The late Rev. Carr J. Glyn of Whitchampton Rectory, Dorset, has bequeathed £100 each to the Dorset County Hospital and the Wimborne Cottage Hospital. Appointments. Successful applicants for Vacancies, Secretaries of Public Institutions, and others possessing information suitable for this column, are invited to forward it to THE LANCET Office, directed to the SubEditor, not later than 9 o'clock on the Thursday morning of each week for publication in the next number. BENTLEY, W. L., L.S.A., has been appointed Medical Officer for the Second Sanitary District of the Oldham Union. BROWNE, D. G., M.D., Oh.M. Irel., has been appointed a Public Vaccinator for the District of Gisborne, New Zealand. BRYANT, T., F.R.O.S., has been appointed Consulting Surgeon to the Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis and other Diseases of the Nervous Systern, Regent's-park, vice Sir John Erichsen, deceased. BUCK, L. A., M.R.C.S., has been re-appointed Medical Officer for the Bolton Workhouse. CLELAND, W. L., M.B., C.M. Edin., has been appointed a Colonial Surgeon and Resident Medical Officer to the Adelaide Lunatic Asylum, South Australia. CRAIG, W. J., M.B., Oh.B. Melb., has been appointed Officer of Health DODSWORTH, F. C., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been re-appointed FRY, A. CRADOCK, M. A., L. R.C.P., M.R.C.S., has been appointed House GIBB, W. ALEXANDER, M.B., C.M. Edin., has been appointed Junior HODGE, ALBERT, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., has been appointed Resident JOHNSON, J. H., M.B., Oh. M. Edin., has been appointed Medical Officer to the Hospital at Alexandra, Victoria, Australia, KING, W. M., M.R.C.S. Eng., has been appointed a Surgeon to the Hospital at Boulia, Queensland. LEWERS, T. R., M.B., Ch.B. Melb., M.R.C.S. Eng., has been appointed a Member of the Public School Board for the Sub-district of Berry, New South Wales. LIVINGSTONE, JOHN, M.D., C.M. Glasg., has been appointed Medical Officer of the Royal Naval Reserve for the Port of Barry. LOVEGROVE, T. H., M. R.O S. Eng., has been appointed President of the Central Board of Health, West Australia. MACDONALD, A. H. W., M.B., O.M. Edin., has been appointed Medical Officer for the Old Ford Sanitary District of the Poplar Union. MACDONALD, R., M.B., C.M. Glasg., has been appointed Health Officer at Leederville, West Australia. PACKER, W. H., M.D. Brux., M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.O.P. Lond., has been appointed Medical Officer to the Atcham Union Workhouse and Infirmary, Shrewsbury. PADBURY, G. J., M.B. Lond., L R.C.P., M.R.C.S., has been appointed Medical Officer for the Hawkchurch Sanitary District of the Axminster Union. PARKINSON, C. H. W., M.R.C.S., D.P.H. Edin., has been appointed PRENDERGAST, J. J, M.D. Irel.. L.R O.P. Edin., M.R.C.S. Eng, has SPURR, JAS., M.R.C.S., has been appointed Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Lyme Regis. TAYLOR, D., M.B., Ch.M. Aberd., has been appointed Health Officer at THOMPSON, JOHN A., M.D. Brux., D.P.II. Camb., L.R.C.P. Lond.. WICKS, CHAS., L.RO.P., L.R.C.S. Edin., bas been appointed Resident Vacancies. For further information regarding each vacancy reference should be made to the advertisement (see Index). BIRMINGHAM GENERAL DISPENSARY.-Resident Surgeon. Salary £150 per annum, with an allowance of £30 per annum for cab hire, and furnished rooms, fire, lights, and attendance. 2, CITY OF LONDON LYING-IN HOSPITAL, City-road, E.C.-District COUNTY ASYLUM, Rainhill, near Liverpool.-Assistant Medical Officer, unmarried. Salary commences at £100 per annum, with prospect of increase to £250. together with furnished apartments, board, attendance, and washing. EVELINA HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Southwark-bridge road, S.E.Senior Resident Medical Officer. Salary £70, with board and washing. Also Surgeon to Out-patients. FARRINGDON GENERAL DISPENSARY AND LYING-IN CHARITY, 17, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn-circus, London.-Honorary Physician. HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN (the London School of Gynecology), Sohosquare, W.-Clinical Assistants. LONDON TEMPERANCE HOSPITAL, Hampstead-road, N.W.-Physician. MIDDLESBROUGH NEW ASYLUM.-Medical Superintendent. House (unfurnished, with rates and taxes free), coal, gas, water, and washing will be allowed. Salary required to be stated. QUEEN'S HOSPITAL, Birmingham.-Third Casualty Surgeon for three years. Honorarium £50 per annum. Also Second Physician for Out-patients, for three years. Honorarium £50 per annum. ROYAL HANTS COUNTY HOSPITAL, Winchester.