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were fearfully scalded. From the moment of the accident, 
the sufferings of the patient were extreme — the pulse was 
excessively feeble, there were startings of the tendons, 
excessive thirst, and tendency to syncope. Under the 
influence of a stimulating draught, and the application of 
cod-liver oil to the injured limbs, the patient became some- 
what better, and venesection was twice performed with 
advantage; but the pain in the legs still continued to be 
intense. M. Bargiacchi prescribed a liniment of cod-liver 
oil and laudanum, but without success. On substituting 
chloroform for the laudanum, however, immediate relief was 
obtained, and the same application was continued, with like 
beneficial results, until the cure was complete. — Journal de 
Conn . Medic, and Gaz . des Hop., Jan. 30, 1838. 
IODIDE OF POTASSIUM FOR DISPERSION OF THE MILK. 
M. Roussel, the Professor of Clinical Midwifery at Bour- 
deaux, having observed the effect of iodide of potassium in 
diminishing the milk when given in the non-puerperal con- 
dition, resolved to administer it in cases in which the disper- 
sion of this secretion was desirable. A woman, who suffered 
from bad chapped nipples, had great and very painful en- 
gorgement of the breasts, attended with much fever. The 
iodide was given, and by the next day the pain and fever 
had disappeared, its employment for three days rendering 
the cure of a tumefaction that threatened abscess complete. 
M. Roussel has since then tried it in twenty cases, and 
always with success. After the cure, the milk returns again 
two or three days after the suspension of the iodide. Its 
action is more or less decided in the dose of from six to 
eight grains per diem than when given in larger quantities. 
The excessive secretion of milk may be prevented or 
moderated, by administering it on the first or second day 
after delivery. — Gaz. des Hopit . No 75. 
CHLORATE OF POTASH IN SCROFULOUS SORES. 
M. Bouchut employs with great success a solution of this 
substance (5j ad Siij aquae) as a local application to external 
sores in scrofula. He has also found it highly useful in 
arresting the progress of ulcers supervening upon the 
employment of blisters, as also in ulcerated chilblains. — 
Journal of Practical Medicine , June. 
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