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A VALUABLE TREATMENT FOR WHOOPING COUGH.-R. Ext. Drosera Fld., ziv; Terp-Heroin (Foster), q. s., oz. iv. Sg. Half teaspoonful every two or three hours for child 6 to 10 years; other ages in proportion.

"I am thoroughly satisfied with the results I obtain from the use of Peacock's Bromides. I prescribe it with much confidence, and while I have seen others, said to be ‘just as good,' I do not tolerate them, but consider this a splendid recommendation for the preparation." H. A. Schraeder, M.D., Braymer, Mo.

SOLD WRONG MEDICINE; FINED $50.-In Special Sessions or last Thursday before Justices Wyatt, McKean and Hinsdale, Clarence D. Bowman, a director of the Lewis A. Bates Company, and the manager of their drug store in No. 739 Sixth avenue, pleaded guilty to having violated Section No. 364 of the Penal Code in using another preparation in place of essence of pepsin manufactured by Fairchild Brothers & Foster in filling prescriptions calling for the latter preparation. He was fined $50. It appeared that on several occasions when physicians had prescribed Fairchild's pepsin Bowman had delivered the imitation mixture. Bowman said he was sorry for what he had done, but had no excuse to offer. In imposing sentence Justice Wyatt said that the offense was a most serious one, and that a heavier penalty would have been imposed had not the injured firm recommended leniency by reason of its being the defendant's first conviction.

SANMETTO IN PROSTATITIS, ENURESIS, CATARRh of BladDER. "In prostatitis, enuresis, catarrh of bladder and all diseases of the genito-urinary system, Sanmetto has been indispensable to me.”—J. T. W. Kerns, M.D., Bellaire, O.

PAPINE. In papine advanced pharmacy has given us a perfect opium preparation. It possesses the anodyne virtues of opium and not the constipating and untoward actions. Papine may be briefly defined as the only opiate which is free from the evil effects which I have just named. It is very prompt, in this respect excelling any other opiate, and it never produces nausea, consti

pation and the usual woes that go hand in hand with the old-time opiates. Papine is, therefore, the remedy which is indicated in all forms of inflammatory pain. It is given in doses of one teaspoonful every one, two or three hours, until its anodyne action is attained. In giving papine, we can bear in mind that a teaspoonful represents the strength of one-eighth of a grain of morphine. Having this fact in mind, the dosage which is appropriate in any case will at once suggest itself.-Extract from "Remedial Measures Indicated in Affections Attended With Pain," by G. S. Trotter, M.D., in New Albany Medical Herald.

SIMPLICITY IN TREATMENT.-Simplicity in treatment, especially in diseases of women, is an item of no small importance. Micajah's Medicated Uterine Wafers are particularly efficacious in leucorrhea, endometritis, gonorrhea, etc., and as there is no powder to spill nor water to soil the clothing, they offer an ideal treatment in the above conditions. Insert wafer in vaginal canal up to the uterus every third night, preceded by copious injections of hot water.

The following refers to a professor of meteria medica in one of the large Eastern schools: Dr. L. B., in opening a small chancroid, slightly cut his index finger. The injury was of such small apparent consequence that no attention was given the wound. In two days inoculation was manifested and in four days the entire arm to the axilla was involved. Free incisions were made with little benefit. On the advice of a brother practitioner, antiphlogistine was applied, covering the entire arm. At the end of 12 hours the dressing was removed and the inflammation had subsided. Antiphlogistine was not again immediately applied, but, the pain returning, hot application of bichloride solution was used, but with no abatement of pain, and the inflammation was again most rapidly assuming control. A second resort to Antiphlogistine was then decided upon with most happy results. The arm again under this treatment assumed its normal condition, and all traces of the virus disappeared.-The International Journal of Surgery, May, 1902.

TONGALINE. For coughs, heavy colds, catarrhal fever, influenza and other congested conditions, Tongaline and Quinine Tablets will give most speedy relief, the effects of the quinine being wonderfully assisted by the extraordinary eliminative action of the Tongaline upon all the emunctories.

PEPTO-MANGAN.-"I have always been well satisfied with the results from the use of your Pepto-Mangan (Gude), and continue to prescribe it in appropriate cases."-Professor Neisser, Privy Councillor, Breslau, July 31, 1901.

A POWERFUL DIURETIC.-Although the materia medica abounds in drugs having a diuretic action, but few of them can be considered pure diuretics, the majority producing their effect in an indirect manner. Among the pure diuretics, theobromine has been extensively employed in late years in the form of the salicylate. This preparation, however, is not free from irritating effect upon the gastro-intestinal tract, owing to the contained salicylic acid, and for this reason Dr. Impens, of Brussels, after considerable experimentation, succeeded in producing a double salt of the obromine sodium and acetate of sodium, to which the name Agurin has been given. This preparation has been made the subject of extensive clinical studies in the clinics of Professors von Litten, of Berlin; Destree, of Brussels; Buchwald, of Breslau, and von Ziemssen, of Munich. The results of these tests have shown that in the dropsy of cardiac disease, Agurin is a prompt and reliable diuretic, free from any irritating effects upon the digestive organs or kidneys, while in some cases of ascites, due to cirrhosis of the liver and in cases of edema from chronic interstitial nephritis, without marked destruction of the renal epithelium, the drug acted efficiently. The diuretic value of Agurin is further confirmed by some conclusions presented by Dr. A. C. Barnes (Medical Record, May 24, 1902), in a discussion before the American Therapeutic Society, according to which the acetates form double salts with theobromine, which are soluble and are powerful diuretics, of which Agurin is a type.

