TREATMENT OF HAY-FEVER. 291 



River there was a feast celebrated at which the maidens participated, and which 

 resembled the feast of the Osages, except that in the former case it was the char- 

 acter of the maidens for chastity that underwent the ordeal of a challenge. The 

 knowledge of the Louisiana country possessed by the English in the last century 

 was very limited indeed, and an examination of their histories proves that they 

 depended upon French sources for their data. Thos. Jeffreys published at Lon- 

 don, in 1760, a large volume entitled "The Natural and Civil History of the 

 French Dominions in North and South America," but all he says of the Missouris 

 and Osages is taken from Charlevoix and has already been given. 



Bowen's Geography published in London, in 1760, says in describing the 

 boundaries of Louisiana "Neither are those on the northwest less uncertain. 

 The Missouri, a great river which gives name to a vast tract of land, flows from 

 that point into the Mississippi." In enumerating the Indian tribes in Louisiana, 

 the author does not mention the Missouris or Osages, but locates them on his 

 map. In 1770, Captain Phillip Pittman published at London, a work entitled 

 " The Present State of European Settlements on the Mississippi," in which he 

 says : " The source of the Missouri River is unknown. The French traders go 

 betwixt three and four hundred leagues up to traffic with the Indians, who in- 

 habit near its banks. From the confluence with the Mississippi to its source, it 

 is supposed to be eight hundred leagues." 



MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 



TREATMENT OF HAY-FEVER. 



Dr. Hermann Hager, who has observed a case of catarrh with subsequent 

 asthmatic trouble and loss of appetite, which closely resembled the hay-fever of 

 England and the United States, thought of trying his catarrh-pills (I.), prepared 

 after the following manner : 



R Quinidise Sulphatis lo.o gm. 



Tragacanthse 4.0 " 



Althaea rad i.o " 



Gentian rad 8.0 " 



Glycerin 7.0 " 



Acid, hydrochloric , . 7.0 " . 



M. Make 200 pills. Take 3 every two hours. 

 (Comp. 2\%o New. Rem., 1880, 243; 1881, 254.) 



The condition of the patient improved in the course of the first day, and on 

 the second day the patient was well. Six months afterward the attack again 

 occurred, but yielded readily to the same treatment. 



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