Musk, as much as suffices of each; put them into a bag to be hung about the neck, so that it may reach to the stomach; this will keep the womb from falling low. Formation and development of the child in the womb. The following the author quotes from some unknown poet as follows: The first six days to milk the fruitful seed, Injected in the Womb, remaineth still; then other nine of milk, red blood to breed. Twelve days turn blood to flesh by nature's skill. Twice nine find part, the rest ripe birth do make. And thus foregoing time doth form man's shape. If this quaint little volume was placed in the hands of the opponents of the use of chloroform in labor, I dare say the "Doctor's Wife" would have no trouble in convincing them of its indispensable utility, when properly used and in certain cases. An Emplaister to hinder the Monthly Flux in Women with Child. Take Oil of roses, White Wax, juice of Male-knot grass of each 2 ounces, Bole Armoniack Crocus Martis, each six drams, of this make a plaister; When the Flux comes down, let the woman contain self in bed, and let this plaister be spread upon her loins. Lay a Goat's skin between the sheet and the bed because of the heat of the hollow vein; or else take Crocus Martis one dram, juice of Knot-grass four ounces, Rosewater and Vinegar, of each one ounce; mingle them all together with the white of an egg, then dip a linnen cloth therein, and apply cold to loins. To Expel the Birth whether Alive or Dead. Ꭱ Take the milk of a woman that nurses a male child, and disolve it with a little saffron, that it may not be known; then boil an egg near, and take out the white and in the place of that, put in the milk and let the patient sup it up; if it prevail not in a quarter of an hour, prepare another egg, and fill it with milk as aforesaid. (F and S are just alike, and author has no B at the beginning of his receipes.) Against the Swelling of the Belly After Delivery. R Take origanum, night shade, as much as suffices, make of this seven pills. Let her take all of them at once, and let her drink upon them four ounces of the water of the flowers of white lettus. It is impossible to say how much suffer ing might have been mitigated and how many lives of women and children might have been saved had Sir Theodore Mayern used chloroform and skilfully applied forceps, in his obstetric practice. To read his little book, where he recites the agonies his patients underwent, with such rude "nostrums" only at his command, in his attendance upon queens and court ladies in confinement, the thought would occur to a modern midwife, how quickly and how safely they could have been delivered with chloroform and forceps. Truly women are, have been, and always will be delivered without the use of either forceps or chloroform. So men at one time lived to attain the age of from 300 to 900 years, but then they were inured to hardships, lived out of doors, ate coarse diet,-vegetables. But as civilization advances, and since the introduction of tight houses, feather-beds, etc., our environment has changed and our nervous organization is different. Women are more sensitive to pain are not physically so strong, hence all these changes are brought into requisition,-chloroform, forceps or antiseptics. Burksville, Ky. J. C. HANIFord. Effect of Maternal Impressions on a Cow. Editor MEDICAL WORLD:-I find among my old notes, under date of October 10, 1887, the following striking case of prenatal influence: Mr. William Hoffman, of Lebanon, N. J., showed me a heifer whose color was apparently due to prenatal influence. Both the male and female parents of this heifer were pure Holsteins, and were both black with the white star in the forehead and broad white spots on the sides, which are characteristic of Holstein cattle, but the heifer had not a black hair on her. She was white with numerous large red spots. Mr. Hoffman stated that during the gestation by the mother she was much annoyed by another cow having exactly the spots and color of this heifer. The other cow was persistent in trying to get into the Holstein stable, endeavoring to fight her, and so on. DAVID P. JACKSON, M. D. New Bedford, Pa. Dr. A. R. Thompson (N. Y. Med. Jour.) adverts to the happy effects in controlling the paroxysms to be obtained from the application to the spine of flannel wrung from hot water. It is, of course, especially useful towards night when sleep is disturbed or prevented. Quiz Department. Questions are solicited for this column. Communications not accompanied by the proper name and address of the writer (not necessarily for publication) will not be noticed. The great number of requests for private answers, for the information and benefit of the