icles to abort or stop short of the suppurative stage. He advises the following formula: Soda Sulphitis. Sy. Glycyrr.. 3 iv. M. Of this mixture he gives a teaspoonful every four hours. Several cases are alluded to, in all of which the patients were made far more comfortable in every particular and the disease apparently modified in the space of a few hours. He recommends it as a prophylactic in cases of exposure to variola, and when there is insusceptibility to vaccination, and observes: "During this spring (1864) I treated in all, twelve or thirteen cases of variola and varioloid, using this remedy, and all with favorable results, gaining quite a reputation as a "smallpox doctor," although I did not pretend to make a specialty of it, and my confidence in the sulphite of soda as a valuable remedy in such cases increased with each additional test." The testimony of Dr. Terry is adduced in favor of its use in the treatment of typhoid fever, erysipelas, and other like diseases. An interesting case of hospital gangrene is related which succumbed speedily this agent, in combination with appropriate topical applications. STARCH INJECTIONS IN GONORRHOEA.-Finely powdered starch mixed with lukewarm water, so as to obtain a fluid of the substance of cream, but thin enough to allow of injection, forms a most successful injection in cases of gonorrhoea, especially after the inflammatory stage is over. [M. Luc.]-Braithwaite's Retrospect. IODIDE OF LEAD IN ECZEMA.-Iodide of lead is a remedy of great value in eczema. It should be applied in the form of an ointment, 12 grains to the ounce, with 1 dram of glycerine, and 40 minims of chloroform, to relieve the itching. Another formula is the following: Iodide of lead, 20 grains; simple ointment, 7 drachms; glycerine, 1 dram. The ointment of lead of the present pharmacopoeia is too strong for cases of chronic eczema or psoriasis; it contains 62 grains to the ounce; whereas, from one-fifth to one-fourth of that quantity is sufficient, and more useful than the pharmacopoeial strength. The use of constitutional treatment must be combined with this.-[Dr. W. T. Belcher.]-Braithwaite's Retrospect. ANTIDOTE FOR STRYCHNIA.-Dr. J. Bartlett strongly recommends common salt as a curative of strychnia poisoning. He reports as many as twenty specimens on dogs, in which violent symptoms following large doses of strychnia ceased after emetics, induced after drenching the animal with water holding in solution several handfulls of salt.— Chicago Medical Times.-American Jour. of Dental Science. DIGITALIS.-Dr. J. D. Brown relates in the Medical Times, some remarkable cases of the use of digitalis in the suppression of the function of the kidneys. He says:— "The rules of management must depend on the pulse. I have seen no good results till the pulse fell in number; it matters not from what figure fall it must before any change occurs. I would strongly advise 60 as a standard from a high number; 40 or 50 from a lower figuresay from 80. Judging from the effects on the circulation, we can not lose sight of the fact that the arrest of secretion depends on the capillary congestion, which in turn might, by pressure, paralyze the nerves. The fact, however, remains that we compel the kidney to resume its functions by diminishing the force of the circulation, lessening the quantity of the blood by allowing a much longer interval between each new arrival. Strange, too, it is that in four cases the attack commenced suddenly like a fit of stone, and in reality, stone came away in each case. "It is not supposed that it will succeed in all cases of that disease; but it is clear that it has a powerful influence over the renal secretions, and if carefully watched, taking the pulse as a guide, no mischief need be feared."-American Jour. of Dental Science. GONORRHEA, ITS TREATMENT.-John M. Johnson, M. D., (Atlanta Med. and Surg. Journal) writes: "My plan of treatment is, first, to put the patient in bed, in an airy room, and make him comfortable there; then admininister epsom salts and calcined magnesia, equal parts, until the bowels are completely emptied. After which: R Pulv. Doveri, grs. xlviii, divide into equal portions, xii-one to be given every three or four hours until all are taken. If the ipecac in this preparation produces much nausea, then use opium or morphia in its stead. Also: R-Acetate Zinc... Distilled Water... grs. xii. Mix and dissolve. Inject half a dram every four hours. Mix and dissolve. Let the patient drink this ad libitum, when drinks are called for. The balance of the treatment consists in keeping a towel, wet with cold water, constantly to the penis, over the testicles and perineum, and on no account permit him to leave his bed or room for sixty hours. After this, he will be weak, nervous, and sick at the stomach, but light, well-flavored broths, coffee, tea, &c., &c., will soon relieve these symptoms, and he will be as free from gonorrhoea as if he never had it." PROPHYLAXIS OF WHOOPING COUGH.-M. Davreux (of Liège) uses the following mixture: Extract of aconite, 1 grain; laurel water, 1 fluid drachm; ipecacuanha syrup, 45 drops; solution of gum arabic, 7 ounces: one teaspoonful every hour for an infant, two for children above three years, and a tablespoonful for adults. The medicine should be given from eight to ten days, although there may be no cough. The remedy succeeds remarkably when the latter is not of long standing. On the subject of whooping cough, it may be mentioned that M Poulet has found infusoria in the breath of patients suffering from that complaint. He concludes that whooping cough should be classed among diseases as infectious as variola, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, etc. -Detroit Review of Medicine. ARSENIOUS ACID IN CEREBRAL CONGESTION.