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quantity of rust aud pieces of rough bone were re- 
moved when the sinus healed perfectly. — Lancet. 
A Simple Method op Removing a Xeedle. — 
Dr. Charles Steele, of Clifton, mentions in the 
British Medical Journal., tlie case of a young girl 
who got a needle in her heel, and as it broke it 
could not be extracted. He directed her to wear 
a large thick corn-plaster round the spot with a 
little wet cotton-wool in the center, and to tread 
freely on the heel. Withiu a week afterwards the 
needle protruded, and was easily withdrawn. 
In the Treatment of Colles" Fuactuue, I 
lay great stress on not confining the lingers in a 
bandage. The fingers should be left free so 
that the tendons can play in their sheaths and 
the little joints remain flexible. If tlie joiut of 
any aged person be confined for a certain length 
of time — even though it be not injured — the joiut 
thus confined will become stifi'. The fold of the 
capsular ligament will have assumed such a 
strained position that as soon as the patient 
makes an attempt to move his joint the very act 
will elicit pain. — Gerster. 
A Case of Abnokmal Position op the 
Heart. — In Lyon County, Kansas, lives L. Win- 
ter, age ten years, general health good, and fairly 
developed. His heart is nearly normal in size, 
sounds, rhythm, etc., except a slight increase in 
the volume of sound. The apex beat is very dis- 
tinct, and situated between the sixth and seventh 
ribs, and one and a half inches directly below the 
right nipple. The radial pulse is 84 and quite 
strong. The chest wall over the natural location 
of the heart is markedly depressed, and is free 
from any heart sounds, except a slight transmis- 
sion from the other side. 
The boy is well and active, no dyspnoea or other 
symtoms of an imperfect heart. The family his- 
tory is one of imperfect development. One sister 
has cleft palate, also three or four aunts and un- 
cles have had cleft palate or hare-lips. — Kansas 
City Med. Index. 
Pear op Disease a Prevention of Mortal- 
ity. — Dr. R. G. Eccles, iu the Popular Science 
Monthly, says no one fails to send for a ph3'sician 
in typhus, yet only six persons in a million die of 
this disease since eftbrts were made to suppress it. 
Four hundred and twenty-eight in a million die of 
whooping-cough because it seldom friglitens pa- 
tients, and neighborly old ladies of both sexes give 
advice. Three hundred and forty-one iu a million 
die of measles because it so friglitens as to induce 
the friends to send for a doctor. Two himdred 
and twenty-two in a million die of scarlet fever, 
because medical advice is sought sooner and more 
implicitly obeyed. One hundred and sixty-eight 
in a million die of diphtheria, because it frightens 
more than most other diseases, and induces people 
to send for a doctor quickly. Thus we may class 
diseases as more or less fatal as people are afraid 
of them and seek proper advice to both prevent 
and cure. 
Bromide of Ethyl as an Ana;sthetic. — A 
series of recent publications demonstrate the value 
of bromide of ethyl as an an;csthetic in minor sur- 
gery. M. I^eon Szuman, of Thorn, {Therapeutische 
Monatsheft), confirms the observation of MM. Asch 
and Pauschingert, (Circular of December, 1888), 
made in the use of this drug in minor operations 
and in practical obstetrics. He recommends the 
use of a mask such as is used in chloroform anaes- 
thesia, and to pour upon the mask from five to six 
drachms. • The effect is rapid and satisfactory for 
minor operations, but, in capital surgerj' >I. Szu- 
man advises against its use. 
M. Gilles (Deutsch Monat. fur Zahnheitkunde) 
has used it in more than 450 cases for the extrac- 
tion of teeth, and commends its employment as 
being prompt in action and free from danger It 
properly used. 
M. Szumau and M. Gilles both agree that for 
complete anjesthesia it should not be used drop by 
drop, but that the mask should be wet with it and 
placed over the nose and mouth, since the simulta- 
neous inhalation of air diminishes -the anaesthetic 
effects. The quantity used for complete auiesthe- 
sia is commonly about three to four drachms. The 
effect is complete in from one to one aud a half 
minutes, and iu children in one-fourth minute. 
No untoward symptom was noticed duilng its 
use. — Repertoire de Therapeutique. 
MEDICAL MISCELLANY. 
A Large Fee. — Professor Grube, of Charkow, 
has received a fee of .5,000 roubles ( nearly $4,000.) , 
besides traveling expeuses, for an operation which 
he performed on a rich tish-mouger of' Astrakhan. 
Dr. Grube was in Astrakhan one day and one 
night. 
Eczema from the Virginia Creeper. — The 
Lantet ( London) relates a number of unmistakable 
cases of eczema produced from gathering leaves 
of the Virginia creeper. The effect, rash, heat, 
and irritation of the skin, is the same as that 
caused by ivy and dogwood on some persons. 
A Mohammedan Female Physician. — Dr. 
Razie Koutlairoft-IIanum, a young Mohammedan 
woman, who was born in the Crimea, recently 
passed a creditable examination as physician and 
surgeon at Odessa, aud now enjoys the distinction 
of being the first woman of her creed to engage in 
the practice of medicine as understood by western 
nations. 
The Lady and the Sign.— Some unusual inci- 
dents in connection with doctors' signs are 
reported from Chicago by the North American 
Practitioner : " A physician of the feminine gender 
caused her sign to be stolen lately and then offered 
a reward of $500 through the daily press tor its 
return. The sign is said to be worth about $1.74, 
hence there must be .§498.26 of advertising in the 
affair." 
An Eye to Business. — A certain doctor, who 
was noted for a keen eye to business, was driving 
along the street of a country town, when his horse 
tookfright and ran away. He was thrown violently 
out of his trap aud rendered senseless. Presently 
he recovered a little from his unconsciousness, 
and, noticing the crowd which had gathered about 
him, asked, "What's the matter, gentlemen? Any- 
body hurt? I am Dr. B . Can I be of any ser- 
vice?'' 
Poisoning in India. — The following cheerful 
notice has been issued by the Bengal police, warn- 
ing passengers on the Eastern Bengal Railwaj' : 
" Passengers are hereby cautioned against taking 
anything to eat or drink from unknown persons, 
as there are many who live by poisoning travellers. 
They first of all court acquaintance with passengers 
in a sarai or some other place, and then gain their 
confidence on the plea of being fellow-travellers 
going to the same place. When they reach a place 
convenient for the pui-pose, they poison the water 
or food of the passengers, who become insensible, 
ami then they decami) with all their property. 
Tliey also, at times, poison the' passenger's water 
when being drawn out of wells, or sweetmeats 
brought from the bazaar, or food when being 
cooked." 
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