an astringent and antiseptic application, What a contrast to the old methods of such as Micajah's medicated uterine wafers, which, on account of their gradual solution, exert a prolonged effect upon the diseased mucous membrane. WRITE FOR THEM. Have you a case of indigestion, acute or chronic? If so, write Messrs. William R. Warner & Co., of Philadelphia, for complimentary copy of their book "The Clinical Application of Ingluvin," by John V. Shoemaker, M.D., LL.D., M.A., Professor of Therapeutics in the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia. It is a very interesting book, and is beautifully printed on coated paper. Messrs. Warner & Co. are also issuing exceedingly interesting booklets"The Acid Diathesis," "The History of Sugar-Coated Pills" (of course you know that W. R. W. & Co. were the pioneer manufacturers of sugar-coated pills), "A Study of Rheumatism," "A Study of Constipation," etc. Any of them will be sent free upon request. Of course, each of the books will tell you why it is desirable to specify “W. R. W. & Co." when ordering any of the remedies suggested in the booklets, and the reasons are very good ones. Manufacturing, as they do, the highest quality of pharmaceuticals, physicians certainly secure first-class remedies when they specify "William R. Warner & Co." NORDRACH AT HOME. Physicians all over the world are now talking and writing about a noted sanitarium in the Black Forest, Switzerland, for the special treatment of consumption, known as the Nordrach cure. Here Dr. Walthers and his assistants carry out the treatment upon the modern ideas of rest, out-of-door life, proper feeding, and required medication, and the results are wonderfully encouraging: between 70 and 80 per cent. of cures in cases not too long neglected. treatment employed fifty years ago, when nearly every case of consumption ended sooner or later at the grave! A physician who has lately spent some time in this sanitarium studying these modern methods of treatment says that wonderful results may be obtained at home with the Nordrach cure. Proper exercise in a pure atmosphere, lar doses of Scott's emulsion of codliverdiet-which should include regugenerous oil, an out-of-door life, and plenty of sleep in rooms with the windows open invariably bring about the desired result. Too much reliance cannot be placed upon this emulsion of codliver-oil. It contains the best quality of oil in a finely-emulsified condition; it does not separate; and, as it is purely mechanical, no change takes place after bottling. It has great medicinal, as well as food, value, as has been proved many times during the past quarter cent THE CATARRHAL DIATHESIS. In catarrhal affections of the various mucous membranes, particularly of the respiratory tract, there exists, not only a relaxed atonic condition of these structures, but an underlying constitutional state of malnutrition. All authorities agree that, in order to eradicate the local pathological conditions, treatment by appropriate systemic remedies is indispensable; the patient's nutrition must be fostered and restored so that a degree of constitutional vigor is attained which antagonizes the catarrhal processes. Gray's glycerin tonic comp. is the remedy par excellence in these cases, because it has a twofold action: primarily and chiefly it (CONTINUED ON ADVERTISING PAGE 20.) Packer's MADE OF VEGETABLE OILS, PINE-TAR, AND GLYCERINE. PURE, ANTISEPTIC, EMOLLIENT. Tar Soap. Excellent for use in the treatment of Dermatic Diseases, such as chafing, eczema, erythema, seborrhoea, herpes, psoriasis, etc.; for cleansing ulcers, foul wounds, fetid discharges, bed-sores, and similar conditions. 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In this preparation all of these objections have been thoroughly overcome; it is absolutely reliable, non-irritating, and very pleasant to the taste. Each fluidrachm or teaspoonful contains one one-hundredth (1-100) of a grain of Free Phosphorus held in perfect solution and of assured stability, keeping without oxidation or change for any length of time. It may also be combined with other preparations, such as Tinct. Nux Vomica. Tinet. Ignatia Amara, Tinct. Cinchona Comp., Elixir Iron, Quinine, Strychnia, etc. The quantity of Phosphorus in each teaspoonful being assured to the Physician, he can readily prescribe this Elixir with confidence and advantage to the patient. Prepared by ROBT. T. YOUNG, Apothecary, 1634 CHESTNUT ST., PHILA. Professor Shoemaker says: "In medicinal doses the action of Phosphorus upon the nervous system is that of a tonic and stimulant. It is useful in nervous debility, neuralgia, sexual excesses, anæmia, paralysis, melancholia, morphinomania, rickets, boils, acne, eczema."