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“ Dr. B. was called in, but no disastrous results has followed up 
to the time of our going to press.” 
““T called to thank you, doctor, for the medicine I got of 
you last week,” said an elated young man to a pompous quack. 
‘** Ah, indeed ; I was sure it would help you. How much of it 
did you find it necessary to take to effect a cure?” ‘Oh, I 
didn’t take any of it myself. It was for my uncle. He died 
two days after he commenced taking it, and I am his legatee.” 
An inopportune dislocation of the jaw is one of the topics 
dealt with by a feutlletoniste writing in a recent issue of the 
Union Medicale. It seems that during a performance of a 
wedding ceremony the bride sneezed so violently as to dislocate 
her jaw at the critical moment when she should have pro- 
nounced the solemn “oui.” As she was unable to articulate 
the word, it was found necessary for the whole party to repair 
to a surgeon before the ceremoney could be completed. 
Yesterday a doctor hitched his horse on Adams avenue 
while he made a call at a Woodward avenue drug store. Ashe 
was concluding his errand there a boy about 9 years old came 
in and said: 
“ Doctor, your horse is awfully skeered of fire-crackers.” 
“ Well, I don’t know.” 
“ Oh, I’m sure of it !” 
** How can you tell ?” 
‘““ Why, I threw one under his feet and he broke the strap 
and ran away!” 
Dr. Formad, of Philadelphia, says: 
1. The bacillus of Koch is a valuable diagnostic sign of 
tubercular disease. 
2. Nothing is proved by its discovery for the etiology of 
tuberculosis. 
3. The too ready acceptance of the bacillus doctrine is not 
justifiable, and is likely to do more harm than good. 
4. Neither phthisis nor any form of tuberculosis is conta- 
gious. 
