Diphtheria and Throat Troubles. From various sections of the country have come, for the past two months, reports of the presence of diphtheria to an extent as will almost entitle it to be classed as epidemic. As pertinent to this condition and the line of treatment followed, Dr. I. N. Love, the able editor and owner of the Medical Mirror, in an exhaustive and comprehensive article, entitled "Some Points Pertaining to the Present Pathologic and Therapeutic Status of Diphtheria," says: "Rest is one of the sweetest words in our language, and in the management of no disease is this more true than in diphtheria. In keeping with the experience of Dr. T. E. Murrell, ex-vice-president of the American Medical Asociation, and Dr. Simon Pollak, of St. Louis, one of the most experienced practitioners of our city, who found antikamnia valuable as a reliever of the pain of nocturnal earache, I have found it of great value as a sleep producer in these cases, given in doses of two and a half to five grains every two to four hours, accompanied by a judicious amount of stimulation, such as wine or toddy. There is no after depression, nor have I ever found other than satisfactory results when so used." As further bearing upon treatment for analogous troubles of the throat and larynx, Dr. James Braithwaite, of Leeds, England, in a "Note on Codeine," in a recent number of the Lancet, writes: "Codeine seems to have a special action upon the nerves of the larynx; hence it relieves a tickling cough better than any ordinary form of opium. One-half of a grain may be given half an hour before bedtime. It was in my own case that I first began to use codeine. For more than twenty years, usually once every winter, I have been seized with a spasmodic cough just before going to sleep, which becomes so severe that I am compelled to get up and sit by the fire. After an hour or two I return to bed and am free from the cough till the next winter. In other respects I enjoy god health. Many years ago I found that one-half grain of codeine, taken about two hours before bedtime, absolutely stops the attack and leaves no unpleasant effect the next morning. In cases of vomiting from almost any cause, one-quarter grain doses of codeine usually answer exceedingly well. In the milder forms of diarrhoea one-half to one grain of the drug usually answers most satisfactorily, and there are no unpleasant aftereffects." However, where there is great pain, the analgesic effect of codeine may not be sufficient, and a combination with antikamnia is required. It is best given in the form of a tablet, the proportions being 4 3-4 grains antikamnia and 1-4 grain codeine. Sometimes chronic neuroses may be cured by breaking the continuity of the pain, for which purpose this combination is peculiarly suited. Clinical reports in great numbers are being received from many sections of this country, which, while verifying Dr. Braitwaite's observations as to the value of codeine, place even a more exalted value upon the advisability of always combining it with antikamnia in treatment of any neuroses of the larynx, coughs, bronchial affections, excessive vomiting, milder forms of diarrhoea, as well as chronic neuroses; the thierapeutical value of both being enhanced by combination. It Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences, for 1895. Edited by Dr. Charles E. Sajous, assisted by a large corps of collaborators in all parts of the world. Five volumes; cloth; price $15. Sold only by subscription. The F. A. 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