LARYNGEAL DIPHTHERIA.

Dr. R. Rosenberry has adopted a method of treatment which, in five successive cases, has proven successful.

He gives full doses of the tincture of iron with small doses of chlorate of potassium every two hours; quinine sulphate, one grain, every two hours; whiskey, from two to four teaspoonfuls, every hour. Sulphur was insufflated every two hours; and what he regards as the essential part of the treatment was the use every half hour by a good steam atomizer of this formula:

fluid ounces of the solution. The wrapper is lithographed in plain black or white. Examination showed it to contain a fluorescent principle, extracted from alkaline solution by amy! alcohol (wild cherry), an alkaloid soluable in amyl alcohol and precipitated by Meyer's reagent, probably presence of ipecac, though opium may also be present), tartar emetic, coloring matter, oil anise, sugar house syrup, and possibly other substances of less importance. The following formula makes a preparation which is substantially the same as the proprietary article:

WE published formula for Bovinine in last issue. We know it to be the correct formula, for it comes from Mr. H. T. Champney, the manager of the Bovine Co., and in whom we have every confidence. The bullock' blood is taken from selected animals at the abbatoir in Chicago, and is immediately defibrinated and used for the manufacture of Bovinine, for the Bovinine establish ment is situated conveniently at hand for this purpose. We have been frequently assured by Mr. Champney that the egg albumen used is the finest and best quality. There are many grades of this upon the market, but Mr. C. will not be satisfied with any but the best. So with the old Bourbon whiskey, and the glycerine. Much money could be saved by using new whiskey, and inferior grades of the other articles; but Mr. Champaey, whom we have long favorably known, has repeatedly assured us that he would never permit any such meas ures of economy. Bovinine has made its reputation 25 first class article in every respect, and he is determined that its high reputation shall be maintained. The one

per cent of boric acid is just enough to make the liquid aseptic. It is the most innocent of the antiseptics, and in this quantity, can do no harm. In fact, an able physician has just told us that in his opinion, most people need a little of it.

For Ourselves and Others.

If

DOCTOR, do you carry and dispense your own medi eines? If not, you do not realize the immense advantage it gives you, both therapeutically and financially. This is the rapidly advancing tendency of the age. you do already carry your drugs, you would do well to discard the bulky, inconvenient and unpalatable powders and liquids, and send an order to the Philadelphia Dosimetric Co., 2009 Arch St., for elegant, accurate and reliable granules of the active principles. They make everything, from aconitine to zinc. These granules will gain you reputaiton and bring you money.

If you are not acquainted with these preparations, send one dollar for their sample vest pocket case containing 1200 granules, twelve different varieties, worth over three dollars.

No ORGANIC DISEASE.-Mrs. Gumpss-Well, these here doctors don't know much, that's a fact. You know what a time I've had with little Johnny's mouth lately?

Caller-Yes, you told me.

Mrs. Gumpss-Well, at last I took him to a doctor. The doctor looked him over and said Johnny, "hadn't no organic disease." And yet there Johnny sat right in plain sight with his lips all sore from playin' the mouth organ.

WHEN writing to "advertisers for samples, etc., we suggest that you express your opinion of THE MEDICAL WORLD. Advertisers like to know what you think of it.

ELEGANT pharmacy has done much for physicians and their patients. Elegance in toilet preparations can do much for every lady; and the most elegant preparations in this line that we have ever found, are the "Vinolia" preparations. Their soaps and dusting powders, are the finest that we ever used. Samples and pamphlets will be sent to you upon request. Address Blondeau & Co., 73 Watts St., New York, N. Y.

DIARRHEA IN CHILDHOOD.-For a child one year ald give:

R. Kennedy's extract pinus

can. (dark).

Acid nit, mur.

..3 drams ...5 drops

Syrup orange peel q. s. ad....2 ounces M. Sig-Teaspoonful every two or three hours.

LACTO-CEREAL FOOD.-The enterprising and progressive firm of Reed and Carnrick are again in the field with a new and valued preparation called LactoCereal Food, designed for invalids, dyspeptics, convalescents, the aged, and all who suffer from impaired nutrition or retrograde tissue. This food, besides being entirely palatable, contains twenty one per cent. of albuminoids, the amount required to attain and sustain the highest bodily vigor, as has been lately demonstrated by Dr. A. H. Church in his scientific experiments on English troops.

I HAVE used Peacock's Bromides with marked success in cases of hysteria, cerebral congestion, convulsions, spinal meningitis and in fact all nervous diseases. -John Croft, M. D., Detroit, Mich.

SEND to the H. K. Mulford Co., Phila., for the reli able uterine tonic, Tablet Viburnum Comp.

SEND 50 cents to the Terraline Co., 1316 L. Street N. W. Washington, D. C,, for a full bottle of Terraline. You will find Santal-Midy an agreeable preparation in chronic or sub acute urethretis.

