CHAS. WOOD FASSETT, M. D.

PUBLISHING HOUSE,

MANAGING EDITOR

ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI. CORNER SIXTH AND CHARLES STS. Editorial Telephone 890. Business Telephone 196

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"Prejudice is the child of ignorance."-HASLETT.

Wanted.-Educated young man to work through medical college Address PanPath, National Medical University, Chicago.

For Sale.-First-class surgical chair and improved nebulizer. Both will be sold cheap if taken at once. Address "Removed," care Medical Herald, St. Joseph, Mo.

A Rare Water.-Allouez is saturated by nature with carbonic radio-actine, sulphuric and hydrochloric gases in combinatien with magnesic-calsic and sodium salts which contribute to make this pure, light, soft and palatable spring water remarkable, active diuretic and mild laxative. Its use will prevent clogging and correct diseased conditions

"Our Observation of the medical literature indicates that echinacea is being used far more than formerly."-J. A. M A., April 8th, 1905. Ecthol contains in each fluid drachm twenty-eight grains echinacea and three grains thuja. It is put up in bottles holding twelve ounces and any physician who has not used ecthol, can get a 12-ounce bottle for experimental purposes by sending 25 cents to Battle & Co. to prepay express charges.

Quarantine Sketches is the title of an interesting booklet issued by the Maltine Co., Brooklyn N. Y., in which are portrayed the precautions taken by our government to prevent disease from being carried into this country by the thousands of emigrants that are landed every day. The pamphlet is beautifully gotten up, and the illustrations are from photographs. The company will take pleasure in sen ling a copy to any physician who makes request.

A Suitable Diet is so important in all morbid conditions, that we are glad to call attention of our readers to the advertisement of the well known Horlick's malted milk in this issue. Wherever a pure, nutritious, and easily assimilated food is indicated, this food-product will be found reliable and satisfactory, to both patient and doctor. It is another proof of its merit that it is deemed worthy of imitation, and it is with pleasure we note, in these days of "high financiering,' that the manufacturers do not belong to any trust or milk combination of any sort.

Dr. J. T. Newman, of New Orleans, La., in paper on The Selective Action of Sanmetto upon the Genito-Urinary Apparatus," says: “I have used this remedy (sanmetto) in all forms of cystitis and other affections of the urinary apparatus, but I desire more particularly to call attention to its value in chronic prostatitis. which occurs more especially among old men; and I can truly say, without exaggeration, that in my hands it has especially selective action upon the prostate. am sure that any medical man, who will give sanmetto an impartial trial, will become convinced of the truthfulness of this assertion."

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The Ages of Women-Puberty.-Young girls arriving at womanhood many times laboring under abnormal strain from over-study and from the additional nervous tension due to the first menstruation, Hayden's viburnum compound is particularly serviceable. It is a uterine sedative and calmative and assists in the normalization of the pelvic circulation. Hayden's viburnum compound has stood the test of time and for twenty-five years has been accepted and recognized as the standard remedy in the treatment of dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, menorrhagia and other diseases of the uterus and its appendages. To assure results the genuine H.V. C. only should be administered. Literature sent on request and sample if express charges are paid. New York Pharmaceutical Co., Bedford Springs, Mass.

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The Modern Management of Malarial Anemia. One of the most obstinate forms of anemia with which the physician has to contend is that which succeeds malarial infection. This particular form of anemia is, unquestionably, due directly to the structural changes induced by the protozoon parasite. While a mild form of anemia is a common, if not invariable, consequence of malarial infection, there is a severe type, termed malarial anemia, which not infrequently occurs. This latter variety usually responds slowly to curative measures; and, since its existence renders the individual a fit subject for recurring malarial manifestations upon the slightest exposure, the importance of its cure cannot be too strongly emphasized. The doctrine of the latency of malarial poisoning in the human body is rapidly gaining in popularity. Some authorities even go so far as to claim that a person who has once been inoculated with the malarial protozoa never completely recovers. Whether this be true or not, it is certain that the protozoon prarsite does exert an influence which tends, for a great length of time, to lower vitality and render feeble the powers of resistance to renewed attacks. This is especially true in the case of women, children and persons of advanced age. Recent investigations unite in ascribing the cause of malarial anemia to the liberation of hemoglobin from the red corpuscles in the blood vessels. The pigmentation resulting from this liberation of hemoglobin is one of the characteristics of malarial infection. And while the coloring matter may remain in the blood stream, it usually infiltrates into the cells and neighboring tissues. The deposit of pigment is especially great throughout the tissue of the liver and spleen. The thickening and softening of the mucous membrane of the stomach which always attends malarial infection, seems likely to contribute, at least to some extent, to the development of anemia. In every instance the degree of the anemia is in direct ratio to the amount of the hemoglobin liberated from the red corpuscles. fact explains the philosophy of effecting repair by the administration of iron, the hemoglobin-contributor. Whether or not the protozoon parasite is ever completely eliminated from the economy remains an unanswered question. But it is now universally conceded that the protracted administration of iron does render the indivi dual partly, if not completely, exempt from a return of malarial manifestations of an aggravated type. Far more so, in fact, than does quinine. Indeed, we have good cause to believe that iron does exert a destructive influence upon the malarial protozoa and increases the immunity of the individual. While it is the chief aim of the physician to make up the deficiency of the hemoglobin in these subjects by the administration of iron, it is distinctly important, coincidently, to increase the appetite and augment the capacity to appropriate the food ingested. To this end, discrimination in the selection of the form of iron to be employed is vitally essential. The acid solutions of the drug are ineligible because of the fact that they cannot be engaged for a long period without harmfully affecting the secretion of the digestive juices and adding to the morbid state of the mucous surfaces or the alimentary tract. Furthermore, the continued use of acid products of any sort are certain to diminish the alkalinity of the blood, thus depressing, to a very considerable extent, the nutritive processes. Then, too, headache which is an ever disturbing factor in these cases, is intensified by all substances of an acid reaction. The strongly alkaline preparations of iron, while less objectionable than the acid ones, are open to fault for the reason that they induce constipation, and in this manner favor auto-intoxication. By far the most effectual form of iron in the treatment of malarial anemia is that which is neutral in reaction and available for immediate absorption. The organo-plastic form of iron, as found in pepto-mangan (Gude), certainly fulfils the requirements of the physician with greater promptness and uniformity than any other product thus far evolved. This preparation-pepto-mangan (Gude) is by all means the most potent hemoglobin-producing form of iron, and it undoubtedly surpasses other ferruginous products as an invigorator of the digestive and nutritive functions. These assertions are easily confirmed by the microscope. It is also an accepted fact that pepto-mangan (Gude) does not induce constipation, and it seems to materially hasten repair of the mucous surfaces of the alimentary tract resulting from the structural changes incident to the malarial infection, In short, pepto-mangan (Gude) is of inestimable value in the treatment of malarial anemia by virtue of its manifold advantages over other preparations of iron. If this preparation is administered for the proper length of time, the individual gains substantially in strength, flesh, physical and mental energy.

