THE H^EMORRHAGIC DIATHESIS 81 



The symptoms of the menopause are sometimes 

 greatly relieved by calcium lactate. 



In all the above, however, there is one constantly 

 recurring source of fallacy. The power to absorb 

 calcium from the bowel varies much in different 

 people, and some observers record negative results 

 after giving the drug. Magnesium salts will some- 

 times be more effectual if calcium fails to get into 

 the blood. 



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MELLANBY. Jour, of Physiology, 1909, p. 28. 



SIR ALMROTH WRIGHT. Allbutt's System of Medicine, 1909, 



vol. v., p. 918. 

 ADDIS. Quart. Jour, of Medicine, Oct., 1910, p. 14 ; British 



Medical Jour., 1910 (ii.), p. 1422. 

 GOODMAN. Annals of Surg., Oct., 1910, p. 457. 



