COMMITTEE ON MATTERS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST IN THE STATE. Fluids as well as solids are prescribed by weight. The decimal line is recommended instead of points to avoid error. A teaspoonful is five grammes, a tablespoonful twenty grammes. As the approximations for the ounce and drachm are more while the grain is less than the exact equivalent, there is no danger of giving too large doses of powerful drugs. As the metric system is used in many books the above table may be convenient for reference. OBSTETRICAL TABLE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 January March 4 5 6 December 6 7 8 April. 1 2 3 May 1 2 3 5 6 7 4 5 7 8 7 8 1 2 3 January. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2 3 4 5 67 June 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 June. July. The duration of human pregnancy is about 275 days. This is subject to some variation, and the longest period is still undetermined. As labor occurs S. G. MOSES & harmacists. CO., 605 Main Street, Hartford, Conn. PURE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS, TRUSSES, SUPPORTERS, AND ELASTIC STOCKINGS. Wines and Liquors for Medical Use, American and Foreign Mineral Waters, and Granular Effervescent Salts. Dr. E. R. SQUIBB and JOHN WYETH & BROS.' Pharmaceutical Preparations constantly on hand, which we offer at the lowest price. Physicians Prescriptions CAREFULLY DISPENSED FROM THE BEST MATERIAL. S. C. MOSES. STEPHEN GOODRICH. Reliable Animal Vaccine, FROM DR. FRANK P. FOSTER, NEW YORK. The undersigned receives from Dr. FOSTER a supply of fresh Vaccine every week. It will be furnished in any quantity desired, by express or mail. Dr. FOSTER'S Animal Vaccine is the only kind that may be said to have the unqualified indorsement of the medical profession of New York. It has been supplied to the profession throughout the State by the undersigned for the past eight years. QUILL SLIPS (half Quill, charged on convex surface, at square cut end), $0.25 2.00 For ordinary use, QUILL SLIPS are the most reliable of all forms of stored Vaccine, and in cases of failure with them in primary vaccination, if used within one week of their issue, and strictly in accordance with the printed directions, being in the meantime kept cool and dry, a second supply will be furnished gratis. TUBES are intended chiefly for transportation to long distances, as the virus is preserved for a considerable length of time. They are superior to Crusts, but inferior to Quill Slips. CRUSTS are not recommended, and are not sold, for the reason that, however well formed they may be, they are apt to prove inefficient. W. A. M. WAINWRIGHT, 453 Main St., Hartford, Conn. SUNNYSIDE. Private Medical Home FOR NERVOUS INVALIDS, FORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK CITY. This Home, on the banks of the Hudson, unsurpassed for its beauty of location and surroundings, with extensive grounds, and with handsomely furnished apartments, receives a limited number of cases of either sex, of Mental and Nervous Diseases, Dipsomania, and Opium Habit, and offers to such patients all the attentions, comforts, and attractiveness of a home, together with medical treatment. Applications may be made either by mail or personally at Fort Washington. Twelve trains daily from Hudson River Depot, 30th St. and 10th Ave. EDWARD C. MANN, M. D., SUPERINTENDENT. THE YALE ARTIFICIAL LEG, MANUFACTURED BY GEO. B. HOGGSON, 213 Chapel Street, New Haven, Conn. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO SURGICAL APPLIANCES FOR The YALE LEG is endorsed as the best substitute for the natural limb by the following eminent Surgeons: Over twenty-three years of practical experience in this business places me in a position to guarantee perfect satisfaction in every case. The patronage of the profession respectfully solicited. A descriptive pamphlet mailed free on application. |