-Assistant House Surgeon. Salary at the rate of £20 per annum, with board and lodging. SHEFFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL.-Honorary Dental Officer for three years. SOUTH DEVON AND EAST CORNWALL HOSPITAL, Plymouth.--House VICTORIA HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Queen's-road, Chelsea, S.W.- Births, Marrianes, and Deaths. BIRTHS. AUBREY.-On Dec. 21st, at Dunelm, The Grove, Wandsworth, S.W., the wife of A. Reuben Aubrey, M D., M.B., M.R.C.S., of a daughter. BAMPTON. On Dec. 24th, at Brookfield, Ilkley-in-Wharfedale, the wife of Dr. Augustus H. Bampton, of a daughter. BRYDEN. On Dec. 28th, the wife of Richard J. Bryden, M R.C.S. Eng., L.S.A. Lond., of 21, Harmer-street, Milton-next-Gravesend, of a daughter. CAIGER. On Dec. 23rd, at the South-Western Hospital, Stockwell, the STEWART-On Dec. 25th, at Walton House, Lordship-lane, S.E., the MARRIAGES. LANE-REINDORP.-On Dec. 29th, at St. James's Church, Claphampark, William Byam Lane, Surgeon-Captain, Indian Medical Service, eldest surviving son of the Hon. Edgar H. Lane, of Antigua, West Indies, to Edith Kate Westlake, eldest daughter of John Edmund Reindorp, of St. Hubert's, Abbeville-road, Clapham-park. WARREN-BULLIVANT.-On Dec. 19th, at St. Luke's, Wolverhampton, John Monteith Warren, M.D., of New Zealand, to Helen Emma, second daughter of Edmund Bullivant, of Wolverhampton. WHITEHOUSE-WATSON.--On Dec. 16th, at St. Andrew's Church, Calcutta, John Whitehouse, M.B:, C.M. Ed., to Margaret, second daughter of Walter Watson, Esq., M.D., 54, Mayfield-road, Edinburgh. (By cablegram.) DEATHS. BROADBENT.-On Dec. 29th, suddenly, at his residence, The Green, WILKS. On Dec. 22nd, at Stanbury, N.B.-A fee of 58. is charged for the insertion of Notices of Births, Marriages, and Deaths. MR. R. HILL SHAW, M.B. Dub., writes us a letter, for which we regret we cannot find room, on hospital reform. He observes: "We wage war not against charity but against the meanness of a large section of the public who sponge' on the kindly aid which is voluntarily and charitably contributed to help in sickness the deserving poor and needy man's misfortune, and who take an undue advantage of the want of unity and of greater independence throughout the medical profession in general, and in particular of the lack of a broad sympathy and of a wider unselfishness on the part of its members one towards another." Dr. Shaw has in these passages hit on the two parts of the explanation of the evils from which the profession is suffering. He will see that we have pointed this moral in our editorial columns. W. J. L. G.-(1) A review of the book will appear shortly. (2) "Medical and Surgical Diseases of Children," by Ashby and Wright (Longmans), third edition, 1896, price 248. QUACKERY. WE commented in THE LANCET of Dec. 19th upon the publications of the worst sort of quacks. The following letters are examples of another kind; they are not obscene or canting, but are nevertheless to be condemned. Letter No. 1 is from the patient to his proper physician. Letters 2, 3, and 4 are from the quack. The patient, we may add, had been treated at Brompton Hospital. Letter No. 1.] “DEAR SIR,-Pardon me for not having answered your kind note of October 13th before, but I have been very queer indeed since I have been here, otherwise I should have answered it before. thank you very much for same and for your advice as to placing myself under a doctor here, but I am sorry to say they are very expensive here and I cannot afford the money as I have a young family. I am at present taking Owbridge's Lung Tonic, although it does not seem to benefit me much. I have taken two bottles. "I answered an advertisement in the newspaper (enclosed) and the circulars I enclose are the result. I shall esteem it a very great kindness if you will give me your advice as to whether you think it would be any use placing myself under the treatment, as you know exactly how my health is and if it is likely to be of any standing benefit to me. The reason I trouble you is because I am not in a position to throw £2 28. away if it would not do me any good, and thinking you may know something about this cure I venture to ask your advice on same. Thanking you, Sir, for an early reply and apologising for troubling you, “I am, Sirs, yours obediently, Letter No. 2.] "Specialist Pulmonary Institute Dir. Paul Weidhaas, Proprietor "Your inquiry concerning my treatment to for asthma to hand I thank you for your confidence and