We keep Fehr's Baby Powder in the house. LISTERINE is the standard for elegant surgical dressings.

FOR Spinal apparatus, trusses, braces, &c., send te the Pomeroy Co., 785 Broadway, N. Y.

AT this season of the year Freligh's Tablet's are just in order. See adv, and send for them.

FOR Vomiting of pregnancy use Ingluvin, made by Wm. R. Warner & Co., Phila.

FOR surgical instruments of the highest class address I. Phillips, 14 Marietta street, Atlanta, Ga.

If you have not yet learned the use of Micajah't Uterine Wafers, send for a sample to Micajah & Co. Warren, Pa.

How can you promote oxidation in the tissues? See the argument on the title page of this issue.

IMPERIAL Granum will help you to nourish the feeble infant.

THERE is a new remedy with which you have no yet become acquainted. It is Fareol. Address the Walker Pharmacal Co., St. Louis, Mo.

THE Royal Chemical Co., P. O. Box 1728, New York are very generous with their samples of pure pepsin. HAVE you yet used Keith's Avena Sativa. By i you can make your patient "feel his oats."

THE ODDS AGAINST HIM.-"I don't feel right about going in there," said Chillson Feevor, in front of a physician's house." Pshaw ! He's one of the best doctors in the city," replied Coffin Coles.-" know it; but look at his sign-' 9 to 1 '!"-" Well?" -"Well, I don't take any such chances as that."

Febricide Pills have stood the test of years. For samples address The Health Restorative Co., 90 South 5th Ave., New York.

INEBRIETY is curable in nearly all cases in the early stages. After repeated poisoning or intoxications for years, conditions of degenerations come on, from which recovery is very rare. The drink impulse may die out, or be permanently checked, but the injury to the brain and nervous system remains.

Why?

[THE WAIL OF AN EXASPERATED BUT LOYAL M. D] Oh, when from his nostrums and medical fakes The " patent" man's fortune immense is, Oh, what in the world is the reason it takes Every cent I collect for expenses ?

Oh, when the gudewife of the opulent quaek
Her satins and silks is parading,

Oh, why has my wife but two gowns for her back,
And the best of them dingy and fading?

Oh, when the brigades of fibromatous folk

Are swelling the cancer quack's coffers,
Oh, why am I thankful in caustic to soak
Some verruca that accident offers ?

Oh, when, before deigning his patients to ease,
His fee in adva ce the quack collars,

Oh, why do I have, when a patient I seize, Such a long, weary chase for my dollars? Oh, when yon galenical humbugs galore Stroll gaily through rose-fragrant places, Oh, why do I wander, all worn and foot-sore, In a desert that has no oasis?

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Because in the days of my youth I was taught

A principle timely and healthy,

And for quackdom's success I've no envious thought, For I'd rather be honest than wealthy.

Tommy Dod.—The Medical Age.

WE have long used a Weinhagen thermometer, and find them very reliable.

IF you wish a scientifically prepared cocoa, get the Breakfast Cocoa of Walter Baker & Co., Dorchester, Mass.

THE Hastings Truss Co., 224 S. 9th St. Phila., will furnish you with reliable goods.

You can convey remedies to the right spot by using Hall & Ruckel's hollow suppositories, 281 Greenwich St., New York.

A. A. MARKS, 701 Broadway, N. Y., is the old stand-by for artificial limbs.

TRY Antilupia, the new antipyretic, made by the Norwich Pharmacal Co., Norwich, N. Y.

GRIFFITH & Co's., Compound Mixture of Guaiac Stillingia &c., is a very efficacious treatment for rheumatism.

FOR abdominal supporters and other woven goods, address G. W. Flavell & Bro., 1005 Spring Garden St., Phila.

USE MARCHAND'S Peroxide of Hydrogen for surgical diseases.

FOR the finest digestive ferments address Armour & Company, Chicago.

THE U D. M. treatment for stricture by the Century Chemical Company, St. Louis, Mo., disintegrates the cicatricial tissues of the urethra, leaving the normal membrane intact.

SEE the fine buggy case for only $7, by Willis H. Davis & Co., Keokuk, Iowa.

HORSFORD'S Acid Phosphate can be prescribed as a menstruum where acids are indicated.

MANY physician's have become wedded to the use of Nestle's food for infants and invalids.

HOW TO ADMINISTER IRON.-It is generally conceded that the officinal tincture of chloride of iron is the most valuable of the iron preparations therapeutically. The practical difficulties attending its administration for a length of time have been its disagreeable astringent taste, the corrosive action on the teeth, and its constipating action.

