Therapeutic Notes.

Dr. Hegee's Cordial of Cod-Liver Oil, all the nutritive properties of the oil are retained and the disgusting and nauseating elements are eliminated. Combined with hypophosphites of lime and soda it offers to the profession a reconstructive of great value. Write Katharmon Chemical Company, St. Louis, Mo., for samples and literature.

Practical facts for busy men is the function of this medical journal.

Substitution in prescriptions offers a fertile field for the unscrupulous druggists, as the chances of detection are slight. Results alone can indicate it and even then it is the physician and not the druggist who is held responsible. The medical profession can eradicate this evil by with-drawing its patronage from all druggists who are open to suspicion.

Dr. Jos. Marshall, of Durand, Mich., writes: "For some years I have been a very warm admirer of Sanmetto, and have found its action marked and well defined in the cases wherein I have used it. In cases of prostratitis, with loss of virile power in elderly men I find its action superb. In chronic specific urethritis, cystitis and all irritable conditions of the urinary tract I find Sanmetto to very efficacious. I do not hesitate to recommend it as a standard preparation in cases where the action of pure santal and saw-palmetto is indicated.

Maltine with phosphate iron. Quinine and Strychnine has, in previous epidemics, served the medical profession as a tonic of great power in restoring to a normal condition those who have been enfeebled by the grip.

As a deodorant and antiseptic for the sick room and for the dentist's office. Listerine stands pre-eminent.

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Dr. William Hooker Vail, of St. Louis, Mo., writes: "I regard Terraline as almost a sturdy friend and a preparation for bronchial, pulmonaffections, and other diseases of the throat and lungs, at this time when the grip is so prevalent all over the country, there is no production that so efficiently supports and sustains the physician's treatment as a restorative agent. The disagreeable flavor of the ordinary emulsions is absent, and those nauseating eructations which so derange the stomach are entirely absent. Terraline is a rational scientific tissue builder, and a cogent efficacious expectorant. · I can conscientiously recommend it to the medical profession for bronchitis, laryngitis, phthisis, catarrh, coughs, colds, etc., and also in treating those who are anemic, emaciated and greatly debilitated.

Dr. W. H. Vail, of St. Louis, writes:-"In pneumonia and bronchitis, I give aconite and the following: Amon. carb., gr. viij; tr. digitalis, drops, xv; syr. tolu, oz. ij; teaspoonful. every three hours. Also a teaspoonful of Terrraline three times a day until well, then teaspoonful on retiring,

We would suggest to our readers a careful persual of our advertising pages, as they occasionally offer valuable suggestions concerning office equipment, medical specialties, books, etc.

Therapeutic Notes.

It is a well known fact that passiflora incarnata is a valuable addition to our armamentarium. If you have never prescribed Daniel's Conct. Tinct. Possiflora, write at once for literature to Jno. B. Daniel, Atlanta, Ga. Mention the SUMMARY.

Hayden's Viburnum Compound was first used by us many years ags, and it has never lost its high position then attained in our estimation as a valuable remedy. It is an ideal anti-spasmodic. If you have not used it, without fail investigate. Send for sample and literature at

once.

In reply to inquiries relative to the Lozenge of Yerba Santa Comp. mentioned in the January number of the SUMMARY, will say a quotation of $4.50 per doz. boxes, each containing 50 Lozenges, has just reached us from Horgan & Abbott, Pharmacists, Portland, Me.

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber if he has common sense on the ground floor; but if a man has not got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has the worse for his patient.-Oliver Wendell Holmes.

As a delicious, refreshing beverage for table use, for the sick and convalescing there is nothing the equal of Welch's Grape Juice. This pure, fresh Concord Grape Juice serves as a food and drink.

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If in want of an overcoat do not fail to read E. O. Thompson's Sons announcement another page, as speclal bargains are offered just now in this line of goods.

The third last paragraph on "Summary Gleanings" page in our November, 1898, issue should have been credited to Jour. American Med. Association.

It is stated that nine of the leading homoeopathic practitioners of Cleveland, O., have dropped the sectarian designation, and will hereafter be known as physicians! Let the good work go on until we have but one school of medicine. -Med. Times.

Literary Notes.

The Pulvola Chemical Co., New York, have opened up a new era in the therapeutics of external medication. Their little brochure on "Dolomol Compounds in Dermatology Syphelography etc.," is a dignified, scientific presentation of the subject of dry treatment of diseases

After reading it carefully you will know all about the therapeutic value of dry hot air at 450 degrees F., as administered with the Betz Apparatus, in acute and chronic cases of rheumatism and gout, all inflammatory diseases of the joints, tendons and synovial membrane, varicose veins, chronic indolent ulcers and nephritis (parenchymatous inflammation of the kidneys, not waxy).

FRANK S. BETZ & COMPANY,
78 State St., Chicago, Ill.

Makers of all kinds of Baths.

prehensive guide to the solution of many vexed questions in the treatment of many cases that come to the attention of the general practitioner, They also are sending out half tone illustrations of photomicrographs contrasting the crystaline talcum with the truly impalpable Pulvola.

"Chirurgy and Medicine-Ambrose Pare 1579." This is the title of a very artistic brochure recently issued by the Palisade Mfg. Co., of Yonkers, N. Y. If you do not possess a copy, one may be had for the asking. Write at once, mention SUMMARY.