Dr. T. G. Comstock has returned from his sojourn in Florida and Havana.

Dr. Wm. Davis Foster visited his Alma Mater and responded to a toast at the Banquet.

Dr. C. O. Boynton, Sparta, Ill., is local surgeon of the I. S. & M. & O. Railroad at that place.

Dr. Paul R. Fletcher mourns the loss of his father, Smith B. Fletcher, who died March 22nd in his 61st year, at his home in St. Louis.

A pretty young lady medical student on being asked by the Professor of surgery, what bones in the body were most liable to fracture, demurely replied: "the ribs."

Dr. Dake and his good wife of Des Moines, Iowa. attended the commencement exercises of the Homeopathic Medical College of Mo., and also the Banquet of the Alumni Association.

Drs. Samuel and Madison Harrell of Noblesville, Ind., accompanied by Mrs. S. Harrell attended the commencement exercises of the Homeopathic Medical College of Mo., and the Alumni Banquet.

Dr. Samuel Harrell of Noblesville, Ind., Secretary of the Indiana Institute of Homeopathy has mailed a "Preliminary Announcement" concerning the plans of that body. All Homeopathic physicians are invited to contribute to the program and to partake of the hospitality of the I. I. The date of meeting is May 11th and 12th.

BY OUR LIMERICK POET.

A fellow named Bill

Had a chill,

And sent for a doctor named Hill.

Says Hill, "Bill, your ill,

Here swallow this pill."

And the next day Hill sent

Bill, a bill

Fit to kill.

DONT'S FOR THE ANESTHETIST.

DON'T hurry the patient in the beginning.

DON'T fail to examine the heart and assure the patient that he can take the anesthetic safely.

DON'T take too much time in producing anesthesia; as soon as the stage of excitement " is reached push the anesthetic.

DON'T fail to note every act of respiration.

DON'T forget that the color of the face is a correct index to the condition of the heart: keep the eyes on the face rather than a finger on the pulse. DON'T fail to use the minimum of anesthetic.

DON'T give a heart stimulant before it is needed.

DON'T forget that in cases of collapse the first thing to do is to pull the tongue forward and make intelligent artificial respiration. It is of more value than hypodermics.

DON'T give an anesthetic, however, without loaded hypodermic, tongue forceps and normal salt infusion apparatus close at hand.

DON'T forget that for the time being the responsibility of the anesthetist is much greater than that of the surgeon.

DON'T fail to have a few moments reassuring conversation with the patient before beginning - it will give him confidence in you.

DON'T watch the abdomen for the respiration movements, listen for them at the mouth and nostrils.

DON'T carry on a conversation with nurses or assistants while giving an anesthetic.

DON'T fail to remember that the behavior of one patient under an anesthetic is not a true index for all.

DON'T allow a large experience to blunt your caution - a fatality may occur with amazing suddenness.

DON'T forget that in no other situation is the physician brought into such proximate relations with life and death. It merits our most painstaking care.

PENNSYLVANIA PRONOUNCES IT WHOLESOME.

Recently a direct effort was made to frame legislative measures which would presumably exclude Vin Mariani from sale in the State of Pennsylvania. The State Board of Health promptly took up the problem. They employed two of the most prominent chemist of Philadelphia, namely: Professor Samuel P. Sadtler and Dr. F. A. Genth, who after critical analyses of Vin Mariani, made from purchases of their own selections, failed to find pure cocaine in demonstrable quantity. This not only refutes the absurd falsity of suspicion that any alkaloid is surreptitiously added to the wine, but confirms, in the most convincing manner, the results of numerous former analyses made by the Governments of France, Germany, Russia and also in the United States. Each of these analyses admits the absolute purity of Vin Mariani as a preparation of true Coca leaves in a sound and nutritious French wine. As the Pennsylvania State Board of Health officially expresses it: "Vin Mariani is not a cocaine preparation, but a wine possessing the aromatic and desirable qualities of fresh Cocoa leaves. The Coca Leaf, November, 1903.

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An editorial foot-note from the December (1903) Alkaloidal Clinic: The ancestral foundation of all the liquid antiseptics before the medical profession is Listerine; happy in name, happy in formula and happy in time of birth. It has been, is and ever will be, first and foremost in this field. The Lambert Pharmacal Company is to be congratulated on its success.

