check the progress of the disease by the augmentation of systemic oxidation. While all forms of iron increase systemic oxidation by converting the oxygen in the economy into ozone, the mucous surface of the alimentary tract of phthisical subjects is usually too enfeebled to absorb iron unless it is presented in the organo-plastic form. For this reason, Pepto-Mangan (Gude) invigorates the digestive functions and increases the nutritive processes most markedly. The appetite of the patient is improved, the wasting is arrested, and the vital resources are greatly enlarged by the continued employment of the preparation. MEDICAL BOOKS.-I wish to announce to the profession — the reading members thereof-that I am handling Saunders' medical works, and that if you need anything in my line before I call on you, I am prepared to give prompt attention to mail orders. I keep a full line of the latest and best works with Purdy Bros. of Houston. Respectfully, Houston, Texas. IRA J. HAYNES. A GOOD REMEDY IN MANY CONDITIONS.-Thos. G. Rainey. `. D., L. R. C. P., Resident Physician, British Institute, Atlanta, Ga., in a recent article states, that the combination of drugs, antikamnia and codeine in the form of "antikamnia and codeine tablets," which has been so largely used for the control of cough, is also being successfully employed, to a large extent, in the treatment of nearly all affections of the respiratory tract, which are accompanied by dyspnoea and spasm, namely: bronchitis, laryngitis, phthisis, whooping cough, hay fever and grippal affections. In cases in which the patients were suffering from the severe attendant pain of these diseases, it was found that this combination acted most satisfactorily. Each tablet contains 43 grains of antikamnia and grain sulph. codeine. To administer these tablets in the above conditions, place one tablet in the mouth, allowing it to dissolve slowly, swallowing the saliva. In the various neuralgias, and in all neuroses due to irregularities of menstruation this tablet affords immediate relief, and the relief is not merely temporary and palliative, but in very many cases curative. The dose most satisfactory is one tablet every half-hour until four are administered. AN IDEAL PREPARATION OF CREOSOTE.-Every physician has occasion from time to time to want to prescribe creosote in its purest form, and a preparation that is thoroughly reliable and that is well borne by the most delicate stomach. Such a combination has happily been prepared and is sold under the name of Neegaard's Compound Syrup of Creosote, which is a combination of creosote with the hypophosphite and is particularly indicated in those tubercular conditions and bronchial asthma, chronic coughs, etc., where it is necessary to give a preparation of this character for some length of time. Any one interested in this most excellent preparation and wanting something that they can depend upon, would do well to correspond with Mr. Charles Wylie, 936 Sixth Ave., New York. AFTER MANY DAYS.-That "honesty is the best policy" is strikingly illustrated by the relation of Scott's Emulsion to the requirements of the new Pure Food Law. At the present moment the manufacturers of preparations which contain alcohol or harmful ingredients, are greatly worried at being compelled to come out into the open and change their formulas, or state the harmful ingredients on their labels. Scott's Emulsion, on the other hand, pursues the even tenor of its way, undisturbed and unruffled. It has always anticipated the new law, in that it never contained any harmful ingredients. Consequently no change of formula or label is necessary. Through forcing alcoholic or harmful ingredients to be mentioned on the labels, the new Pure Food Law frees Scott's Emulsion from a tremendous amount of competition. Thirty years of square, honest manufacture is rewarded by the fact that Scott's Emulsion is not only not hindered, but is actually helped by the Pure Food Law. The Treatment of Cough. Cough, regardless of its exciting cause, is a condition that every physician experiences more or less difficulty in relieving. While the agents designed for its relief are numberless, it is a matter of common knowledge that but few of them are of general utility, for the reason that, although they may be capable of effecting relief, in doing so they either derange the stomach, induce constipation, or cause some other undesirable by-effect. The ideal cough cure must combine sedative and expectorant properties without exhibiting the slightest system-depressing, gastric-disturbing, constipation-disturbing or palate-offending action. Nor should it contain any ingredient the prolonged use of which would cause a drug-habit. Then, too, it must be of sufficient potency to produce the desired effect with the utmost promptness, for, in many instances, the patient has indulged in self-drugging to a certain extent before consulting the physician; hence, it is directly to the interest of the practitioner to demonstrate his skill by immediately relieving the disturbing condition. It is now universally conceded that Glyco-Heroin (Smith) is the ideal cure for coughs of all varieties. This product embraces the most active sedatives and expectorant agents in the exact proportions in which they exhibit their greatest remedial potency. It matters not what the exciting cause may be, the effect of his prep aration is always immediate, pronounced and extremely agreeable. The cough is almost instantly suppressed, the expulsion of the accumulated secretions is stimulated, respiration is rendered free and painless, and the inflammation of the lining of the air-passages is speedily allayed by its