wise they are very palatable, and, in every way, elegant. They need only to be tried to be appreciated. MESSRS. MURKIN & HUNT, 28, 30 and 32 South College Street, Nashville, Tenn., make the best, most convenient, comfortable and easiest-riding Doctor's Buggy to be found. They do nothing but strictly first-class work, and at low prices. TONGALINE, OR LIQUOR TONGE SALICYLATUS is a new remedy for Neuralgia and Rheumatism, made by A. A. Mellier, of St. Louis, Mo. It has received many excellent testimonials from reliable practitioners. It has not disappointed us in a series of cases in which we have tried it. He also keeps the Elliott Saddle-Bags, adopted by the U. S. Government for use in the Army, on account of its convenience and durability. LISTERINE, as made by Messrs. Lambert & Co., 307 Locust Street, St. Louis, Mo., is a remedy of peculiar antiseptic properties, adapted alike to Surgery, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Laryngology, and all Zymotic and Febrile Diseases. Our Dentists are also finding most excellent results from its use. Their LITHIATED HYDRANGEA is well suited to Renal and Vesical troubles. MESSRS. JNO. C. BAKER & Co., 815 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa., are now receiving from their agents in Norway, their special brand of Cod Liver Oil, which is of the choicest quality; its odor, color and flavor being unexceptional. Among their specialties are Baker's Emulsion with Hypophosphites, Baker's Cod Liver Oil with extract of Malt. They are also agents for "Solution of Ferrous Malate," and Bartlett's Pile Suppositories." Full information will be cordially afforded to all applications by mail. CONCENTRATED CRAB ORCHARD WATER, prepared by evaporating the natural water, is one of Nature's most satisfactory and reliable alteratives and laxatives. It is spoken of by Dr. L. P. Blackburn, ex-Governor of Kentucky, in the highest terms. MESSRS. SPURLOCK, PAGE & Co., No. 90 South Market St., Nashville, Tenn., are among the most reliable of the wholsale merchants of Tennessee. They have a full and most complete stock of Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Surgical Instruments and Pharmaceutical preparations. Anything needed by the practicing physician or surgeon can be found in their establishment; and from experience, we can heartily and cordially guarantee satisfaction to all who may give them a trial. Call and examine their stock, or send them an order, and you will never regret it. PEPTONIZED COD LIVER OIL AND MILK, manufactured by Reed & Carnrick, of New York, is a most reliable preparation. Physicians who use Cod Liver Oil, or who have discontinued its use in consequence of its offensiveness or its injury to digestion, should not fail to give this preparation consideration. It is so far in advance of the Emulsions, and all former preparations of the Oil, that they bear no comparison with it. TROMMER EXTRACT OF MALT Co., have an advertisement that will bear a careful reading. They guarantee uniformity of strength and purity of their Extract, and are engaged exclusively in its manufacture, producing one quality only-the best. The Trommer Company was the first to undertake the manufacture of Malt Extract in America, and the first in any country to employ improved processes in its preparation, with the object of preserving unimpaired ALL the soluble constituents of carefully malted barley of the best quality, including especially the important nitrogenous bodies which possesses the power to digest starchy food. KALINE COMPOUND PILL, a proprietary preparation, put up and manufactured by Messrs. Handly, White & Co., of this city, is growing in popularity with astonishing rapidity. For clinical results with this preparation, we desire to refer our readers to the preceding number of this journal, which can had on application to Messrs. Handly, White & Co., Church and Market Sts., Nashville, Tenn. MESSRS. WHITE, WILLIAMS & Co., 257 Columbus Avenue, Boston, Mass., have an advertisement in this number, of interest to every practicing physician in the land. See it. It speaks for itself. FELLOWS' HYPO-PHOS-PHITES (Syr: Hopophos: Comp: Fellows:), contains the Essential Elements to the Animal Organization-Potash and Lime; the Oxydizing Agents-Iron and Manganese; the Tonics-Quinine and Strychnine; and the Vitalizing Constituent-Phosphorus, combined in the form of a Syrup, with slight alkaline reaction. BEEF PEPTONOIDS is thus spoken of by leaders of medical opinion: "Berf Peptonoids is by far the most nutritious and concentrated food I have ever met with. Indeed, a palatable and assimilable and in every way acceptable article of food, containing nearly seventy per cent. of purely nutritive nitrogenous material, has never before, to my knowledge, been offered to the Medical Profession or to the public." PROF. JOHN ATTFIELD, London. 