THERAPEUTICS AND PHARMACOLOGY.

STRYCHNINE IN INEBRIETY.-Dr. R. M. Phelps ("N. W. Lancet") concludes that: Strychnia nitrate, taken steadily in large doses, has a tendency, first, to impair the appetite for liquor; later, to make liquor an incompatible or sickening agent for the time being. The systemic effects seem to be not injurious. Gold and sodium chloride was only given in small doses the last five days of the twenty-one, and it is only mentioned here because it seemed to bring out a positive sickening effect in several who had before only a feeling of indifference. The systematized methods of administration are important, because the physician is dealing with remedies in doses to be recommended only under close supervision.

TREATMENT OF CATARRHAL GASTRITIS.Dipepsia, according to Dr. H. N. Moyer (paper on "catarrhal gastritis," read before the section on practice A. M. A.), is a symptom, not a disease. In chronic catarrhal gastritis excessive flow from muciparous glands results in impaired digestive power. Of 118 cases of gastric disorder 17 had presented symptoms of uncomplicated (chronic) gastritis; epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting, sensations of fullness, coated tongue, eructations, and constipation were also present. Excess in iced drinks, tobacco and alcohol were frequently found among the victims. Lavage was of little value because most patients refused it. He used a hot solution (ten grains to the pint) of sodium bicarbonate in eight to sixteen ounce doses twenty minutes before eating. It removed mucus, enabled the food to come in contact with the gastric mucous membrane, thereby securing normal peristalsis. A trial meal of lean meat and buttered bread

should be given. As the patient improved oysters, eggs, etc., could be added. Pastry should be prohibited. Bismuth, cerium oxalate, nux vomica and allied agents were valuable only as adjuvants. Pepsin was much abused. It was only of value when gastric tubule or organic changes existed or sometimes in anæmia.

ANDROLOGY AND DERMATOLOGY.

NON. VENEREAL SYPHILIS.-Dr. A. I. Bugdugoff reports ("St. Louis Med. and Surg. Jour.") the case of a twenty-three-year-old clerk with labul chancre resultant on promiscuous

smoking of cigarettes with two luetic friends. Dr. I. P. Restnetnikoff has had under care a chancre of the neck resultant on wet cupping by a Finnish woman with mucous patches. Dr. M. S. Usass reports the case of a forty-threeyear-old married woman who had chancre of the tonsil and posterior pillar resultant on kissing her luetic husband. Drs. Lewy and Goldbery report the following cases: I. Chancre of the lower lip in a man of thirty, an upholsterer. II.-Ditto of the left anterior faucial pillar in a peasant woman of thirty-five. Contracted from an infant, two years old, with congenital syphilis. III.-Ditto about the left nipple of a married woman of thirty-five, a stocking-knitter. IV. Ditto of the upper lip in a spinster of thirtythree, a domestic servant. V. Ditto in a married woman of thirty-five. VI. Ditto in a spinster of twenty-two, a cook. VII.-Chancre of the left tonsil in a spinster of twenty-six, a laundress. VIII.-Ditto of the upper lip in a married peasant man, aged forty. Had been in the habit of smoking cigarette stubs picked up on the street. IX.-Chancre of both nipples in a married woman of twenty-five. X.-Chancre of the lower lip in a married laborer, aged twenty-eight. XI.-Ditto of the left tonsil and adjacent edge of the anterior pillar in a spinster of fifty, a gardener. Dr. F. A. Strauch has communicated a case of an inn-waiter of thirtyseven with chancre of the lower lip. Dr. A. S. Serduekoff relates a case of a young man of twenty-three with chancre of the right tonsil, and another of a man of twenty-five with a primary syphilitic erosion on the right side of the soft palate. Both of them had contracted the infection from a common smoking of cigarettes in company with syphilitic comrades. Dr. H. J. Lewy has reported a case of a virgo intacta of sixteen, a laundress, with chancre on the right side of the soft palate. Dr. M. A. Tchistiakoff has detailed a case of a youth of twenty, a pupil in a boarding-school, who came to him with chancre of the upper lip, roseola, etc. The lesion had been first noticed by the young man on January 28. During the subsequent three weeks he remained in the usual contact with other pupils. On February 20 he contracted mumps and was admitted to a general ward of the school's infirmary. The nature of the labial ulcer was recognized therein about March 20, when there developed secondary syphilitic manifestations.

SEXUAL PERVERSION.

