FORMULE. Sig. Take one capsule at 8 a.m.; the other at 4 p.m., if the first has not operated fully. I have practiced medicine twentythree years and have treated many cases of sciatica with all kinds of remedies, i. e., hypodermics, blisters, hot and cold applications, electricity (both galvanic and Faradic currents), sun baths with all the different colored glasses, etc.; but I have found that the little drop of croton will get away with all the other remedies combined. By inducing immense watery discharge from the bowels, it relieves the congestion and thus cures the patient.—Canada Lancet. NUTMEGS IN HEMORRHOIDS.—The common nutmeg employed in the form of an ointment is said (Med. and Surg. Rep.) to give prompt and permanent relief in itching and painful piles. It may be employed as follows: R Pulv. nuc. moschat, 3 ij. M. |