Aqua ammonia. Chloroform.. M. S. I pint I OZ. oz. OZ. Oz. oz. oz. I regard this recipe as harmless (and useful. too), as Hamlin's famous Wizard Oil, and I believe it as perfect an analysis as we can get. I send it for the information of the readers and subscribers of THE MEDICAL WORLD. Palestine, Texas. Moxie. J. WEBB DOUGLAS. From that excellent journal, the American Analyst, we learn that Francis Wyatt has analyzed Moxie with the following result. One hundred parts by weight when distilled were found to contain three-fourths per cent. alcohol and one-fourth per cent. of the essential oils of sassafras, wintergreen and anise. The residuum in the retort was evaporated to dryness, and contained 7.880 per cent. of extractive matter, consisting of 3.810 Sassafras,. Gentian,. Sugar,. 1.870 Checkerberry,. Quassia amara,. The latter existed in the original as infusion, mixed in proportions to allow the sassafras to A twelve ounce bottle would preponderate." require about one drachm each of powdered gentian and quassia, fifteen minims of the oils of sassafras, gaultheria and anise, a drachm of alcohol, the same amount of soda, seventy-five grains of glucose, and half an ounce of sugar, with water slightly impregnated with carbonic acid gas, to make up the amount. Dr. Wyatt adds that the results of his investigation shows the mixture to be simply a mild, inoffensive tonic, an agreeable drink, incapable of exerting the slightest action on the brain or the nervous system. [Of its harmless character I can testify. One of my patients, for whom it had been suggested as a beverage, procured by mistake a quart bottle of the "double extract," used at the soda fountain. She drank the whole of it during a few hours, without any bad effects following. ED.] Sp. rosmarini... M. Digest for a week, and add: Ol. rosmarin.. Ol. origani.. Misce bene. For sp. rosmarini, take: Rosmarini.... Alcohol q. s., ad.. .Ib. ij [The three above are famous old formulæ used for a century and longer in Pennsylvania. They came to me by chance, in a curious old book of prescriptions which belonged to one of the Fahnestock family. The yellow family drops are still used to break up colds. Given in doses of a teaspoonful it is a most disagreeable but really efficient remedy.-W. F. W.] Dr. Smedley's Fever Powders. R Camphor gum.. Blood root.. Lobelia (seeds, pods and leaves).. All pulverized fine and well mixed. 1/2 oz. 1⁄2 oz. . I OZ. 2 OZ. For colds and to break a fever in its first stages, in powders of ordinary size. For catarrh in the head use as a snuff. Sweet's Celebrated Ointment. B Skunks' oil.. Angle worms. ./1⁄2 pt. I pt. 1⁄2 pt. I handful. Purpura Hæmorrhagica. By Frank Woodbury, M. D., Philadelphia. An excellent little monograph, well worth the trouble of sending to the author for a copy. The Treatment of Gonorrhoea and its Sequelae. By Chas. L. Mitchell, M. D., 1016 Cherry St., Philadelphia. The author is a physician who has had unusual opportunities to study the diseases of which he treats, and has brought unusual talent to that study. In the pamphlet before us, he carefully distinguishes between true gonorrhoea, and the inflammation excited in an unhealthy urethra by non-specific causes, Preventive injections he mentions only to pronounce a deserved condemnation. He cautions patients particularly against the use of beer. He makes a strong plea for the use of his soluble bougies, instead of copaiba and injections. The book will be sent to any one who desires it. The Physician's Leisure Library. Published by Geo. S. Davis, Detroit. 25 cents each, or $2.50 for twelve. The volumes issued since our last notice comprise the following: The Modern Treatment of Eczema. By H. G. Piffard. This is a good work, written by one who has studied his subject carefully. His views are peculiar-all the more interesting. He has faith in arsenic, viola tri-color, and sulphide of lime, alone among internal remedies. Antiseptic Midwifery. By H. J. Garrigues. A strong plea for antiseptic injections after confinement. We don't like the injections in family practice, but after reading Dr. Garrigues' book, are not prepared to deny that they may be proper in lying-in hospitals. Spinal Irritation. By W. A. Hammond. Is it this author's experience in the field of romance which makes his scientific works so delightful? Or is it rather his strong individuality and hopefulness which inspires the same sentiment in his readers? Certain it is, that when one takes up one of Hammond's books he cannot lay it down until he has finished it. The Journal of Comparative Medicine and Surgery comes to us in a new dress, with external and internal evidences of a reorganization which has been for the better. Dr. Huidekoper joins the editorial staff; the management is placed in the hands of Dr. Hummel, while the honored name of Prof. Leidy heads the list of collaborators. We do not see how any man interested in live stock can afford to do without this excellent journal. We are informed that the J. B. Lippincott Co. are preparing a new and handsome edition of the very popular works of John Darby (James E. Garrettson, M. D.). The delighted readers of "Odd Hours of a Physician," and other leisure writings of this modern philosopher, will now have the opportunity of procuring the whole set in a uniform edition. A Manual of Animal Vaccination. By Dr. E. Warlomont, Director