CURRENT NOTES.

EIGHTEEN MONTHS OF SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE PRICE OF ONE YEAR.-New subscribers, commencing their subscription with the June JOURNAL containing the proceedings of the Asheville meeting, sending THREE DOLLARS IN ADVANCE, will be furnished with the JOURNAL until December, 1892. This offer can only remain open a few day, as there will be an unusual demand for the June JOURNAL.

RULE FOR LANCING THE TONSILS.-Do not try to get round the anterior pillar of the fauces, because, if you do, you will have your knife in an oblique direction, somewhat dangerous, perhaps for the carotid artery; but take my advice and go straight back through the soft palate, and I will undertake to say that no effort on your part can possibly bring the knife into any relation at all with the carotid vessels.-Mr. Christopher Heath, in International Clinics

ABSCESS OF THE MIDDLE EAR.-Dr. Robert Barclay (St Louis Medical and Surgical Journal) presents a most important and practical paper on the above-named subject. After a graphic deseription of the suffering caused by inflammation in various parts of the drum-cavity, he concludes as follows: "In abscess of the middle ear, operation on the drum-head for the release of pent-up secretions being indicated, if the nidus of the abscess is in th malleo-incudal niche of the attic of the tympanum, cut freely to i through the membrana flaccida; if in the atrium, also, or alone, operate as well, or only, upon the membrana vibrans, at whatever spot thereof bulges most; or, if its bulging be uniform, operate at the posterior-inferior quadrant."-Am. Jour. Med. Sciences.

THE ANATOMICAL DIAGNOSIS OF HEMATO-SALPINX. Walter (Centralblatt für Gynäkologie), from careful microscopical observations, arrives at the conclusion that true hæmato-salpinx may be mistaken for ectopic pregnancy, not only because of their similar gross anatomy, but from the fact that bodies closely resembling chorionic villi are found in sections of the former; the former are, however, composed of structureless membrane, and are to be regarded as simply threads of fibrin. The presence of decidual cells must be demonstrated before the diagnosis of tubal gestation can be positively made. Other appearances are due to preexisting catarrhal salpingitis.-Am. Jour. Med. Sciences.

READING NOTICES.

I HAD a confirmed case of epilepsy on hand having from five to twenty fits a day. I tried Bromide Pot. and Chloral, and while this treatment reduced the attacks considerably, it did not compare to the effects of Peacock's Bromides. I am just in receipt of a letter from the patient's father asking me to send him some more of that medicine for his child, saying that he has not had a fit in three weeks. T. P. STEELE, M.D.

Black Mingo, S. C.

V. R. PERKINS, M.D, Mercer, Me., says: "I have tried your Celerina to perfection, and find it one of the best articles I have ever used in my practice as a nerve tonic. I have used it in a very large number of cases of nervous headache, neuralgia, and in one case of paralysis where all other nerve tonics failed; also in hysteria I often use it with success, and also in all languid and debilitated conditions of the system. It works like a charm in dissipations of all sorts, and some of nerve power arising from venereal diseases. Really I cannot do without it in my extensive practice. I have used it in ten cases of dyspepsia without fail. It also has no equal on persons who lead a sedentary life. It is perfectly safe to give to the oldest person, however weak, or the smallest child."

NEUROSINE. This is a New and Powerful Neurotic, compounded, by the Dios Chemical Company, of St. Louis, which is the same Company that manufactures "Dioviburnia," so highly commended by the profession everywhere, and is another evidence of the progress in medicine. Although we have not had the pleasure of giving "Neurosine" a trial, suffice it to say, the formula is such it could not be otherwise than the most powerful neurotic attainable. Formula.-Each fluid drachm contains 5 grains each C. P. Bromides of Potassium, Sodium and Ammonium, gr. Bromide Zinc,

1 64 gr. each of Ext. Belladonna and Cannabis Indica, 4 grs. Ext. Lupuli, and 5 minims fluid Ext. Cascara Sagrada with Armoatic Elixirs.

This enterprising Company proffer to send to any Physician (who will pay express charges) a sample bottle free.