Dr. G. W. Weld's extensive experience in the practice of dentistry led him to recognize the virtues of the chloride of iron as a stimulant resource for patients after the strain of the dentist's work Repeated experiments to obtain a formula free from the objectionable features resulted in the preparation of a highly palatable syrup with all the therapeutic efficacy preserved. This has been extensively tested and placed in the hands of Parke, Davis & Co., for manufacture, who strongly commend it to the medical profession for trial. Being prepared after Dr. Weld's Syrup of Iron Chloride (P., D. & Co.'s). It is believed it will effect a revolu. tion in iron administration.

You will find Hydroleine a palatable and nourishing food.

THE McIntosh Battery and Optical Co., 141, 143 Wabash ave., Chicago, make first class batteries, supporters and other physicians' supplies. Send for catalogue.

TRY the pills made by the Upjohn Pill and Granule Co., Kalamazoo, Mich.

We have had good success with the ointment and suppositories for hemorrhoids made by Fred. W. Stew. art, Oswego, N. Y.

FORD'S Digestive tablets are very efficacious in the treatment of indigestion. Send 25 cents for 100 tablets as per adv., to the New York & Chicago Chemical Co., New York.

DR. HAYDEN'S Viburnum Compound has long been a standard for preparations of its klnd.

ORDER your new spring suit of E. O. Thompson, Tailor, Box 413,, Phila.

PRESCRIBE Londonderry Lithia Water for your lithemic patients.

FOR a convenient office chair or throat speculum, address W. D. Allison & Co., Manufacturers, Indianapolis, Ind.

PAPINE is the anodyne principle of opium. Specify "Battle."

Ir the taste of quinine is disagreeable use Febriline, made by the Paris Medicine Co., 212 N. Main St., St. Louis, Mo.

CAMPHO Phenique is an ideal surgical dressing. Phenique Chemical Co., 2715 Cass ave., St. Louis, Mo.

DR. FRANCIS DELAFIELD addressed the New York Medical Society on the treatment of influenza. The treatment consisted of putting the patient to bed and seeing that he was well nursed and had proper diet while the disease was running its course. It was pos sible however, for the physician to interfere with advantage in the case of certain complications. Of all the remedies suggested for the treatment of influenza and its complications, such as severe headache or neuralgia pains, etc., he had found nothing so reliable as phenacetine, in doses of five grains every two hours. The catarrhal throat trouble which is often present, he had treated successfutly with aconite or salycilate of soda, with a solution of cocaine for local applications.Medical Record.

Ir is sometimes of great importance to give advice in regard to the food and drink of your patient. You will find Van Houten's Dutch Cocoa both agreeable and nourishing.

My experience with Terraline is, that it is the most valuable of this class of remedies for lung troubles of a chronic_character. It is unmistakably a great medicine.-T. Chew Worthington, M. D., 840 West Fayette St., Baltimore, Md.

THE LOST THERMOMETER.

"IF this paragraph should reach the notice of George Martin, who swallowed a thermometer, and if the thermometer is still in him, this is to suggest to him not to make too great a sacrifice to recover it. A surgeon regards a thermometer in a boy's stomach very much as a fisherman regards a speckled trout in a dark pool. The surgeon will suggest that a thermometer in the

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In Our Common Defense.

THERE is no class of public servants more imposed upon, defrauded, and unjustly abused and misrepresented than the members of the medical profession are upon many occasions. Unfortunately, too, there are none more timid in defense of each other and the common honor of their profession in time of unjust persecution than are our own medical brothers. Why this should be so is beyond our comprehension. At least it should not continue to be so another day. An esprit du corps should be cultivated somewhat in accordance with the exalted honor, useful services and necessary

character of the profession. To be truly

brotherly we must take a brother's part when he is right.

The immediate occasion for these remarks is our desire to correct a vicious impression which has been circulated far and near, in regard to a recent action on the part of a fellow-member of the profession.

Before day-light on the morning of November 9th, 1891, Dr. Wm. J. Craigen, of Cumberland, Md., was called out of bed by three well-dressed strangers, and requested to attend to a small, shallow incised wound on the left leg of one of their number. After cleansing the wound antiseptically, inserting two stitches and carefully dressing the limb, the Doctor asked for the very moderate fee of two dollars. This the man and his friends refused to pay, claiming that as the Doctor was appointed to attend the almshouse and the jail, they were privileged to demand his services free. They finally became so bold and insolent in insisting upon their demands that the justly indignant Doctor clipped off the bandage and cut the two stitches, quietly remarking that he would leave them no worse off than when they came to him. The Doctor then went back to his rest, even then, as he privately informs us, regretting his hasty action notwithstanding the great provocation that had driven him to it. The men went back to the saloons where they had been carousing all night and spending money freely, and were loud in their denunciations of the Doctor who had, in one instance, refused to be imposed upon.

This circumstance was seized upon by sensational newspapers, with all their ignorance of principles involved and their usual unfairness in magnifying and distorting facts when the medical profession is concerned, until people who relied upon them. for information came to believe that Dr. Craigen was