218: THE AMERICAN MONTHLY. [Aug 
- The objections to copaiba and. cubebs are obvious, es- 
pecially in the usually strong doses necessary under the 
circumstances; they give rise to repulsive eructations, 
gastro-intestinal disturbances, vomiting, indigestion, di- 
arrhea and besides the urine and breath are loaded with 
disagreeable and characteristic exhalations, and. the body 
frequently becomes covered with eruption. Henderson 
asserts that he always found pure sandal oil inoffensive 
even in large doses, and that at the expiration of forty- 
eight hours great relief is effected. Besides it has the im- 
portant qualification of pleasing the patient and being 
agreeable to the stomach. 
In a communication to the Paris Medical Sostety; Dr. 
Panas also advocated its use. “Pure essential oil of sandal 
modifies the inflammatory symptoms of gonorrhea in a 
very striking and rapid manner, by.removing the scalding 
in the urethra in a short space of time, varying from one 
to three days; its most remarkable action, however, is 
that which it exerts on the discharge, the nature of which 
is changed in the course of twenty-four to forty-eight 
hours at the utmost, becoming at first reduced to a spe- 
cies of intermittent serous dripping, which is diminished 
to a few drops of whitish muco-pus and then totally dis- 
appearing, whatever may have been the color and abund- 
ance of the secretion before. the treatment.’’—St. Louis 
Medical and Surgical Journal. 
Cleaning Desmids. 
Dr. G. H. Bryan contributes to the “Journal of Applied 
Microscopy” a method of cleaning desmids from the dirt 
and flocculent matter with which they are commonly 
mixed. The requisite apparatus consists of one or two 
shallow porcelain saucers or photographic dishes, an old 
pomatum-pot, and a stylographic or fountain pen-filler, 
together with also the gauze strainer of a coffee-pot with 