LACTO-CEREAL FOOD.-The enterprising and progressive firm of Reed & Carnrick are again in the field with a new and valued preparation called Lacto-Cereal Food, designed for invalids, dyspeptics, convalescents, the aged, and all who suffer from impaired nutrition or retrograde tissue. This food, besides being entirely palatable, contains twenty-one per cent. of albuminoids, the amount required to attain and sustain the highest bodily vigor, as has been lately demonstrated by Dr. A. H. Church in his scientific experiments on English troops.

Lacto-Cereal Food is the only Food containing desiccated fruit which acts favorably on the liver and bowels, keeping them in a healthy, normal condition. It is neutral in its effects on the bowels, being neither laxative nor constipating.

The starch in the wheat and barley has been dextrinized so as to render it easily digestible. In general character and constiuents this would seem to be an ideal food, and we predict for it the same popularity and pronounced success which have attended all prepa rations emanating from the house of Reed & Carnrick.—Epitome.

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SEASONABLE REMEDIES.-Among seasonable remedies, which are supplied by Parke, Davis & Co., are the following:

Chloranodyne, which is an excellent anti-spasmodic and anodyne in diarrheal disorders, gastric troubles and intestinal colic. It combines the therapeutic virtues of morphine, Cannabis indica, chloroform, capsicum, hydrocyanic acid, alcohol, glycerin and oil of peppermint. It is an improvement upon Chlorodyne, a patented preparation, widely dispensed as an anodyne and anti-spasmodic.

Liquid Acid Phosphate, the action of which is to relieve symptoms of nervous exhaustion, depression, sleeplessness, melancholia and increase the vitality. This action is so well recognized that the Acid Phosphate is in considerable demand as a stimulating beverage.

The ordinary dose of the Liquid Acid Phosphate is one-half to one fluidrachm, in a glass of water, sweetened or not, according to taste. With carbonic acid water and any suitable syrup, it forms a refreshing and agreeable beverage.

Lime Juice and Pepsin is a grateful refrigerant and anti-scorbutic. It is a prophylactic against many disorders prevalent in the summer months.

Contains the Essential Elements of the Animal Organization -Potash and Lime.

The Oxydising Agents-Iron and Manganese;

The Tonics-Quinine and Strychnine;

And the Vitalizing Constituent-Phosphorus; the whole combined in the form of a Syrup, with a Slightly Alkaline Reaction.

It Differs in its Effects from all Analogous Preparations; and it possesses the important properties of being pleasant to the taste, easily borne by the stomach, and harmless under prolonged

use.

It has Gained a Wide Reputation, particularly in the treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Chronic Bronchitis, and other affec tions of the respiratory organs. It has also been employed with much success in various nervous and debilitating diseases Its Curative Power is largely attributable to its stimulant, tonic, and nutritive properties, by means of which the energy of the system is recruited.

Its action is Prompt; it stimulates the appetite and the digestion, it promotes assimilation, and it enters directly into the circulation with the food products.

The prescribed dose produces a feeling of buoyancy, and removes depression and melancholy; hence the preparation is of great value in the treatment of mental and nervous affections. From the fact, also, that it exerts a double tonic influence, and induces a healthy flow of the secretions, its use is indicated in a wide range of diseases.

NOTICE-CAUTION.

The success of Fellows' Syrup of Hypophosphites has tempted certain persons to offer imitations of it for sale. Mr. Fellows, who has examined samples of several of these, finds that no two of them are identical, and that all of them differ from the original in composition, in freedom from acid reaction, in susceptibility to the effects of oxygen when exposed to light or heat, in the property of retaining the strychnine in solution, and in the medicinal effects.

As these cheap and inefficient substitutes are frequently dispensed instead of the genuine preparation, physicians are earnestly requested, when prescribing the Syrup, to write "Syr. Hypophos. Fellows."

As a further precaution, it is advisible that the Syrup should be ordered in the original bottles; the distinguishing marks which the bottles (and the wrappers surrounding them) bear, can then be examined, and the genuineness-or otherwise-of the contents thereby proved.

Medical Letters may be addressed to:

Mr. FELLOWS, 48 Vesey Street, New York.