(gr. xxx). Alcoholis... .....10.0 grammes (dr.iiss) 40.0 grammes (dr. x) Aquæ destillatæ..450.0 grammes (dr.xxx) M. et. ft. sol. This lotion is applied in full strength, morning and evening, in the vulvar pruritus of pregnant women. The lotion may cause at first a severe smarting, necessitating the use of cold water after the application, but the smarting gradually disappears on continued use, and the pruritus is soon relieved.-Journal de Medecine de Paris, February 8, 1891, p. 59. Some Nostrums Analyzed. Professor Flavel B. Tiffany, of the University Medical College, this city, says the extensively advertised "Actina" has this composition: ...dr. i Menthol Crystals. Alcohol.. Ether Sulph.. dr. ss ..dr. i Dissolve the camphor in the chloroform, then add oil of cloves, and then the tinctures. The venerable Dr. Parsons, in sending this formula for publication, says: "I cannot expect to remain much longer in this world, and I want the profession to know the value of this local anesthetic."-Southern Dental Journal. BECKER'S EYE SALVE. add Tansy. Hyssop Hoarhound... Hops Boil with sufficient water to make, after straining, I quart, add Gum arabic... Licorice Kilner gives the following formula, said to resemble very closely : other ingredients.-Secret Nostrums Died From Mercurial Poisoning. CORONER ASHBRIDGE held an investigation yesterday in the case of David A. Price, aged 28 years, of 1715 Addison street, who died on Monday from the effects of mercurial poisoning. The effect came gradually from his taking five pills daily, bought of the Cook Remedy Co., of Omaha, Nebraska. He had purchased 30 at $1 each, and after taking the twentyninth became stiff and died. A physician stated that his gums had bled before, and were spongy, his teeth were loosened and a dazed condition was another resultant of taking the pills. Verdict, death, due to gastritis, from mercurial poisoning-Phila. Ledger. the sulphuretted hydrogen, you will have a compound that will give the chemical and physiological effects of this great "honest medicine for the people." Thus it will be seen that this "honest medicine for the millions" can be made at a cost of less than six cents a gallon, yet this great scientist and philanthropist only asked the "dear people" $40 per gallon at first; he then fell, for philanthropic reasons alone, to $24, and now, as his love is increasing, he has again reduced the price to $16 per gallon, or $1 for an eightounce bottle.-Dixie Doctor. Mix. Put the ingredients into 2 water. Let stand 18 hours; then strain. pint of good whiskey.-New Remedies. Reviews. ELECTRICITY: ITS APPLICATION IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY. A BRIEF AND PRACTICAL EXPOSITION OF MODERN SCIENTIFIC ELECTRO-THERAPUTICS. By Wellington Adams, M. D., Lecturer on Electro-Therapeutics, University Medical College, Kansas city, Author of "Design and Construction of Dynamo-Electro and Electro-Dynamic machinery," etc., etc. Leisure Library series. Two volumes; paper; 25 cents each. Geo. S. Davis, Publisher, Detroit, Mich. Doctor Adams is a good writer, and presents in these two little volumes, much of practical value to everyone interested in Electro-physics, as they deal mostly with this branch of the subject. He describes and illustrates an instrument which he calls a "Faradometer," designed by himself, and intended for the measurement of faradic currents. If it is what the author claims it to be, it may be a very valuable addition to the electrician's armamentarium. The doctor also illustrates another device of his for use with the static machine, which he calls a " Direct Recording Electrometer," and designed to "place this branch of electro-therapy upon an advanced and more scientific basis." The author promises further volumes devoted to electro theraputics, which, if as good as the ones before W. H. W. us, we can commend in advance, PAINLESS CHILD-BIRTH. By J. H. Dye, M.D., Buffalo, N. Y.; published by the author. Dr. Dye has labored earnestly to promulgate his views regarding the physiological and pathological as pects of reproduction. We believe that a respectful study of them would enable most physicians, whose attention has not been sufficiently devoted to the subject, to contribute materially to the health, comfort and hap piness of many of his obstetrical patients. We recom mend a careful perusal of this book to all