for diphtheria and scarlatina anginosa. It is tion to the amount of oil swallowed by the also of value in phlegmonous erysipelas, and patient, the larger the dose the greater the the various inflammatory affections of the puer-number. One case was reported in which two peral state. It is almost a specific for epidemic | hundred calculi, varying in size from a pea to dysentery. In chronic rheumatism and sciatica it is also effective.

a walnut, were expelled by a pint of olive oil. This case, however, burst the bubble. A reflecting physician, who saw that no ordinary gall bladder could possibly contain one-fourth of these so-called calculi, submitted them to a careful investigation, and found that they were nothing more than concretions of the oil that had been administered.

Olive oil as a specific for biliary calculi then disappeared ftom view, but it has been brought forward again by a writer in the New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, who lays down the maxim that "after pain is relieved olive oil should be used in pint doses to expel the stones." As illustrative of its value in such cases, he narrates an instance in which "a diagnosis of biliary calculi was made, and under the use of olive oil abundant stones were passed." It would only be a waste of time to discuss the matter further. Suffice it to say that olive oil does not possess the slightest power to either soften or procure the expulsion of true biliary calculi, and that its use, as well as that of all other oils and fats, is positively injurious in such cases, and should be absolutely prohibited.

Chronic bronchitis and bronchorrhoea are remarkably benefited by either the inhalation or internal administration of oil of turpentine. Turpentine is also an efficient remedy for chronic cystitis, gleet, and leucorrhoea. It is invaluable in the treatment of spermatorrhoea, amenorrhoea, and functional impotence. It is the antidote par excellence in all cases of phosphorus poisoning. The administration of oil of turpentine in half-drachm doses twice a day, is the most certain method of expelling and preventing the return of ascarides lumbricoides and oxyuria vermiculares. It is an equally effective tænicide, if given in combination with castor oil, one ounce of each at a dose. No remedy is so prompt and effective in hysteria and catalepsy as the administration of a turpentine enemata. According to Bartholow, oil of turpentine is the most efficient application for hospital gangrene. It is also serviceable as a stimulant dressing for chronic ulcers, and as a revulsive application in laryngitis, bronchitis, peritonitis, pneumonitis, pleuritis, and other internal inflammations. It is an excellent counter-irritant in pleurodynia, lumbago, and chronic synovitis. It is also of value in the treatment of chilblains, frost-bite, and severe MEDICAL NEWS AND MISCELLANY. burns, and has been recommended as an appliIcation to the surface of boils and carbuncles. As oil of turpentine is a powerful antiseptic, it can be substituted for carbolic acid, with advantage, as a medium for disinfecting the hands and paraphernalia of the surgeon and gynæcologist.

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A WORTHLESS REMEDY.

DR. W. H. PARISH has removed to 1435 Spruce Street.

DR. JOHN H. PACKARD has removed to 1437 Spruce Street.

DR. JOSEPH MARTIN has removed to 2009 Columbia Avenue.

DR. GEORGE D. FITCH has removed to 618 North Fortieth Street.

DR. R. B. CRUICE has removed to 114 North Eighteenth Street.

DR. A, VAN HARLINGEN has removed to 118 South Seventeenth Street.

FEW years ago an enthusiastic physician proclaimed that the long-sought-for specific for biliary calculi had been found at last in olive oil. All that was necessary was to administer a sufficient quantity of olive oil and hundreds of calculi would appear the following morning in the dejections. It was also noted DR. ALFRED T. LIVINGSTON has removed to that the number of calculi was in direct propor- | 634 North Sixteenth Street.

DR. T. H. BRADFORD has removed to 125 South Eighteenth Street.

DR. GEORGE HAMILTON, one of the oldest physicians of Philadelphia, died on November 30th.

Dr. Thomas AddIS EMMET has been elected an honorary Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, in Ireland.

Dr. Charles WirGMAN has been appointed one of the visiting physicians to the Jefferson Medical College Hospital.

DR. CHARLES E. CALDWELL has been elected Lecturer on Pathology in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery.

DR. ROYAL W. AMIDON, of New York, was married on November 21st to Miss Emma D. F. Field, of Easton, Pa.

PROFESSOR A. P. GRINNELL, M.D., of the University of Vermont, will deliver the course of lectures on the Practice of Medicine at the Long Island Hospital Medical College during the

present season.

