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less in proportion as the iron is heated nearer to a white heat. 
Any portion of iron of suitable shape should be immediately 
heated, the wound being in the meantime well pressed so as 
to expel all the saliva and blood possible, or it may be washed 
with an alkaline or soapy water, with salt and water, or 
pure water. As soon as the iron is ready, the parts should 
be rapidly dried and burnt as deeply as possible. This 
means is very preferable and far less painful than any form 
of caustic. 
THERAPEUTICAL PROPERTIES OF MALT. 
M. Fremy, of the Beaujon, communicates an account of 
the trials he has made of malt as a remedial agent. He has 
employed malt prepared by Nitsohke, a brewer near Berlin, 
which he found to be of superior quality to that obtainable 
at Paris; it is more soluble, aromatic, and agreeable. The 
malt-powder may be given internally in the form of decoc¬ 
tion, and applied externally by means of baths. The sub¬ 
stance was tried on sixty-four subjects of well-marked 
phthisis; but the results were trifling, beyond a certain 
degree of temporary amelioration. It was, however, of 
greater service in cases of chronic bronchitis, early phthisis, 
and chronic pulmonary catarrh, its utility being very marked 
in this last affection. In simple dyspepsia it is of use when 
the saburral condition of the tongue has been removed. In 
Germany it has been found to be of great advantage in the 
chloro-anaemia of nurses. “ The powder is a true analeptic, 
and the bitter principle, which it owes to the presence of 
lupulin, renders it very efficacious in re-establishing the 
functions of the stomach in dyspepsia .”—Journal de Chimie 
Med., February. 
PEROXIDE OE HYDROGEN. 
At a late meeting of the Medical Society of London, 
Dr. Richardson brought before the fellows the subject of 
the physiological and remedial properties of the peroxide of 
hydrogen. This remarkable substance was discovered in 
1818 by Thenard, and although it has alway r s attracted great 
attention in the chemical world, has been introduced into 
nearly every discussion on “ozone,” and was many years 