6. ·Beef Peptonoids has an extremely high nutritive value. It is easily digested and is a valuable nutritive food for invalids and convalescents. Its odor and flavor surpass any preparation of meat ever examined by me. It merits my fullest endorsement." DR. STUTZER, Bonn, Germany, Director of the Imperial Labratory for Rhenish Prussia. ANGLO-SWISS MILK FOOD is made at Cham, Switzerland, by the Anglo-Swiss Cond. Milk Co. It is prescribed by leading practitioners, and used in prominent institutions, throughout the country. It is a most admirable substitute for mother's milk, and is used by Prof. J. Lewis Smith, M. D., at the New York Infant Asylum. THE OXFORD RETREAT is a private institution at Oxford, Ohio, under the supervision of the courteous and talented Dr. D. A. Morse, for the treatment of all forms of nervous and mental diseases, including Epilepsy, select cases of Inebriety, the Opium Habit and nervous diseases of children. SYRUP HYPOPHOSPHITES COMP. of Dr. McArthur is thus alluded to by Prof. Jno. S. Lynch, of Baltimore, Md.: "I now prescribe it habitually in my private practice, and always with benefit when the cases are properly selected." HORLICK'S FOOD is free from starch, soluble in milk or water, and needs no cooking. It is a most excellent diet for nursing mothers, dyspeptics, consumptives and other invalids. THE MCINTOSH MANUFACTURING Co., make the best, most portable, and in every way the most satisfactory Battery for physicians' use, containing both the Galvanic and Farradic currents. Their Uterine Supporter is suited to every indication of Uterine Displacements, combining a union of external and internal sup port, adapted to the varying positions of the body, and is selfadjusting. GREEN SPRINGS SANITARIAN, at Green Springs, Ohio, is under the charge of Dr. Jno. F. Marshall, formerly of The Riverside, near Cleveland. A most excellent place for the treatment of nervous and mental disorders, including the Alcohol and Opium habit. EVE'S SURGICAL INFIRMARY is now in successful operation. New rooms in a new building, new furniture, and every known modern appliance, in the way of Instruments, Baths, Appliances, Electrical and other, for the surgical treatment of diseases. It is purely a Surgical Infirmary for the treatment of acute and chronic surgical diseases. The matron is experienced, and the nurses attentive. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS:- Chronic Cystitis, by Duncan Eve, M. D......... CLINICAL REPORTS AND LECTURES:- The New Anaesthetic-Cocaine Alkaloids-A Clin- An Operation for the Removal of Gall-Stones....... Charges Against Professor Fordyce Baker, M. D..... A Rare Case of Fracture....... Report to the National Conference of State Boards of Health-Washington, D.C., December 11th, 1884, by J. Berrien Lindsley, M. D., Secretary of the Tennessee State Board of Health....... REPORT OF THE QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE TENNESSEE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, Held at Nashville, January 6th, 1885. The Tennessee State Board of Health met Tuesday, January 6th, 1885, at 11 A. M., in the office of the Board, at the State Capitol. There were present, Dr. James D. Plunket, President; Professor James M. Safford, M. D., Vice President; Dr. G. B. Thornton, of Memphis; Dr. Daniel F. Wright, of Clarksville; Hon. E. W. Cole, of Nashville, Dr. P. D. Sims, of Chattanooga. The minutes of the October meeting were read and approved. The Secretary read his report for the quarter ending January 1st, 1885, and also special reports from the Health Officers of Memphis, Nashville, and Davidson County. The Secretary's report was received and ordered filed. |