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Adapted for This thoroughly practical clinical lecself. instruction. By C. Henri Leonard, ture was delivered at the Medico-Chirurgi. A. M., M. D. Professor of Diseases of cal College, and reprinted from Atlantic Women, and Clinical Gynecology, De- Medical Weekly. OF Summary Gleanings. A local examination is a'ways impara tively necessary when any signs of impen. Ascarides, can be removed by injections ding abortion appear. of infusion quassia, two drachms to the The prognosis in cases of alopecia due pint of boiling water. to syphils, Dr. Horwitz says, is good unless ulceration of the scalp sets in. Consumption is said to be rare where Ice applied to the external gentials (the the atmosphere is saturated with saline scrotum in men and the labia majora in vapors. women) controls epistaxis and hemoptysis. Chloroform liniment - chloroform, tr. Dr. Cousin reports two cases of malarial camph., tr. opii, aa. 3 iss., olive-oil, 3 ss. cachexia treated with benefit by subcutaMix. neous injections of splenic extract. Chorea has been very successfully Twenty grains of ichthyol after each treated by Fowler's solution, six to eight meal are said to be an efficient internal drops twice a day, for children seven to means of treating urticaria of alimentary twelve years of age; adults ten to fifteen origin. drops. Mackenzie has found cannabis indica, to Dyspepsia, with fermentation of food, is give relief in cases of skin disease with relieved by ten or fifteen grains of sulphite itching, not amenable to local treatment. of soda, in water, thrice daily, with bitter There seems to be a tendency to use tonics, tinctures or infusions. borax more and more internally. In all Eczema of the hards with intolerable bladder troubles, ten grains of the powder itching, is reported cured by the parts is given several times a day. being enveloped in cloths wet with a solu Morphine is now recommended as an tion of carbonate of potassa, one drachm active remedy in uterine inertia during to a pint, and arsenic internally. labor. It also hastens contractions when Epistaxis (bleeding of the nose) is ar there is uterine hemorrhage. rested with safety and certainty by external A patient used phosphorized cod liver pressure continued for some minutes. oil as a general restorative, and noticed that all gray hair was restored to its ori. Internal hemorrhage - all kinds — have ginal color, This suggestion may be been strikingly arrested by one to two worth following: grains of ipecac every fifteen minutes, to For winter pruritus, avoid woolens next the skin, and apply camphor and chloral A case of hemoptysis (spitting of blood, of each one drachm to rose water one in a robust person was cured by ten grains of ipecac administered at once. Dr. J. C. Ross, of Manchester, Eng., An English physician declares that the conside:s a strong decoction of cinnamon. good effects of aloes are greatly increased almost a specific in cancer. His reports by long trituration. demand consideration. Two grains of ipecac mixed with an To prevent an impending attack of gout aloetic dose will prevent its irritant action from being severe, Dr. S. W. Franklin conon the rectum. siders calomel, given until free purgation is produced, the best and only remedy. 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