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sufficient; object, to keep up the circulation. “ Distinguished 
practitioner ” No. 6 is entrusted with case of purpura; character¬ 
istic swellings and petechia all there. Diagnosis —dropsy of the 
kidney. Treatment —setons through swellings and glauber salts. 
And so I could go on until I had cited an infinity of such cases 
as I am personally aware of, and both my readers and myself were 
tired out. I quote from the letter : “ The admission of members 
to our State associations is conducted with care and judgment, and 
we admit or reject candidates according to their credentials and 
examinations.” From what we know of the formation of the 
Missouri State Association, the care and judgment must have been 
exercised with penurious frugality, as we say out west. If the 
credential and examination parts were adhered to, will Dr. Plagc- 
inan or some one who knows the ins and outs of the affair, 
kindly formulate what in future are to be recognized as creden¬ 
tials, and also give us a list of examination questions, percentages 
made on such, and other points of interest. What are the re¬ 
sponsibilities of that mystic body, the State Board of Censors ? 
We want to keep abreast of the times, and therefore watch pro¬ 
fessional institutions with the greatest interest. Our platform 
remains as before. “We refuse to believe that the proper way to 
advance the interests of the profession is to form a coalition with 
quackery.” The distinguished practitioner theory won’t hold 
water, and instead of Dr. Plageman throwing a clearer light on 
the subject, the only conclusion I can arrive at, is that we are 
about in the same place we started from. 
E. F. James, V.S. 
Cold Douche in Colic. —Dr. Tepliashin ( Vratch ) speaks 
very strongly as to the beneficial effect of cold irrigations applied 
to the abdomen in colic, by directing to the painful region a thin 
stream of cold water from a teapot lifted a foot or a foot and a 
half from the abdomen. Fie has seen rapid relief of even the 
most excruciating pains follow from this when the internal admin¬ 
istration of opium and subcutaneous injection of morphia had 
failed.— Gaillard’s Medical Journal. 
