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saw the researches spoken of as if they had been made by Dr. Bence Jones. This is not the case. It is true that they were first announced in Dr. Bence Jones's lectures, but they were entirely originated and carried out by Dr. A. Dupré, lecturer on chemistry at the Westminster Hospital, to whom Dr. Bence Jones had applied for assistance, and who, in fact, performed the series of researches upon the diffusion and elimination of medicinal substances upon which Dr. Bence Jones based his interesting lectures on these subjects. We speak from our own knowledge of this matter, having witnessed the whole of the quinoidine experiments from first to last in the laboratory of the Westminster Hospital; and we consider it only justice to Dr. Dupré, whose patience and ingenuity of research deserve high praise, to take care that he receives his due on the present occasion.-Lancet.

Treatment of Vertigo.

DR. RAMSKILL, in an article on "vertigo" (Reynolds's System of Medicine), alludes to the common mistake of attributing the symptoms to a surplus of blood in the brain, and states, that in most cases it is due to reflux innutrition of the brain from arrested digestion in the stomach; in some, to mental exhaustion; in others to feeble heart; and a smaller class, to diseases of the bones of the head, and the brain itself.

Gastric vertigo is treated by alkalies, strychnine, and other bitters. Wine should be given to persons of advanced age. Vertigo brought on by over-work, is best managed by bromide of ammonium, generous diet, and wine. Weak hearts should be toned up with belladonna, larch, and digitalis.-Med. Record.

Critical Days in Pneumonia of Children.

ZIEMSSEN has noted especially the days on which defervescence or convalescence has commenced in this disease, as marked by a peculiarly characteristic fall of temperature. He says, that of one hundred and seven cases, in ninety-five the crisis took place on uneven days, and in twelve cases only on even days.

In nine cases this happened on the third day; in three only, on the fourth; in thirty-one, on the fifth; in five only,

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on the sixth; in thirty-five, on the seventh; in four only, on the eighth; in nine, on the ninth; eight on the eleventh, and three on the thirteenth day of the attack. These results accord with what were obtained in adults by Traube, but do not correspond with those ofVnderlich, who found the crisis in forty-six cases on the uneven days, and as many as twentynine on the even days. Ziemssen suggests that the discrepancy may arise from a difference in the methods of defining the crisis. He, himself, considers the crisis to occur, not on the day on which the greatest depression of temperature occurs, but on the day on which the first considerable reduction of heat and fever takes place, accompanied by other favorable phenomena, such as sweating, sleeping, increased bronchial secretions, etc. This is the truly critical time and day, although the temperature often falls still lower on a subsequent day, and in fact reaches a point about 2° below the normal standard in about thirty hours after the commencement of convalescence.--Hillier on Diseases of Children. (Med.

Gazette.)

Boys who Smoke.

DR. DECAISNE, (Bull. Général de Ther.,) in the course of investigations on the influence of tobacco on the circulation, has been struck with the large number of boys, aged from nine to fifteen years, who smoke; and has been led to inquire into the connection of this habit with impairment of the general health. He has observed thirty-eight boys, aged from nine to fifteen, who smoked more or less. Of these, distinct symptoms were present in twenty-seven. In twentytwo there were various disorders of the circulation-bruit de soufflé in the neck, palpitation, disorders of digestion, slowness of intellect, and a more or less marked taste for strong drinks. In three, the pulse was intermittent. In eight, there was found on examination more or less diminution of the red corpuscles; in twelve, there was rather frequent epistaxis; ten had disturbed sleep; and four had slight ulcerations of the mucous membrane of the mouth, which disappeared on ceasing from the use of tobacco for some days. In children who were very well nourished, the disorder was, in general, less marked. As to the ages, eight of the boys were from nine to twelve years old; nineteen from twelve to fifteen. The duration of the habit of smoking was: in eleven, from six months to a year; and in sixteen, more than two years. The ordinary treatment of anæmia in general, produced no effect as long

as the smoking was continued; but, when this was desisted. from, health was soon perfectly restored, if there were no organic disease. Brit. Med. Journal. (Med. and Surg. Reporter.)

EDITORIAL.

Our Text Books.

WE are in almost daily receipt of letters inquiring, "What are your Text-Books, and what works shall I procure for myself and students?" We have concluded to answer all at once through the medium of the Review, and would strongly recommend every Eclectic practitioner to have the following works in his library: The Eclectic Practice of Medicine, by John M. Scudder, M. D.; The Eclectic Practice of Medicine; by Robert S. Newton, M. D.; Symes' Surgery, by Robert S. Newton, M. D.; Hill's Eclectic Surgery, by John M. Scudder, M. D.; Obstetrics and Diseases of Women, American Dispensatory, and Chronic Diseases, by John King, M. D.; Materia Medica and Therapeutics, by Jones & Scudder; Principles of Medicine, by John Scudder, M. D; An Eclectic Treatise on the Diseases of Children, containing Powell's Doctrine of the Human Temperaments, by Robert S. Newton, M. D. and W. Byrd Powell, M. D.; and Concentrated Organic Medicines, by Grover Coe, M. D.