[To the Editor:] I have been much interested in articles which have appeared from time to time in the MEDICAL STANDARD touching sexual perversion, and it may be that what I shall relate bearing upon this topic will be not wholly uninteresting to your readers. My observation goes to show that perverted sexual feeling is not confined exclusively to man, but may affect the lower animals. In a town in which I formerly lived a man kept a jack for breeding purposes. When first purchased the jack gave the owner great trouble and annoyance by the slowness and indifference to performing the sexual act, or, as sometimes happened, absolute refusal to do so. This continued so long that the jack was considered almost worthless.

One day, while the jack and a mare were in the inclosure, and the jack could not be coaxed to perform, a cow came along and stopped on the outside. The jack saw her through the cracks of the building, and at once began to bray, and manifested his virile power to an extreme degree. Afterwards, when tried as usual, the same sluggishness and indifference were manifested, but this was changed to the exhibition of the most ardent sexual feeling whenever a cow was present. The owner, taking his cue from this, always led a cow into the inclosure with the mare, and no further trouble was experienced with the jack.

HUMBOLDT, NEB.

L. B. ALLEN, M. D.

"ANDRAL-BROCA CONSUMPTION CURE" [To the Editor]: Will you kindly enlighten me in regard to the value of the "Andral-Broca Discovery for the positive cure of Consumption and of all diseases of the Lungs and Air Passages"? To my shame, I have to acknowledge that I am wholly ignorant about this new discovery, notwithstanding that it has existed already for over eight years, and that I have some doubts about its merits, as it is endorsed chiefly by such papers as "Christian Advocate" or "Christian Index," etc. H. SCHMIDT, M. D. RICHMOND, STEARNS Co., MINN.

BISMUTH SUBNITRATE IN DYSENTERY.Drs. R. Matas, R. J. Mainegra and Elliott have found bismuth subnitrate in large doses ("N. O. Med. and Surg. Jour.") of value in dysentery.

The second meeting of the International Dermatological Congress will be held in Vienna from the 5th to the 10th of September, 1892. Many of the most distinguished representatives of dermatology and syphilography from all countries have promised to present papers, and the indications are that the meeting will be a great success from a scientific standpoint. The committee on organization, through the president, Prof. Kapesi, has extended a cordial invitation to the members of the American Dermatological Association and of the New York Dermatological Society and others interested in dermatology in this country to be present. The membership fee (five dollars) should be sent with titles of papers intended for presentation to the secretary for North America, Dr. Prince A. Morrow, 66 West 40th street, New York, or to the secretary general of the congress, Dr. Gustav Riehl, Wien 1-20, Bellaria strasse 12.

THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, at its 1892 Detroit meeting, was excellently attended. Dr. H. O. Walker, from the committee of arrangements, opened the June 7th session, introducing President Marcy, who then delivered his annual address, after which Secretary Atkinson read his annual address, dealing with representation in the association. The question of representation of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association incidentally arose and was referred to the Judicial Council. Dr. J. S. Marshall, from the committee on sections, reported the following substitute for the amendment to the constitution offered at the last annual meeting of the association by Dr. J. C. Culbertson, to be known as section VII of the constitution, viz..

That each section of this association shall elect an executive committee of three members, who shall be chosen from among those who have been in attendance upon the sessions of the section for at least two years; to serve one, two and three years respectively; and that thereafter the retiring chairman of the section shall take the place upon the executive committee of the retiring member of the committee. It shall be the duty of the executive committee, in conjunction with the chairman and secretary, to give especial attention to the interests of their own section. These executive committees of the sections so formed shall constitute the general business committee of the association. They shall hold daily meetings during the sessions of the association, and all matters of business not provided for by the committee of arrangements, the board of trustees, the judicial council, the committee on American medical necrology and special committeess shall be referred to them without debate. It shall be the duty of the general business committee to give especial attention to the interests of the association, and to promote the welfare of the various sections; to consider all matters of business referred to it by the association and report upon them at the earliest possible moment, when the association may adopt or reject the report as it may deem best. It shall be the further duty of the general business committee to make and present the nominations for the officers of the association and its standing committees, and recommend the time and place for the meeting of the association. That the present numerical designation of the section of the constitution entitled "Provision for Amendment," be changed by striking out the Roman Numerals "VII." and substituting therefor "VIII." All sections or parts of sections of the constitution or by-laws of the association not in harmony with this amendment are hereby repealed.

The substitute was adopted after striking out the clause relating to the nominating committee. The committee on a secretary of health reported progress.