will try to justify it every respect. The instigation to introduce my cure in proceeded from Professor Dr. Sawyer in Brighton, whose son I cured from a long standing suffering of asthma, after change of climate and all other cures had been unsuccessful and the disease threatened to develop into consumption. I have used my cure in thousands of difficult cases with complete and lasting success, not merely ephemeral. It can be followed without interference of the daily occupations and at home; and consists besides prescriptions of a physiatric nature in the employment of an instrument for atomisatrie, by the use of which the vessels of the lungs charged with blood are contracted and emptied; and further of a specially composed tea of special and excellent general effect. The results are as already mentioned lasting for I do not only try to conquer the particular symptoms of the disease as is usually the case in other treatments but I strive to remove the causes this is proved by my wonderful results which I have attained by patients who had been given up as incurable. The total fees including instrument, information and the direction of the cure amount to 2 guineas, no matter whether you claim my advice for only a short or a longer time. One half of the fee is due at the beginning the other half at the completion of the cure. The only other expenses are at the beginning of the cure 3d. per day for the tea. "Yours faithfully 'Specialist Pulmonary Institute "Dir. PAUL WHIDHAAS." "DEAR SIR,-Enclosed I send you a list of questions which you will please fill out, the answers of which will determine more securely the position of the diagnosis and the fixing of the necessary correct directions, than a personal physical examination, by which very frequently all sorts of errors occur. "After receipt of the list thus filled out, and half the cure-fees, I will send you at once all you require for the cure, and would ask you to report to me progress of recovery, so as to enable me to make the analogous further arrangements. "Yours truly, "DEAR SIR,—Though your sufferings are as you know your self, not to be called slight it is to be recommended to make a last trial I can tell you to your satisfaction that I have cured many who were at death's door. In consideration of your present position I am willing to meet you as to the fees, what do you say to a guinea for the first instalment? For the rest I would give you time to pay when it suits you as my chief aim is to effect a cure. If you agree to these terms I will send you everything you require for the cure. "Yours faithfully, "PAUL WEIDERIAAS.” Letter No. 3 is particularly interesting as an example of illogical reasoning. II. E. T.-No standard work has come under our notice upon this extremely limited subject. We recommend our correspondent to consult two or three standard works of anatomy and physiology and some good manual of dental surgery and mechanics. RECOVERY OF MEDICAL CHARGES. AT Clerkenwell County Court a few days ago Mr. Charles Jeffrey Morgan, L R.C.P. and L.M. Edin., M.R.C.S. Eng., 546, Caledonianroad, sued Mr. Charles R. Townley, clerk, of 9, Richmond-place, Russell-road, Holloway, for £13 48. for professional attendance and medicines in the autumn of 1895. The patients attended were three children of the defendant suffering from diphtheria, two of whom died, the defendant's wife, who also suffered from that disease, and himself for sore-throat. The services included a tracheotomy and the administration of antitoxin. The charge was at the rate of 28. 6d. a visit with medicine. When the account was sent in a reductioa was asked for and the plaintiff agreed to take off £1, whereupon the defendant brought a charge of negligence and the plaintiff naturally refused to make any reduction. This charge was reiterated in court, but withdrawn by Mr. Randall Moore, the defendant's solicitor. The jury found for the plaintiff for £7 10s. -over and above £1 108. paid into court by defendant. We regret this reduction of charge, but the defendant will get little satisfaction from the rider of the jury or the just remarks of the judge. The jury expressed regret that a charge of incompetency had been brought against the plaintiff, and the judge said he "had a strong opinion about the case. He had some experience of illness in the household and knew how much doctors were in the habit of doing for their patients and how little they charged." The reduction in the bill by the jury was clearly due to the appeal ad misericordiam of the defendant, who said he had only £2 10s. a week. "DISINFECTION OF BOOKS AFTER SCARLET FEVER.” IN REDR. WILLIAM BEDELL BENISON, DECEASED." THE Birmingham Daily Mail has an advertisement in regard to the course to be taken by persons having claims on the estate of the above gentleman, deceased, in which is curiously and prominently announced the fact that "Dr. Harris, L.R.C. P., &c., &c., who attended the late Dr. Benison in his illness and has since conducted his practice, will continue Dr. Benison's practice at Valentine-road, King's Heath, for the present." Such an announcement would have been better made by circular to individual patients and with strict adherence to proper titles. X. Y. Z.