Entero-Colitis, Cholera Infantum, Peritonitis. In acute inflammatory conditions of the intestinal tract Antiphlogistine will be found of great value. It will not take the place of proper diet and internal medication, but by relieving the local congestion and soothing the nervous system, it will be found to be an inestimable adjuvant. THE DENVER CHEMICAL MFG. CO. CHICAGO NEW YORK LONDON SYDNEY MONTREAL DR. CLARK SMITH, Berkeley, Cal., writes: "I wish to thank you for the samples of Campho-Phenique which you kindly sent me some time ago. I have used it mostly for injecting into boils and carbuncles, which it absorbs speedily, much to the satisfaction of all concerned. It is an excellent preparation." LIQUOR LITHIUM MAIZENATE. A genito-urinary sedative, an active diuretic; solvent flush indicated for the relief and prevention of renal colic; a sedative in the acute stages of gonorrhea, cystitis, and epididymitis; in dropsical effusions due to enfeebled heart or renal diseases. As a solvent in the varied manifestations of gout, goutiness and neurotic lithemia, periodical migrainous headache, epigastric oppression, cardiac palpitation, irregular, weak or intermittent pulse; irritability, moodiness, insomnia, and other nervous symptoms of uric-acidemia. Decidedly better, more economical, extensive in action and definite in results than mineral waters, is Henry's Maizo-Lithium. Those cases of irritable heart, irregular or intermittent pulse so frequently met with by insurance examiners and found to be due to excess of uric acid, are special indications for Maizo-Lithium. -Medical Essays, Henry. FOR twenty-five years Tongaline in its various forms has been endorsed by thousands of physicians for many diseases, such as rheumatism, neuralgia, grippe, gout, nervous headache, sciatica, lumbago, malaria, dengue, tonsilitis, heavy colds, indefinite pains, growing pains, and excess of uric acid. "THE purest form of salicylic acid is obtained from the oil of gaultheria. That made from carbolic acid has so many objectionable features that its usefulness is largely counteracted, and, in fact, it is surpassed in value by other agents. It disturbs the stomach, depresses the heart and may injure the kidneys. It is liable to cause headache and vertigo."-Extract from an address delivered before the York County, Pa., Medical Society, June, 1905, by John V. Shoemaker, M. D., LL. D., Professor of Materia Medica, Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Clinical Medicine in the MedicoChirurgical College of Philadelphia. All the salicylic acid in Tongaline is made from the purest natural oil of wintergreen, hence in prescribing Tongaline physicians can always rely on giving their patients the gualtheria salicylic acid, provided the genuine Tongaline is dispensed. DR. F. FEDE, Director of the Pediatric Clinic at the Royal University of Naples, Parliamentary Deputy, etc., says: "I have made use of Phytin and Fortossen in my clinic and among my patients for the treatment of different forms of weak constitution, in particular rachitis, and athrepsia, in conjunction with iron in the case of anemia, and always followed by a notable. amelioration. These preparations of organic phosphorus have proved themselves to be of surprising efficacy in the case of rachitis, and in nervous cases, restoring calm, and arresting the disease of the bones. One can administer it to children in all security, and one can expect most happy results, particularly with the tonic effects which they produce in rachitical paralyses of the lower members. The Crowning Age of Woman. The second stage of a woman's life, maternity, brings with it pronounced physical changes requiring the most painstaking care on the part of the attending physician. Especially during and prior to childbirth valuable aid may be rendered by the administration of Hayden's Viburnum Compound. In threatened abortion it exercises a sedative effect upon the nervous system, arrests uterine contraction and hemorrhage and prevents miscarriage. In cases of rigid os, which prolongs labor and rapidly exhausts the vitality of the patient promptly responds to the administration of H. V. C., and no less an authority than H. Marion Sims said: "I have prescribed Hayden's Viburnum Compound in cases of labor with rigid os with good success." Following delivery the antispasmodic and analgesic action of H. V. C. makes it of especial service in after-pains. It modifies and relieves this distressing condition and by re-establishing the tonicity of the pelvic arterial system it prevents dangerous flooding. Hayden's Viburnum Compound contains no narcotic nor habitforming drug. It has enjoyed the confidence and support of the medical profession for over a quarter of a century. Its formula has been printed thousands of times and will be cheerfully furnished by The New York Pharmaceutical Co., as well as literature and samples, if express charges are paid. The Solubility of "Alkaloidal" Granules. I noticed in a recent journal that some doctor makes an objection to the granules of the active principles on the basis of their alleged insolubility or slowness of solution in water. Now I want to say to that brother that either he does not use Abbott's "Alkaloidal" granules, or, if he does, he is not using them properly. I use them extensively, and have for years, and can truthfully say I have my first granule yet to find that that is not soluble in water and will state further that they make a perfect solution. I often even use them hypodermically and we all know that anything insoluble can not be used with any degree of satisfaction or safety that way of course, I refer to those containing drugs that are soluble in water. Allow me to say, in defense of the "Alkaloidal” granules, of which I have on hand almost their entire list, that I find them of uniform strength and that they always give me excellent satisfaction. Like many good things, Abbott's "Alkaloidal" granules are imi THE TEXAS MEDICAL JOURNAL. Established July, 1885. F. E. DANIEL, M. D., Editor, Publisher and Proprietor. PUBLISHED MONTHLY.-SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 A YEAR. VOL. XXII. AUSTIN, OCTOBER, 1906. No. 3. The publisher is not responsible for the views of contributors. For Texas Medical Journal. Tuberculosis and Its Prophylaxis.* BY O. I. HALBERT, M. D., WACO, TEXAS. I do not expect to offer to you anything new or startling, but simply "stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance." "It is in the power of man to cause all parasitic diseases to disappear from the world."-Pasteur. "Prevention is better than cure and far cheaper," said the great philosopher, John Lock. Tuberculosis is an infectious, contagious disease. It has been known and dreaded as far back as the memory of man runs, for it has decimated the human family in every clime, and at all altitudes where'er they are found. The mortality reports of Germany for 1894 show that while 116,705 died of diphtheria, croup, whooping-cough, measles, scarlet fever and typhoid fever, 123,904 died of tuberculosis alone. It is estimated that 150,000 die of tuberculosis annually in the United States, and 5000 of which die in Texas alone. This is over 400 deaths per day in the United States. Is the estimate that one-seventh of all deaths are due to the great white plague too high? But this is not all, from a politico economic view, it is still more dreadful. These other infectious and contagious diseases, such as diphtheria, croup, measles, scarlet fever, etc., gather their victims from the children mostly. Tuberculosis gathers more than 75 per cent of its victims from bread winners, between the ages of 15 and 75 years. Add to this fact another: Consumption runs a number *Read at meeting Central Texas Medical Society. |