DR. JOHN P. REYNOLDS has resigned from the Chair of Obstetrics in the Harvard Medical College. Dr. William L. Richardson has been appointed to act as his successor until the vacancy is permanently filled by the Board of Trustees.

We learn with regret that Dr. E. R. Squibb has announced the discontinuance of the valuable series of pamphlets which, for the past few years, he has issued under the title of "An Ephemeris of Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Thera

DR. VAN S. LINDSLEY, Professor of Ophthal-peutics, and Collateral Information." mology and Otology in the University of Nashville, died on November 15th.

DR. FERDINAND H. GROSS, of Philadelphia, was married on November 26th to Miss Frances A. Williams, of Boston, Mass.

DR. R. L. P. BROWN, of Buckhannon, W. Va., was married on November 4th, to Miss Margaret N. Woods, of Philippi, W. Va.

THE CLEVELAND MEDICAL GAZETTE is the title of a new and brilliant medical journal published at Cleveland, Ohio. It is edited by Drs. A. R. Baker and S. W. Kelley, who have evidently determined to make it second to none in the field of practical medical journalism.

PROFESSOR W. F. WESTMORELAND presented at his clinic, at the Atlanta Medical College, reDR. SAMUEL G. ARMOR, Dean of the Longcently, a case of dislocation of both bones of the Island Hospital Medical College, died at his forearm at the elbow, of three months' standing. home in Brooklyn, on October 27th.

DR. ALBERT H. SMITH, ex-President of the Philadelphia County Medical Society, died on December 14th, at his home in Philadelphia.

DR. WILLIAM B. ATKINSON has been appointed Special Inspector of the Southeastern District of Pennsylvania, by the State Board of Health.

PROFESSOR MATTHEW HAY, of Edinburgh, has been elected Professor of Pharmacology, in the Medical Department of the Johns Hopkins University, at Baltimore.

PHILADELPHIA POLYCLINIC.-The Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for Graduates in Medicine will soon remove to its enlarged and improved building on Broad Street.

DR. W. H. DOUGHTY, JR., has been elected to fill the vacancy in the Chair of Obstetrics, in the University of Georgia, caused by the resignation of the venerable Dr. Joseph A. Eve.

DR. JOHN C. DRAPER, Professor of Chemistry in the Medical Department of the University of the City of New York, died of pneumonia at his home in that city on December 20th.

DR. R. J. LEVIS, President of the Philadelphia County Medical Society, gave a brilliant reception to the members of the Society, on December 12th, at his residence, Sixteenth and Walnut Streets.

The dislocation was reduced, and the patient experienced very little inconvenience afterwards.

THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION has elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Dr. H. P. Walcott, of Massachusetts; First Vice-President, Dr. G. W. Coverton, of Ontario, Canada; Second VicePresident, Dr. G. B. Thornton, Memphis, Tenn. ; Treasurer, Dr. J. Berrien Lindsley, Memphis, Tenn.

THE DETROIT LANCET having long since outgrown its local character, will hereafter be known as the American Lancet. This new title is indicative of its extensive circulation, as well as of the valuable and varied nature of its contents. The Lancet will remain, as heretofore, under the able editorial management of Leartus Connor, A.M., M.D.

DR. D. G. BRINTON, editor of the Medical and Surgical Reporter, has been appointed Laureate of the Societe Americaine de France, for 1885, and awarded the annual medal of the Society for his learned works upon the aboriginal languages of America. Dr. Brinton is the first American upon whom this honor has been conferred.

PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL.-Dr. Andrew Nebinger has been elected consulting physician to the Insane Department. Drs. A. W. Ransley and W. S. Steinbach have been added to the

surgical staff. Drs. William Osler and John H. Musser have been added to the medical staff, and Drs. E. E. Montgomery and Elliott Richardson have been appointed on the obstetrical staff.

THE MUTTER LECTURES.-The first series of lectures of the Mütter course were delivered before the College of Physicians, of Philadelphia, by Dr. Henry F. Formad, on December 8th, 11th, 15th, 18th, and 22d. The remaining lectures will be delivered on January 5th, 8th, 12th, 15th, and 19th. The subjects are, "Morbid States as Influenced by Embryonal Development, Anomalous Structural Peculiarities, Injuries, and the Effects of Lower Organisms, with Special Reference to Surgical Pathology."

| whom no one stands higher in all sections of the country. In this connection reference may also be made to the deservedly renowned establishment of Dr. Battey, a description of which recently appeared in the Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal. Gaillard's Medical Journal, New York.