At the June 8th session the Judicial Council reported that Dr. W. W. Potter had been decided ineligible to membership because of the non conformity of the Erie county (N. Y) and N. Y. State Medical Society to the code of ethics. Under

the constitution this report was final. The usual snap notice then resulted in the usual snap nominating committee which then retired to nominate. Dr. Vanderveer, of Albany, speaking to a question of privilege said:

"With the best of feeling and intentions, I wish to ask the chairman to define just where we New York men stand. According to the action of the Judicial Council, we are not eligible to membership, and yet we are on the rolls and have been on for a long time. The same point has come up before, each time, with the same result, and it leaves us in an awkward position. We continue to be members of the association, and yet we are not. We take part in section work, read papers, etc., and to all purposes are members. Now just what is our position?"

A motion was made to refer the question to a committee on conference to be composed of five members of the American association and

five members of the New York State Medical Society. The New York Medical Association being indirectly interested, the motion was amended so as to have the committee include five members from that association. Another amendment was introduced providing that the conference committee should report in one year, and that in the meantime all New York men should be considered full members of the national association and entitled to all of its privileges.

The motion as thus amended was then carried, after which Dr. J. B. Hamilton delivered an able address on cerebral surgery.

On motion of Dr. Holton, of Vermont, a committee was ordered appointed to report whether the code of ethics needed revision.

Dr. C. A. L. Reed, from the Pan-American Congrèss committee, reported progress.

At the June 9 session Dr. A. L. Gihon delivered the address on general medicine.

President Marcy announced the following committee on code revision:

Drs. H. D. Holton of Vermont, H. D. Didama of New York, D. S. Reynolds of Kentucky, D. E. Nelson of Chicago and Benj. Lee of Philadelphia.

Drs. N. S. Davis, and J. H. Rauch of Chicago, W. T. Briggs of Tennessee, D. S. Reynolds of Kentucky and W. P. King of Missouri were then appointed a committee to confer with the New York State Medical Society.

The reports of the Treasurer, Journal, 1rustees and Librarian were then adopted.

The following resolutions of the Pennsylvania Medical Society were then endorsed:

Resolved, That the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania hereby expresses its highest disapprobation of the practice of giving certificates or

testimonials to secret preparations alleged to be of medicinal virtue, and calls the attention of the affiliated county societies to the fact that such action on the part of members of the said societies is in derogation of the dignity of the profession, and in violation of the letter and the spirit of the Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association and of this society. Resolved, That this society likewise expresses its disapprobation of the practice of inserting advertisements of secret preparations in the columns of medical journals, such action being an insult to the intelligence of the profession, and a degradation of journals indulging therein to the level of the patent-medicine almanac. Especially to be condemned is the action of the "Journal of the American Medical Association" in admitting such advertisements.

On motion of Dr. Dudley S. Reynolds, the efforts of the Association of Medical Colleges to raise the standard were endorsed and commended.

Dr. A. L. Gihon, from the Rusk Monument committee, reported progress.

At the June 10th session, a resolution endorsing the Paddock food bill and an amendment creating a section on benevolence were tabled. An amendment creating a section on orthopaedics was introduced. The committee on association incorporation reported progress.

The committee on the resolutions of the West Virginia Medical Society reported that there were about 6,000 railway surgeons in the country, of which 1,200 are members of the Association of Railway Surgeons. These railway surgeons often took charge of cases regardless of ethics or of the rights of the physician first called, or of the family attendant. True, the patient, if conscious, had the right to choose his own attendant, but the railway company said, "If you do not take our surgeon you must pay the bills." The railway company had no right to force their surgeon on the patient, nor had the patient the right to force his surgeon on the railway company. Many railway surgeons worked for inadequate pay. The committee recommended that the association endeavor to prevent this evil from growing worse. The report was adopted.

The following officers were elected:

Dr. Hunter McGuire, of Richmond, Va., president; Dr. H. O. Walker, of Detroit; Dr. H. Brown, of Kentucky; Dr. H. Janes, of Vermont; Dr. Jesse Hawes, of Greeley, Col., vice-presidents; Dr. R. J. Dunglison, of Philadelphia, treasurer; Dr. W. B. Atkinson, of Philadelphia, secretary; Dr. Montgomery, assistant secretary; Dr. George W. Webster, of Chicago, librarian.

The following were elected to fill vacancies on the board of trustees of the association:

Dr. Alonzo Garcelon, Lewiston, Me.; Dr. Leartus Connor, Detroit; Dr. Perry H. Millard, of Minnesota, and Dr. Patterson, of Washington. Members of the judicial council were selected as follows:

Dr. N. S. Davis, of Chicago; Dr. John Morris, of Baltimore; Dr. H. D. Didama, of New York; Dr. John B. Roberts, of Philadelphia; Dr. A. M.

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Emmert, of Iowa; Dr. W. T. Briggs, of Nashville, Tenn; Dr. C. W. Vorhes, of Coldwater, Mich; Dr. W. E. B. Davis, of Rome, Ga.; Dr. A. Morgan Cartledge, of Louisville.

