Cleveland Medical and Surgical Reporter.

A Journal Devoted to the Science of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery.

Published Monthly by the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College, 226 Huron Street, Cleveland, O.

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Editorial

THE COLLEGE at the INSTITUTE.

This year for the first time, the College was "present" at the Institute, in the form of an exhibit and headquarters. An interesting collection of class and faculty pictures, gross, and microscopical pathological specimens, and samples of students' work was arranged to interest the friends and alumni of the College. Mr. A. G. Schnabel, Assistant in Pathology, was in charge, and made all visitors feel at home.

Many were the expressions of satisfaction and interest in the school which hundreds of Homeopaths are proud to call their Alma Mater. It is no doubt true that some of the physicians who visited this exhibit, had been led to think from information received from enemies of the College, that things were on the down grade in Cleveland. The exhibit, however, which was in no way prepared especially for the occasion, opened their eyes. It showed that the character of the work done in our laboratories is of a high order and is equaled by few of our colleges.

The Alumni of our school are for the most part loyal to its interests and the results of such an exhibit, which was intended to give an idea

of the character of the work done daily in our laboratories, will be far reaching in their effect.

We had the pleasure of sharing the space allotted to colleges, with the Boston University School of Medicine, the only other school making an exhibit. Their collection was highly creditable to them, and was in charge of genial Dr. Watters, Professor of Pathology, and his charming wife. Too much cannot be said in praise of the painstaking efforts that their exhibit revealed. The need of a more complete museum in our College, was emphasized by the excellence of the Boston exhibit of gross pathological specimens. The members of the profession are urged to contribute any interesting pathological specimens that may come into their hands. If they will simply send such. to the College, they will be thankfully received and cared for.

THE CLEVELAND COLLEGE during the COMING YEAR. Unless all signs fail, the next year will be one of business and prosperity at the College. Not in years, have the prospects been so good at so early a date. Already a good sized freshman class is assured, and besides, additions have been made to each of the higher classes. Among the latter, are some who took their first year in this College, and then went elsewhere; but finding that their opportunities were best here, have returned cured of their wanderlust.

The College building is undergoing a welcome change of appearance. The interior is being entirely redecorated, and the Laboratories put in order for bringing out the maximum of their usefulness; and unless the authorities fail ufterly in accomplishing their purpose, the disorderly or lazy student will feel so much out of place, that he will take the next train home.

There is no laxity in this College and it is impossible to retain the relationship either of student or teacher, without putting forth an effort which is up to the limit of the individual's capacity. Students who cannot measure up to their requirements, will be quietly advised to procure their medical knowledge elsewhere; and teachers who cannot or will not do the work assigned them, must step aside to make room for those who can and will. The College will continue to occupy a position among those at the top of the list, and it cannot be handicapped by anyone who does not contribute to that end. Personal interests must be made secondary to the common welfare.

Cleveland enjoys a most favorable geographical location for a Homeopathic center. The history, reputation, assets, alumni, and faculty of the Coliege, make it possible for the College to be second

to none.

The assurance of holding this enviable position, rests in the determination of its units. Next year must be the culmination of fifty years of effort.

"SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS."

The mortality among children under two years of age, has been unusually high in this city during the recent hot weather. The Health Officer of the city has been giving good advice to the public through the daily papers, and he is making every effort possible, to inform mothers as to the cause of the increased dangers to the food supply during hot weather; but it is evident from the list of death reports, that the majority of mothers belong to the foreign class, and such advice is unheeded by them.

We have a most excellent Health Officer in the city of Cleveland, and believe that he realizes that the most efficient way, and the only way to reduce infant mortality resulting from digestive disturbances, is to compel a pure milk supply. Whether he can do it is a question.

It ought to be possible for any municipality to enforce rigid supervision over the production of milk, which is to be sold to the residents of any city; and it will not be possible to secure a general improvement of the milk supply without such supervision.

HAY FEVER.

With the advent of July and August, the Hay Fever patient begins to pack his trunk for his annual pilgrimage to the Sault, the Adirondacks, or such other place as experience has taught him to be a desirable location during the active period of his malady; provided of course, he has the where-with-all to go, otherwise, he prepares to pass the allotted time of sneezes and wheezes, as best he may, hoping for an early frost to put an end to his torture.