CAPSICUM IN HEMORRHOIDS.-A case is mentioned by a correspondent of a Peruvian medical journal of a case of bleeding piles cured by capsicum. The patient was a man of twenty-eight years of age. He was much distressed by passing variable quantities of blood after going to stool, and suffered a good deal from anal irritation and tenesmus. No tumor could be detected. THE NEW YORK STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIA- habit of using a violent purgative for ten months, He had formerly been in the constant and daily TION has elected the following officers for the en- and after he left it off, obstinate constipation folsuing year: President, Dr. E. M. Moore; Vice-lowed, and it was under these circumstances that Presidents, Drs. William Gillis, H. C. Van Zandt, Frederick Hyde, and D. Guernsey; Recording Secretary, Dr. Caleb Green, Homer, Cortland County; Corresponding and Statistical Seere

tary, Dr. E. D. Ferguson, Troy; Treasurer, Dr. J H. Hinton, New York; new members of the Council, Drs. E. M. Lyon, I. H. Abell, T. W.

Ross, S. T. Clark, and E. S. F. Arnold.

PREVENTION OF MAMMARY ABSCESS.-Dr. Miall (British Med. Journal) says the formation of mammary abscesses can be prevented by the use of fomentations of hot water and carbonate of ammonia. He has frequently seen cases in which the breasts were hot and inflamed, with redness of the skin, throbbing and deep-seated pain, the pulse being 120 in the minute, yet these symptoms have disappeared in the course of a

few hours under fomentation with hot water and ammonia. An ounce of carbonate of ammonia is dissolved in a pint of boiling water, and when solution is effected, the temperature will scarcely be too high for fomentation with cloths dipped in

hemorrhage commenced. The writer tried all kinds of remedies, and regulated the diet, without producing any improvement, and at last was contemplating surgical measures, when he happened

to mention the case to a hospital physician, who been cured of a very obstinate form of chronic suggested a trial of capsicum, as he had himself dysentery by its means, and he felt sure that it possessed the property of acting on the rectum. This was consequently prescribed with meals, and the doses gradually increased. A marked improvement soon was observed, and at the end of a couple of months a complete cure was effected.-London Medical Times.

QUININE IN TYPHOID FEVER.-Dr. O. F. Schultz (American Practitioner) urges the systematic employment of quinine in all cases of typhoid fever. The method which he has adopted since 1881, is to administer grs. v to infants, grs. viiss to x to children, and grs. xv to xxx to adults, in solution with muriatic acid, or mixed with syrup or fluid extract licorice, and then followed

by lemon juice or muriatic acid within half an hour, every evening between seven and eight

the liquid. These must be assiduously applied for half an hour at least, and repeated two or three hours later, if necessary. Relief is imme-o'clock, until the evening temperature does not

diate.

MEDICAL ENTERPRISE IN THE SOUTH.-Among many other indications of returning prosperity to the South is to be noticed the establishment of private infirmaries under the care of Southern physicians and surgeons. In Georgia, Dr. V. H. Taliaferro has in successful operation a private infirmary for the treatment of diseases of women. Dr. Taliaferro must find this a congenial field for his energy and talents, as his experience has been large and his success great in this department of medicine. More recently a surgical infirmary for males and females has been established in Atlanta by the well-known surgeon and writer, Dr. J. McF. Gaston, than

exceed 1020, and then every other evening till the morning temperature has permanently become normal. The object which he has in view is, primarily, to force an early breaking up of the disease, and, secondarily, the prevention of hyperpyrexia, a high and obstinate grade of fever furnishing an indication not for the exhibition of quinia-this indication is furnished by the disease-but for a crowding of the doses and an increase in their size. By the course the disease takes under this method, Dr. Schultz has long become convinced that: 1st, Quinia can abort the typhoid fever process; 2d, If the disease is not aborted its duration is shortened; 3d, It is made to pursue a milder course.

