It may be asked, why do we not put literature into Germany, say by dropping it from aircraft. We would not want to put a lot of misleading lies into Germany, as Germany has put into Italy and Russia. The German soldiers and people do not get the truth; and we would like for them to know the truth. For example, a German soldier captured recently asked, "how many German soldiers have been landed in America?" Can't we get the truth to them as easily as the Germans can get lies to the Italians? I guess they do not try to get their lies over the trenches into France and Belgium, for they would not be believed. I understand that if a German soldier is caught reading anything that comes from an enemy flying machine, he is immediately shot! That's the reason we cannot reach them with propaganda, while they reach such ignorant countries as Russia and Italy with lying propaganda. The military command on our side ought to take a hint from German efficiency and forbid the reading of anything that comes from a German source.

Why Are They Called "Huns?"

Perhaps many wonder why the German soldiers are called Huns. The Kaiser himself so designated them. In 1900 he delivered a remarkable address to his soldiers about to sail for Peking. In 1914 a condensation of his remarks on that occasion were printed on cards for his soldiers in the following words: "You will take no prisoners; you will show no mercy; you will give no quarter; you will make yourselves as terrible as the Huns under Attila." This is why the Kaiser's soldiers are called Huns. Look up the history of the Hun's invasions under Attila, a thousand years ago. It has often been said that the German soldiers have gone back to barbarism. That is the very thing that the Kaiser has ordered them to do.

As tho this were not enough, the German government gives to the soldiers an aluminum token on which is the head of Diety as the Kaiser conceives Him (a patriarchal face with a long beard), one hand holding a sickle. Below in the German language, of course, is the following: "Strike him dead. The Day of Judg. ment will not ask your reasons." Thus is the Almighty's authority given for atrocities to the death, without responsibility on the Day of Judgment!

This is not slander from an American upon the German people. These are only a few of the awful facts that we are gradually learning -facts that come entirely from the Germans themselves. I do not know what other horrors we have yet to learn concerning this curse that the Germans have put upon humanity-but which will surely react with awful vengeance against themselves. Not that we can stoop to their methods; but we can and will give to crime its fit punishment.

This war has many phases, both as to causes and operation. The following, from the Manufacturing Record for May 9, refers to the business side, which I hope to give more detailed attention to next month:

For its own aggrandizement Germany, after years of preparation, deliberately entered upon a war to conquer the world. Its leading business men were repeatedly called into consultation with the Kaiser, and in consideration of the promises made by him and the military leaders of Germany that they would be able to loot the world and enormously enrich themselves if they would uphold the Kaiser's proposed war, these men literally sold their souls to the devil, and for personal profit pledged their hearty co-operation in a war which they knew would mean the death of millions of soldiers, in a war which would mean sorrow and woe such as the world has never known. They entered into this unholy compact with a distinct promise from the Kaiser and the military clique that within one year from the beginning of the war they would be able to reap the enormous profits which were promised to them and dominate the trade of the world, as Germany proposed to dominate the nations of the earth.

In all human history there is no record so damning and damnable of a nation which definitely committed itself to murder, to outraging, to pillaging, to all the horrors of a world war, for the individual profit of its business men and the aggrandizement of its military power.

This is the blackest story in human history. It indicates a degree of moral depravity of the whole nation which found a fitting expression in the fearful crimes in Belgium and France upon women and children, upon churches and cathedrals, and upon all civilization wherever the accursed army of these freebooters and looters and outragers and would-be world conquerors have marched.

PRACTICAL POINTS.

So many physicians have entered the army and navy service that it is becoming increasingly difficult for those who have the civilian population under their care to give them proper attention. The prevention of many diseases by prophylactic measures is therefore assuming greater proportions each day as the war continues. Smallpox and typhoid fever have been practically eliminated as army diseases, simply because their prophylactic treatment has been made a routine procedure. Typhoid can be eliminated from the civil population just as it has been eliminated in the army, and it is the duty of the physician to suggest to his patients that they protect themselves against epidemics of disease which can be avoided by proper prophylactic measures. In these days when every individual is needed to carry on the work of the large factories which are supplying our troops with the sinews of war, there should be as little sickness as possible, not only because the production of war materials is retarded when skilled workers are unable to discharge their duties, but because it is fundamentally wrong to take up space in our hos pitals and the time and energy of nurses and physicians with cases of diseases that can be prevented. The time factor is an important one just now and those prophylactic agents which bring about immunity in the quickest possible time and with the least loss of energy should be given preference. It is fortunate, therefore, to have at hand sensitized bacterial (Continued on page xxiv)

