his presence in the sick room. As an editor he was original and personal, but his personalities were more likely to be eulogistic than censorious. He called his Journal “a reflex of the medical profession," but it was more notably a reflex of his own life.

Realizing the difficulty of expressing a just appreciation of the life of one so brilliant, so fascinating and energetic, yet in token of the sense of loss sustained by the Association, be it

Resolved, That the members of the American Medical Editors' Association, while mourning the decease of Dr. I. N. Love in the zenith of his manhood and opportunities for usefulness, remember and cherish the recollection of all in his most attractive individuality that made his record so large a part of the history of this Association.

Resolved, That a large page of our record books be set apart for the resolutions and that a copy be sent with our truest sympathy to the members of his family.

WM. PORTER.
C. F. TAYLOR.

A committee was appointed by the Chair, composed of C. F. Taylor, chairman, Dr. Hogehead of San Francisco, Cal., and Dr. Pilcher of Carlisle, Pa., and the Secretary, member ex-officio, to draft a new Constitution and By-Laws to be presented at the next meeting.

The following officers for the coming year were elected:-
President, Harold N. Moyer, Chicago, Ill.

First Vice-President, C. Evelyn Pilcher, Carlisle, Pa.

Second Vice-President, O. F. Ball, St. Louis, Mo.

Secretary and Treasurer, J. MacDonald, Jr., New York.

The Executive Committee: C. E. de M. Sajous, Chairman; John Punton, W. A. Young, W. C. Abbot, H. M. Simmons, C. F. Taylor, and Chas. Wood Fassett.

This Association now enjoys a membership of over 100 active medical editors, and those medical journalists not now associated are invited to present their applications for membership to the Secretary, Dr. J. MacDonald, Jr., 100 William Street, New York City, N. Y.

ENDERMOL. In a paper “On the Local Application of Formaldehyde in Dermatology" (American Journal of Dermatology, July, 1904), Dr. August Ravogli, Professor of Dermatology and Syphilography, Medical Department Cincinnati University, makes repeated favorable mention of Endermol. He has used it with very good results as a vehicle for ichthoform, empyroform, etc. An Endermol ointment containing 1 to 2 per cent. ichthoform acted very well in two cases of infantile eczema. Empyroform, which has been praised by the clinics of Professor Nicolaier at Goettingen, Prof. Neisser at Breslau, and Prof. Pick at Prague, was successfully used as an ointment with Endermol in several cases of eczema. In some cases of squamous eczema, where a 1 to 5 per cent. Empyroform-Endermol ointment was used, the results obtained were also in accord with those reported by the above-named clinics. It diminished the itching sensation, removed the scales, and restored the epidermis to a normal condition. The Empyroform-Endermol ointment was also used to conclude the treatment in infantile eczema, but there the effects were not so satisfactory.

With 1 to 10 per cent. formo-resorcin, Endermol makes a soft, homogeneous, slightly pinkish salve which is easily spread on cloth for application. The combination was used in leg ulcers and psoriasis.

EMPYROFORM.- In a clinical lecture on skin affections in children, Dr. W. S. Gottheil, Dermatologist to the City, Lebanon, and Beth Israel Hospitals, New York, exhibits amongst others a case of psoriasis nummulata. The local treatment consists in the first place in the thorough removal of the scales by means of a hot-water-green-soap bath and a scrubbing brush; this must be repeated from time to time as the necessities of the case demand. Of late he has been using tar very much more than chrysarobin, which was the favorite application some time ago. Tar is less likely to excite dermatitis and does not have quite so dreadful an effect on the patient's clothes and general comfort. Rectified birch tar (oleum rusci)

10 per cent., in olive oil or vaseline, will do very well; the proportion of tar is to be increased as the susceptibility of the patient's skin is ascertained. During the last winter he has been using a tar-formalin preparation called empyroform a good deal in these cases, and is satisfied with its effects. He prescribes for the cases in question a 5 per cent. empyroform-vaselin ointment, to be thoroughly rubbed in with a bristle brush on all the spots twice daily. The time required to clear the body should not be more than three weeks.

Abstracted from the Archives of Pediatrics, June, 1904 (Vol. 21, No. 6, p. 426).

A CALMATIVE AND NERVE TONIC.- For nervous irritability and insomnia, accompanying the menopause, Daniel's Conct. Tinct. Passiflora Incarnata should be administered in teaspoonful doses every hour, gradually lengthening the intervals as the nervousness is controlled. Its action is especially gratifying with neurasthenic patients. It relieves neuralgia, and gives results where other calmatives are powerless.

Several cases recently reported of hysteria and sleeplessness in patients of all ages, due to dissipation, over-work, and other causes, indicate that the practitioners are obtaining splendid cures from Passiflora, and dwell with emphasis on the fact that no bad after-effects are encountered.

Passiflora gives quietude and refreshing sleep, and may be employed with assurance in all affections of the nervous system.

