DR. E. J. A. ROGERS, Denver, Colo. Gentlemen: I show you here a man, who twelve weeks ago, dropped a pistol accidentally, which, of course, discharged itself and pierced this patient in his right thigh, two inches above the kneejoint. The bullet did not penetrate the thigh completely but produced a marked fracture of the femur, shattering it seriously. I did not handle the wound, although I saw him within an hour after the accident. At that time I sealed it temporarily and had the patient removed to the hospital. Here a large dressing was put on and extension made. The dressing remained on for a week. At the end of the week the leg was put in plaster, the entire limb being put up. Extension was continued. At the end of the seventh week extension was taken off. At the end of the eighth week the plaster splint was removed and at the end of the tenth week the patient was given crutches. Now at the end of the twelfth week he can walk out as you can see. He complains of cartilage of the knee. was kept up so long. leg is now too long. but one thing and that of a looseness of the This is due of course to the extension which He complains of no shortening, but says the This is not true however as we have here one quarter of an inch shortening. The callus here is strong, but I have cautioned him against any accident. REPORT OF A CASE.* DR. G. M. BLACK, Denver, Colo. I wish briefly to report a case of extraordinary sight in an old lady aged eighty-six. Her daughter told me that she was able to see very well both near and far and I asked her to bring her to see me. I thought of course that she had myopia in one eye and hypermyopia in the other. When she visited me, I found her vision equal and 20-14 with accommodation. She could read number 1 Jat eight inches. This condition was not a recent one, but has always existed. A point of interest in the case was the fact that the woman is not well-preserved, but is quite wrinkled and bald. *Reported before the Denver & Arapahoe Medical Society. PHARMACEUTICAL LIGHT.* DR. HOWELL T. PERSHING. I wish to say a few words about sodium salicylate and its taste. With me it is a hard drug to swallow. Nothing that I have found completely disguises its taste. Lately a chemist has been experimenting for me and I wish to speak of his success in preparing sodium salicylate for me. He took salicylic acid made from the oil of wintergreen and prepared both the sodium and potassium salicylates, neither of which had the taste of the ordinary sodium salicylate. He prepared these salicylates as follows: Salicylic acid (natural from oil of gaultheria) was taken and to one part of it, one half part of bicarbonate of sodium or threefifths part by weight of bicarbonate of potash was added until effervescence ceased. The resulting solution has ro strong therapeutically as that ordinarily giver to this form is that it is a bit expensive. *Reported before the Denver & Arapahoe Medical Society. aste and is fully as The only objection THE DENVER MEDICAL TIMES THOMAS H. HAWKINS, A.M., M.D., JOSEPH S. Bartow Editor and Publisher. . Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE; SINGLE COPIES 20 CENTS. Address all communications, whether as to business or for the editor, to McPhee Building. We will at all times be glad to give space to well written articles or items of interest to the profession. Fifty reprints of original articles will be furnished free when request is made at the time of sending the articles; any number above this will be furnished at actual cost. Entered at the Postoffice of Denver, Colorado, as mail matter of the second class. We promise our subscribers and advertisers that the DENVER MEDICAL TIMES after the April number will be mailed on the 5th of each month. 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