The Medical Department of the Univer- | ment of suspected intestinal invagination should SITY OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY.-The Board be based upon this admirable maxim of Professor of Regents have completed the organization of a Austin Flint, Sr. In any affection of the bowels, Law and a Medical Department of the Territorial when in doubt about the diagnosis, never give a University, located at Seattle, and the following purgative; for if obstruction exist it can only do gentlemen have been elected to constitute the harm, and if it does not exist, simple enemata medical faculty :of warm water or olive oil will answer the Thomas D. Minor, M.D., Professor of Princi- purpose, and are perfectly safe. Enemata of ples and Practice of Medicine and Clinical Medi- water or air, as long as the patient can bear the cine; Rufus Willard, M.D., Professor of Obstet- tension, are useful, especially in invagination, rics and Diseases of Women and Children; and olive oil or ox-gall, as recommended by Dr. Edward L. Smith, M.D., Professor of Principles Flint, to soften fecal impactions. Belladonna and Practice of Surgery and Clinical Surgery; or atropia should be used by mouth and rectum, John Baker, M.R.C.P. and S., Ontario, Profes- in the hope of obtaining its relaxing effect on the sor of Chemistry and Toxicology; Gideon A. muscular coat of the intestine, and morphia subWeed, M.D., Professor of Physiology and Hy-cutaneously to mitigate pain and quiet peristalsis. giene; C. H. Merrick, M.D., Professor of Materia These remedies having failed to give relief, the Medica and Therapeutics; L. R. Dawson, M.D., | question of laparotomy arises, and it should not Professor of Descriptive and Surgical Anatomy be delayed too long, as the patient's chances of and Histology; John W. Waughop, M.D., Pro- recovery will be materially diminished; for sponfessor of Psychological Medicine and Diseases taneous cures so seldom result, that their probaof the Nervous System; John C. Sundberg, M.D., bility may be almost disregarded in the question Professor of Ophthalmology, Otology, and Laryn- of treatment. gology; J. S. M. Smart, M.D., Adjunct Professor As that distinguished surgeon, Dr. Hunter of Clinical Surgery and Diseases of the Genito- McGuire, so well expresses it, the physician who Urinary Organs; L. R. Dawson, M.D., Demon- hesitates to operate, after having tried all other strator of Anatomy; Chair of Medical Jurispru-means, and failed to relieve his patient "is guilty dence to be filled; L. J. Powell, A.M., President of the University, ex-officio member of the Faculty.

THE COLUMBIA COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY ON THE CONGRESS QUESTION.-At the regular meeting of the Columbia County Medical Society, State of Pennsylvania, the following resolutions were unanimously passed :

WHEREAS, There being a division of sentiment in the medical profession relative to the action taken by the American Medical Association at its meeting in New Orleans, and also as regards the action of the Committee of Arrangements in carrying out its instructions relative to the proposed meeting of the International Medical Congress, to meet in Washington, D. C., in 1887,

Resolved, That we reaffirm our allegiance to the Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association, and we hereby give expression to our unqualified endorsement of its action in adding to the Original Committee.

Resolved, That this Society approves of the action of the Committee at its meeting in Chicago in deciding to appoint to official positions in said Congress only those who are responsible to the American Medical Association.

Resolved, That a copy of this action be for'warded to the Secretary-General of the Congress. W. M. REBER,

Secretary Columbia County Medical Society. INTESTINAL INVAGINATION.-Dr. G. T. Vaughan (Virginia Medical Monthly) says the treat

of neglect of duty."

AQUA CREASOTI.-The officinal aqua creasoti, or creasote water, is so important a preparation for one special use, that it is well to notice it in order to emphasize that special use. It is a simple one per cent. solution of wood creasote in water, and, like similar solutions of carbolic acid and of cresol, it is a most effective local anæsthetic and topical dressing to burns and scalds. It is no better than the solutions of carbolic acid or coal-tar creasote for this purpose, but is quite as good, so that whichever is most accessible or most convenient may be used. This creasote water, as made by the above formula-or diluted with an equal volume of water, or with more water for delicate surfaces in women

and children—and applied by means of a single thickness of thin muslin, or worn-out cotton or linen, such as handkerchief stuff, and the application renewed from time to time, as the return of pain requires it, will relieve the pain of burns or scalds in five to ten minutes, and will maintain the relief as long as the applications are properly renewed, or until the painful stage is over. It is also very effective as a local anæsthetic for general use in all painful conditions which affect the surface only, such as the pain of erysipelas. The benumbing effect of these phenols upon the skin is very promptly reached, and can be carried to almost any degree that is desirable by simple management of the strength of the solutions and the mode of application. They are the true anæsthetics to the skin, while

the much-lauded cocaine is not.