vaccines which, according to Besredka and other authorities, bring about an extremely rapid immunizing response-the immunity beginning twenty-four to forty-eight hours after the injection of the serobacterin. In the case of ordinary bacterins the immunity does not begin so rapidly and local and general reactions are more severe and prolonged. The value of typhoid immunization with a bacterial vaccine composed of a suspension of killed typhoid bacilli in physiological salt solution is unquestioned. The greater rapidity of bringing about immunity by using the sensitized vaccine or typho-serobacterin gives the latter product preference, especially at this time. It is also particularly timely to mention that many sufferers from hay fever have been able to remain at their posts because of prompt prophylactic immunization with Hay Fever Pollen Extracts. The time for immunizing fall hay fever suferers is at hand. Complete literature on TyphoSerobacterin and Hay Fever Pollen Extracts can be obtained from the H. K. Mulford Company of Philadelphia.

It is very necessary that the nervous system be quieted at times, and for this purpose sedatives must be occasionally employed. It should be remembered, however, that danger often lies in too much sedation. Indeed, it must never be forgotten that the nerve structures are delicate, and precaution must be taken not to depress them too greatly. This is why sedatives should always be chosen with extreme care, and the remedy administered, while of sufficient potency and efficacy, must also be of the most

scrupulous purity, and free from injurious action. Thus the physician should be sure that a remedy can be prescribed not only with efficiency, but with safety. Neurosine is a hypnotic, sedative and antispasmodic, the efficacy and safety of which has been conclusively proven. Moreover, notwithstanding the increased cost of all drugs owing to the war, the low pre-war price of Neurosine has not been advanced. This has been rendered possible by the extent to which Neurosine has been used by the physicians of this country. The Dios Chemical Co. have pledged their word to maintain the pre-war prices of Neurosine, unless the cost of the drugs which enter into its composition make an advance of price absolutely essential.

Physicians will find in the rational gradual reduction method-as made practical by the use of Hyos-Sco-Phine or Hyos-Sco Piper-a remarkably safe, effective and convenient means of controlling morphinism and alcoholism. With surprising promptness and gratifying absence of suffering or discomfort the patient is freed of his habit and the various functions of his body restored to normal activity. The expense is small, and thus at minimum expendi ture of money, time and effort a large class of unfortunates, otherwise doomed to a miserable and hopeless existence, can be saved and restored to health and happiness. For specific directions, comprehensive case reports and full data as to these dependable products, address The Combs Chemical Company, 948-958 Wolfram Street, Chicago, Illinois.

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Physicians who have studied diabetes are convinced that the successful management of this disease resolves itself primarily into the choice of a suitable dietary. They are relying less and less upon drugs because their use has met with but transitory success. The dietetic treatment of diabetes mellitus is by all means the most important therapeutic factor in the management of this disease. It aims not only to diminish the sugar that makes its appearance in the urine, but also the sugar in the blood. To that end the natural course is to restrict the intake of carbohydrates. Accordingly the first article of food to be reduced in quantity or abandoned temporarily is bread. But bread enters into the daily regimen of people in all walks of life, and its exclusion from the dietary is perhaps one of the most irksome restrictions the diabetic has to endure. Listers Diabetic Flour is the ideal bread substitute. It is free from carbohydrates and fully satisfies diabetic bread hunger. Listers Flour is easily made into delicious and nourishing bread, muffins, doughnuts, cookies, noodles, pancakes, etc., thus rendering it possible to vary this diet from day to day. Further details are given on adv. page xxiii.

The advent of summer weather should bring to the physician's mind the necessity for selecting some efficient combination for use in those

conditions of acid fermentation in which the use of a non-irritating but effective antacid is called for. There is also an increased demand, during the hot weather, for an efficient saline laxative that will thoroly flush and empty the bowel, without the production of irritation and without leaving unpleasant after-effects. As a practical preparation that will secure both of these effects, the physician will find it to his advantage to become acquainted with Tetrasal. Tetrasal is a combination of alkaline salts with lime phosphate and small proportions of citric and tartaric acids. Employed in small doses of one or two teaspoonsful dissolved in a half a glass of water Tetrasal is an effective and very pleasant antacid. In larger doses up to four teaspoonsful, it produces a gentle laxative effect without the production of griping or interfering with digestion. Another advantage possessed by Tetrasal is that it is a marked eliminant of toxic waste and that its action is not confined simply to the bowel, but also is exerted upon the liver. Its action is mild and at the same time efficient, and its use can be continued over a long period of time. For the treatment of Acidosis, either in adults or in infants, Tetrasal will be found in every way satisfactory. Interesting literature, together with samples, will be sent to WORLD readers on request to the distributors, E. Fougera & Co., Inc., 90-92 Beekman Street, New York City. (Continued on page xxviii)