medical profession for so many years. He says: "It is well known that the uniformity and reliability of Mariani Wine is not equaled by any of the other grand wines of France, and many gourmets, who are accustomed to the finest vintages, demand 'Chateau Mariani' by preference." -Coca Leaf, January, 1905.

DANIEL'S CONCT. TINCT. PASSIFLORA INCARNATA is a pleasant, reliable, harmless, and potent calmative for diseases of the nervous system. It is prepared from the fresh green fruit, leaves and vine, and holds in solution the natural sedative and hypnotic properties of the plant. It possesses a soothing influence over irritable nerves, and given in teaspoonful doses, will remove the consequences that follow, such as relieving insomnia; quieting teething babies; calming nervous women during and preceding the period of child-birth: and giving a healthful cure to sufferers from hysteria, hypochondria, and neuralgia.

Passiflora is valuable in every form of nerve debility, because it rejuvenates and tranquilizes without a weakening reaction. It is nature's nerve calmative.

PEPSIN is undoubtedly one of the most valuable digestive agents of our Materia Medica, provided a good article is used. Robinson's Lime Juice and Pepsin (see advertising page 17, this number) we can recommend as possessing merit of high order.

The fact that the manufacturers of this palatable preparation use the purest and best Pepsin, and that every lot made by them is carefully. tested, before offering for sale, is a guarantee to the physician that he will certainly obtain the good results he expects from Pepsin.

DR. PETTEY'S RETREATS.- We take pleasure in directing attention to the work of Dr. Geo. E. Pettey, of Memphis, Tenn., who has recently completed the treatment of 800 cases of drug addiction at his Memphis Retreat. He has also lately opened a branch of his work at Denver, Col., and another at Oakland, Cal., each of which is under the care of one of his assistants. These institutions were opened and are being maintained solely for the purpose of treating the alcohol and narcotic drug addictions by methods based upon the original investigations of Dr. Pettey and first published to the profession by him in 1901. (See Therapeutic Gazette, October, 1901.)

It is stated upon good authority that the method of treatment introduced by Dr. Pettey removes these addictions from the list of almost incurable diseases, and renders them the most certainly and readily curable of all the chronic ailments. In thus extending his work, the doctor is making an organized effort to rescue from the irregulars a class of

patients who have been neglected by the profession generally until they have almose ceased to apply to them for relief. These institutions are conducted upon strictly ethical lines, and we bespeak for them the most hearty professional support.

SEASICKNESS is a condition more than difficult to influence by drugs, except probably in isolated cases. Numerous remedies were tried and resulted in just as numerous failures; but in Validol, K. Koepke has at last found a drug which he says produced the desired results and has failed in but a very few instances out of a few hundred cases in which it was tried. When the patients first complain of nervous headache, bad taste, salivation, dizziness, etc., etc., they are given 10 to 15 drops of Validol in sugar, followed by a glass of wine in about half an hour. The dose may have to be repeated, but in most cases the patient improved at once after the first dose and remained well. Should the first dose of Validol be vomited, a second piece of sugar with 10 drops is given at once and repeated several times during the day. Sherry, mixed with eggs (yolks only) and ice, in teaspoonful doses is given at this stage until the patient can eat other things.

GERMILETUM VS. CATARRH AND ECZEMA.- Germiletum being slightly alkaline with no acid reaction, the profession will readily recognize that in Germiletum they have an antiseptic, germicide, deodorizer, and disinfectant superior to any other, and whereas the Dios Chemical Company of St. Louis manufacture specialties only for physicians to prescribe, the profession may rest assured that all products of their laboratory will be kept up to the highest standard of efficiency. On application they will furnish literature, clinical reports, and commendations recommending Germiletum as unexcelled in catarrh and eczema. In addition they proffer their Complete Visiting List for 1905 of 126 pages, Lock Bill File, and full size bottle of Germiletum, Dioviburnia, and Neurosine free, only to physicians, they paying express charges.

SUMMER SESSION, by the lecturers and assistants New Orleans Polyclinic. This course is intended for recent graduates and other physicians who have been unable to attend earlier. It will last six weeks and begins June 1. Teaching in eighteen branches, including the specialties, laboratory work, and cadaveric operations. Table of rates: Any single branch, six weeks $15.00, four weeks $12.00; any two or more branches, each, six weeks $12.00, four weeks $10.00; all branches, six weeks $100.00, four weeks $75.00. For further particulars write New Orleans Polyclinic, Liberty and Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, La.

CHIONIA. At the time I had charge of the medical department of the Taladega Furnace Company and the B. & A. Railroad Company of Alabama, I had under my observation some 1200 men and women. My stay there was continued for nineteen months, and during this time I used very little calomel, and in its stead employed Chionia for liver troubles with the best results. It is not necessary to state individual cases, but I will say that no remedy can equal Chionia as a hepatic tonic in cases of yellow skin, loss of appetite, and bowel derangement. Chionia can be depended upon in clearing up these various disturbances which usually accompany or follow functional disorders of the liver.

Covington, Ky.

B. F. LAIRD, M. D.

NEW ORLEANS POLYCLINIC.-Eighteenth Annual Session opens November 7, 1904, and closes May 20, 1905. Physicians will find the Polyclinic an excellent means for posting themselves upon modern progress in all branches of medicine and surgery. The specialties are fully taught, including laboratory and cadaveric work.

