PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. cases of incipient consumption have come A dose of "Antikamnia" will relieve the lightning-like pains of locomotor ataxia. The advertisement of Codman & Shurteff in this issue will amply repay perusal. They are an old and reliable house. Notice the advertisement of the Phenique Chemical Co., of St. Louis, Mo., on page No. vii. The matter will interest you, we are sure. under my observation that have been cured by a timely use of 'Liebig's Liquid Extract of Beef Tonic' (Colden's)." ERASMUS WILSON, M. D., F. R. S. 19 Henrietta St., Cavendish Sq., London W.; June 3, 1872. CANTON, O., July 18, 1887. Dear Sir:-After a thorough examination of all the prominent chairs and lounges in use by the profession, and a that the "Yale" is far superior to them practical test of several, I am convinced all. The advantage gained by the drop seat alone is well worth the price of the chair. Yours, respectfully, C. E. HOUSE, M. D. Don't forget that this is the time of year when Tongaline is of much value to the doctor. It is the remedy in rheumatism and allied diseases. Don't fail to see the advantages Extract of Pinus Canadensis is a remedy offered on page xliv. It is seldom that 25 cents will do so much. The Standard Rochester Lamp is a most perfect one, as well as a beautiful W. C. JONES, M. D., Yorktown, Ill., says: Have found that S. H. Kennedy's of superior excellence in gonorrhea. It seems to be a true specific. I first used it in a case which had withstood the action of our most popular remedies. Immediate relief and cure followed from piece of furniture. It never disappoints the local use of S. H. Kennedy's Extract and is always ready. The chair as advertised in another part of THE MONTHLY by Pearl C. Lewis, is everything that is claimed for it, and more. We secured one the other day, and it is simply a beauty in looks, an elegant piece of furniture, and luxurious to rest in. An exceptionally advantageous offer is made by the New York & Chicago Chemical Co., 98 Maiden Lane, New York city, in their advertisement in this issue. As you cannot avail yourself of this offer but once, it will be good policy to do so before it is withdrawn. Extract of report from the celebrated physician, Erasmus Wilson: "Several of White Pinus Canadensis. food that has acquired a very high repu"IMPERIAL GRANUM is a prepared tation for its nutritive and medicinal ex cellence, and we have found it adapted to very young children as well as adults -in fact, we have used it successfully with children from birth."-The Journal of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, April, '90. EPILEPSY.-In a case of epilepsy of several years' duration I am happy to say that Peacock's Bromides did the work well; also prescribed it in cases of nervousness and headache, and was successful in relieving both. In 18 years practice I have not had such satisfactory results as from Peacock's Bromides. J. McBROWDER, M. D., You can get an interesting pamphlet on Exalgine-now so much used in France and England-by sending a pos tal card to McKesson & Robbins, New York. Tell them to include Tripier's paper on the treatment of varix, and their brochure on Recent Treatments of Constipation. THE COMING CITY.-On November 4th Pierre was chosen the permanent capital of South Dakota by a majority of 7,400 out of 76,000 votes cast. This assures her becoming a railway centre, and with her favorable location and the energy her citizens have become noted for, it will enable her to become the absolute metropolis of a large portion of the Northwest. Her nearest competitor as a commercial point is Sioux City, 300 miles distant. Chas. L. Hyde, an investment broker of Pierre, is thoroughly reliable and makes a specialty of investing for non residents. INTESTINAL IRRITATIONS.-Before leaving this subject of intestinal irritations due to fermentative causes, I cannot refrain from referring to the happy effects sometimes secured by the use of Listerine properly diluted; a favorite prescription is the following: R.-Lambert's Listerine. Aquæ cinnamon, aa 3 i. M. CHARACTER OF COMMENDATION."The subject of uterine disease reminds me that during the past six months I have had my attention drawn to a remedy which goes under the name of Dioviburnia. I was not familiar with the component parts, but having read the emphatic endorsement by Drs. J. B. Johnson and L. Ch. Boisliniere, of St. Louis, two of the most eminent professors and practitioners of the city, as well as that of Dr. H. Tuholske, I was induced to give the compound a fair and thorough trial, and I am convinced that in Dioviburnia we have a valuable addi tion to our armamentarium in our battle against the enemies of the noblest work of God-Woman."-I. N. Love, M. D., Professor of Diseases of Children, Marion-Sims College, in Medical Mirror. A. W. McFarlane, Fellow Royal College Physicians, Edinburgh; Fellow Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London; Examiner in Med. Jurisprudence in the University of Glasgow; Honorary Consulting Phys. (late physician) Kilmarnock Infirmary; formerly Examiner in Medicine and Clinical Medicine in the University of Glasgow, &c., &c., in his monograph, "Insomnia and its Therapeutics," says: "Bromidia (Battle) has in several instances been found reliable, in drachm doses, given in syrup and water at intervals of an hour until sleep is induced." -Woods' Med. and Surg. Monographs, Sept., 1890. INFLAMMATION OF THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL.-As already stated I have used the Campho-Phenique in a number of cases of inflammation of the external auditory canal, both circumscribed and diffuse, and, in addition to its allaying the irritation and inflammatory systems, it has one especial point in its favor, which is valuable even if it did not allay the inflammation, i. e., its analgesic properties. It is the best remedy to allay pain in inflammatory conditions of the external auditory canal with which I am acquainted at the present time. Abstracts from a paper read before the Cincinnati Medical Society, September 22, 1890, by W. R. Amick, M. D., Professor of Ophthalmology in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery; Professor of Ophthalmology and Otology in the Woman's Medical College. The adulteration and cheapening of articles of food in this country are becoming alarming, and we therefore point with pride to the record of Walter Baker & Co.'s preparations, which have for over one hundred years maintained their integrity of manufacture and absolute purity of product. It is a distinctive characteristic of W. Baker & Co.'s Breakfast Cocoa, that no chemicals are. used