THE NEW YORK SCHOOL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE announces the following changes in faculty: General Medicine, Profs. Wm. Brewster Clark and Henry Lawrence Schively; Associate Professors, Thos. M. Acken and Edward L. Kellogg; General Surgery, Prof. Simon J. Walsh, and Associate Professor J. Cameron Anderson; Gynecology, Profs. Augustin H. Goelet and A. Ernest Gallant; Pediatrics, Profs. Dillon Brown and Henry Comstock Hazen; Nervous and Mental Diseases, Profs. J. Arthur Booth and Emmet C. Dent; Gastro-Intestinal Diseases, Prof. Robert Coleman Kemp; Ophthalmology and Otology, Profs. John L. Adams and George Ash Taylor; Dermatology, Prof. Robert J. Delvin; Laryngology and Rhinology, Prof. Max J. Schwerd; Orthopedic Surgery, Prof. Homer Gibney; Hydrotherapeutics, Prof. Alfred W. Gardiner; Genito-Urinary Diseases, Profs. Wm. K. Otis, Walter Brooks Brouner, and John von Glahn; Pathology, Prof. E. E. Smith. The facilities of the School have been materially enlarged. JOHN L. ADAMS, M. D., Secretary.

MEDICAL PRACTICES.— Those of our readers who wish to buy or sell a medical practice, or desire an assistantship or partnership, can obtain a list of practices for sale, and all further information, free of charge, by addressing The Medical Echo, Lynn, Mass.

COMMENT ON ANTIKAMNIA AND HEROIN TABLETS.- Under the head of "Therapeutics," the Medical Examiner contains the following by Walter M. Fleming, A. M., M. D.,* regarding this valuable combination: "Its effect on the respiratory organs is not at all depressing, but primarily it is stimulating, which is promptly followed by a quietude which is invigorating and bracing, instead of depressing and followed by lassitude. It is not inclined to affect the bowels by producing constipation, which is one of the prominent effects of an opiate, and it is without the unpleasant sequels which characterize the use of morphine. It neither stupifies nor depresses the patient, but yields all the mild anodyne results without any of the toxic or objectionable phases.

"When there is a persistent cough, a constant 'hacking,' a 'tickling' or irritable membrane, accompanied with dyspnoea and a tenacious mucous, the treatment indicated has no superior. In my experience I found one Antikamnia and Heroin Tablet,' every two or three hours, for an adult, to be the most desirable average dose. For night-coughs, superficial or deep-seated, one tablet, on retiring, if allowed to dissolve in the mouth, will relieve promptly, and insure a good night's rest. In short, it will be found futile to delve for a more prompt and efficient remedy than Antikamnia and Heroin Tablets' in all bronchial complications with laryngeal irritation, dyspnoea, asthma, winter-cough, and general irritability of the thoracic viscera."

*Qualified Examiner in Nervous and Mental Diseases for Supreme Court, New York City.

"LEARNING gives temperance to youth; affords comfort to old age; yields riches to the poor; and is an aid and ornament to the rich."Diogenes.

PAIN. Lord Lytton said, "There is purpose in pain." How true is the fact, especially from a diagnostic point in diseases of women. Dysmenorrhea, that distressing manifestation of uterine obstruction, most frequently caused by congestion, is only one of the many instances. To equalize pelvic circulation and remove uterine engorgement is the object to be attained, and is best accomplished by administering Hayden's Viburnum Compound. Dr. James Charles Copeland says in his "Medical Treatise" in the chapter on "Menstrual Life of Women," "For Dysmenorrhea, characterized by sharp, colicky pains, there is nothing better than Hayden's Viburnum Compound."

WHEN TO OPERATE IN APPENDICITIS.— Now or later? That is the question. While undecided, use Antiphlogistine. Spread warm and thick over the abdomen, and cover with absorbent cotton and a suitable compress. When used early the inflammation is often resolved, the attack

is cut short, and operation becomes unnecessary. The dressing should be renewed when it can be easily peeled off, generally in twelve to twentyfour hours.

WE CANNOT SPEAK TOO HIGHLY OF TROPHONINE. We believe if typhoid and other diseases of the digestive tract, or any portion of it, to say nothing of pneumonia and other diseases of an acute form, were treated with absolute fasting with the exception of some such remedy, or food, as Trophonine, for a period of from five to twenty days, the deaths from these diseases would be astonishingly less frequent.

CELERINA AND ALETRIS CORDIAL RIO, equal parts, teaspoonful every four hours, is a most efficient remedy for amenorrhea.

NEW ORLEANS POLYCLINIC:- Eighteenth Annual Session opens November 7, 1904, and closes May 20, 1905. Physicians will find the Polyclinic an excellent means for posting themselves upon modern progress in all branches of medicine and surgery. The specialties are fully taught, including laboratory and cadaveric work.

For further information address, New Orleans Polyclinic, Post-office box 797, New Orleans, La.

Reviews and Book Notices.

LEA'S SERIES OF MEDICAL EPITOMES:- NAGEL'S EPITOME OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASES. A Manual for Students and Physicians. By Joseph Darwin Nagel, M. D., Consulting Physician to the French Hospital, New York. In one 12 mo volume of 276 pages, with 46 illustrations. Cloth, $1.00 net. Lea Brothers & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia and New York, 1904.

Busy practitioners and all medical students should with one accord give their most hearty thanks to Dr. Nagel for having so successfully and satisfactorily gathered the various facts and data contained in the numerous text-books and pamphlets on the diseases of the mind and nervous system, and woven them into a compact fabric, easily studied by those who are in search of precise information.

There is not a single author or lecturer of high standing,