Milwaukee, June, 1893, were chosen as place and time of next meeting.

The sections elected officers as follows:

Neurology and Medical Jurisprudence.-Chairman, Dr. C. K. Mills, Philadelphia; secretary, Dr. J. G. Kiernan, Chicago; executive committee, Drs. O. Everts, Cincinnati, Ohio; H. N. Moyer, Chicago; Justin E. Emerson, Detroit.

Materia Medica and Pharmacy.-Chairman, Dr. Frank Woodbury, of Philadelphia; secretary, Dr. F. E. Stewart, of Wilmington, Del.; executive committee, Dr. H. C. Wood, Philadelphia, and Dr. F. E. Stewart, of Wilmington, Del.

Laryngology and Otology.-Chairman, Dr. E. L. Shurly, Detroit; secretary, Dr. J. E. Boylan, Cincinnati, Ohio; executive committee, Drs. E. Fletcher Ingals, Chicago; Chas. H. Burnett, Philadelphia, Pa., and J. A. White, Richmond, Va.

State Medicine.-Dr. C. A. Lindsley, of New Haven, Conn., Chairman, and Dr. S. P. Duffield, of Detroit, secretary.

Ophthalmology.-Dr. S. D. Risley, Philadelphia, chairman; Dr. H. Gradle, Chicago, secretary; executive committee, Dr. F. C. Holtz, Chicago; Dr. J. J. Chisholm, Baltimore; Dr. Leartus Connor, Detroit.

Obstetrics and Diseases of Women.-Dr. John Milton Duff, of Pittsburg, Pa., chairman; Dr. M. B. Ward, Topeka, Kan., secretary; executive committee, Dr. E. E. Montgomery, Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. Joseph Tabor Johnson, Washington, D.C.; Dr. James H. Eastman, Indianapolis, Ind.

Dermatology and Syphilography.-Dr. Louis A. Duhring, Philadelphia, chairman; Dr. W. H. Dunlap, Syracuse, N. Y., secretary; executive committee, Dr. L. D. Bulkley, New York; Dr. A. Ravogli, Cincinnati, Dr. Ohmann- Dumesnil, Louis.

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Oral and Dental Surgery.-Chairman, Dr. A. E. Baldwin, Illinois; secretary, Dr. Eugene S. Talbot, Illinois; council, Drs. J. Taft, Ohio; John S. Marshall, Illinois; M. H. Fletcher, Ohio.

Practice of Medicine.-Chairman, Dr. Charles Stock, Buffalo; secretary, Dr. George Webster, Chicago.

Diseases of Children.-Chairman, Dr. C. S Jennings. Detroit; secretary, Dr. Frank S. Parsons; council, Dr. William P. Watson, New Jersey; W. S. Christopher, Chicago; E. F. Brush, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.

THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY elected the following officers:

President, Dr. J. C. White, of Boston; vicepresident, Dr. F. A. Howe, of Boston; treasurer, Dr. E. J. Forster, of Boston; anniversary chairman, Dr. G. W. Gay, of Boston; orator, Dr. J. T. G. Nichols, of Cambridge.

The other officers remain unchanged.

THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS elected the following officers:

President, Dr. Alfred L. Loomis, of New York; vice-president, Dr. Reginald H. Fitz, of Boston; recorder, Dr. L. Minis Hays, of Philadelphia; secretary, Dr. Henry Hun, of Albany, and treasurer, Dr. W. W. Johnston, of Washington.

THE MINNESOTA MEDICAL SOCIETY met at St. Paul. The committee on abortion reported that it had no changes to suggest in the present law. A sketch of a bill was introduced by Dr. Merrill, of Stillwater, providing for the appointment of medical experts by the courts. A committee of five, three lawyers and two physicians, were appointed to present it at the legislature next winter, as follows: Drs. Merrill, of Stillwater, and Thomas, of Minneapolis, and T. D. O'Brien, of St. Paul; Judge Atwater, Minneapolis, and Chancellor Wood, of Duluth. The next place of meeting of the society will be in Minneapolis. The following officers were elected:

President, Dr. A. W. Abbott, of Minneapolis; vice-presidents, Drs. W. A. Jones, of Minneapolis; W. J. Mayo, of Rochester; Spaulding, of Luverne; secretary, Dr. C. B. Witherly, of St Paul; treasurer. Dr. W. J. Hill, of St. Paul; censors for three years, Drs, Mayo and Staples; for two years, Drs. Dunn and Stone; for one year, Drs. Park Ritchie and C. F. McCone.