in its preparation, it being produced from the finest cocoa seeds by scientific mechanical processes only, and for this reason it is unequalled in purity, as well as unexcelled in solubility by any other cocoa in the market. It is healthful, nourishing, agreeable, and economical, and the best drink in the world for young and old, rich and poor, the invalid and the robust. "I beg to call the particular attention of my medical friends to a new malt preparation combined with "Peptonized" Beef, which is called Ale and Beef, "Peptonized," an article which I esteem most highly. As I understand it, the Ale is one year old before it is bottled, so that it has passed through all of its fermentations before being transferred to bottles, thereby saving to the weak stomach much distress from the action of the carbonic acid gas, which is peculiar to most all malt preparations. And then, too, I esteem this article for being combined with thoroughly "Peptonized" Beef, which is certainly a most valuable addition, and can't but meet the wishes and good judgment of the medical profession generally. I have found the Ale and Beef, "Peptonized," valuable to nursing mothers, in dyspepsia, and many diseases where such an ideal tonic would be indicated.—A. S. Barnes, M. D., Dean of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Louis, Mo. A REMEDY FOR BRAIN FAG.-The statement has been made that more business and professional men are breaking down from overwork and exhausted nerve power than from any other known cause. The high pressure of the times, and the sharpness of the struggle for wealth or position lead men to overestimate and overtax their powers of endurance, and in spite of warnings they persist in keeping up the self-imposed delusion until there comes either a physical or mental breakdown, or both. Every physician has knowledge of such cases. We have in mind the case of a professor of music in this city who has a national reputation. One especially distressing feature of his case was "paroxysms of fright" with which he awakened each morning at four, and the dread of which haunted and depressed him during the day. Complete relief from all responsibility was insisted upon, and the usual remedies for nerve exhaustion were given regularly and persistently, but they seemed to give only negative results. He gained in flesh but not in nervous force and steadiness. At length he was ordered Freligh's tonic in ten drop doses three times in the day, and in a very brief time marked improvement was apparent. He now regards himself as fully restored, and has gone away for a month, much against his will as he protested that the continued rest was needless. We have used this remedy—the formula of which is freely given-in a variety of nervous disorders with great satisfaction, and should still esteem it highly were it only for its well-nigh marvelous effect in the above case.—Mass.. Med. Journal, April, 1890. URIC ACID DIATHESIS-CYSTITISREPORT OF TYPICAL CASES.-Miss K. S., an actress, æt. 27, of a nervous temperament, consulted me on December 11, 1884, for various ailments, from the most important of which, a lateritous deposit in the urine, she desired immediate relief. Urine was of high color and rather scant, specific gravity 1032, acid reaction, no sugar nor albumen; it was at all times perfectly clear when voided, but soon after cooling the peculiar muddiness and brownish red deposit was noticed. The usual derangements of the system were thoroughly pronounced, such as pyrexia, anorexia, dyspepsia, hypochondria, insomnia, constipation, etc. and the following formula prescribed: The patient was given a mild cathartic and the following formula prescribed: R.-Elix. Lactopeptine, Zii. Lithiated Hydrangea (Lambert's) 3vj. M Sig. Tablespoonful to be taken in wa ter after meals and at bed time. The diet was restricted to liquid but nutritious food, and rest indoors was enjoined for a few days. A pill of sulph. quin. gr. ii, and powd. capsicum gr. was given every four hours, as a tonic and to correct any malarial tendency or febrile symptoms. On December 13th, patient very buoyant in spirits, with a general improvement in her condition, and medicine was continued without any variation from former routine. On December 16th, patient was discharged in good health, with the suggestion that the formula of Elix. Lactopeptine and Lithiated Hydrangea be taken for ten days or more in dessertspoonful doses, three times a day, an hour after meals.-St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal. AN ENTIRELY NEW DEPARTMENT.The University Medical Magazine has sprung rapidly into favor by adhering steadfastly to its policy of publishing only original matter-no commercial notices and no abstracts from other jour nals-thus maintaining the highest possible standard of medical journalism. 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One of the severest tests of an intelligent gentleman is to sit and listen patiently and politely to the advice of a d-d fool.-Clarksville (Tex.) Enterprise. SINCE 1881, on the operation of open incision in club-foot, I have operated upon one hundred and sixty-one cases, which I desire to report upon at this meeting. At that time, and in a subsequent paper published in the "Transactions of the Eighth International Congress, Copenhagen," my observations were not extensive enough to enable me to speak with any degree of authority on the subject. My convictions as to the advisability of the method, however, were strong, and upon theoretical grounds, sustained by a limited number of cases, with results, I advised the operation. Mature experience now enables me to correct, or I might say more clearly define, many points which at that time could not be made perfectly clear. I WHOLE NO. 113. argued then for the operation. Now I desire to present a method which should govern all operative procedures in clubfoot, giving to the operation its proper place in surgery. The difficulties which FIG. 1.---Shows not an uncommon result follow ing primary osteotomy. There has been a resection of the astragalus in one foot and cuneiform tarsectomy in the other. Photograph made of a case in the practice of an eminent European surgeon. the profession have encountered have been the varied methods and operations which from time to time have been urged as the cure for all cases; and,only after a personal application of the method or operation urged, has the operator discovered that his ship of anticipation has been wrecked upon the rock of experience. Primary osteotomy, astragalus resection, cuneiform tarsectomy, open incision, and prolonged and interrupted traction with intricate machinery |