of the Institute de Belgique. Translated by A. J. Harries, M.D. An octavo volume of 150 pages, published by John Wyeth & Brother, Philadelphia. It contains a full and most interesting account of the researches concerning the preservation and use of animal vaccine virus, which has made the Belgian Institute world-famous. We were Vaccine Physician in this city for five years, in which time we vaccinated over ten thousand persons; and we really thought there was little to be learned concerning vaccination which we did not know already. But we found so much to interest us in this little book, that we feel like recommending it to our readers. Mr. Wyeth will send it to any address on receipt of the postage alone. We believe in this country four cents is sufficient. The recent experiments upon the cultivation of vaccine virus in mushroom jelly are watched with much interest by us, and we will give the results to THE WORLD whenever they have arrived at a stage to make them of practical utility. Physicians' Visiting List. Lindsay & Blakiston's, 1887. By P. Blakiston, Son & Co., Philadelphia. We are in receipt of the above for 1887, and take pleasure in recommending it as a neatly gotten up and highly serviceable pocket companion. It contains all the usual tables and information that we seek in such a work, and its arrangement for the purposes of daily practice is complete. The memoranda on new remedies constitute a valuable feature, as also the brief but trenchant notes on urinary examination. We fully concur with the author in substituting acetic for nitric acid to acidulate the urine, when testing for the presence of albumen. SPECIAL NOTICES. The price of Parvules has been reduced. In order to induce physicians to begin their use, particularly young practitioners, Messrs. Wm. R. Warner & Co. sell a pocket medicine case filled with parvules, charging only for the parvules The case is excellent in every particular-the best we ever saw. Don't neglect this opportunity to get a good pocket case. The Survival of the Fittest. One thing seemed certain, namely, that something must be done, and that right quickly. I had tried to build up a practice, but the elements of success didn't seem to be in the business. Grove City was a sleepy little country village, which, with its circuit of seven miles in each direction, contained a thousand people. To attend these sturdy farmers, who never got sick, there were four of us; though one was enough. To be sure, Robinett was getting old, but he never let a cent slip through his fingers. Parker had his son to help him, and they left mighty little for me. The others had means outside of their practice, but I had none. So as I had no one but myself to depend upon, it looked as if in the struggle for existence I was the unfittest, and would be crowded out. Well, thank Heaven, I had not tied myself to a petticoat yet, and as I could clean up for a few hundreds still I could strike out for another location before my little all had been wasted in a hopeless struggle. Having arrived at this satisfactory conclusion, I lit my pipe, settled back in my chair with my feet on the table, and prepared for a comfortable evening with THE WORLD. I turned the pages over lazily until I came to the special notices. Funny, isn't it? But I always read them first. Don't know why, unless it is curiosity to see how they will be put next, as the editor seems to have a new scheme every month. That time it was "An Experiment;" and it set me to working out a new train of thought. Of course it was only a romance-they never intended anyone to think it really occurred. But might not the experiment be tried really? Suppose a man were to provide himself in some way with something which would give him an advantage over his competitors. Would he not have a chance to crowd them out? After all, I had certain advantages of my own, and when people get sick they don't always send for one man because he is old, or another because he has a farm, or another because he is the lazy son of an ignorant father. And besides, I was very well aware that the struggle for existence was felt at other places besides Grove City; and that the man who allows himself to be crowded out of one place stands a pretty good show of being served the same way again. Yes, if I had some decided advantage over them I aight win the battle myself. I looked around my dingy little office, half lit by the grimy lamp. Scanty furniture, bare floors, walls bare except for a framed diploma and quiz certificate, saddle and bags thrown carelessly in a corner. That was all, except the shelves with rows of shabby books, and bottles with yellow labels which showed their contents to be Pulv. Rhei., Sp. Aeth. Nit., Potas. Nit., etc. Not very enticing, and as I surveyed the dusty jars it struck me that I had never seen any of my patients show much eagerness to become more intimately acquainted with these master-pieces of our art. Nor had any of them seemed impressed with my superhuman talents, except one lady, who remarked that for horrible doses I certainly "took the bun." The thought struck me, suppose I send for a lot of those samples, and if they pan out as well as C. M.'s did, I will give the Parkers a haze yet. In a moment I was seated at the table writing for dear life. I made one change in the programme, in writing letters on my own printed paper