-One tabloid night and morning is not an excessive dose. It is too early in the history of the preparation to speak with any certainty from a clinical standpoint; but we publish an analytical note upon it this week. INSANITY AND TUBERCULOSIS AMONG NEGROES. "PREVIOUSLY to the abolition of slavery," writes a correspondent, "there was very little tuberculosis or insanity in America amongst the negroes of the Southern States, who were observed to enjoy a remarkable immunity from both affections. After emancipation they appeared to quickly lose this immunity, and at the present time are exceedingly susceptible to both. Formerly, although in a state of slavery, they are said to have been well cared for, compelled to lead orderly, regular lives, and kept from dissipation and excess. Freedom removed these restraints, and they quickly plunged into riotous and vicious habits. A physician who has investigated the subject writes in a transatlantic contemporary that "the rapid increase of insanity and consumption in this race is due to a combination of causes and conditions. They have developed a highly insane, consumptive, syphilitic, and alcoholic constitution which predisposes them to diseases they were formerly free from. In this disturbed and unstable condition they seem to be totally unable to resist the slightest excitement. Recent mortality returns show that the death-rate of the coloured people from tuberculosis is three times as high as that of the whites." R. N. Mr. style. Fleet-Surgeon, R.N., appears to us to be the preferable SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A MEDICAL MAN." WE have before now had to protest against the misuse of this title in connexion with paragraphs in the lay press. It is constantly employed when the person charged has no legal claim whatever to the position of a "medical man." In the case of the individual arrested at Devonport just before Christmas we have been unable to find the name of Edwin Alfred Cormack upon the Medical Register, while we cannot ascertain that anyone of this name has been removed from the official list. Medical Diary for the ensuing Week. OPERATIONS. METROPOLITAN HOSPITALS. MONDAY (4th).-London (2 P.M.), St. Bartholomew's (1.30 P.M.), St. Thomas's (3.30 P.M.), St. George's (2 P.M., Ophthalmic 1.15 P.M.), St. Mary's (2.30 P.M.), Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), St. Mark's (2 P.M.), Chelsea (2 P.M.), Samaritan (Gynecological, by Physicians, 2 P.M.), Soho-square (2 P.M.), Royal Orthopedic (2 P.M.), City Orthopedic (4 P.M.), Gt. Northern Central (2.30 P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.). TUESDAY (5th). -London (2 P.M.), St. Bartholomew's (1.30 P.M.), Guy's (1.30 P.M.), St. Thomas's (3.30 P.M.), Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), Westminster (2 P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.), University College (2 P.M.), St. George's (1 P.M.), St. Mary's (2 P.M.), St. Mark's WEDNESDAY (6th).-St. Bartholomew's (1.30 P.M.), University College (2 P.M.), Royal Free (2 P.M.), Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), Charing-cross (3P.M.), St. Thomas's (2 P.M.), London (2 P.M.), King's College (2 P.M.), St. Mary's (2 P.M.), National Orthopedic (10 A.M.), St. Peter's (2 P.M.), Samaritan (2.30 P.M.), Gt. Ormond-street (9.30 A.M.), Gt. Northern Central (2.30 P.M.). THURSDAY (7th).-St. Bartholomew's (1.30 P.M.), St. Thomas's (3.30 P.M.), University College (2 P.M.), Charing-cross (3 P.M.). St. George's (1 P.M.), London (2 P.M.), King's College (2 P.M.), Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), St. Mary's (2.30 P.M.), Soho-square (2 P.M.), North-West London (2 P.M.), Chelsea (2 P.M.), Gt. Northern Central (Gynæcological, 2.30 p.M.) FRIDAY (8th).