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GERMAN REVIEW. 
By Prof. Olof Schwarzkopf, Flushing, N. Y. 
Heroinum Muriaticum. —Dr. A. Eulenburg reports experi¬ 
ments with the subcutaneous injection of heroinum muriaticum 
(300 injections) in the treatment of diseases of the bronchii ac¬ 
companied by painful cough and dyspnoea and in emphysema. 
This new salt is readily soluble in water, which should be 
sterilized. The dose is the same as that of morphine. The 
therapeutic action consists in lessening the irritating cough, 
and in antiasthmatic and antidyspnceic effects. The results of 
injection were invariably uniform and no bad after effects were 
recorded, although it is a strong poison. E. concludes that 
heroinum muriaticum constitutes a valuable addition to our 
modern remedies, applicable only by the skilled physician and 
veterinarian. 
Brewery Yeast in Treatment of Catarrhs. —A rather 
curious, certainly a new method of treatment of catarrhs, espe¬ 
cially of the vagina, has been announced by Dr. Eandau of Ber¬ 
lin. He uses brewery yeast, kept on ice and renewed every 
three days. The yeast is mixed with beer or other fermentable 
fluid and the solution introduced with a syringe. The dose is 
from 16—20 c.c., renewed from two the three days. With the 
yeast treatment E. succeeded in suppressing all macroscopic 
signs of discharge, and the recovery has been lasting in the 
majority of cases. E. explains the anti-catarrlial effect of the 
yeast as follows : (1) direct mechanical suppression of the mi¬ 
cro-organism of catarrh by proliferation of the yeast fungus; 
(2) dehydration of the affected membranes and withdrawing of 
nutrient material necessary for the life of the germs ; (3) neu¬ 
tralization of the toxins of the micro-organism of catarrh by 
metabolism. 
ITAEIAN REVIEW. 
Fistula of the Metacarpo-Phalangeal Synovial 
Bursa \By Garibaldo Lisi ^\.—A mare, used for light draught, 
was brought to the author to be fired for enlargement of the fore 