writer, makes it necessary for us to charge a fee for the time required. This fee will be from one to five dollars, according to the amount of research and writing required. Editor MEDICAL WORLD:-What would you do for an old man, 68 years, who has lost the power of erection, also the power of retraction of right testicle, which has a small collection of serum in tunica vaginalis, with some paralysis of anal sphincter? Health and appetite good; looks not more than 50 years of age; has been quite a libertine; has a large family of healthy children. He acknowledges to having had gonorrhea once or twice. Has tried damianna fl. ex., sanmetto, tinct. nux, phosphorus et strych., etc., with only very temporary relief. A reply from the Editor and others respectfully solicited. TEXAS. [Tell him that he should neither expect nor desire very frequent erections at his age. His testicles should be supported by a suspensory bandage. He should avoid the class of medicines that he has been taking. He should take the best possible care of his general health, and lose his concern for women. Favor the absorption of the liquid, and watch it, for it may require operation later.-ED.] Editor MEDICAL WORLD:-I ask help from some of your readers in the following case. It is of such very grave importance to me that I will ask Dr. Waugh to give me some suggestions from his varied and rich experience. The patient is a man aged 46; father died at 86, and mother living at 81. Has always lived in malarial districts. Had typhoid fever in early life, also the diseases of childhood. Patient is 5 feet, 10 inches high, and weighs about 140 pounds. Leads rather a sedentary life; appetite variable. Complains almost constantly of discomfort or pain in region of stomach and bowels. Is very much distresst from distension of abdomen by gas. Has pain and soreness continually in small of back and loins; pains and soreness in intercostal spaces; also in the course of various nerves, in anus, etc. These pains keep him continually nervous and irritable. Tongue slightly coated, especially at back. Bowels fairly regular. Urine sp. gr. about 1018; reaction alkaline-fixed alkali ; otherwise urine normal. Suffers greatly from general pruritus; worse at evening. Absolutely no specific taint. Uses tobacco moderately, but does not use liquors, and is very regular in his habits; but this continuous pain and nervous condition is "driving him crazy." The patient has had at different times, calomel and soda, pepsin, simple bitters, strychnin, arsenic, etc., with only little benefit, and the conditions are slowly growing worse. Will the Editor or some brother help me? CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. [We will leave this case for general discussion, with only the suggestion that if he now lives in a malarial district (and many parts of California are malarious), a change of climate is strongly indicated. baths at home will sometimes do wonders Don't forget that a thoro course of vapor for puzzling cases.-ED.] Editor MEDICAL WORLD:-Can you give us thru the columns of "our WORLD" the formula for "The Best Velvet Face Bleach?" manufactured by "The Mrs. A. C. Bingham Co., Harvard, McHenry Co., Ill. DR. FRANK SCOFIELD. the presence of any or claims for the absence of all alcohol, as given upon their labels and wrappers. I have also noted the doses and frequency with which they are recommended to be used, as well as the place of their origin. The alcohol found upon assay is given in per cent. by volume. How far the claim of some of them for special usefulness in the reformation of intemperate habits is justified is self-evident. TONICS. Dr. Buckland's Scotch Oats Essence, New York City: "Enough alcohol is added to dissolve resins, and prevent fermentation." "Not a temporary and fleeting stimulant, but a permanent tonic. Its use must be regular and continued over a considerable period. An extract of double and triple strength also made. Dose, 10 to 15 drops to a teaspoonful three or four times daily, increased as needed." In the simple essence 35 per cent. of alcohol was found on assay. Further examination of this article reveals a still more dangerous ingredient in its composition. The sample analyzed was found to contain one-fourth grain of morphia to the ounce of the so-called "Essence of Oats." A more insidious and dangerous fraud can scarcely be imagined, especially when administered, as this is recommended, for the cure of inebriety or the opium habit. Carter's Physical Extract, Georgetown, Mass. Dose, one tablespoonful three times daily; 22 per cent. of alcohol found. Hooker's Wigwam Tonic, Haverhill, Mass. One tablespoonful three times daily; 20.7 per cent. of alcohol. Hoofland's