The Kansas State Homeopathic Medical Society meets in Topeka, May 4th, 5th and 6th. A most cordial invitation to write, Come, Read, Teach, Learn, Talk, Eat and "bring your wife," has appeared over the signature of President J. W. Tiffany and Secretary Charles H. Lerrigo, of Topeka.

The Kansas society as noted above, has placed her most important portfolio, the Secretaryship, in the hands of Dr. C. H. Lerrigo, H. M. C. 1900. Wonder why these H. M. C. men are always selected for preferment?

ATTENTION TO THE NOSE AND THROAT.

By JOHN B. GARRISON, M. D., New York City.

In this varying climate of ours there is no condition more constantly before us than derangements of the functions of the upper portion of the respiratory tract, and our ability to give relief and cure gives comfort to our patients and reputation to ourselves.

The homeopathic remedy stands first and is often the only means necessary to effect a speedy cure, but many demand a mild, comforting wash to remove the accumulation in the nasal tract, and we have found GlycoThymoline to be an excellent adjuvant.

We call to mind a few cases which we refer to as follows:

CASE 1. C. M. W., banker, aged 31, slight exposure always caused rhinitis and soreness of the pharynx and sometimes the larynx. Called at office with profuse discharge of stringy mucus from the nose; also hawking of tough masses of mucus from the pharynx. Coldness of whole body was complained of particularly in the morning. Prescribed Kali bich. 6x every

three hours, and douched the nose and naso-pharynx with Glyco-Thymoline solution, one part to six of warm water, once each day. At the end of a week the patient was entirely well and had lost the tendency to take cold so easily.

CASE 2. Mrs. H. Seen first on October 10th, when she complained of great dryness of the nasal passages, burning and dryness of the pharynx, with abundant sticky discharge. Flatulence worse in the afternoon. Lycopodium 30, twice a day, and thorough washing of the nose and pharynx with a one to six solution of Glyco-Thymoline every day, using a postnasal syringe. The case commenced to improve at once and the improvement has been steady.

CASE 3. Mrs. F., aged 50 years, has been troubled with a post-nasal dropping for a year or more, and the posterior wall of the pharynx is seen to be covered with a coating of inspissated mucus; also a gradual involvement of the eustachian tubes, with slight impairment of hearing. Remedies were given as indicated, and locally, the pharynx and nose were systematically cleansed once a day with Glyco-Thymoline in solution, one to five or six, and, after two months' treatment, the catarrhal condition gives no trouble and the deafness has almost disappeared.— Chironian, March, 1904.

MUSCULAR SORENESS AND RHEUMATISM DUE TO GRIP.

In speaking of the treatment of articular rheumatism, Hobart A. Hare, M. D., Professor of Therapeutics in the Jefferson Medical College and Editor of The Therapeutic Gazette, says: "Any substance possessing strong antipyretic power must be of value under such circumstances." He further notes that the analgestic power of the coal-tar products "must be a powerful influence for good." The lowering of the fever, no doubt, quiets the system and removes the delirium which accompanies the hyperpyrexia, while freedom from pain saves an immense amount of wear, and places the patient in a better condition for recovery. The researches of Guttmann show conclusively that these products possess a direct anti-rheumatic influence, and among those remedies, antikamnia stands pre-eminent as an analgestic and antipyretic. Hare, in the last edition of his Practical Therapeutics says: "Salol renders the intestinal canal antiseptic." This is much needed in the treatment of rheumatism. In short, the value of salol in rheumatic conditions is so well understood and appreciated that further comment is unnecessary. The statements of Prof. Hare and Guttmann are so well known and to the point and have been verified so often, that we are not surprised that the wide-awake manufacturers placed "Antikamnia & Salol Tablets"on the market. Each of these tablets contains two and one-half grains of antikamnia and two and one-half grains of salol. The proper proportion of the ingredients is evidenced by the popularity of the tablets. in all rheumatic conditions and particularly in that condition of muscular soreness which accompanies and follows the grip. The Antikamnia Chemical Company, St. Louis, Mo., will send samples to physicians on application. Please mention this journal.

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