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fever and cholera;, and conversely that the absence of these causes was nearly always associated with the prevalence of catarrhal diseases, and that these were entirely antagonistic to the yellow fever and cholera."-Pacific Med. and Surg. Journal.

MORPHIA INSTEAD OF CHLOROFORM IN DISLOCATIONS.-A German writer recommends the acetate of morphia by hypodermic injection, to produce narcotism in dislocations. He uses from one half to one fifth of a grain. In comparison with chloroform he considers it more prompt and certain, safer and more convenient.

FEES IN CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.-In Prussia the fee-bill of physicians is fixed by law, and has been time out of mind. In its revision in 1815, it was decided that a physician attending a contagious disease should have his honorarium doubled, and that a surgeon operating on a contagious disease should have his fee increased onehalf. In the case of a bite of a mad dog, he could, on cutting out the wound, charge even ten times his ordinary amount.

Some such arrangement would be a good one with us. A doctor should not be asked to risk his life and his time for the same paltry sum that he gets for an ordinary visit.

FEMALE STUDENTS.-There are at present in the medical school at Zurich, eight young women studying medicine, of Russian and English birth. Professor Kapp has been so much pleased with this, that he is preparing to institute a higher school for girls intending to enter the University.-(Mädchen gymnasium.)

OIL OF TURPENTINE IN TRAUMATIC ERYSIPELAS.-Professor Lücke, of Bern (Berliner Klin. Wochenschrift), believes that the local application of oil of turpentine in traumatic erysipelas is very beneficial. The redness disappears in two or three days, and the temperature falls in a remarkable manner under this treatment. By rubbing in the turpentine, rather than pencilling with it, the effect is more rapidly produced. No local irritation results from the application of the turpentine, the patient only complaining of a temporary feeling of burning.

THE BITTERNESS OF SULPHATE OF MAGNESIA REMOVED.---According to the Bulletin Therapeutique, by boiling a little coffee in the solution of the sulphate, the flavor of the coffee masks the bitterness of the sulphate of magnesia. The decoction of senna may be covered in the

same way.

BISMUTH IN INDIGESTION.-W. F. McNutt, M.D., of San Francisco, Cal. (Cal. Med. Gazette), believes that bismuth is more than a local anaesthetic to the stomach, as generally regarded by practitioners. His experience of the administration of bismuth has led him to think that its efficacy is due almost entirely to its chemical action upon sulphuretted hydrogen generated in the bowels. Bismuth not only destroys the sulphuretted hydrogen present in the bowels, but is an

antiseptic to albuminous matters, preventing their putrid decomposition. He administers to patients, suffering from nervous derangement caused by undigested food in the stomach, this drug in doses from five to ten grains, and quiet sleep follows. Bismuth combined

with Dover's powder has a happy effect, when the former does not act as anticipated.

A REMARKABLE CASE OF IMPERFORATE ANUS.-The daughter of a Jew, called Teotonicus, came into the world without an anus, passed her fæces by the vagina, and lived to the age of a hundred years.Med. Record.

TREATMENT OF THREATENED ABORTION.-Tincture of gelseminum, in five-drop doses every half hour, is an excellent prescription in uterine hemorrhage, being of special value in cases of threatened abortion.

A SOLVENT FOR INDIGO.-Chloroform is said to be a perfect solvent for indigo blue, and is now used very extensively in combination with that dye.

FOR DYSPEPTICS.-We have found Hecker's wheaten grits a highly nutritious, palatable, and healthful preparation, invaluable for dyspeptics and persons of sedentary habits.

LOCATION FOR SALE.-Dr. R. B. Easley, Hornsby P. O., Clyde Station, Ill., wishes to move West, and offers his property for sale at a bargain. The location seems desirable, and physicians in quest of a place to settle, would do well to apply.

LOCATION FOR SALE.-Dr. G. W. Smith, Burnetsville, White county, Ind., desires to sell his house and lot, and his office with a practice of $3,500 a year.

Prof. Jas. M'Clintock, M. D., of Philadelphia.-We understand that this distinguished surgeon contemplates spending the summer in delivering popular lectures in the West. The well known ability of Prof. M'Clintock warrants us in promising an intellectual treat to the cities he visits.

FOR SALE in one of the largest scaboard cities, of thirty thousand inhabitants, in Massachusetts, a splendid office and a large paying general Practice of twenty years' standing, doing a cash business of $10,000 per annum.

Also, for sale by the same party, an elegantly fitted up and well paying Drug store.

The above Practice, or Drug store, will be sold to responsible parties on very easy terms. Address Lock, box 2658, Boston, Mass.

BOSTON MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL.

We have received Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of "The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal." This periodical is edited by Dr. Luther Parks jr. and Dr. David F. Lincoln, and is printed and published by David Clapp & Son, 344 Washington St. Boston. It is well known, ably conducted, and one of the oldest journals in the country. It has this peculiar feature: it is published every week and the several issues during the month are bound together and published in the form of a "monthly series." For several weeks, through the blunder, no doubt, of some official or officious person, we were deprived of the pleasure of reading it. We welcome it again to our table and thank our editorial brethren for sending us the numbers of which we were deprived.

BOOKS AND JOURNALS RECEIVED.

The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science.
Buffalo Medical and Surgical Journal.

Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.

Eclectic Medical Journal of Cincinnati.

The Druggists' Circular and Chemical Gazette.
The Journal of Materia Medica.
Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal.
The Dental Register, Cincinnati.
The Dental Cosmos, Philadelphia.
American Homoeopathic Observer.
Phrenological Journal, New York.
Journal of Applied Chemistry.
Ohio Medical and Surgical Reporter.
The Medical Investigator.
American Agriculturist.
Braithwaite's Retrospect.

London Lancet.

The Humboldt Medical Archives.

The Western Journal of Medicine.

The Philadelphia University Journal of Medicine and Surgery.
Eclectic Medical Journal of Pennsylvania.

The Cincinnati Medical Repertory.

New York Medical Gazette.

Herald of Health.

Revista Medico-Chirurgica y Dentista.

Druggists' Price Current and Chemical Repository.

American Journal of Dental Science.

Missouri Dental Journal.

The Chicago Medical Times.

New England Medical Gazette.

United States Medical & Surgical Journal.

American Journal of Obstetrics & Discases of Women & Children.

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