- Vide Materia Medica and Therapeutics, vol. ii, pp. 8-10. overcomes malnutrition; it re-establishes a wet dressing for wound surfaces. Not only was suppuration effectively prevented, but the formation of healthy granulations was stimulated, thus inducing rapid healing. The stability and uniform activity of the preparation are obviously most commendable features. WINTER-COUGHS-GRIPPAL NEUROSES. normal nutrition by eradicating the everpresent atonic condition of the digestive organs, thus assuring the maintenance of normal digestion and assimilation of food. Restoration of tone and nervous force to the entire system, and incidentally to the mucous membrane, is a natural sequence. Gray's glycerin tonic comp. has, moreover, a direct local antiphlogistic and tonic influence upon the disordered circulation of the mucous membranes; it relieves en- | effect in cases of nervous cough, and that gorgement and restores tone to the relaxed it was capable of controlling excessive atonic blood-vessels. This remedy will prove effective in obstinate and recurrent catarrhal affections of the respiratory and gastro-intestinal tracts which have resisted all other treatment. GARGLE AND SPRAY. "As a gargle and spray for the throat infected with streptococci or true diphtheria bacilli in children old enough to avoid swallowing, I frequently use Platt's chlorides, 1 part, to 20 of water."-T. C. Ely, M.D., Philadelphia, December 1, 1899. MENTHOXOL AS A GERMICIDAL DRESSING. Since in practice it is virtually impossible to sterilize living tissues and to maintain them so, it must become the earnest endeavor of the surgeon to attain a continuous destruction of the germs which may be present and an absolute prevention of the introduction of new ones. This is readily and best accomplished by the use of a germicidal dressing consisting of sterile gauze wet with a 10-per-cent. solution of menthoxol, which, while not at all irritant or toxic, acts as a continuous and powerful germicide. The combination of hydrogen peroxide, alcohol, and menthol evolves a bactericidal power much exceeding that of the sum of the ingredients. Dr. Beck, of the Charité, at Berlin, reports most favorably as to the results obtained with this preparation, which was used to irrigate and tampon abscess-cavities and as That codeine had an especially beneficial coughing in various lung affections, was noted before its true physiological action was understood. Later it was clear that its power as a nerve-calmative was due, as Bartholow says, to its special action on the pneumogastric nerve. Codeine stands apart. from the rest of its group, in that it does intestinal tract. In marked contrast is it in not arrest secretion in the respiratory and this respect to morphine. Morphine dries the mucous membrane of the respiratory often made worse by its use, while its effect tract to such a degree that the condition is on the intestinal tract is to produce constipation. There are none of these disagreeable effects attending the use of codeine. The coal-tar products were found to have great power as analgesics and antipyretics long before experiments in the therapeutic laboratory had been conducted to show their exact action. As a result of this laboratorywork we know now that some of them are safe, while others are very dangerous. Antikamnia has stood the test of exhaustive trial, both in clinical and regular practice, and has been proved free from the usual untoward after-effects which accompany, characterize, and distinguish all other preparations of this class. Therefore antikamnia and codeine tablets afford a very desirable mode of exhibiting these two valuable drugs. The proportions are those most frequently indicated in the various neuroses of the larynx as well as the coughs incident to lung affections, grippal conditions, etc.