1 1>I I 



PS re HE. 



extracted „o,. a„ abstract given i„ tl,e 

 Deutuk-amerikaui^cke ap„i,ukc,-,ci„n,g, i 

 Apr. .8&,,jah,.o..4,p. ^^^ ^^ ^ paper b^ T. 

 Bogo,nolo«-, published in the St. Petersburg 

 med. vochiiisckrift: * 



Bogoniolow fir'st introduced this medicine 

 "Uo practice in ,876. I„ the course of the 

 last s,x years it has been used .successfuliv 

 for dropsy by several pl,ysicians, „.|,ile other's 

 have had negative results. Favorable action 

 resulted .n 47 per cent, of cases published 

 heretofore. Bogomolovv mentions 70 addi- 

 tional cases, in .9 of which the medicine was 

 admuHstered in powdered foQ,, and in 4, as 

 t.ncture. In 19 cases the author brou-^ht 

 about profuse perspiration, in 6, cases clear 

 increase of urination, and in ,3 cases in 

 crease of intestinal evacuation (bv stron-^er 

 transudation through the intestinal wallt) 

 He had in no case seen .symptoms of irritation 

 or other mconvenient accessory action. The 

 tincture was prepared by soaking well-dried 

 -=.nd pulverized cockroaches in six times their 

 weight of 95 per cent, alchohol for two or 

 three days in a warm place. Of this tincture 

 the author prescribes for adults a tablespoon- 

 ful thnce daily, for children twentv drops 

 thrice daily. The powder is to be us^d only 

 ■ncase of emergency, and spoils easilv bv 



(Xovcmber— December jft 



-N-atural History will be held at N. W. corn. 



of Berkeley and Boylston Sts., Boston. Mass 



"t 7-45 P- m., on the davs followino- — 



-M Oct. 1SS3. 21 Feb° 1SS4. 



-^^°'-'- " :!6Mar. " 



'^ J^ec. .' ,3 ,^p^ ,. 



--3jan. 1SS4. ,8Mav " 



Edward Burgess, ' Secret:„y 



^Zt\ r?'"'" '"'"""=' "^ "^« Entomo 

 logical Section ot the Academv of Naturi 

 Sciences, of Philadelphia, Pa.,-wi,l be held 

 at S. W. corner of 19th and Race Sts., or the 

 days following:— . "■- tne 



.^ Oct.°8S3. 14 .Mar. ,884. 



9-^'»- " ..Apr. '. 



'+"'^'^- " 9 iMay " 



iijan. 1SS4. .3 June <■ 

 8 Feb. " 



JA.MES H. Ridings. Record,^,-. 



The semi-annual meetings of the Ameri- 

 can Entomological Society will be held at S 

 W. cornerof 19th and Race Sts., Philadelphia' 

 i a., on the days following:— " 



'"«-'SS3. ° 9 June ,884. 



James II. R.dings, Recording Secretary. 



exposure. 



SOCIETY MEETINGS 



IHE REGULAR meetings of the Cambridge 

 Entomological Club will be held at 7.4c p Z 

 on the days following:— ' to i • •. 



12 Oct. 1SS3. ,4 M^, jj,s 



9 Nov. ■' „^^p^ ., 



''^^ec. " gM .. 



It Jan. 1884. nlune - 



8 Feb. ■' 



G. Di MMocK, Secrelaiy. 



The New Vokk E";^^ological Club meets 



twice monthly, except in June, Julv and 



August, but no special date is fixed fo'r each 



meeting. 



He nry Ed wards, Secretary. 

 The regular meetings of the Entomo- 

 logical Section of the Boston Society of 



The regular .nonthly meetings of the 

 Monue:., Branch of the Entomological So^ 

 ety o, Ontario, will be held at Montreal. Que 

 Canada, on the davs following •- 



; «'='• 'SS3. 5 Feb. ,884. 



<^N°^- " 4 Mar. '■ 



4l^"- " .Apr. '. 



8 Jan. ,884. 6 May ■' 



G. J. Bowles. Secretary. 



The monthly meetings of the Brooklvn 

 tntomological Society will be held in the 



rooms of Wrighfs Business College, Broad- 

 wa.v^ corner of Fourth Street, Brooklyn, 

 E. D the last Saturday of e.ach month ex- 

 cept July and August. 



E- G. SciiAu...., Secretary. 

 No. 113-114 were issued 16 Nov. 1883. 



