which I used, or prescribed; and perceiving its wonderful therapeutic value, sent an order for a supply, which was promptly delivered. I at once began using it in my daily practice, and at the same time observing its effects carefully, and it affords me the greatest pleasure to add my humble testimony to its unparalleled value as a febrifuge, hypnotic, sedative, anodyne and nervine. It has superceded opium and bromide of potassium in my practice, and is the equal, if not the superior, of aconite and veratrum. One of its greatest advantages, as a hypnotic, is, we avoid the constipating effects of opium and its salts, and when given in cases in which chloral hydrate is so often prescribed, the usual disturbance produced by that drug upon the great nerve centres is avoided. I have found it easy of administration, and as certain and definite in its effects upon the human organism as our most positive remedies. To those who have not already used it, I commend it. Be sure you have the indication, and the desired result will be obtained. I am, gentlemen, very respectfully, JOEL F. HAMMOND, M.D. THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION will meet at Kansas City, October 20-23. Representatives from the entire United States. are expected to be present, and from the treasure houses of observations and investigations accumulated during the past year, contribute to the interest and profit of the occasion. DR. N. M. GRAY, of Allegheny, Pa., says: I have tried Papine in two cases, and with the best effects. Both were cases of children from one to three years old, and both so complicated with cerebral trouble that I feared to use opium or any of its preparations, and yet I wished for an anodyne to control some very marked symptoms. So I tried the Papine, and am happy to say that it had the desired effect, without any of the unpleasant consequences so often following the use of the drug in any form I have heretofore used. 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SYR. HYPOPHOS. Co., FELI OWS, has become one of the recognized standard preparations of the day. It contains potash and lime, essential elements of the animal organization; iron and manganese, the oxydizing agents; quinia and strychnia, the tonics, and phosphorus, the vitalizing constituent. It has gained a wide reputation for its curative powers attributable to its stimulant, tonic and nutritive properties. "In the characteristic and excruciating frontal headache accompa nying influenza, I immediately prescribe Antikamnia in five or sixgrain doses, repeated once in one or two hours, with the happiest results. I have learned to look upon it as al nost a specific in counter acting this form of pain." The above is an extract from an article on influenza read before the "Stark County Academy of Medicine," at Canton, O., September 1, 1891, by D. S. Gardner, M.D. DIOVIBURNIA is pronounced by the most prominent professors of medicine as being the most powerful uterine tonic attainable. It is the remedy to right the wrongs and relieve the weakness of the uterus and appendages. It resuscitates to normal condition. It is a sure remedy to prevent miscarriage, also nauseau in pregnancy, restoring the uterine system, relieving all abnormal conditions of same. INDIANAPOLIS, July 10, 1891.-Messrs. Renz & Henry, Louisville, Ky.-Gentlemen: I have used your Elixir of the Three Clorides with calisaya quite extensively the last two years, and I find that it acts beautifully in constipation, whether due either to diminished action of the muscular coat of the intestines, or to diminished secretion from the mucous membrane; one teaspoonful in two-thirds glass of water. Truly yours, J. J. GARVER, M.D. QUININE PILLS AND CAPSULES are very insoluble, often being discharged undissolved. "Febriline," or Tasteless Syrup of Quinine, has been found to be just as reliable in all cases as the bitter ulphate of Quinine, and physicians will find it to their advantage to use it for adults as well as children in place of pills and capsules. It is as pleasant as Lemon Syrup, and will be retained by the most delicate stomach, having also the advantage of not producing the unpleasant head symptoms of which so many patients complain after taking the Quinine Sulphate. Possessing these advantages, physicians will find it superior to the Quinine Sulphate for all cases requiring quinine, particularly typhoid fever patients. A LETTER from G. Frank Lydston, M.D., Fellow of the Chicago Academy of Medicine and of the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association; Editor of the Northwestern Medical Journal; Formerly Professor of Venereal Diseases Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons, says: "I desire to express my appreciation of the new antiseptic, ChloroPhenique. It is one of the best antiseptic and detergent preparations in the treatment of inflammatory affections of the mucous membranes, suppurative and ulcerative processes that I have so far tried. In nasopharyngeal affections it is of especial value." “I HAVE been using a pair of the Elliott-Patent Saddle Bags for the past five years, and such are now as good as new." J. W. HUNTER, M.D., Peachtree, W. Va. "I HAVE used Ponca Compound for many cases of dysmenorrhoea with most satisfactory results, and I should not wish to be without that remedy." L. SUTTON, M. D., West Newton, Westmoreland Co., Pa. "WE prescribed Tongaline for a patient who had been suffering from neuralgia of the kidneys for five years, and after having taken the preparation for ten days he feels better than at any time since the commencement of the trouble." DRS. SPEARS & HOLLIS. EPILEPSY-In a case of epilepsy of several years standing I have used Peacock's Bromides with perfect satisfaction to myself and patient. It controls the spasms perfectly, and seems to agree well with the stomach. W. E. POSTLE, M.D., West Jefferson, O. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS: Acute Opium Poisoning. By Deering J. Roberts, M.D. 421 SELECTIONS: An Easy and Effectual Method of Plugging in Epistaxis . 447 Treatment of Vomiting in Pregnancy A New Disease of Americans. Is Inebriety a Vice or a Disease? . Aphorisms in Medical Emergencies 448 450 451 . 452 454 456 456 457 457 EDITORIAL: Preliminary Announcement of the Programme for the Seven teenth Annual Session of the Mississippi Valley Medical THE SOUTHERN PRACTITIONER. AN INDEPENDENT MONTHLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO MEDICINE AND SURGERY SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR Professor of General, Descriptive and Surgical Anatomy in the Med. Dept. Univ. of Tenn. Pleuritis derives its name from the Greek word pleura, meaning side, and the ending itis signifying an inflammation. The acute pains usually accompanying pleurisy led Hippocrates to use the word pleuritis in all pains of the side, especially those of a violent character. Pleuritis was mentioned by Celsus, and was still better described by Galen. Eteus, however, was the first to describe it with any degree of precision, and to speak of its treatment. Ancient authors thought that the disease was limited to that portion of the membrane lining the interior of the thoracic cavity, or the pleura costalis, while more modern authors believed the inflammation to be confined to the visceral layer of *Read at the Nashville Academy of Medicine, October 8, 1891. |