physicians who are unprejudiced students and observers. A PLEA FOR PUBLIC HEALTH WORK IN VILLAGES: By Henry B. Baker, M. D., Sec. State Board of Health of Michigan. S THE MEDICAL WORLD. ANALYSIS OF THE STATISTICS OF FORTY ONE THOUSAND The above two pamphlets can be obtained of the PLACENTA PREVIA, with Notes of Cases: A. T. Myers, STERILITY: Its causes and treatment. Thomas W. HOW TO MAGNETIZE: Fowler & Wells Co., 775 Broad- PAINLESS PARTURITION. By R. Charest, M. D., St. This work is a short and plain statement of the same principles as are now under discussion by the readers of this journal. By J. E. It SIX CENTURIES OF WORK AND WAGES. Thorold Rogers. 160 pages. Price, 25 cents. Humboldt Publishing Co., New York. This is number 1 of the Social Science Library. is a most scholarly and thorough history and analysis of the economic condition of the working and agricultural classes from the year 1200 to the present time. The work is edited by that noble lover of mankind, Rev. W. D. P. Bliss, of Massachusetts, with illustrative charts, and starts out with a brilliant introduction by America's favorite political economist, Prof. Richard T. Ely, of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. ber, all this for only 25 cents. Remem Remember in Prescribing Iron THAT it has never been proved that salts of iron are absorbed in the intestinal canal. That there is considerable evidence to the contrary. That however minute the dose of iron administered, the stools are invariably blackened by reduction of the iron to the state of sulphide, which is insoluble in the alkaline or neutral intestinal juices. That there is a very general opinion in favor of the old fashioned perchloride of iron in cases where iron is indicated. That this opinion is undoubtedly proven by long experience, and that no other inorganic preparation of iron gives better results where tolerated. That the effect of perchloride of iron is not proved to depend on the iron at all, and that it is probably due chiefly to the mineral acids, which are always present in tincture, or solution of perchloride of iron. That a neutral solution of perchloride of iron is not permanent, and cannot be used in pharmacy. That the neutral proto or perchloride, carbonate, sulphate, phosphate, and all other salts of iron, not excepting the so-called albuminates, peptonates, and dialyzed preparations of iron, cannot be relied on to give as good results as the perchloride, and that there is strong evidence indicating that the real action of perchloride of iron solution is due to the presence of nitro-muriatic acid, whose action on the nervous system, the digestion, and the nutritive functions is undeniable, and which, where there is atony of the intestinal canal, certainly assists the absorption of the ferruginous elements of food. That Sir Andrew Clark has long held that constipation, is due to the decomposition of food, (and with it the iron compounds) with absorption of ptomaines, which produce a continuous toxic effect and enfeeble the red blood corpuscles, besides depriving them of their natural source of iron, which is necessary to maintain their normal oxygen-bearing power. That the truly scientific treatment of chloro-anemia, while largely dependent on proper hygienic conditions of life, may be very considerably improved with nitromuriatic acid, or muriatic acid and tincture of nux vomica. That if iron be administered at all, all the salts of iron should be rigorously avoided, as they are liable to itensify the anæmia, rather than do good, besides blackening the teeth, and frequently disagreeing with the patients. That hemoglobine (Ferrum Sanguinis) is an ideal haematinic, it does not blacken the stools and is the most prominent ferruginous element of our food in a very concentrated form. That Ferrum Sanguinis is a dry, semi-crystalline powder, isolated from bullock's blood; this is soluble in water, but it is best dispensed in small spherical capsules (Chapoteaut) of 20 centigrammes each, which is equivalant to one milligramme of metallic iron. For Ourselves and Others. You will find sound instruction in Mc Arthur's article, title page of this number. A TABLESPOONFUL of powdered alum sprinkled in a barrel of water will precipitate all impure matter to the bottom.