-Cerebral congestion in insanity is relieved, according to M. Lislie, in L' Evenement Medicale, with great certainty, by arsenious acid. Doses of to of a grain given three times daily, before meals.-Med. Record. NEURALGIA MIXTURE.-Take Quinia, two drachms; tincture Aconite, two drachms; tincture Gelsemin, one drachm; Ferri prussiate, two drachms; neutralizing mixture, twelve ounces; simple syrup, twentyfive ounces. Mix. Dose, a teaspoonful every two or three hours. -Chicago Medical Journal. TO REMOVE FRECKLES.-A French Journal recommends the following: Take Napthaline, ten parts; Biphenate of soda, one part; tinct ure of benzoin, cologne, each two thousand parts. Mix. A tablespoonful of this is to be added to a glass of cold water, four to eight fluid ounces, and the face then bathed with it every night and morning. -Idem. ULCERATION OF THE TONSILS.-Dr. G. W. Champ recommends the following wash as most effectual in ulceration of the tonsils, or apthous affections of the mouth: Take pulv. Sulphate of zinc and Chlorate of potash, of each two drachms; strong sage tea, half a pint. Mix. Gargle the throat frequently.-Idem. may IODIDE OF POTASSIUM IN MEASLES.-M Ricord observes: The iodide of potassium possesses the remarkable property of causing determination of diseased action to the skin. In cases of what be termed "suppressed measles" and "scarlatina" it will frequently induce a healthful reaction under the most desperate circumstances. One or two grains, according to the age of the patient, under twelve years, may be, dissolved in a quantity of sugared water, and administered, repeatedly as an ordinary drink, the whole quantity being given in twenty-four hours, for three or four days. In measles, a small plaster to the chest assists the peculiar action of the iodine. In scarlatina, the compound tincture of iodine, diluted with three or four parts of water, may be frequently applied, by means of a camel-hair brush, to the front and sides of the throat and neck. Milk is injurious during the first two or three days, in cases either of measles or scarlatina.—Braithwaite's Retrospect. A SURE SIGN OF DEATH.-M. Martenot de Cordoux, of the Lyons Military Hospital, states the following as an infallible means of deciding on the certainty of death—a matter of more importance on the Continent than with ourselves, owing to the precipitancy of interments there. Bring the flame of a candle in contact with a finger or toe for a long enough time to raise an ampulla or bladder. If this contain serosity, life is certainly still present, while if it burst, discharging nothing but vapor, life is as certainly extinct. In one word a dry vesicle is a sign of death, a liquid one of life.-Gaz. Méd. de Lyon.—Med. Times and Gazette.-Med. and Surg. Journal. CARBOLIC ACID FOR ODONTALGIA.-A correspondent of the Lancet speaks highly of the efficacy of carbolic acid in toothache, advising its use as follows: "To one drachm of collodium flexile add two drachms o carbolic acid, full strength. A gelatinous mass is precipitated. A small portion of this precipitate inserted into the cavity of an aching tooth gives immediate relief. It may be kept in the cavity by means of a bit of lint dipped in the collodium." MORPHINE APplied to the LINING MEMBRANE OF THE NASAL CAVITIES TO RELIEVE PAINFUL DISEASES OF THE HEAD.-Dr. Edmond Souchon (New Orleans Journal of Medicine) translates from the Gazette des Hospitaux, Oct. 1, 1867, the following: "Dr. Rambert, of Chateauden, recommends the use of the lining membrane of the nasal cavities, as a medium for absorption for remedies in cases of very painful diseases of the head, and in certain cases of diseases of the eye. He has obtained very good effects from the administration of pulverized morphine, 1 grain, to sugar 17 grains, by this new method in cases of neuralgia of the face and head." ARSENIC IN PHтHISIS.-In a paper recently read at the Academy of Medicine, M. Moutard-Martin arrives at the following conclusions: 1. Arsenic exerts a very positive action on pulmonary phthisis. 2. It is more efficacious in the slow and torpid form than in that which is accompanied by fever. 3. Rapid phthisis and the acute granular form undergo no modification under it. 4. In a great number of cases, even in advanced phthisis with hectic, the general condition of the patient is ameliorated, at least for a certain time, which may long continue. 5. The modifications in the local lesions are only produced at a later period. 6. In a certain number of cases a cure results, and these would be more numerous if the patients had more perseverance instead of too soon be. lieving themselves cured. 7. In order to prove efficacious, the treatment must be long continued. 8. The quantity taken daily need not exceed two centigrammes. 9. The arsenic is tolerated best in the early stages of the disease. 10. When not carried beyond the quantity stated, the tolerance may be almost indefinitely prolonged. 11. The action of the arsenic is primarily corroborant, acting secondarily on the pulmonary lesion.--Med. Times and Gazette, Jan. 18, 1868.-Union Med.-Drug. Circular. ACTION OF IODIDE OF POTASSIUM INCREASED BY AMMONIA..-It is said that the action of iodide of potassium is increased and rendered more valuable when combined with ammonia, stimulating the stomach, diffusing the blood, and with it the medicine through the system, and by chemical decomposition liberating the free iodine, and thus sending it on its salutary message.-Drug. Circular. BROMIDE OF POTASSIUM.-It is difficult to foresee where all the virtues of this new remedy are to end. That it is a medicine of great therapeutical power is beyond all question; but what may possibly |