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fortune to meet by administering pepsin in solution in quanti¬ 
ties of two and three drams at a dose. 
In conjunction with moderate doses of carminatives 
namely, ginger, peppermint, anise, and capsicum using aco¬ 
nite according to the condition of the pulse, and in some cases, 
mild doses of sympathetic sedatives, either belladonna, hyoscy- 
amus or cannabis indica, my experience has been that I have 
seen decided relief almost immediately, and, with one excep¬ 
tion, in all cases not in the last stages, four doses have been 
the maximum number where all eructations have ceased, pain 
relieved and digestion apparently resumed. After a little I in¬ 
variably prescribe (to be followed up for some hours) small 
doses of hyposulphite of sodium, with small doses of the milder 
carminatives and diffusible stimulants. The sodium seems to 
have a wholesome purifying action upon the blood and is one 
of the best preventives of toxic poisoning. 
In acute indigestion there is generally an abundance of 
fluids thrown out into the digestive tract, and if opiates are 
avoided and the disease does not continue too long, so that the 
fluids are reabsorbed, it is seldom that laxatives or purgatives 
are needed. Demulcent drinks and gruels, with ^ careful exer¬ 
cising, are generally all that is needed. 
A SIMPLE AND RAPID METHOD OF DETECTING 
TUBERCLE BACILLI IN FLUIDS. 
By E. W. Hammond, Student of the McGiee Veterinary Coeeege, 
Montreal. 
Anyone who has attempted to detect tubercle bacilli in 
fluids knows how wearisome and uncertain are the ordinary 
methods. Numerous suggestions have been made with regard 
to the shortening of the process of detection 5 some authorities 
have employed caustic potash to dissolve out mucous and pro- 
teid materials, and have obtained fair results by decanting. 
Others again have employed the centrifugal machines and the 
h^motocrit. In neither case do the results obtained appear to 