THE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF MEDICINE met at the Leland June 24. Dr. M. M. Leahy presided. Dr. N. P. Pearson was elected a fellow. Drs. H. C. B. Alexander, J. M. Patten, W. H. Wilder and J. F. Oaks applied for fellowship, and the applications were referred to a committee consisting of Drs. Moyer, Verity and G. F. Lydston. Drs. W. S. Christopher, H. M. Thomas and J. G. Kiernan were appointed a committee on the Chicago milk supply. The Academy then adjourned until the second Friday in July, at the Leland. Dr. L. Hektoen will read a paper on the "Autopsy Results in the Walsh and Scudder Cases."

THE AMERICAN MEDICO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION elected the following officers:

President, Dr. P. Bryce, of Alabama; vicepresident, Dr John Curwen, of Pennsylvania; secretary, Dr. Henry M. Hurd, of Maryland.

THE MAINE MEDICAL SOCIETY elected the following officers:

President, Dr. Alfred Mitchell, Brunswick; vice-presidents Dr. J. L. Horr, Westbrook; and Dr. Benjamin Williams, Rockland; corresponding secretary, Dr. Wm. Cammett, Portland; board of censors, Dr. H. P. Smith, of Machias; Dr. C. D. Hill, of Bethel; Dr. S. B. Cobb, of Biddeford; Dr. C. A. Ring, of Portland; Dr. Alfred Hitchcock, of Farmington; committee on publication, Dr. C. D. Smith, of Portland; Dr. H. P. Hunt, of Portland; Dr. Addison S. Thayer, of Portland; Dr. E. W. Russell, of Lewiston; Dr. E. A. McCallister, of Gray; business committee, Dr. W. L. Dana, of Portland; Dr. J. F. Thompson, of Portland.

THE OREGON MEDICAL SOCIETY elected the following officers:

President, W. E. Rinehart; vice-president, O. S. Binswanger; secretary, C. H. Wheeler; treasurer; George F. Koehler; member of the executive committee, W. H. Saylor.

THE ARIZONA MEDICAL SOCIETY elected the following officers:

President, Dr. J. Miller, of Phoenix; vice-presidents, Drs. W. H. Martin, of Phoenix; M. M. Gilbert, of Phoenix; and I. B. Hamilton, of Tombstone; secretary, Dr. J. T. Green, of Tucson; treasurer, Dr. W. H. Sullivan, of Tombstone.

THE WEST VIRGINIA MEDICAL SOCIETY met at Clarksburg. Papers were read by Drs. L. D. Wilson and Aschmann, of Wheeling; Harris, of Parkersburg; and Hoge, of Charleston. The following officers were elected: Dr. D. P. Morgan, president; Dr. Mayer, secretary, and Dr. Campbell, treasurer.

THE CHICAGO MEDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY elected the following officers:

President, Judge O. H. Horton; vice-presidents, Drs D. R. Brower and Jas. Burry; treasurer, Dr. J. Matteson and secretary, Dr. A. Church.

KANSAS MEDICAL SOCIETY met at Topeka May 5. Dr. J. E. Oldham delivered the president's address.

The president appointed the following commit

tees:

Committee on necrology, Dr. W. P. King, of Abilene; Dr. P. E. Fryer, of Kansas City, and Dr. P. Dougherty, of Junction City. Auditing committee, Dr. George A. Wall, of Top:ka; Dr. W. R. Priest, of Concordia, and Dr. J. M. Ketchersid, of Hope. Board of censors, Dr. L. H. Munn Topeka, one-year term; Dr. P. Dougherty, Junc, tion City, two-year term; Dr. G. C. Perdue, Wichita, three-year term; Dr. R Aikman, Fort Scott, four-year term; Dr. D. Bell, Richmond, fiveyear term. Hereafter one member is to be appointed at each annual convention to fill the expired

terms.

Dr. Winne, of Topeka, offered a resolution declaring:

"It is the sense of the convention that the national government institute a national department of health, with a cabinet officer, called a 'secretary of public health.""

This was unanimously adopted.

THE CHICAGO COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS elected the following officers:

President, Dr. W. E. Quine; vice president, Dr. C. W. Earle; recording secretary, Dr. E. E. Babbock; corresponding secretary, Dr. Bayard Holmes.

THE COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY met at Denver June 17. The following officers were elected:

Dr. W. E. Wilson, president; Dr. B. F. Adams, first vice-president; Dr. F. Finney, second vicepresident; Dr. A. S. Lobingier, corresponding secretary; Dr. E. R. Axtell, recording secretary; Dr. J. M. Collins, Sr., assistant recording secretary; Dr. W. F. McClelland, treasurer. The old board of trustees and committee on admission were retained.