For further information, address New Orleans Polyclinic, Post-office Box 797, New Orleans, La.

MEETING OF TEXAS STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS.-The Board of Medical Examiners for the State of Texas (regular) will hold its next meeting in Austin, Texas, May 2, 3, 4, and 5, 1905, for the examination of applicants and transaction of other business. For further information address the secretary.

J. T. WILSON, President, Sherman, Texas.

N. M. SMITH, Secretary, Austin, Texas.

FOR SALE-Nice residence in convenient, elegant part of the city of Austin, Tex., for $2,500 cash; good practice and office in business part of city thrown in; wish to retire from practice; great bargain. dress Dr. Q. C. Smith, 617 Colorado St., Austin, Tex.

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IN MY OWN PRACTICE I have for years employed Nuclein in every case of measles from the beginning, be the disease ever so slight. Under this regime a conspicuous amelioration of severe symptoms and a shortening of the eruptive stage will be noticed in most cases; preferably the tablets of Protonuclein (R. & C.) are to be used, the dose being from 2 to 4 several times a day.-Index of Diseases, by G. Bjorkman, A. M., M. D., Merck's Archives, January, 1905.

MISSOURI STATE SANATORIUM FOR THE TUBERCULOUS.- Among the many wise measures inaugurated by the Legislature of Missouri, at its last session, was a bill providing for the erection of a sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis in its early stages. According to the provisions of the bill, the institution will be situated in the Ozark Mountains at an elevation of at least 1,000 feet above the sea level. The bill carries an appropriation of $50,000, to be disbursed under the direction of a commission, to be appointed by Governor Folk. Dr. James Stewart, from Warren County, was the author of the bill, and it was largely through his untiring efforts that it became a reality.

"So You HAVE DECIDED to get another physician."

"I have," answered Mrs. Cumrox; the idea of his prescribing flaxseed poultices and mustard plasters for people as rich as we are!"- Ex. Quite right. If he had been up to date, he would have used Antiphlogistine, whether his patients were rich or poor.

TREATMENT OF FELONS.- Felons are classed as minor surgery, and yet many a finger has been lost through their careless treatment. Antiphlogistine is a specific in incipient cases. Apply hot, change every 6 or 8 hours, and resolution will as a rule occur without the formation of pus.

If pus has already formed, incise deeply and freely. Thoroughness is essential. Evacuate and cleanse with a suitable antiseptic. Insert a drainage tube. Surround the finger with Antiphlogistine. Cut the drainage tube one fourth inch above the surface of the Antiphlogistine. Cover all with absorbent cotton and a bandage. The results will be satisfactory.

Reviews and Book Notices.

MEDICAL EXAMINATION FOR LIFE INSURANCE, AND ITS ASSOCIATED CLINICAL METHODS, with Chapters on the Insurance of Substandard Lives and Accident Insurance. By CHAS. LYMAN GREENE, M. D., Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine in the University of Minnesota; Member of the Association of American Physicians; of the American Medical Association; Ex-President of the National Association of Life Insurance; Examining Surgeon; etc., etc. 8vo, cloth, pp. 466, second edition, revised and enlarged, with 99 illustrations. P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Publishers, 1012 Walnut St., Philadelphia, 1905.

A little over four years ago we had occasion to highly commend this excellent and valuable work; and from frequent ref

erence to it from time to time are only the more pleased with it. In his preface to the first edition Dr. Greene says: "It may not be true that this department of medical work should rank as a specialty, but it cannot be denied that in his capacity as an examiner the physician is confronted by many problems quite distinct and apart from those encountered in the ordinary practice of medicine." In this statement, after a long experience prior to the issuance of the first edition, we fully concur. Valuable as we found the first edition, a somewhat cursory investigation of this volume justifies our continued commendation.

A TEXT-BOOK ON THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.- By JAMES M. ANDERS, M. D., Ph. D., LL. D., Professor of the Practice of Medicine and of Clinical Medicine in the Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia; Attending Physician to the Medico-Chirurgical and Samaritan Hospitals, Philadelphia, etc. A magnificent octavo volume of 1295 pages, illus trated with five colored plates and numerous engravings. Prices: cloth, $5.50 net; sheep or half morocco, $6.50 net. Sixth edition, thoroughly revised. W. B. Saunders & Co., 925 Walnut St., Philadelphia; New York: Fuller Building, 5th Avenue and 23d Street; London: 9, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, Publishers, 1903.

The following notices of our contemporaries of the preceding edition we most heartily endorse, stating, however, that this sixth edition is a decided improvement on its predecessors; and will be found to be fully up-to-date and abreast with the latest advances.

"It is a work by which many will profit, for it is both comprehensive and reliable. The work of Dr. Anders is a good one."New York Medical Journal.

"The book is a good one, and for the average general practerial relative to symptomatology, diagnosis, and treatment." Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

"The book as a whole is very complete, and it deserves a prominent place amongst medical text-books. It is, moreover, very well printed and illustrated, and possesses a copious index." -The Lancet, London.

"As far as we can see after a careful inspection, the book is thoroughly abreast of the times, containing the most recent ma