-London (2 P.M.), St. Bartholomew's (1.30 P.M.), St. Thomas's (3.30 P.M.), Guy's (1.30 P.M.), Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), Charingoross (3 P.M.), St. George's (1 P.M.), King's College (2 P.M.), St. Mary's (2 P.M., Ophthalmic 10 A.M.), Cancer (2 P.M.). Chelsea (2 P.M.), άt. Northern Central (2.30 P.M.), West London (2.30 p.m.). SATURDAY (9th).-Royal Free (9 A.M. and 2 P.M.), Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), St. Thomas's (2 P.M.), London (2 P.M.), University College (9.15 A.M.), Charing-cross (3 P.M.), St. George's (1 P.M.), St. Mary's (10 P.M.), Cancer (2 P.M.). At the Royal Eye Hospital (2 P.M.), the Royal London Ophthalmic (10 A.M.), the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic (1.30 P.M.), and the Central London Ophthalmic Hospitals operations are performed daily. SOCIETIES. TUESDAY (5th).-PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.-8.30 P.M. Papers-Dr. A. A. Kanthack and Mr. T. W. Connell: Some Points in the Morphology of the Tetanus Bacillus.-Dr. D. Drew: Villous Papilloma of the Kidney, Ureter, and Bladder.-Mr. J. R. Lunn: (1) Excision of Knee Joint; (2) Femur which had been Trephined; (3) Duct Carcinoma (?) in a Man aged ninety one years. Card Specimens: Dr. Parkes Weber: Cardiac Thrombosis.-Dr. Th. Fisher: Broncho-pneumonia with Dilated Tube in Ohild aged five years. WEDNESDAY (6th).-OBSTETRICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.-8 P.M. Specimens will be shown by Dr. C. H. Roberts, Dr. A. Routh and others. Dr. Macnaughton Jones: Note on a Case of Eclampsia. Papers-Dr. W. S. A. Griffiths and Dr. A. W. W. Lea: On Breech Présentation with Extended Legs.-Dr. Giles: Tae Cyclical, or Wave, Theory of Menstruation, with observations on the Variations in Pulse and Temperature in relation to Menstruation. FRIDAY (8th).-CLINICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.-8.30 P.M. Brudenell Carter: Case of Gunshot Wound of the Eve.-Dr. W. P. Herringham: A Case of Paroxysmal Tachycardia in a Girl aged thirteen years.-Mr. C. S. Wallace: A Case of Fracture of the Axis. Mr. J. E Lane: Two Cases of Gastro-enterostomy illustra'ing the use of Murphy's Button. Mr. R. LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &0. FRIDAY (8th).—NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYSED AND EPILEPTIC (Bloomsbury). 3.30 P.M. Dr. James Taylor: Electrical Testing and Treatment. During the week marked copies of the following newspapers have been received:- Worcester 1erald, Hu'l Times, Daily Mail, Bolton Chronicle, Manchester Guardian, Rocket, Glasgow Evening News, Leicester Post, Dundee Advertiser, Admiralty and Horse Guards Gazette. Birmingham Argus, Sheffield Telegraph, South Wales Daily News, Times of India, Pioneer Mail, Newbury Weekly News, Hereford Times, Leeds Mercury, Forfar Herald, Midland Free Press, Fastbourne Chronicle, Gravesend Standard, Sussex Daily News, Bucks Herald, Liverpool Laily Post, Gray's Standard, Colchester Gazette, Northampton Mercury, Portsmouth Times, Yorkshire Post, Halifax Courier, Whitehall Review, Liverpool Courier, Oldham Standard, Lincoln Gazette, Sheffield Independent, Keene's Bath Journal, Somerset County Herald, Essex Telegraph, Architect, Bristol Mercury, Chatham News, Builder, Scotsman, Grocers' Journal, Newcastle Journal, South Eastern Gazette, East Anglian Weekly Times, Royal Cornwall Gazette, Grimsby Observer, Folkestone Express, Launceston Week'y News, Wakefield Express, Surrey Comet, Reading Mercury, Birmingham Daily Post, Sanitary Record, West Middlesex Herald, Surrey Advertiser, Mining Journal, Brighton Gazette, Local Government Journal, City Press, Hertfordshire Mercury, Le Courrier de la Presse, Local Government Chronicle, The Australasian Medical Gazette, Evening Express, Liverpool Daily Telegraph, The Stock Exchange, Educational Times, Luton Reporter, &c, &c. Communications, Letters, &c., have been received from A-Dr. F. S. Amley, Halifax; B.-Mr. J. H. Busteed, Romford; Carmichael, Edin.; Messrs. J. A. Carveth and Co., Toronto: Messrs. J. W. Cooke D.-Dr. A. Duke, Broadwater; E.-Messrs. Evans, Sons, and Co., C. J. Hewlett and Son, Lond.; Island, co. Kerry, Ireland: Locum Temperance Hosp., London Edmund Owen, Amiens. Mr. E. St. V. Ryan, Lond.; Rain- Stanway; Prof. Rutherford, Edin.; Sir W. Roberts, Bryn, near Dinas Mawddwy, North Wales Royal Orthopedic Hosp., Lond; Dr. J. M. Rattray, Frome; Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, Sec. of; Messrs. Roger & Chernoviz, Paris; Messrs. GH Regan Co.,Newspaper Advertising Agency, Philadelphia, Manager of; Royal College of Surgeons, Lond., Asst. Sec. of; Messrs. Ridges and Sons, WolverS.