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the sacrifice of teeth, that they were very glad to hear 

 of any new remedies. One of the drugs had been 

 mentioned as a remedy for periostitis. He should be 

 glad to hear from Dr Parker whether it was used 

 locally or constitutionally. 



Dr Paekee said there were four remedies for 

 periostitis, and they were all used both constitutionally 

 and locally. The cases of this desease were usually 

 chronic. 



Me Stocken also wished to know whether the 

 hasmostatic which had been mentioned was used 

 ocally, and whether it was caustic in its action. 



Mr Groves wished to know what would be the 

 effect of eating the pulp from the edible strychnine 

 fruit, if two or three of the fruits were eaten. 



Mr Cleaver, referring to the question of Mr 

 Holmes as to whether the seeds of the fruit contained 

 any strychnine, asked whether the fact of the seeds 

 being devoid of bitterness would not be sufficient to 

 prove that they did not contain any. As to the can- 

 tharidine, it could be very soon ascertained whether it 

 contained any vesicating qualities. 



Dr Symes said that it would be interesting to have 

 the specimen of fish poison examined for the purpose 

 of ascertaining whether it contained any picrotoxin 

 which had recently been recommended in small doses 

 in the treatment of the night sweats accompanying 

 phthisis. 



The Chairman said that the meeting had had 