-Pharmaceutical Era. WANTED: Every reader of THE MEDICAL WORLD using or interested in DOSIMETRIC GRANULES to send Dr. W. C. Abbott, Ravensme their address at once. wood, Chicago, Ill. IF you want to buy Custom Hand-Made Oak-Tanned Harness direct from the manufacturer, single sets $7 to $40, double sets $16 to $50, send for 72 Page Illustrated Catalogue, free, giving full description. King & Co., mf's, Oswego, N. Y. NERVE stretching and massage were first proposed in that good old religious couplet, viz: "Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve, And press with vigor on." The other day a wagon HERE'S a remarkable case. maker who has been dumb all his life picked up a hub and spoke. HUNT up the adv. of I. Phillips, 14 Marietta street, Atlanta, Ga., in this number, and see if you can deal with them. ACCORDING to popular tradition, the island of Manhattan was sold in 1624 for the sum of $25. The conclusion one would naturally jump to, would be, that, in the light of subsequent events, the sum was a ridiculously small price. But let us suppose that $25 had been placed out at seven per cent. interest in the year 1624, and had been allowed to compound up to the year 1884, how Something in much would it then have amounted to? the neighborhood of sixteen hundred million dollars. Is the island of Manhattan worth much more than that to-day?-Pharmaceutical Era. [Does the Era forget that the island has paid its way (interest) all this time, besides the increase in value?] We use Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient with satisfaction. ACCORDING to Robert Louis Stevenson, "there are men and classes of men that stand above the common herd; the soldier, the sailor, and the shepherd not infrequently; the artist rarely; rarer still the clergyman; the physician almost as a rule." WRITE to B. Keith & Co., 75 William St., N. Y., for concentrated medications. Now is the time when you want to know all about Reed and Carnrick's food preparations. MARCHAND'S Peroxide of Hydrogen heads the list of antiseptic preparations. MALTINE with oil is the king of reconstructives. CURRIER relates a case recently under his care. A young lady, nineteen years of age, applied to him for relief from cystitis. He sounded the bladder and thought he detected evidences of stone. He then opened the bladder through the vagina, and, on introducing his finger, withdrew a hair-pin. The girl denied all knowledge of how it came there. She was not as confiding as a Texas girl was to us many years ago. We removed a cologne bottle from her vagina. She informed us she "accidentally swallowed it when a child, and was afraid to let it be known, as her parents might make her have it cut out." Of course we believed her.-Country Doctor. WRITE to Wm R. Warner & Co., 1228 Market St. Phila., for your drug supply. WE freely prescribe Freligh's Tablets in cases of obstinate cough. THE New York and Chicago Chemical Co., 96 and 98 Maiden Lane, N. Y., will send you samples of Ford's Pepsin and Golden Scale Pepsin. Do you take the Dixie Doctor? Well, you ought to send 2 cents to box 477, Atlanta, Ga., for a sample number. MUI FORD'S Tablets are very convenient to practice medicine with. THE St. Louis Physicians' Supply Co., 1101 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo., advertise a large line of instruments reduced in price. FOR nausea of pregnancy use Aletris Cordial. THE Upjohn Pill and Granule Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., make goods that are "not hard to swallow" and are readily absorbed. Do you notice how easily Parke, Davis & Co., keep just a step or two ahead of the times? THE first annual meeting of the U. S. Medical Practitioners' Protective Alliance was held at Baltimore June 11th and 12th. The order was incorporated under the laws of Maryland. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows:-President, Dr. W. H. Crim, Baltimore, Md.; Vice-President, Dr. W. V.Wilson, New Haven, Conn.; Secretary, Dr. J. F. Davison, Glendola, N. J.; Treasurer, Dr. R. B. Elderdice, McKnightstown, Pa. As usual in meetings for organization, comparatively little work could be done outside the regular routine. An address, setting forth the objects and aims of the society, and dealing with methods whereby physicians might the better enjoy the fruits of their labors, was read by the founder, Dr. J. H. DeWolf. Several other papers on Alliance work in general were also read and discussed, Sixteen States were represented, and altogether the meeting was considered a highly succe sful one. The proceedings will be published in a few weeks Inquiries regarding the Alliance should be addressed to the above-named officers. THE PNEUMOGASTRIC NERVE. EUGENE FIELD, that "sweet singer" of Chicago, who must have suffered from "La Grippe,” is credited with the following ode: Upon an average, twice a week, To know "what ails me now." That all he can observe Now, when these Latin names within Go wrong, a fellow should begin To draw what's called the line. Is not, despite its awful name, Yet, of all tormenters known to me, Thou pneumogastric nerve! It waited nearly forty years Oh, that I could remodel man! The all of that domain inside Where heart and lungs new lie. And author of my thousand woes The pneumogastric nerve. -Med. Age. GOT IT.-Thrifty Throckmorten (meeting physician apparently by accident)-"Hello, doc! You're looking first-rate. If you had a constant tickling in your throathem!--as I've got, you wouldn't be looking so spry, I'll bet a dollar. What do you generally do--hem! hem!-doc, when you have a tickling in your throat?" Physician (passing on)-"I generally cough." -Chicago Tribune. SOME one advertises for "a house girl to assist in the washing of a small family," and some one else wants "a gentleman for breakfast and tea."-Ex. JEM-Who's our foremost General, Tom? Tom-Well, judging from the advertisements in this paper, I should say General Debility.--Comic Cuts, (CONTINUED OVER NEXT LEAF) A Refreshing Tonic and Reconstructive. While the most prominent use for the Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda is in the treatment of Consumption and Scrofula, in which its tonic and tissue-building properties render it particularly efficacious, yet it has other and quite varied uses, based upon these same properties. One of the most marked of these is its use as a tonic reconstructive in hot weather. Many persons have fair health during the cooler months of the year, yet suffer greatly from debility during the long, hot summer, The relaxing effects of the heat itself, besides the loss of the salts of the tissues, through the excessive colliquative perspiration, prove exceedingly depressing to the vital powers. Not only is this condition of extreme debility very depressing in itself, but it also predisposes the victims to attacks of disease which they would otherwise be able to resist. Thus, towards the latter part of the heated term, we have a long list of protracted, exhaustive fevers, for the fatal issue of which the extreme debility of the patients is largely responsible. In all this we may see another demonstration of the value of the phosphorus salts of lime and soda as tonic and vitalizing agents in the animal economy, and also a definite clue to the proper remedy for the condition described, as these tissue-salts are largely wasted in excessive perspiration. This remedy is the pure Hypophosites of Lime and Soda. By its tonic properties, refreshing, revitalizing and invigorating the entire system, it restrains the excessive perspiration, and the consequent waste is cheeked. But it also furnishes the system with healthy tissuefood to replace with new and vigorous cells the necessary waste incident to the ordinary physiological processes. Thus the system is kept all the time up to a prime condition of physical strength and mental exhilaration, and germs of disease find little encouragement for invasion. It would be advisable that those who "do not bear hot weather well" should resort each year to a course of the Hypophosphite of Lime and Soda, and thus fortify the system against certain exhaustion and possible malignant disease. Direct them to put a teaspoonful of MeArthurs's Syrup occasionally in a glass of cold water, as a drink, and the "insatiable thirst" will be more easily relieved. Recommend this, also, to your consumptive and scrofulous patients, and those afflicted with diseases characterized by exhausting discharges and great debility, and they will report the summer as the most refreshing season they have ever passed. The McArthur Hypophosphite Co., Boston, Mass., will send upon request to any physician not familiar with MeArthur's Syrup, a full sized bottle, by express, without expense, save the express charge; also, interesting matter about the value and uses of the Hypophosphites. |