German Tonic, Philadelphia. Admits Santa Cruz rum. Wineglass four times daily; 29.3 per cent. Hop Tonic, Grand Rapids, Mich. One tablespoonful to wineglassful three times a day; 7 per cent. Howe's Arabian Tonic, New York. "Not a rum drink." Tablespooful to wineglass four times daily; 13.2 per cent. Jackson's Golden Seal Tonic, Boston. Admits Marsala wine. Half wineglass three times daily; 19.6 per cent. Liebig Company's Cocoa Beef Tonic, New York. "With sherry." Two to four teaspoonfuls three times daily; 23.2 per cent. Mensman's Peptonized Beef Tonic, New York. "Contains spirit." One tablespoonful to three, three times daily; 16.5 per cent. Parker's Tonic, New York. "A purely vegetable extract." "Stimulus to the body without intoxicating." "Inebriates struggling to reform will find its tonic and sustaining influence on the nervous system a great help to their efforts." Dose as tonic, one to two teaspoonfuls one to three times daily; 41.6 per cent. Schenck's Sea-Weed Tonic, Philadelphia. "Distilled from sea weed after the same manner as Jamaica spirits is from sugar cane. It is therefore entirely harmless and free from the injurious properties of corn and rye whisky." Dose, half wineglass three times daily; 19.5 per cent. BITTERS. Atwood's Quinine Tonic Bitters, Boston. Dose, half tablespoonful to half wineglass, mixed with water, wine or .spirits, three times daily; 29.2 per cent. L. F. Atwood's Jaundice Bitters, Portland, Maine. Half tablespoonful to half wineglass one to six times daily; 22.3 per cent. Moses Atwood's Jaundice Bitters, New York. Half tablespoonful to wineglass one to six times daily; 17.1 per cent. H. Baxter's Mandrake Bitters, Burlington, Vt. One to two tablespoonfuls; 16.5 per cent. Boker's Stomach Bitters, New York. Dose not given; 42.6 per cent. Brown's Iron Bitters, Baltimore, Md. "Perfectly harmless." "Not a substitute for whisky." Tablespoonful; 19.7 per cent. Burdock Blood Bitters, Buffalo, N. Y. Teaspoonful to tablespoonful three times daily; 25.2 per cent. Carter's Scotch Bitters, Georgetown, Mass. Tablespoonful to wineglass, as occasion requires; 17.6 per cent. Colton's Bitters, Westfield, Mass. Teaspoonful to two tablespoonfuls three times daily; 27.1 per cent. Copp's White Mountain Bitters, Manchester, N. H. "Not an alcoholic beverage." Wineglassful; 6 per cent. Drake's Plantation Bitters, New York. "Contains St. Croix rum." Winglassful three times daily; 33.2 per cent. Flint's Quaker Bitters, Boston. Teaspoonful six times daily; 21.4 per cent. Goodhue's Bitters, Salem, Mass. Half wineglassful; 16.1 per cent. Hartshorn's Bitters, Boston. Tablespoon to half wineglassful; 22.2 per cent. Hoofland's German Bitters, Philadelphia. "Entirely vegetable and free from alcoholic stimulant." Tablespoonful four times daily; 25.6 per cent. Hop Bitters, Rochester, N. Y. One to three tablespoonfuls three times daily; 12 per cent. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, Pittsburg, Pa. Wineglassful three times daily; 44.3 per cent. Kaufman's Sulfur Bitters, Boston. "Contains no alcohol." Tea to tablespoonful. It contains no sulfur, but has 20.5 per cent. of alcohol. Kingsley's Iron Tonic, Northampton, Mass. One to two teaspoonfuls three times daily; 14.9 per cent. Langley's Bitters, Boston. Half wineglass or more three times daily; 18.1 per cent. Liverpool's Mexican Tonic Bitters, BosHalf to full wineglassful three times daily; 22.4 per cent. ton. Oxygenated Bitters, New York. Tea to tablespoonful. Acid but no alcohol. Pierce's Indian Restoration Bitters, Boston. Up to wineglassful and to six times daily. 6.1 per cent. Z. Porter's Stomach Bitters, New York. Tablespoonful or more several times daily; 27.9 per cent. Wineglass Rush's Bitters, New York. ful four times daily; 35 per cent. Dr. Richardson's Concentrated Sherry Wine Bitters, Wakefield, Mass. Tablespoonful to half wineglass or more three times daily, "or when there is a sensation of weakness or uneasiness at the stomach;" 47.5 per cent. Secor's Cinchona Bitters, Providence, R. I. Half wineglassful three times daily; 13.1 per cent. Shonya's German Bitters, Concord, N. H. Tablespoonful to wineglassful; 21.5 per cent. Job Sweet's Strengthening Bitters, New Bedford. Tablespoonful to wineglassful three times daily; 29 per cent. Thurston's Old Continental Bitters, Lynn, Mass. Tea to two tablespoonfuls; 11.4 per cent. Walker's Vinegar Bitters, New York. "Free from all alcoholic stimulant. Contains no spirit." Half to full wineglass: 6.1 per cent. Warner's Safe Tonic Bitters, Rochester, N. Y. Table to wineglassful; 35.7 per cent. Warren's Bilious Bitters, Boston. Teaspoon to two tablespoonfuls one to three times daily; 21.5 cent. Wheeler's Tonic Sherry Wine Bitters, Boston. Two-thirds wineglass two times daily; 18.8 per cent. Wheat Bitters, New York. Dessertspoonful to wineglass three times daily; 13.6 per cent. Faith Whitcomb's Nerve Bitters, Boston. Tablespoonful three times daily; 20.3 per cent. Dr. Williams's Vegetable Jaundice Bitters, Lowell, Mass. Half to full wineglass one time daily; 18.5 per cent.