SANMETTO IN URINARY TROUBLES IN OLD MEN AND CHILDREN. "So far as my experience has been with Sanmetto, in urinary troubles, it is one of the very best remedies we have at present. I recommend Sanmetto in urinary troubles in old men; also for children when subjects of the troublesome complaint of wetting the bed. I have practiced medicine over 45 years.”—A. D. H. Kemper, M.D., Sedgwick, Kans.

Editorial Items-Continued.

Prophylaxis in Pneumonia.-H. R. Tuthill (Medical Record) considers internal antiseptics, such as creosote, salol and creosote carbonate, the most rational means of prevention.

Winter Cough.-Crook has used with satisfaction a mixture of I part oil of eucalyptus and 3 parts terebene. Ten or 15 drops of this mixture are given on sugar every three or four

hours.

Chafing of the Skin.-Where skin surfaces in apposition tend to chafe, the Medical Fortnightly recommends a dusting powder of equal parts of magnesium carbonate, zinc oxide and boric acid.

Dr. John A. Wyeth.--Dr. Wyeth made an ideal presiding officer at the last meeting of the American Medical Association, and it is said that to him is due much of the credit for the success attending the meeting.

Small-Pox in the United States.-The official reports from December 28, 1901, to April 18, 1902, give 29,304 cases, with 859 deaths. During the corresponding period last year there were 16,734 cases, with 225 deaths.

A Fracture Hint.-The International Journal of Surgery says: "Never allow a patient with a fractured leg or thigh to lie in a bed which sinks in the middle. This can always be remedied by passing boards under the mattress.”

A Powder for Colds.-The Practitioner recommends the following diaphoretic powder to be taken in a cup of tea at bedtime: Ten grains owdered camphor, 1-3 grain powdered opium, 3 grains potassium acetate, 150 grains of sugar.

A New Cause of Chronic Lead Poisoning.-Gaucher and Bernard (Philadelphia Medical Journal) have observed several cases of chronic lead poisoning among men engaged in polishing false pearls, which contain probably a silicate of lead.

Early Signs of Pleurisy.-B. Przewalski (quoted in Medical News) has found in the earliest stages of pleurisy, with exudation, without exception, a narrowing of the intercostal spaces and a very appreciable resistance over them on the affected side.

Wet Surgical Dressings.-As a plain sterile solution, Van Schaick (Clinical Review) recommends 8 parts of salt, 20 parts of glycerin and 1,000 parts of water. This solution keeps dressings moist much longer than when water alone is employed.

Olive or Cotton-Seed Oil?-What is known as the former is generally the latter. When shaken in a test tube, with an equal volume of strong nitric acid, pure olive oil should show a green coloration, while if cotton-seed oil is present, a red color quickly develops.

The Best Drugs in Pulmonary Tuberculosis.—Ferran (quoted in Philadelphia Medical Journal) advises strychnine and arsenic as the drugs most indicated in this malady. He reports eighteen cases treated with strychnine. As much as 6 to 10 mgm. was given daily.

Centenarians.-Among over 800,000 insured persons (American Medicine) T. E. Young, late president of the Institute of Actuaries of England, has been able to find only 22 cases of centenarians. The oldest of these was a woman who lived 105 years and 8 months.

Quassia a Poison.—Quassia is, according to Wood, the most active of all simple tonics. Its active principle, quassin, is an irritant poison, and quite a number of cases have been reported (Medical Times) where death has followed from the rectal injection of a strong infusion.

Unguentum Crede in Meningitis.-Daxenberger (quoted in American Medicine) used unguentum argenti colloidii, Crede, with success in three severe cases of meningitis, while 15 other cases, in which the ointment was not used, although all the other customary therapeutic measures were tried, ended fatally. The inunctions were given in the same way as mercurial inunctions, from 2.5 to 3 grams being rubbed in every day. The good effects are early apparent.

American Medical Association.-Meeting at Saratoga. The following officers were elected: President, Frank Billings, of Chicago; vice-presidents, W. A. Witherspoon, of Tennessee; G. F. Comstock, of New York; C. R. Holmes, of Ohio; James H. Dunn, of Minnesota; secretary, G. H. Simmons, of Illinois; treasurer, H. P. Newman, of Illinois; orators, medicine, J. M. Anders, of Philadelphia; surgery, A. F. Jones, of Omaha; state medicine, W. H. Welch, of Baltimore.

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