THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
Another family has been poisoned by eating tinned fish. Those only who 
partook of the fish when the tin was first opened do not seem to have 
suffered, but the five children who ate the remainder from the tin on the 
following day were soon taken ill, and one died. 
Die shop of Mr. Jackson, Kapunda, had a narrow escape from being burnt 
down lately. Master Arthur Jackson, whilst reading presumably in bed, fell 
asleep, and the drapery of the bed was in some way ignited by the candle. 
The llames had made some progress in the room, and considerable damage had 
been done to the floor, furniture, partition, etc., when the fire was discovered, 
and the lad, who was stupefied by the smoke, fortunately rescued. The efforts 
of the household to extinguish the flames were successful. 
Messrs. Borrow and Hay croft, of Adelaide, have begun to work their new 
patent for extracting the tanning material from the wattle tree, by which the 
whole of the tree is utilised. The “ Tannic Extract,” which is of the colour 
and consistency of treacle, is stated to have been successfully used, some 
leather of superior quality having been prepared by tanners who have tried it. 
Dr. H. E. Astles, of Adelaide, has issued a little pamphlet, “ Fermented 
Liquors Shall I Use them or Hot?” Of alcohol as a medicine the doctor 
speaks most favourably, though its administration demands the exercise of 
great care and skill. He says : — “ I can look back upon a number of cases 
of typhoid that were snatched, as if from the grave, by the liberal use of 
good champagne and brandy, and so with pneumonia and other exhausting 
diseases.” 
Typhoid fever appears to be as prevalent in various localities here as in 
the other colonies. 
John Lamber Nicholson has been duly licensed as a dispenser of medicines. 
Amy Freeman, aged two years, was successfully treated at the Hobart 
Hospital during the latter part of last month. The child had accidentally 
swallowed some hartshorn and oil liniment, and alarming effects ensued. 
At a recent meeting ol the Launceston Municipal Council complaint was 
made that the rocks near that favourite show-spot— the cataract— had been 
disfigured by painting upon them a patent medicine advertisement. It was 
ordered that a bye-law should be prepared to prevent the locality from being so 
disfigured. 
A Hobart infant having become suddenly unwell, keeping the household 
awake day and night with its screams, Dr. Benjafield was called in and 
discovered the trouble to have arisen from the presence of three maggots in the 
child’s ear. The intruders, which were successfully extracted, had probably 
been deposited during sleep. 
A resident of Sheffield, Leslie Day, lately had a very narrow escape from 
death by snake-bite. A large black snake bit him on the right thumb as he 
was walking in the bush, near Kimberley’s Ford. The sufferer tied a piece of 
twine above the wound and hurried on for three miles in search of assistance. 
When met with, he was in an almost unconscious state, and a messenger was 
sent for Mr. J . Dreadon, chemist, of Sheffield, who rode three miles in 
fifteen minutes to Day’s assistance, and, by cutting the injured thumb and 
injecting ammonia, succeeded in saving the man’s life. 
Mr. Jos. Kemp has been conducting experiments with a snake-poison 
antidote which is supposed to be identical with Underwood’s. Cats and dogs 