-Mr. G. B. Stocker, Lond.; St. hampton; Lady Reynolds, Lond. Andrew's Hosp., Northampton, Sec. of; St. Luke's Hosp., Lond., Letters, each with enclosure, are also A.-Mr. J. Ashton, Carno; A. M. Z., | surer of. C.-Mr. W. T. 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It palliative treatment of throat and chest affections. is issued in neat cases with a supply of Pinol and Eucalyptia at 1/2 each. THE VEREKER AMMONIUM CHLORIDE INHALER. SAXIN "TABLOIDS." Saxin has been aptly termed "the sweetest thing on earth,". being about 600 times sweeter than sugar, and double the sweetness of Saccharin. It is perfectly harmless as it undergoes no change in its passage through the digestive system, but simply imparts its delicate sweet flavour to the food or fluid with which it is used. For these reasons it is indicated in such conditions of discase as diabetes mellitus, gout, obesity, glycosuria, &c, in which the patient is debarred from taking sugar and yet retains an intense desire for the sweet flavour to which the palate has, by long use, become accustomed. INHALATION is undoubtedly the best method of applying certain drugs directly to the larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs, and the inhalation of Ammonium Chloride especially | is regarded by leading authorities as of great value in nasopharyngeal and laryngeal catarrh and odema, and in chronic and senile bronchitis. Various inhalers have been made, but in many, if not all, of these, absolute neutrality of the fumes is not secured. This is a point of much importance, which, if neglected, will cause grave disappointment with an otherwise useful and satisfactory method of treatment. When the fumes are either acid or alkaline they are extremely irritating and frequently aggravate rather than alleviate the symptoms. Besides possessing other advantages, the Vereker Ammomium Chloride Inhaler is so constructed that neutrality is secured by the simple expedient of lowering or raising one of two little tubes. Simplicity with effectiveness are characteristic features of these inhalers. 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A small bottle, containing 100 or 200 "Tabloids," can be carried in the vest pocket without the slightest inconvenience, delicately flavoured, harmless sweetening agent always handy and thus the patient, who must avoid sugar, can have a when at business, or when travelling at home or abroad. Saxin Tabloids," gr., are cach equivalent to one lump of best loaf sugar and are supplied in bottles of 100 and 200 "Tabloids" at 7d. and 1s. 1d. EMOL-KELEET. Since the favourable reports which marked the introduction of this preparation many appreciative opinions have been expressed both by physicians and by the professional press. THE LANCET says:-On account of its remarkable velvety Vereker Inhalers are supplied to the medical profession smoothness it should possess a unique value as a dusting at 5/- each. THE PINOL-EUCALYPTIA DRY INHALER (B. W. & CO.). Dry inhalations of eucalyptia, pinol, or pure terebene are serviceable in phthisis to allay irritation and cough, and in catarrhal conditions of the nose and throat. The simplest and most perfect method of employing these agents is by means of the B. W. & Co. Pinol-Eucalyptia Dry Inhaler The medicament is dropped into the wide end of the glass tube until the absorbent is sufficiently charged. By inspiring through the mouthpiece the air passes through the charge and becomes laden with the medicament. The Pinol - Eucalyptia Dry Inhaler can be carried and used without fear of breakage during the usual routine of business, and is now generally used in the We powder in the treatment of cutaneous diseases, &c., and for allaying irritation. have not examined a more unctuous earth." BRAITHWAITE'S RETROSPECT OF MEDICINE says:— "Emol-Keleet is the most beautiful, impalpable, mineral powder with which we are acquainted, and promises to supersede all the older forms of dusting powders. We have made use of it for some time past in the treatment of eczema, especially in infants and young children, where dry and soothing agents are most desired, and have found it to be a most excellent application in such cases, while the readiness with which it can be used and its absolute freedom from all risks of decomposition, add largely to its value. Emol-Keleet is supplied to the profession in boxes at 9d. each. BURROUGES, WELLCOME & Co. Burroughs Wellcome & Co., Snow Hill Buildings, LONDON. Australasian Address :-SYDNEY, N.S.W. Cable and Telegraphio Address :-"BURCOME, LONDON." 35 |