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Audry, C., (Ann. de dermat. et syph. Par., v. 7, No. 10) recom- 
mends the use of rectal suppositories containing metallic mercury j 
and states that it is just as effective in this way, and no inconve- 
niences were seen. — J. Am. M. Ass., 1906, v. 47, p. 76. 
Conti and Zuccola (Riforma Med., v. 32, No. 9) state that the 
white corpuscles take up the mercury, no matter how administered, 
and transport it to liver and other organs. It is eliminated by the 
intestines and kidneys. It is found especially in the nuclei of cells. — 
Ibid ., v. 47, p. 244. 
Klieneberger, Carl, (Zeitschr. f. klin Med., 1906, v. 58, p. 481) 
asserts that a study of the urine in 31 cases (12 of them nonluetic) 
during mercurial inunctions showed that in 84 per cent of the cases 
there were serious structural changes in the kidneys, shown espe- 
cially in the form of a constant hyalin cylindruria. This cylindruria 
bears no relation to albuminuria, indeed significant albuminuria 
was demonstrated only in one case. Exclusive control of the urine 
by albumin is therefore insufficient. — Abstr. in Biochem. Centralbl.. 
Leipz., 1906-7, v. 5, p. 134. 
Reilly, T. F., predicts that the treatment of syphilis by inunction 
must speedily give place to the new methods of injecting mercuric 
salts subcutaneously. — J. Am. M. Ass., 1906, v. 47. p. 649. 
An editorial calls attention to the fact that nephritis is sometimes 
due to the mercury employed in the treatment of syphilis, rather than 
to the syphilis itself. Caution is enjoined in the study of cases to de- 
termine whether too much or too little mercury is being employed. — 
N. York M. J., 1906, v. 84, p. 1279. 
Martinet (Presse Meet. 8. VII. 05) reports a case of intoxication 
resulting from the filling of a small carious cavity with amalgam 
containing certainly not over one-third of a grain of mecurv. Severe 
stomatitis and a scarlatiniform erythema over the hypogastric and 
crural regions developed two days after the filling.— Dental Cosmos, 
Phila., 1906, v. 48, p. 112. 
Parturien (Arch, de stomat., Par., 1905) recommends 1:4,000 solu- 
tions of mercuric chloride or cyanide in thrush, applied on cotton 
wrapped about the finger, with pressure sufficient to cause the solu- 
tion to penetrate deeply. — Ibid., p. 113. 
Additional references to the use of mercury will be found in the 
Index Medicus and the J. Am. M. Ass. 
HYDRARGYRUM AMMONIATUM. 
Richard and Holclermann report a study of the constitution of com- 
plex mercury combinations, particularly the several forms of ammo- 
niated mercury. — Pharm. Zentralh., 1906, v. 47, pp. 459, 460. 
Tyrer, Thomas, criticises the Ph. Brit, definition of ammoniated 
mercury and declares that commercial and salable samples may 