In addition to those enumerated above, there are several other works belonging to our school which the practitioner would do well to provide himself with. Among these we may mention a work on Urino-Pathology by L. Oldshue, M. D. It is a valuable work, and well worthy the confidence of those investigating the pathology of diseases by the microscopical examination of the urine. The Amercan Eclectic Medical Review, and the Eclectic Medical Journal of Cincinnati, are the leading organs of our school of medicine. These are well worthy the confidence and support of the profession, and should be patronized by every eclectic physician in the United States.

Professional Intolerance Rebuked.

A COMBINED effort was recently made by the old school physicians of Hartford, Conn., to fasten the stigma of an unprofessional act upon the reputation of Dr. J. J. Sperry, one of the most respected and

highly influential reform physicians in that State. We are gratified at being able to announce that the doctor was not only honorably acquitted upon every charge, but that his malicious accusers were thrown into confusion, and received the well merited ridicule and contempt of all who were made acquainted with the circumstances of the case. We may, in a subsequent number, refer to the facts elicited

at this trial in detail.

Medical Education of Women in Paris.

FROM the Boston Daily Advertiser we learn that facilities for a complete medical education and a university degree are now granted to women in Paris. An American lady has within the last few weeks been admitted to the first of the series of medical examinations which students are required to pass in Paris, and it has been authoritatively announced that permission to do the same will be granted to Englishwomen. They will be admitted to all the hospitals, to every branch of medical instruction, to five medical and surgical examinations, and, on passing, will receive a degree. An advocate of the women's cause observes that, if but a few women holding the Paris diploma practise as physicians in London, and gain high professional reputations, it is certain that all else that is wanted in England will speedily be obtained.

Confirmatory of the foregoing, we reproduce from the "Medical Gazette," with the remarks of the Editor, a letter from the Minister of Public Instruction to Miss Jex Blake:

"Department of Public Instruction, Aug. 18th, 1868.

"MDLLE.—In answer to the letter which you did me the honor of addressing to me, recommending you in the name of Lord Lyons, who wrote in your behalf to the Minister, I will inform you that the Minister has decided to grant permission to you, as well as other English ladies contemplating the practice of medicine, to pursue your studies with the Faculty of Paris, and to undergo the examinations. It should be well understood that you must be fitted, by equal attainments or otherwise, to receive the Diplomas granted under the signature of the Faculty of Medicine.

"Be pleased to receive, Mdlle., the assurance of my regard.

"MADEMOISELLE JEX BLAKE.

"DANTON.

"We commend the above to the attention of the wiseacres who

voted to 'postpone' a resolution authorizing consultation with female practitioners at the late meeting of the American Medical Association. Possibly the example thus set may induce them to condescend to the level of the profession in France."

"The First National Eclectic Life Assurance Society of the United States."

In a former number of the Review, we called the attention of our readers to the fact that this enterprise was in successful operation, and we now refer to the subject again. This society places the examination principally in the hands of Eclectic physicians. Most of the Life Assurance Societies in this country, have allowed the Allopathic physicians to monopolize the Medical Departments, the result of which has been an almost complete exclusion of our physicians. Several of the companies of this city even allow their offices to reject the certificates of the family physicians of the parties applying for Assurance if they happen to be Eclectic physicians. We considered that this indignity had been submitted to long enough, and used our influence to establish a Life Assurance Society that would be Eclectic in every feature, and where every manifestation of the illiberality that had characterized other Societies would be done away with.

The new Society has already met with great success in the issuing of policies, and has received encouragement and promises of coöperation from nearly all the Eclectic physicians of the United States. We make the following extract from the Annual Report of Mr. Barnes, the Commissioner of Insurance of New York, showing the amount of business given to medical men in connection with the operations of Life Assurance societies in this State:

"In 1867, one Company in New York issued Seventeen Thousand Policies, the Medical Examinations of which, in New York and outside, amounted to $85,000. There are 43 Companies whose head offices are in New York: during the year 1867 they issued 160,631 policies, the medical fees for which amounted to $401,578."

Status of Female Practitioners in China.

In a recent Boston exchange we find detailed the results of a curious interview with the doctor of the Chinese embassy. The writer

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