This statement

has been published so often, and the treatment has been so effective in so many hands, that it should be universally employed instead of the old and comparatively useless and hot dressings, such as carron oil, white lead ground in oil, flour, linaments, etc., or the newer application of solution of bicarbonate of sodium.-An Ephemeris of Materia Medica.

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'International Medical Congress" to hold its next meeting at the city of Washington, said committee having other powers delegated to them; and, whereas, the American Medical Association, at its meeting held in the city of New | Orleans in April last, did, as it had a right to do, receive such portions of said committee's work as was satisfactory to it, and enlarged said committee, making it, what it should be, national in character. And, whereas, certain members of

THE PREVENTION OF SEPTICEMIA.-Dr. Israel the profession have objected thereto, and have B. Washburn (Med. and Surgical Reporter) done what they could to throw obstacles in the says: Five or six years ago I adopted the prac-way of a perfect and harmonious organization of tice of giving chlorate of potassium to all my the present committee and the work of said compuerperal patients, commencing the second day mittee; and, whereas, we believe it to be our after delivery, and continuing at least five days, duty to express our views in the present condior, what I think a better guide, as long as there tion of affairs; therefore, be it is any color to the lochial discharge. In that time I have not had a single case of septicæmia amongst the patients I attended myself.

The use of the remedy as a preventive of blood-poisoning in puerpera is not original with myself, but I have extended it to my surgical cases with like good results. There may not be any power in the potassium chlorate to prevent septicemia, but prior to the time I commenced using it such cases were not infrequent among my patients, a number were dangerously ill, and I lost a few that I treated or assisted in treating. I usally administer the remedy as follows:

It is not necessary to give it in large doses, as they are dangerous.

I have never resorted to the intra-uterine injections, as some recommend, but have relied upon vaginal injections of warm water, with or without any disinfectant, as needed, as a matter of cleanliness.

The periodical fevers sometimes preceding, at others following confinement, should be interrupted as soon as possible. They are liable to arrest the lochial discharge, and that will cause septicemia, unless prevented by proper treatment. I hope physicians in large cities or localities where puerperal fever or septicemia is prevalent, will try the chlorate of potassium, and report, that the profession may know whether it is a success or a failure.

EAST LINE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS. -At a meeting of this progressive and flourishing Association, the following resolutions, presented by Dr. J. J. Dial, were unanimously adopted :

WHEREAS, The American Medical Association at its meeting, held in the city of Washington, in May, 1884, appointed a committee to invite the

Resolved, That we do most heartily endorse the action of the American Medical Association, at its meeting at New Orleans in May last; and also do most heartily endorse the present committee and its work up to date.

Resolved, That we do hereby pledge ourselves to sustain the American Medical Association in its efforts to make the International Medical Congress a success, and to elevate the standard of legitimate medicine in these United States.

Resolved, That we are proud of and do most cordially endorse the delegates from our State

Medical Association to the American Medical Association at New Orleans, in May last; we believe their action represents the true sentiments of a very large majority of the profession in

Resolved, That we disclaim any sectional feeling in this matter. We know no North, no South, no East, no West. We are for honorable medicine-The American Medical Association one and indivisible, now and forever!

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to Daniel's Medical Journal for publication. J. W. GARNETT, Secretary.

A NEW MEthod of GivING A BATH IN TYPHOID FEVER.-Dr. H. C. Wood (Therapeutic Gazette) says the great difficulty in the use of the bath in fevers is in the trouble which is involved in moving the patient in and out of the bath tub. The following simple device will in great part remedy this trouble, and also save the necessity of providing a portable bath tub. The canvas of an ordinary bed cot is to be made three or four inches wider than it is ordinarily arranged, and a board nailed at each end so as to hold the cot permanently open and project above it several inches in the form of a headboard or foot-board. This cot is then arranged alongside of the bed of the patient, so as to be on a level with the bed, and at the same time firm. Over it is spread an India-rubber cloth sufficiently large to cover it entirely and to fall above and