CURRENT NOTES. TESTING FOR IRON IN ORGANS.-Zaleski (Die Vereinfachung von makro- und mikrochem, Eisenreaction, Zeitsch. f. phys. Chemie, xiv, p. 274, 1890) gives a simple method for detecting histologically the presence of iron in organs. Small pieces of the organ are hardened first in 65 per cent. alcohol, and then in 90 per cent. alcohol, to which few drops of yellow ammonium sulphide are added. In twenty-four hours, if iron be present, the tissue has a greenish appearance, and on making a section the exact distribution of the particles of iron sulphide is readily detected by the color reaction.British Medical Journal. TRICHLORACETIC ACID AS A TEST FOR ALBUMEN IN THE URINEDr. N. Tirard, King's College Hospital, gives some interesting notes on trichloracetic acid as a test for albumen in the urine. He has never found it to fail when albumen was indicated by other tests, and has found it to indicate albumen when other tests did not respond When a good-sized crystal of the chemical is dropped into the urine it speedily dissolves, and if albumen be present it produces a zone of turbidity in the urine just above it, otherwise a sharply defined line marks the junction of the white acid with the yellow urine. The zone of turbidity appears immediately when due to albumen, but when due to urates it forms more slowly and is not so wide. INTERNATIONAL CLINICS.-J. B. Lippincott Company will, beginning with April, issue quarterly thereafter a work entitled "International Clinics." This work will comprise the best and most practical clinical lectures on medicine, surgery, gynæcology, pediatrics, dermatology, laryngology, ophthalmology and otology, delivered in the leading medical colleges of this country, Great Britain and Canada. These lectures have been reported by competent medical stenographers and thoroughly revised by the professors and lecturers themselves. The object of the work is to furnish the busy practitioner and medical student with the best and most practical instruction, in concise form. Each volume will consist of over 350 octavo pages, illustrated with photographic reproductions of 'important cases. LECTURES ON URINALYSIS BY DR. J. W. LONG.-Many members of the Medical Society will recall how enjoyable were the lectures given by Dr. Long, in the lobby of the meeting hall, at Oxford, on chemical tests of urine. At the solicitation of the JOURNAL he will give us lectures on the same subject, amplified by clinical notes and demonstrated with abundant experimental demonstration. We ask the Secretary and Committee of Arrangements to arrange the time for him. READING NOTICES. BROMIDIA is used more to-day than ever. It is reliable and never fails in its action.-Canada Lancet, January, 1891. ALEX. M. BLIGH, M.R.C.S., Eng., etc., Liverpool, England, says: S. H. KENNEDY'S EXTRACT OF PINUS CANADENSIS 18 an invaluable remedy for most diseases of the mucous surfaces, especially of the throat, and, indeed, the whole intestinal mucous membrane. In throat affections, relaxed uvula, chronic laryngitis, assuming the form of aphonia clericorium, to which teachers, singers and clergymen are subject, I have found its administration, both internally and as a gargle, most useful. I have considerable experience of its efficacy in clergymen, and find it invaluable in neurosis of larynx. Happy and content is a home with "The Rochester;" a lamp with the light of the morning For catalogue, write Rochester Lamp Co. New York. W. R. WARNER & Co. are evidently determined to keep in the van of therapeutic remedies. "Antalgic Saline" appeals to us today for recognition as a remedy for the relief of "headache,” also for influenza and neuralgia, and as an antidote of "la grippe" they issue the "Pil. Chalybeate Compound": Composition carb. protoxide of iron... Ext. nuc. vom...... grs. 24. gr. §. Sig. One pill every four hours, and increase to 2 pills three times a day. Antalgic Saline, one dessertspoonful every four or five hours till relieved for headache. The same mode of administration precedes that of the chalybeate pills for "la grippe."— Weekly Med. Review. Entered at the Post-Office, at Wilmington, N. C., as Second Class Mail-Matter. NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL JOURNAL. THOMAS F. WOOD, M. D., GEO. GILLETT THOMAS, M. D., EDITORS. JACKSON & BELL, PUBLISHERS. SINGLE COPIES, THIRTY CENTS. THREE DOLLARS PER YEAR. No. 5.] WILMINGTON, MAY, 1891. [Vol. XXVII CONTENTS: SELECTED PAPERS: American Inventions and Discoveries in Medicine, Surgery and Practical Sanitation, by Dr. John S. Billings, U. S. A... 259 The Operative Treatment of Old Unreduced Dislocations of the Shoulder, by Wm. Thorburn, B. S., F. R. C. S....... 267 On Peroxide of Hydrogen, or Ozone Water, as a Remedy, by B. W. Richardson, M.D., F. R. S The Place of Mercury in Therapeutics, by E. P. Hurd, M. D. 275 286 297 Notice from the Committee of Arrangements Medical Society of N. C.................................................................. Heredity, Health and Personal Beauty, by John V. Shoemaker, A. M., M. D... 298 The Year-Book of Treatment for 1891. A critical Review for Practitioners of Medicine and Surgery 299 A Treatise on the Diseases of the Nervous System, by Wm. A. Hammond, M. D., and Græme M. Hammond, M. D. 299 The International Medical Annual and Practitioners Index 300 Medical Symbolism in Connection with Historical Studies in the Art of Healing and Hygiene, by Thomas S. Sozinskey, M. D., Ph. D 300 Fever: Its Pathology and Treatment, by Antipyretics, by Hobart Amory Hare, M.D. Historical Sketch of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.. Dr. Goelet's Reply to Dr. Thomas' Letter in the Journal of March 308 Antikamnia-Pine Pollen in the Stomach of the Oyster-New Test for Albumen........... 307 EDITORIA CORRESPONDENCE: 320 312 The American Medical Association in Washington-The Address of Welcome-The President's Address-Suggestion about the Association Journal-Dr. Gihon's Efforts to Establish some Business Methods-The Obseques of the "Koch" Cure-Conference of State Boards of Examiners. 314 CURRENT LITERATURE. Vaccination and Small Pox...... 319 CURRENT NOTES: Treatment of Fibromata of the Naso-Pharyngeal Space.. 321 The Committee on Credentials and Care in Recommending Candidates for Membership to the Society...... Maltine WITH (ascara Sagrada Peristalsic Re-established and Permanently Rendered Palatable by Combining the "Bitter It is Especially Indicated in Constipation of No Griping: No Nausea; nor any Distressing The System Nourished by Tonic Properties The Ideal Laxative for Children. 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