Literary Department.

Recreation for June, published by G. O. Shields, 19 W. 24th St., New York, is more than ordinarily interesting to the lover of nature and her enticing wilds. It is especially interesting to those interested in the study of natural history and should find a place in the library of the hunter as well as the student.

Travel for June, edited by Elisha Hollingsworth Talbot and published by the Travel Publishing Co., Monon Block, Chicago, is unusually interesting. Among the many articles we might mention the West Indies as a resort, which is beautifully illustrated by half-tones. Meran Tyrol is a well-written article on an ancient town. Evolution of the Tourist Business furnishes the reader with interesting information, especially so to those who are seeking a trip during the coming season. The anthropologist will find an interesting article under the title of the Mexico Indian, or Pean. Following this is a story of the Rockies, which, no matter how much they may be written upon, can never be overdone. There are many other equally interesting articles, equally well illustrated, and the whole is interspersed with original poems by noted writers, and illustrated with portraits, among which we might mention those of David B. Martin, passenger traffic manager of the B. & O. R. R., formerly an Ohio man, and Mrs. J. Cowell Hough Hatton, the writer of the Capital City.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SAVED BY A WOMAN. -In an interesting article recalling the destruction of our National Capital by the British forces in 1814, Clifford Howard in the July Ladies' Home Journal will show that Dolly Madison, the most beloved and popular woman of her day, was courageous and fearless in the face of grave danger. In the mad stampede from Washington, that preceded the invasion by the British troops, Dolly Madison was the last to seek safety in flight, and her final act before quitting the White House, as the enemy advanced, was to seize the Declaration of Independence and carry it with her to a place of safety. As the White House was immediately afterward looted and burned by the British, Mr. Howard declares that but for brave Dolly Madison the priceless parchment would have been destroyed.

Prof. Barrett Wendell, of Harvard, recently was invited to produce at Sanders Theatre, as an official University performance, a one-act play in the Elizabethan manner, entitled “Raleigh in Guiana." It is printed for the first time in the June Scribners, and contains some remarkably fine blank verse.

Publishers' Department.

IMPERIAL GRANUM.-This Standard prepared food for Invalids and Children has won the enviable distinction of having successfully stood the crucial test of years of actual clinical experience in private practice, sanitariums and hospitals, while numerous competing preparations have appeared and disappeared,— often so completely that even their names are forgotten. The Imperial Granum, however, enjoys so universally the confidence of physicians that its merits are beyond dispute. Moreover, the decision of its manufacturers not to publicly advertise it has secured for it the endorsement of even the most ethical members of the medical profession, who dislike to prescribe any article advertised broadcast to the people and profession alike. Physicians can obtain sample packages free, charges prepaid, on application to the Imperial Granum Co., New Haven, Ct., or-John Carle & Sons, New York City.

At the meeting of the American Medical Association, recently held in Philadelphia, Antitoxin and its use in Diphtheria was the subject of animated discussion in the section of pediatrics and the interest in this topic was also shown by the large number of physicians who availed themselves of the opportunity to visit. the laboratory of H. K. Mulford Company and study the preparation of the Antitoxin.

This enterprising firm ran a gorgeous tally-ho several times a day from the place of meeting, and the courtesy shown the profession, as well as the exhilarating ride, excited much favorable comment. (An abstract from letter of Philadelphia correspondent to the Atlantic Medical Weekly, June 5, 1897.)

SANMETTO IN BRIGHT'S DISEASE.-Charles F. Reiff, M. D., of Fremont, O., writing, says: "I prescribed Sanmetto in a case of advanced Bright's disease. The patient became more comfortable, and since then has used several bottles of Sanmetto. In my opinion Sanmetto is the most efficient remedy for diseases of the genito-urinary organs, and I shall continue to prescribe the remedy."

Geo. W. Samuel, M. D., Nashville, Tenn., says: I had a case of a man who had been drinking heavily for several days. I prescribed Celerina in tablespoonful doses, every three hours, and in a short time he was in good shape again. I also used it in a case of neuralgia, in the following formula:

R Celerina .
Quinia Sulph

M. Sig. Teaspoonful every four hours.

8 ounces. 60 grains.

It acted like a charm. In a case of impotency, I used calomel in connection with Celerina, and the patient reports everything standing all right.

A REMEDY IN NERVOUS DISORDERS WHEN CHARACTERIZED BY MELANCHOLIA—The "Reference Book of Practical Therapeutics," by Frank P. Foster, M. D., editor of the New York Medical Journal, which has recently been issued by D. Appleton & Co., of New York City, contains an article of which the following is an excerpt, which we feel expresses the consensus of medical opinion as adduced by actual results: "Antikamnia is an American preparation that has come into extensive use as an analgetic and antipyretic. It is a white, crystalline, odorless powder, having a slightly aromatic taste, soluble in hot water, almost insoluble in cold water, but more fully soluble in alcohol.

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"As an antipyretic it acts rather more slowly than antipyrine or acetanilide, but efficiently, and it has the advantage of being free, or almost free from any depressing effect on the heart. Some observers even think that it exerts a sustaining action on the circulation. As an analgetic it is characterized by promptness of action and freedom from the disagreeable effects of the narcotics. It has been much used, and with very favorable results in neuralgia, influenza and various nervous disorders characterized by melancholia. The dose of antikamnia is from three to ten grains, and it is most conveniently given in the form of tablets."

THE JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE

OF PHILADELPHIA.

"HE Seventy-third Annual Session will begin October 1st, 1897, and continue eight months.

THE

Four years of attendance is required upon a graded curriculum. Medical students from other colleges and Graduates in Science or Arts are admitted to advance standing. Without extra fee the regular course includes work in the new laboratories recently fitted up at a heavy expense with the latest appliances. All branches are taught practically. Bedside instruction is given in the wards of the College Hospital and in the Maternity.

For catalogue and information, address

J. W. HOLLAND, Dean.

Pennsylvania Medical College.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Eleventh regular Session begins on the third Tuesday of September, 1896, and continues six months. Two or three hours are daily alloted to Clinical Instruction. Attendance upon four regular courses of lectures is requisite for graduation. A four years' graded course is provided. Four years required from October, 1895. The Spring Session begins the second Tuesday in April, 1897, and con tinues ten weeks. Well-equipped laboratories open during the collegiate year. Special importance attaches to "the superior clinical advantages possessed by this College." For particulars, see annual announcement and catalogue, for which address the Secretary of Faculty, Business correspondence should be PROF. T. M. T. MCKENNAN, 810 Penn Ave. addresseed to PROF. W. J. ASDALE Ellsworth Ave. Pittsburgh, Pa.

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago has withstood all tests for con

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