use. Glyco-Heroin (Smith) may be administered for an indefinite length of time without any depreciation in its curative properties. and without the induction of a drug-habit. It is of especial value in the treatment of pulmonary phthisis. It is pre-eminently superior to all preparations containing codein or morphin. Severe Neurasthenia Dependent Upon Anemia. BY ISAAC MAYHUGH, M. D., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. The following case history is interesting for two reasons: First, because the unusually severe neurasthenic symptoms, amounting almost to a decided melancholia, seemed to be entirely due to the patient's anemic condition; and second, because of the prompt and progressive improvement, with increase in weight, which commenced almost immediately after the institution of systemic treatment with Hemaboloids, although the various tonics and alteratives continuously administered during the first four months in hospital failed to be of any service. M. T., age 40; female, white, married, housewife. Family history: Father was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion; received some injury about the head from which he suffered temporarily periods of insanity lasting from a few days to a week. At such times he was irrational and sometimes violent; died in the insane asylum at the age of 70. Previous to the war was perfectly well. Mother died of cancer of the intestine at the age of 65. Previous health good, with the exception of an occasional derangement of digestion. One brother and one sister living, in good health. One brother and one sister dead. Personal history: Patient had ordinary diseases of childhood, with complete recovery from each. Never had a serious illness. Menstruation at 16, painless and regular. Married at 33. Three children. No miscarriages. Labor in each childbirth normal. Present trouble: Patient complains of palpitation of heart, dizziness and loss of appetite, with periods of depression and worry over trivial household affairs. Three months after delivery, she sought medical advice and was admitted to the Union State Hospital February 11, 1900. Physical examination: Height, five feet four inches; weight, seventy-nine pounds. Anemic, wasted, dilated pupils and dry, cold skin. Lungs normal. Pulse rapid, soft, compressible. Systolic murmur in second interspace. Hemic murmur in right side of neck over jugular vein. Spleen enlarged. Liver normal. Tongue coated, pale, flabby. Bowels sluggish and constipated. Patient refused all food, and attendant was compelled to feed by force. Patient is also troubled with insomnia, bodily enfeeblement, and numerous disagreeable sensations. Reflexes exaggerated. Gait normal. Station unstable. Eyes normal. Urine clear. Specific gravity, 1008; reaction acid; albumin present in small amount; sugar, none; urea, 8-10 per cent. Blood examination: Color, index low. Hemoglobin, 60 per cent. Red cells, 2,500,000; white cells, 14,000. Diagnosis: Neurasthenia, due to anemia. Treatment: Rest in bed; massage; electricity; liquid diet. Patient fed every three hours. Arsenic acid; elixir of iron, quinin, and strychnin. No improvement. Hemaboloids one-half ounce in half-glass of milk three times. a day was commenced June 20th. Patient continued to gain in weight, strength and general wellbeing; the nervous symptoms cleared up entirely, and on September 30th she was discharged, perfectly well. - Denver Medical Times. THE following case of skin grafting may prove interesting. The patient, Bessie R., aged 18 years, while carrying a lamp upstairs, fell. The lamp ignited the clothing, and before the clothing could be taken off the patient was severely burned on the inside of both legs and thighs. A doctor, while passing, was called in, and applied carron oil. He was subsequently discharged and another doctor called, who treated the case first with various ointments, the names of which the patient could not recall. I was called in during the illness of the attending physician, and after consultation with him I prescribed ichthyol. The recovery was not as rapid as I considered should be the case, and on dressing the patient one morning I discovered a number of blisters on the adjacent whole skin. These I raised, and tearing off as large flakes of the epidermis as possible, grafted them onto the granulating surface of the burn. In place of the usual rubber protective I applied dolomol-aristol 10 per cent, and smoothed the powder with a bit of cotton used as a powder duster. The following day the grafts had all taken with two exceptions, and the process was continued every day for nearly two weeks, until the whole surface had been covered by the grafts. The surface covered by grafts in (An extract from a letter sent by a prominent physician to the proprietors of SCOTT'S EMULSION) "The physician's treatment of the patient has but one of two results: "Remind the doctor that alcohol is an irritant in convalescence and "I believe if you remind the doctors of the freedom of your product Absolutely No Alcohol No Harmful Ingredients of Any Kind The Pure Food Law is the greatest possible help to SCOTT'S EMULSION to Physicians A New Book, Diet after Weaning We have issued this book in response to a constantly increasing demand for suggestions on the feeding and care of the child between the ages of one and two years. We believe you will find it a useful book to put in the hands of the young mother. The book is handsomely printed, fully illustrated and is bound in cloth. We shall be glad to furnish you copies for your patients entirely free. For your convenience we print below a coupon. 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