instead of on postals. I think people pay more attention to a letter, and send better samples. After sending off my mail, I laid my plans and went to bed, quite eager for the results of my experiment. Well, the samples came in, and I went to work. I will not bother about the failures, for of course there were some, but I will jot down the successes as they occurred, giving each day's experiments by itself. Monday: (1) Found that Emerson's Albumenoid Food was just the thing for a case of marasmus from gastrointestinal catarrh. Child, aged two years. (2) Found that Jensen's Pepsin completely relieved indigestion of meats, in a man of 35. Mem: Cure a dyspeptic and he's worth a mint to you. (3) Found that Reed & Carnrick's Soluble Food just suited a man who had severe gastric catarrh remaining after cholera-morbus. Rare case. Barely pulled through. Mem: The food saved his life. Try it. (4) Found that when a child with marasmus can't take food or medicine, the best plan is to rub the body daily with Baker's cod liver oil. Mem: Try it on adults. Tuesday: (5) Found that when a lady can't take the tincture of iron, we can cure her chlorosis by giving Colden's Liquid Beef Tonic, in wineglassful doses. Mem: Good thing after diphtheria. (6) Found that Keith's avena will cure "getting-upas-tired-as-when-I-went-to-bed," if a dose be taken at bedtime, in hot water. Mem: Wish he would print the dose on his bottles. (7) Found that Lithiated Hydrangea will remove irritability of the bladder with neatness and despatch. Mem: Think it improves the complexion; will notice closer next time. (8) Found that rheumatics are easily cured by Faradisation, and that the best way is to get the patient a Smith & Shaw pocket battery and teach him to use it. Mem: Runs forever and for almost nothing; a dime's worth of mercury lasts six months. (1) Emerson Manufacturing Co., 43 Park Place, N. Y. (a) Carl L. Jensen, 2039 Green St., Phila. (3) keed & Carnrick, & Harrison St., N. Y. (4) J. S. Baker & Co., 8th and Filbert St., Phila. (5) C. N. Crittenton & Co., 115 Fulton St., N. Y. (6) B. Keith & Co., 75 William St., N. Y. (7) Lambert Pharmacal Co., 116 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. (3) Smith & Shaw Elect. Co., 435 Seventh Ave., N. Y. (9) Found that Seabury & Johnson's belladonna plas ters relieve neuralgia in a way that is surprising to those who never tried their make of plasters. Mem: Send to them for a sample of hydronaphthol. (10) Found that Hayden's Viburnum will stop a dys menorrhoea, or that peculiar tendency to abortion which occurs in dysmenorrhoeic women. Mem: Try it instead of valerian. Wednesday: (11) Found that for nervousness, irritability with weakness, Erythroxyline is a capital thing. Mem: Try it for the next case of nervousness in a bride or groom. (12) Found that for a lacerated cervix, with cervical catarrh, Ominico, used after the thorough cleansing which only seems possible when Molesworth's Syringe (13) is used, gives prompt relief. (14) Found that one of Staufer's supporters gives relief in a case of complete procidentia, in a stout and relaxed woman. The only thing she ever had which would keep her womb in her body. (15) Found that Hart's instrument bag is a necessity to a country doctor, and that his dilators will open up 2 rigid os without slipping out like the Barnes. Mem: If anything beats THE WORLD as an advertis ing medium, it's a washerwoman. (16) Found that Bovinine is the thing to hold up a woman after confinement. Mem: Why wouldn't it be a good thing in convales cence from typhoid fever? (17) Found that Acid Mannate is the laxative. No more castor oil in my practice, for I can't afford to lose the children's regard. Mem: Try it in early phthisis. (18) Found that there really is a safe method of treating gonorrhoea of pregnant women; though tampons and injections are apt to cause abortion. Mitchell's vaginal suppositories will do the work. Mem: That's the best way to treat ophthalmia neonatorum-prevent it. (19) Found that one of the best investments I ever made was a box of Gedney's empty capsules. No more nasty powders! Thursday: (20) Found that a good way to stop a bad breath from bringing on a divorce suit, is to cure his catarrh with some of the Western Suppository Co's nasal bougies. (21) Found that you can't make peaches and cream out of copaiba, but you can cover it up in Planten's old reliable capsules, that never fail. Mem: Why don't Planten put up camphor mono-bromide for us? (22) Found that people who shudder at the thought of cod liver oil take Loeflund's cream emulsion by the tumbler full, and never wink. Mem: My landlady's baby got hold of a sample bottle and drank it all before I had a chance to try it. (23) Found that Maltine relieves the enormous num (9) Seabury & Johnson, N. Y. (10) W. R. Hayden, M D., Bedford Springs, N. Y. (11) Quichua Coca Co., Box 105, Station W, Brooklyn, N. Y. (12) S. W. Neuer & Co., 10 Cedar St., N. Y. (13) Dr. Molesworth & Co., 69 Gold St, N. Y. (14) S. S. Staufer, M.D., 624 Franklin St,, Phila. (15) A. H. Hart, 158 E 26th St., N. Y. (16) J. P. Bush Mfg. Co., 2 Barclay St., N. Y. (17) Rio Chemical Co., St. Louis. (18) C. L. Mitchell, M.D. & Co., 1016 Cherry St., Phila (19) J. W. Gedney, a03 E. 88th, N. Y. (20) Western Suppository Co., Chicago, Ill. (21) H. Planten & Son, 224 William St., N. Y. [Continued over next leaf.] |