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by a woman; two women are placed in the first class, one a student from Girton College; five more have gained second classes, and several others are in the third class.

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more physicians in Denver, in proportion to the population, than in any other city in the United States. Is this the reason Denver is the healthiest city in the world?

A Microscopical Society, has been organized in Denver composed of Doctors, Pathies and Scientists. It is possible that a wave of the new code of Ethics of New York has struck Denver.

A woman lay three days in a trance at Big Rapids, Mich. On recovering she believed that she had died and come to life as another perThis delusion cannot be dispelled, though in other respects she is

son. sane.

A Bon Mot of Arago's: "What are comets made of?" asked a French lady of the distinguished savant. "Madame, I do not know." "Then what is the use of being an Academician ?" "Madame, that I may be able to say I do not know."

Of 362 houses inspected by the London Sanitary Protection Society, last year, six per cent. were found to have drains completely choked up, preventing all communication with a sewer. In 117 houses the soil pipes leaked, allowing sewer gas to enter the house.

Convicting a Midwife.-The midwife, recently referred to, who had infected a number of women with syphilis through attending labors while suffering from a chancre on one of her fingers, was last week found guilty, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labor.

Sodium Bicarbonate in Acute Tonsillitis.-Dr. J. O. Skinner, U. S A., corroborates, in the Medical News, Dr. Stuver's experience with this drug. He places great reliance on it, combined with tincture of myrrh and camphorated tincture of opium in water, used as a gargle.

Death of M. Cloquet -On the 23d ult. Baron Jules Cloquet, the last of the founders and a former president of the Academie de Medecine, honorary professor on the faculty of medicine of Paris, honorary surgeon to the hospitals, and a commander of the Legion of Honor, died at the age or ninety-two.

Parke, Davis & Co.'s Empty Capsules.-The empty capsules made by Messrs. Parke, Bavis & Co, of Detroit, are admirably adapted for the administration of nauseous medicines, and deserve to be more generally know. It is much simpler to place the requisite dose in one of these capsules than to make it into a pill, or even to give it in the form of powder. The capsules are made of a pure tasteless gelatine, which dis

solves with the greatest readiness. We have given them an extensive trial, and have every reason to be pleased with them. They are made of various shapes and sizes, so that, when filled, they may be given by mouth, or may be used as medicated pessaries or suppositories.-British Medical Journal.

Dr. Reklam, in a recent number of the Gesundheit, says that the headache, restlessness, etc., which are sometimes caused by keeping flowers in bed rooms, do not result from any special properties of the flowers themselves, but from the continued strain brought to bear upon the olfactory nerves.

Subscribers will please inform us of any change in their address Many complaints come to us from advertisers, exchanges and subscribers stating that they do not receive the journa!. This is certainly very annoy. ing to all parties, and much if not all the blame, doubtless rests with the postoffice department.

The New York Code. -We learn that a society is being organized in the State of New York, whose object is to maintain the Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association. A large number of the leading members of the profession have expressed their desire to join the society and become active co workers.

Exhausted Linseed Meal for Poultices.-M. Lailler, Rep. de Phar., thinks that linseed meal which has been deprived of its oil is superior to that which has been freshly ground and used in its natural state; it retains its heat longer, while when the oil is present, it becomes rapidly rancid and seriously irritates the skin.

It is announced that the John's Hopkins Medical School, of Baltimore, will be opened next fall. This institution is expected to be on a superior plane to any other now in existence in America--its course of instruction far more thorough, its degree correspondingly more difficult of attainment; at least seven years of study in all will be required.

Paraldehyde as an Hypnotic.-Dr. Vicenzo Cervello, of Palermo, says that paraldehyde in doses of 30 to 45 grains induces a quiet, reparative sleep, not followed by headache, loss of appetite, or mental confusion, as after chloral. It is very useful in the periodical mania of progressive paralysis, in acute and chronic mania, delirium tremens, etc. Dr. Langer states that the fat of a child contains less oleic acid, but more palmitic and stearic acid than that of adults, besides being richer in the butyric and caproic acids." Perhaps that is what causes the infant to yell so vociferously during the night, but we cannot always. tell. It may be the richness of the butyric and caproic acids, and it may be a displaced pin.--Norristown Herald.

Nasal Disease a Cause of Asthma.-Voltolini first directed attention to the relation of cause and effect between polypus of the nose and asthma, but now Dr. G. Hunter Mackenzie calls attention in the Edinburgh Medical Journal, February, 1883, to a case in which simple chronic inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane, without a polypus, was clearly the cause of aggravated and persistent attacks of asthma,

The New York Ophthalmic and Aural Institute..-By the Annual Report of this institution, for the year 1882, we find that the field of its usefulness has been enlarged in each of its departments, 6,425 out-patients having been treated, against 5,584 in the year 1881; and 320 inpatients, against 273. The number of important operations performed was 554--an excess of 52 over those performed the year before.

Wrappers for Apothecaries.-An ingenious confrere, whose name we regret that we are unable to give, having mislaid his communication, has conceived the novel idea of publishing a sheet, termed "Medical Miscellany," intended for apothecaries to use as wrappers. The printed matter is designed for patients to read. It consists of short ethical injunctions, interspersed with domestic receipts and droll paragraphs on various subjects.

