REPORTS OF PHYSICIANS. 



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.N :;. IK> vor I'm -M i;n:i TIIKM MORE OB LESS FREQUENTLY THAN FOR- 

 MERLY V WHY? 



tli-r liirinv- it would appear that acetanilid is used less 

 than formerly by <><*> per cent of the observers, antipyrin 

 by t'l.v.) per cent, and phenaeetin by 51.2 per cent. Acetanilid is 

 employed to admit the >ame extent ;i- formerly by 29.1 per cent, 

 antipyrin by "!.! p-r cent, and phenacetin by 32.2 per cent of ob- 

 . . ! -. ()nly 1.7 prr cent use aeetanilid and 16.4 per cent use 

 phenaeetin IIMMV tYr<|iient ly than formerly. The reasons given for 

 the Ir fre<|iirnt u-e of the>e drills are in most instances their toxicity 

 and partieularly theii- depre>~inir etl'ects. 



(Ml^lloN |. \\II\I 1^ VMI |{ OPINION WITH K I (i A K I) TO TH E RELATIVE SAFETY OF 



I 111 si I >l: 



Fifty -eidit dbeenren replied that acetanilid was the least danger- 

 oti->, is naine.l antipyrin, and -j:',! named phenacetin. Thirty-seven, or 

 over 1<> prr -ent, -tated that in their opinion there is but little differ- 

 ence bet \\eni the tluvr as !';ii' a> toxicity is concerned, one being about 

 U pouerfid a depn->ant as the others. Fifty-six did not reply to this 

 <|iie-tiou. The tiiriiiH-- indicate that [>henacetin is regarded as theleast 

 damn-ion^ ,,f these three agents by 231 out of 344 observers, or 67.4 

 per . . in ; M. etanilid by 58 observers, or 16.8 per cent; and antipyrin 

 by IN or :..-_' per cent 



JTIOH :.. llv\i MI OBSJXVED INSTANCES OF ACUTE OR CHRONIC POISONING 



|Y THBBK DttUGB? IIOW MANY OF EACH? 