-Dr. B. S. Davenport, Analyst of Drugs. A Successful Escharotic for Cancer, Lupus and other Malignant Tumors. Mrs. G., aged about forty, applied to me to treat a tumor on the left side of her nose and about three-eighths of an inch from the inner canthus of the left eye. I found, on examination, that it was lupus exedens. I had no faith in any of the remedies, so called, in the books, nor did I have any faith in the knife. But I purchast a cancer recipe in which I had faith, for I had known it to be successful in taking out many cancers, and that it took out roots as far as lymphatics contained cancer cells. So far as I have learned, none of the malignant tumors that had been taken out by this recipe had ever returned. The lupus on Mrs. G.'s nose was about three-quarters of an inch long and five-eighths of an inch wide, being rounded at each end. Without more of this, I will give treat ment: Take of Sanguinaria pulv. 1 part. I first mixt the powders, then workt in gradually enuf chlorid of zinc to make a thick paste, or plaster, consistent enuf to form with my fingers, about one-eighth inch thick and large enuf to cover the whole tumor and about one-eighth inch of healthy skin around the tumor. This I applied one morning, after putting isinglass plaster over the inner canthus of the eye to prevent the possibility of any of the escharotic getting into the eye, and also to prevent tears getting on the plaster. Over this I applied strips of plaster, and a soft compress and bandage. I left two doses of morphin sulphate, one-sixth grain each, to be taken in case pain was severe. The next morning I called to see Mrs. G., and made another plaster and applied it in the same way. On the third morning I called again and found that her face was considerably swelled, tho she had suffered but little pain and had taken but two doses of mor phin but as it was my first experience, I did not make a third application that day, but called again on the fourth day and made a third application. On the fifth morning I called again, and from the blackened and shriveled appearance of the tumor I was satisfied it was killed, so I gave Mrs. G. basilicon ointment and directed her to dress the tumor once a day with this, and that in any cracks or fissures that occurred she should put olive oil with a feather, this treatment to be continued until the tumor came out. I directed her to let it come out without using any traction, and that it would come out in about five days, and to continue dressing with the basilicon ointment until the aperture was skinned over. I heard no more of the case for some two months, when, one day, Mrs. G. came to me with scarcely a scar where the tumor had been. So far as I can learn the regular profession know nothing of this recipe. What part the galangal plays I don't know, but the two powders with zinc chlorid make a plaster without the assistance of any liquid. I have not had any other opportunity of trying it, but have no hesitancy in recommending it to the medical profession, especially as I was, in the purchase of it, placed under no restrictions to keep it a secret. The plaster must be made fresh every morning, or twenty-four hours, as, if kept ready mixt, it gets too hard to adapt to the part. I would advise, before commencing the treatment that the prima via be cleared out with some mild purgative, and that the diet be nutritious, but not coarse, during the three or four days' use of the escharotic, so that the bowels may not be overloaded in consequence of any anodyne given to relieve pain. I did not use exceeding twothirds of a grain of morphine in the case described, but some might require more, and a purge after use of the plaster.-F. H. Lutterloh, M. D., in a former issue of THE MEDICAL WORLD. One of our subscribers requests formula for making adjustable splints. Full details are given in THE WORLD for 1895, one article appearing in the February number, 1895, page 64, first column; another in March WORLD, 1895, page 99, lower half of first column, and another in same issue, page 105, second column. These contributors give substantially the same formula, which has been sold quite extensively to the dollars. The following is the gist of the three profession, the usual price having been four articles referred to: Make a solution consisting of the best gum shellac finely powdered, one |