WE also acknowledge the receipt of the Physician's Pocket Memorandum, by Dr. C. H. CLEVELAND, Editor of the Journal of Rational Medicine, in Cincinnati. This little work is a very useful and convenient companion, and no practitioner should be without it. Price, $1,00. ALUM AS A REMEDY IN CROUP.-A correspondent of the New Hampshire Journal of Medicine states that for three years he has used alum in croup, and in all that time has not seen a fatal case which was treated with it from the beginning. He usually gives about ten grains, once in ten minutes, until vomiting is induced, using at the same time. tartar emetic or the hive syrup freely--the latter subduing the inflammation, while alum has more of a repulsive action.-St Louis Medical and Surgical Journal. ILL EFFECTS OF QUININE.-Dr. Greenwald, of Cincinnati, reports a case in the Western Lancet, in which decided and persistent hemiplegia was produced by the use of quinine. About twenty grains were administered in three doses combined with other remedies. The hemiplegia was preceded by ringing in the ears and a disposition to sleep. This case, with others on record, shows that the adminis tration of quinine is not, under all circumstances, unattended with danger.-Ibid. CHLOROFORM.-M. Baudens, in his account of the campaign in the East, asserts that, although chloroform had been employed 30,000 times in the French army there, no fatal accident had ever resulted from its use. Dr. Rizet, of the Chasseurs, denies this. Two deaths occurred under his own observation; one at the Hospital Ramitchifflic, and another at Gulhane. This denial clearly takes away all value from M. Bauden's statement.-Medical Times and Gazette. CASE OF NEEDLE-SWALLOWING.-A young woman accidentally swallowed, during an inspiration, a sewing needle, which she held between her lips. This occurred September 14th, On December 28th, she drew attention to a small but very painful swelling at the anterior part of the left side of the thorax. In this the needle could be plainly felt. It lay between the sixth and seventh ribs, at a short distance from the lower end of the ensiform process of the sternum. It was extracted by means of an incision from among some strong adhesions by which it was surrounded. For two or three weeks the girl had suffered from a dyspnoea that could not be accounted for; but as this ceased as soon as the needle could be felt under the integuments, Dr. Siegmund, who reports the case, believes that it was produced by the passage of the needle through the diaphragm.- Virginia Medical Journal. IODATE OF POTASSIUM IN AFFECTIONS OF THE MOUTH. Induced by the great success that has attended the chlorate of potass in affections of the mouth, MM. Demarquay have tried the efficacy of the iodate of potassium in numerous cases of diphtheritic and gangrenous stomatitis. The suc cess has been considerable, and that in which the chlorate has failed. The dose employed was from four to eight grains.-Moniteur des Hopitaux. M. LEPERDRIEL, in the Repertoire de Pharmacie, says, to conceal the disagreeable taste of cod-liver oil add about ten per cent. of common salt. We have tried the salt with the cod-liver oil and can recommend it. It not only renders the oil more palatable, but causes the stomach to digest it more completely. GEORGIA Medical and Surgical Encyclopedia. This Journal will be issued on the first of every month, and will contain forty-eight octavo pages of original and well-selected matter. It will be our aim and object, to the extent of our ability, to elevate the standing and dignity of the Medical Profession. Questions connected with Medicine, or its sister Sciences, will be at all times welcome. Original essays and communications from members of the profession are respectfully solicited. Trusting that our pages may, however, occasionally be perused by other than medical men, we shall, as far as practicable, avoid introducing such topics as might offend the modesty of our readers, although they might otherwise be a legitimate subject of medical communication. We can only further say, that, so far as we are individually concerned, we shall endeavor to fulfill the promises thus made; and shall hope for a candid reception of an attempt to be useful. The aid and influence of the Press, together with the cordial support of Southern brethren, is respectfully asked; and should the plan on which we propose to conduct our Journal be approved, we cannot doubt an encouragement proportionate to its utility, and to.the merit with which it may be sustained. TERMS:-$2,00 if paid in advance; $3,00 if deferred till the expiration of the year. Address Doctors HOLLIFIELD & NEWSOME, |