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every object with which they come in contact arouses their sex¬ 
ual propensities. I have demonstrated its efficacy in these cases 
to my entire satisfaction. Zinc sulphocarbolate in 1-6 grain 
granules in cases of distemper with intestinal complications, 
foetid diarrhoea, etc., is very efficacious. In addition to those 
mentioned as having special and general application in practice, 
my “ case ” also contains calomel in y 2 gr. tablets, bismuth 
subnitrate, 1-6 gr. granules ; tannic acid, 1-6 gr. granules ; cod¬ 
eine sulphate, 1-67 gr. granules ; acetanilid comp., in tablets 
(acetanilid, 1 2-5 grs., caffeine, 1-5 gr., and bicarb, sod., 2-5 
gr.); acid carbolic, 1-12 gr. tablets; benzoic acid, 1-67 gr. 
granules ; morphine sulph. 1-12 gr. granules, and cerium oxa¬ 
late, 1-6 gr. granules. Besides the contents of the “ pocket 
case,” I maintain what I term my “ standing army,” not very 
large, about 30,000 strong, but of picked material in my estima¬ 
tion. A stock of one thousand each of the 24 already enumer¬ 
ated, and in addition, a thousand each of the following, consti¬ 
tute this army: Atropine sulph., 1-500 gr. ; aconitine amor¬ 
phous, 1-134 gr. ; ergotin, 1-6 gr. granules, and anemonin, 
1-134 gr. granules; “triple arsenate,” which is a compound of 
strych. arsenate, 1-134 gr., quinine arsenate 1-67 gr., and iron 
arsenate 1-67 gr., a very reliable reconstructive tonic. u Triple 
arsenates with nuclean,” in tablet, being the same as the pre¬ 
ceding, with the addition of two drops of nuclean solution to 
each tablet. This combination is not only a reconstructive 
tonic in a general way, but has a special application where the 
sexual organs are involved. It is a reliable aphrodisiac. With 
this stock of alkaloids at our command, office practice becomes 
a pleasure, as we feel that we are equipped to cope with any 
condition that is likely to present itself to us. Drug preparation 
has advanced by steps, from the use of the dried plant from 
which decoctions were made, or the green plant bruised to a 
pulp, to the tinctures, fluid extracts, and finally to resins and 
alkaloids, and having always been partial to concentrated prep¬ 
arations, having for many years used the fluid extracts undilu¬ 
ted upon the tongue, in preference to more dilute and bulky 
