Lilly-Formaldehyde-Lilly

It is our great pleasure to first offer an invaluable and entirely original device for the rapid and economical production of Formaldehyde directly from wood alcohol.

Several "Formaldehyde Lamps" have appeared both in this country and abroad, but have attained a limited use owing to their complicated construction, the necessity of expert attention and above all the small percentage of Formaldehyde produced from the wood alcohol consumed.

Our Moffatt Formaldehyde Generator

Is simplicity itself in its operation, producing above 83 per cent. of the theoretical quantity of Formaldehyde, thus solving a problem so earnestly studied and opening a grand field of use lne for what may be justly termed the greatest disinfecting agent ever discovered.

Send to us for a new pamphlet containing a history of Formaldehyde, an account of its chemical properties and its use as a disinfectant.

Formaldehyde destroys absolutely all pathogenic bacteria in whatever condition. With the Moffatt Generator rooms may be easily disinfected without injuring their contents. Sutures, bandages and dressings of all kinds may be readily sterilized.

GENERATOR NO.

Made of Solid Brass, nickel plated, has great capacity and is intended for disinfecting the ordinary sized room quickly; this being valuable where a large number of rooms are to be sterilized. Proper size for hospital wards, public halls, sleeping cars, etc. Full information may be secured from

ELI LILLY & CO.,

Indianapolis.

Published in Honor of the Tenth Annual Convention of the National Association of Railway Surgeons.

CHICAGO, MAY 7, 1897.

VOL. III.

MEDICAL

The Postare
Medical School of Chicago.

W. Franklin Coleman,
M. D., Prest.

J. B. Bacon, M D.,
Vice-Prest.

W. L. Baum. M. D.,
Treas.

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New

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2400 Dearborn Street,

A school for practitioners of medicine and surgery. Teaching exclusively clinical. Abundance of material. Large hospital in school building.

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

No. 28

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An ample quantity in each tube for an ordinary operation. No material left over to carry infection to subsequent cases. Invaluable alike to the railway surgeon who must operate in emergencies, and to the surgeon in ordinary practice who has the facilities of an operating room.

Price $2.50 per Dozen of any Assortment.

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MENTION RAILWAY SURGEON.

The Surgeon's Guide

Books for X-Ray Work. Fairchild Bros.

& Foster

THE X-RAY; or, Photography of the Invisible and
Its Value in Surgery. By Wm. J. Morton,
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HORLICK'S MALTED
MALTED MILK
IN SURGERY.

Before and after surgical work this food makes an ideal diet. It
offers all the elements of nutrition in a perfectly soluble, pleasant
form that will agree with the most delicate stomach.

It is the most easily and completely assimilable food offered the physician, there being little or no waste matter, no tax upon or irritation to the digestive tract.

In preparing for and immediately after laparotomies, it is especially valuable, and in cases of nausea resulting from shock or any other cause, it will bring prompt relief and often prove the only nourishment that can be taken.

In addition to the powdered form for general use, we also supply a tablet form for cases in which tablets are more convenient or suitable.

Please send for samples of each, or if you attend the Railway Surgeon Meeting in Chicago May 4-7, we cordially invite you to apply for same at our stand.

RACINE, WIS.

HORLICK'S FOOD COMPANY.