There is, perhaps, no disease which has been more extensively quacked by the regular profession, as well as the charlatan. Today, if one tells a patient he can be cured of his Hay Fever, his judgment is doubted, and yet, it is a fact that almost all of these cases can be completely cured. True neurotic vaso-motor rhinistis is probably as obstinate and unsatisfactory a disease to treat, as any to be found in the medical category, but in reality, true neurotic vaso-motor rhinitis is not such a very common affection.

Many of the so-called "Hay Fevers" are not genuine attacks, but

are periodical exacerbations of a chronic hypertrophic rhinitis. The pollen which acts as the exciting cause of the Hay Fever attacks, sets up an acute exacerbation in these cases also, and as these attacks are apt to be particularly violent and prolonged at this time, they are classed as "Hay Fevers;" but as a rule, they lack the neurotic element, and are essentially local, and are readily amenable to proper treatment.

Search carefully the nasal passages in these cases, and one will invariable find chronic vascular dilations, true connective tissue hypertrophies, or polypoid degeneration. The removal of these, if done thoroughly, will eradicate the trouble. The time to do such work is preferably the interval between the attacks, although one should never hesitate to operate during the exacerbation. There is probably more chance of having an undesirable reaction at such time or possibly a serious infection, but the writer has never seen either complication.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

We wish to make a change in the subject matter of our department, "Notes and Comments," which we trust will be appreciated by our readers. In order to make it a success, however, it will be necessary to secure the co-operation of a large number of the members of the "Reporter" family. We feel sure that with your help, we can realize our ambition to make it one of our most interesting departments. Our idea is to make the department a medium for the interchange of ideas of our readers upon subjects of mutual interest to them. We hope that many questions will be submitted for the opinion of others, and we invite suggestions regarding subjects to be discussed.

As a starter, we suggest the following subjects upon which we request the opinions of our readers: "What measures have you found successful in preventing protracted labors?" Another question that might be of interest is, "What effect, if any, has the extension of telephone service in country districts, upon your practice, and what is your policy in regard to making charges for telephone advice?" Communications made to this department should be short and concise. Let us hear from you.

In intestinal obstruction never give purgatives, for they are a source of distinct danger. If three or four copious high enemata do not produce the desired result, every minute of delay in performing an abdominal section becomes an additional risk.

STATIC-HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO-PHOTO AND RADIUM —THERAPY. By William Harvey King, M. D., LL. D., Author of Electricity in Medicine and Surgery. 291 pages. Price, in cloth, $2.50. Boericke & Runyon, New York.

This is a veritable multum in parvo, taking up the physics of electro-physiology, first giving a very clear and interesting description of the currents and light, followed by a helpful discussion of the therapeutics of electricity, radium, and light. With it on the desk for consultation, the general practitioner ought to be able to take up electricity and do such work as would surprise him. The book is fully illustrated and in its mechanical execution up to the standard set by the publishers in their former books.

A TEXT-BOOK OF DISEASES OF THE CHEST. Pericardium, Heart, Aorta, Bronchi, Lungs, Mediastinum and Pleura. By Egbert Guernsey Rankin, A. M., M. D., Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine, New York Homeopathic Medical College, Physician to the Metropolitan Hospital, Department of Public Charities and to the Flower Hospital, New York. With 63 Illustrations. 744 pages. Cloth, $5.50. Half Morocco, $6.50. Postage, 35 cents. Philadelphia. Boericke & Tafel. 1905.

This is a most excellent work. The author's careful and thorough presentation of the pathology and diagnosis of chest diseases is unsurpassed. His dietetics and adjuvant treatment including X-ray and the modern baths, supplies a want which has not been adequately filled in our school heretofore. While his therapeutics may not meet with the full approval of the ultra-homeopath, they will certainly be appreciated by the bulk of the profession.

TREATISE ON ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY. By Edward H. Bradford, M. D. Surgeon to the Boston Children's Hospital; Consulting Surgeon to the Boston City Hospital; Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School; and Robert W. Lovett, M. D., Surgeon to the Infants' Hospital and to the Peabody Home for Crippled Children; Assistant Surgeon to the Boston Children's Hospital; Assistant in Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School. Octavo volume, 675 pages exquisitely illustrated by 592 engravings. Price, Muslin $5.00 net; sheep, $5.75 net. William Wood & Company, New York.

Several portions of this revised edition have been entirely rewritten and there is considerable rearrangement throughout the book. The most marked changes appear in the chapters treating of congenital