-The Laryngoscope. (CONTINUED ON ADVERTISING PAGE 22.) ANTI-DIPHTHERIC SERUM (RUete-Enoch). Purity, potency, and freshness are guaranteed by tests made by Professor Ehrlich, who affixes the official seal of the German government. HYDRACOCIN. Unexcelled as a diuretic in all forms of dropsy, in doses of 10-15 drops, with favorable results of long duration. SAPODERMIN. Antiseptic soap containing mercury albuminate. Not toxic, not corrosive. Sample cake (full size) sent prepaid to physicians on receipt of ten cents. AMINOFORM. Uric-acid solvent, genito-urinary germicide, prophylactic in gout, unexcelled in cystitis. Dose: 5-10 grs. BISOL. Soluble in water, superior to the older bismuth salts in all gastro-enteric disorders. Dose: 3-7 grs. DIATHESIN. Supersedes the salicylates and salicin, being the active principle of these. Harmless, prompt, and with no by-effects; pleasant to take. Dose: 74-15 grs. MENTHOXOL.-CAMPHOROXOL. Antiseptic solutions superior to hydrogen peroxide alone, being more powerful, permanent, and pleasant in action. Harmless, non-irritant, and healing. Sample (1⁄4 lb.) sent prepaid to physicians on receipt of 25 cents. LITERATURE ON REQUEST. C. BISCHOFF & CO., 87-89 Park Place, New York. IT TAKES HOLD of the dormant, torpid nutritive GRAY'S GLYCERINE TONIC COMP. Restores digestive functions THE PURDUE FREDERICK CO., No. 15 Murray Street, New York. SATYRIA. Saw The name "satyria" has been given to a preparation which contains saw palmetto, false bitter-sweet, couch-grass, moyra puama, phosphorus, syrups, and aromatics. This combination of valuable remedies in a palatable form undoubtedly constitutes an excellent remedy in many cases of depression of nervous energy and more especially in debilitated and morbid conditions of the sexual organs in either sex. palmetto has a selective action upon the prostate gland; false bitter-sweet is a tonic to the genito-urinary apparatus; moyra puama is tonic to the nervous system and aphrodisiac; the virtues of phosphorus and couch-grass are generally known. Satyria is, consequently, admirably fitted to act as a genito-urinary tonic. In debility or impotence from sexual excesses, in seminal emissions, in retention or incontinence of urine, in inflammation of the bladder or its neck, atrophy of the testicles, vaginitis, leucorrhoea, urethritis, affections of the ovaries, etc., satyria has been prescribed with marked benefit. The dose is a table | -ངས་ spoonful, three or four times daily, preferably before meals. This product is made by the Satyria Pharmacal Company, of St. Louis, Mo. BOROLYPTOL IN SEPTIC.EMIA FOLLOWING ABORTION. In the American Gynaecological and Obstetrical Journal Dr. Robert H. Lawrence, of Chicago, describes the case of a woman, 23 years of age, who aborted in her first pregnancy. Four days after the accident there were abdominal tenderness, tympanites, foul odor, and fever. Fragments of retained placenta were found. The womb was twice curetted, and diaphoretics and stimulants were given at stated intervals. Borolyptol was used as an intra-uterine and subsequently as a vaginal douche, and the writer concludes by saying that he was very much pleased with its action. It occasioned no pain, chills, or rise of temperature. GLYCO-THYMOLINE (KRESS). The above preparation-being alkaline, unirritant, and antiseptic-is an excellent local application in catarrhal inflammations. In disease of the nose and throat it has been used with marked benefit in the form of a spray or by means of the Bermingham douche. It is likewise serviceable in irrigation of the stomach in cases of chronic gastritis. In the early stage of hæmorrhoids. palliative treatment sometimes becomes curative treatment. Dr. Carpenter reports. some fifty cases of piles treated with glycothymoline (Kress), diluted with an equal portion of water. Two teaspoonfuls or more of this mixture are injected into the rectum with a small glass or hard-rubber syringe two or three times a day. The results obtained from this treatment were invariably satisfactory, giving immediate relief to the patient. AN IMPROVED AND SOLUBLE FORM OF Bismuth subnitrate, like calomel, justly (CONTINUED ON ADVERTISING PAGE 24.) |