Dr. Robert Battey. The many professional friends of Dr. Battey throughout the South will be pleased to learn that he has established at Rome, Georgia, a private infirmary for the treatment of women with diseases peculiar to their sex. The building is composed of a series of twostory cottages connected together by covered verandas. Each patient

has a separate room, carpeted, furnished in solid walnut and provided with fire. The infirmary is under the daily supervision of Mrs. Battey, and patients have all the comforts of a home. Dr. Battey has provided a separate room and ward which contains all the facilities for antisepticism and other conveniences for the management of surgical cases.-Louisville Medical News.

The Woman's Hospital which is now being constructed in Denver, will be ready for the reception of patients May 10th, 1883 The present building is for the treatment of women, though it is the intention of those having charge to erect in the future, a separate building for children. Every convenience for the management of surgical cases and for carrying out of antisipticism has been or will be provided for. Thomas H. Hawkins, M D., will be the attending surgeon for diseases of women, and F. Marquand Trask, for children. There will also be a consulting staff of five or six. The Board of Directors as at present consist of Rev. Geo. P. Hays, D. D., Chas. S. Prowitt, H. B. Chamberlin and Thomas H. Hawkins. Others will be added.

Adonis Vernalis. --The Adonis vernalis has been used in some forms of heart disease, and its constituents have been recently studied by Dr. Cervello, who has obtained from it only one active substance, a glucoside, which he has named "adonidin." Only a small quantity was obtained from two kilogrammes of the plant. The substance is extremely energetic, and seems to be contained in small proportion. It is nonnitrogenous, colorless, odorless, amorphous, and extremely bitter, soluble in alcohol, but only slightly soluble in ether and water. It is precipitated by tannic acid, the precipitate redissolving in much water. It is insoluble in cold dilute hydrochloric acid, but on being heated it splits up into sugar and a substance insoluble in ether. Adonis vernalis is said to have an action similar to digitalis, but not to be cumulative in its action, so that it can be safely given for a considerable time without danger. The action of adonidin seems to be identical with that of digitalin. Cervello's researches have been published in the Archiv f. Exp. Path. u. Pharmakologie.-Lancet, Nov. 25, 1882.

M. Galippe, a French savant, has undertaken to clear copper from the unjust imputation under which it has labored of possessing poisonous. properties. He has been experimenting since 1875 upon dogs with verdigris, bluestone, and various salts of copper, and he has come to the conclusion that "copper cannot cause fatal poisoning." And on its being objected that the emetic effects of these substances probably saved the animals' lives-dogs being particularly susceptible to the action of emetics-he courageously proceeded to try similar experiments on himself, having all his food regularly cooked in copper vessels coated inside with verdigris, and he feels none the worse for it. Furthermore he has over and over again found copper in the liver and kidneys of persons who have died from natural causes; and his analysis of wheat, chocolate, and other alimentary substances have revealed the presence of infinitesimal qualities of copper in their composition. These are facts, he says, which should not be lost sight of in making post mortems of persons whose death has been attributed to metalic poisoning; and he believes that ignorance of them has led to more than one sad judicial

error.

M. Gambetta's Eye So many stories have been told concerning M. Gambetta's eye, says the "Lancet" that it becomes necessary to reestablish the true facts of the case. The most popular account is that M. Gambetta, when quite a boy, destroyed his eye, because his father refused to take him away from school; and this is related as a proof of his determined character. This version has, however, the disadvantage of being absolutely false The injury was due to an accident. A tool escaped from the hands of a workman in a turner's shop, and struck Gambetta in

the face, blinding him in one eye.

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Gambetta was but a boy then. the course of years the anterior part of the globe gradually dilated and became so large that he could no longer close the eyelids. In 1867 Gambetta was introduced, by his friend Dr. Fienzal, to the celebrated oculist De Wecker, who declared that the wounded eye must be at once excised De Wecker describes the operation, which he performed, in the "Gazette hebdom. de med. et de chir." Gambetta, who was then living in a very modest apartment in the Rue Bonaparte, displayed great fortitude. Ether was administered, and acted with exceptional rapidity; the operation was most successfully and promptly concluded. The eye, which was pear shaped, had grown to double its normal size, and its antero-posterior diameter measured nearly five centimetres. In three days Gambetta was able to quit his bed, and he was very soon completely cured. De Wecker preserved the eye, but he ultimately lent it to the renowned histologist, Professor Iwanoff, remarking at the time that it was the eye of a man destined, he was sure, to enact an important part in the history of his country. Two years ago Professor Iwanoff died at Mentone, having still in his possession Gambetta's eye. This relic, together with Professor Iwanoff's collection, was handed over to his most devoted pupil, the Duke Charles of Bavaria, brother of the Empress of Austria and of the ex-Queen of Naples. Thus, the eye of the statesman and patriot who, as Dictator, contributed more than any one else to raise armies and resist the German invasion, is now in the hands of a German prince.

Antiseptics in Phthisis. Dr. Wm. Porter, physician to Throat and Lung Department, St. Luke's Hospital, St. Louis, thus summarizes: Proven, it seems to me, are these two propositions:

Ist.

Phthisis is a specific disease from a specific cause,

2d. Phthisis may be produced by absorption of tuberculous matter in contact with the mucous membrane of the air passages or intestinal

tract.

There is also evidence that the energy of this tuberculous matter is due to germ development and progression.

Hence the value of antiseptic influence in the treatment of phthisis, not only in the later stages during pus production and absorption, but also in the earlier process of infection.

One great demand is for that, which by local and internal use, may meet and destroy the septic agencies of disease. Such a remedy must be effective, unirritating and non-poisonous, susceptible of ready dilution and easy absorption, and withal inoffensive in odor and taste.

Carbolic acid and iodoform do not fully meet these requirements,

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