OF COD-LIVER OIL AND HYPOPHOSPHITES

OF LIME AND SODA AND GLYCERINE.

Nature makes Glycerine in the human economy in the process of the digestion of fat; makes it for a purpose, and uses it up in the system, thus showing the need of it. Why does Nature make Glycerine? Chemistry shows it assists absorption and digestion, and prevents fermentation.

HERE'S A HINT FOR US.

We add Glycerine to SCOTT'S EMULSION for the same purpose, and thus prevent flatulence and eructations, and also bring up the food value to 62 per cent., the highest ever attained in any stable Emulsion. It also keeps the oil from becoming rancid and the Emulsion from separating, while it heals and soothes irritated and inflamed mucous membranes, and helps to cure obstinate coughs.

Physicians can give SCOTT'S EMULSION made with Glycerine in Bright's Disease, Rheumatic, Gouty and Diabetic conditions with great benefit, where an emulsion containing sugar would not be admissable; while in Consumption, Bronchitis, Faulty Nutrition and Dyspepsia it is more easily assimilated and rapid in action.

The combination of Cod Liver Oil for fat and muscle, Hypophosphites for brain, bone and nerve, and Glycerine to assist digestion and prevent fermentation, follows nature closely, and is so pleasant that the youngest child or most delicate invalid can take it with certain benefit.

SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York.

We Have Always Published Our Formulas

Ever since the medicines of this Company were first placed upon the market, physicians and pharmacists have been given the formulas. Indeed, we have published these formulas time and time again, in all the leading medical and pharmaceutical journals the world over. In doing this, however, we have only carried out the plan inaugurated by the founder of this business, Dr. James C. Ayer. In the first edition of Ayer's Almanac, printed in 1853, Dr. Ayer most forcefully called attention to this question of publishing the formulas. He not only gave these formulas to the Medical Profession, but he even advised patients to consult their family physician with respect to the use of these medicines; advice which we most urgently give at the present day. The following is the extract to which we refer:

"The substances of which Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is composed are those known to be most relied on by medical men for the treatment of pulmonary diseases. They, and their proportions, are accurately given in the Formula, which has been published in all the principal medical journals of the civilized world, and also submitted to the personal inspection of a large part of the Medical Profession of the United States and British America.

"As a consequence of this course, intelligent practitioners everywhere are familiar with its composition, nature, and effects, and we would respectfully suggest to patients suffering under affections of the lungs, that they should consult their physician respecting the more minute directions for its use in their particular cases. Thus may be secured the best effects of the medicine, aided by the practical wisdom of those deeply learned in the science of the Healing Art." J. C. AYER COMPANY, Lowell, Mass.

PAPERS READ AT THE SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING HELD IN ST. JOSEPH, MARCH 22 AND 23, 1906.

BLASTOMYCETIC DERMATITIS, WITH REMARKS ON THREE CASES.

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William Frick, A. M., M. D., Kansas City, Mo.

Professor of Dermatology in Kansas University Medical School.

HE subject of this paper is of comparatively recent development. We do not believe a disease has been discovered which has not been in existence until the past few years; but that we are just learning to distinguish between this disease, caused by mould fungus, and cases of carcinoma, lupus or syphilis. We think it most probable that cases of blastomycetic dermatitis have heretofore been classed with each