84 
Varieties. 
Am;  Joiar.  Pharmj. 
Feb.,  1881. 
Carbolic  Acid  in  Prurigo.— M.  Lallier,  of  the  St.  Louis  Hospital, 
Paris,  uses  in  jDruriginous  affections  of  the  skin  a  solution  of  carbolic  acid: 
(two  per  cent.),  to  which  he  adds  half  an  ounce  of  glycerin,  as  compresses, 
or,  better,  in  the  form  of  spray.  Its  anaesthetic  properties  cannot  be  con- 
tested, and  no  inconvenience  results  from  its  continued  use. — lied.  Times.. 
Oil  of  Wintergreen  in  Purulent  Cystitis. — Dr.  Perier,  of  the  St.. 
Antoine  Hospital,  Paris,  regards  this  oil  as  a  powerful  antiseptic  irritant,, 
and  emi:>loys  the  following  combination :  R  Oil  of  wintergreen,  six. 
grams;  tinct.  of  guillaya  saponaria,  thirty  grains  ;  water,  one  liter.  This 
forms  an  excellent  fluid  for  injecting  into  the  bladder,  for  washing  wounds 
and  for  some  sim^^le  dressings. — Amer.  Practitioner ,  January. 
Glycerole  of  Thymol.— Take  of  thymol.,  gr.  xx ;  glycerinse  and  alco^ 
holis,  each  fji ;  aqu£e  destillatpe  ad  Oi.  Mix.  Useful  in  pityriasis,  and, 
when  diluted,  as  an  effective  antiseptic  mouth-wash. 
Hot  Water  for  S^veaty  Feet.— In  an  article  in  the  Ohio  "  Medical 
Recorder,"  Dec,  1880,  Dr.  Pooley  says: 
Dr.  Gay,  of  Columbus,  informs  me  that  when  he  was  at  the  Hot  Springs, 
in  Arkansas,  he  saw  there  what  was  called  the  "  corn  hole,"  being  one  of 
the  hot  wells  for  which  the  region  is  celebrated,  in  which  numerous  per- 
sons were  in  the  habit  of  soaking  their  feet  for  many  hours  every  day,  until 
their  corns  were  thoroughly  macerated,  and  could  easily  be  pulled  out  by 
the  roots.  He  was  told  that  it  also  cured  sweaty  feet,  which  he  found,  on 
inquiry,  to  be  the  fact,  and  since  his  return  home  he  has  cured  this  affec- 
tion in  many  instances,  by  simply  directing  the  feet  to  be  soaked,  for  hours 
every  day,  in  water  as  hot  as  can  be  borne. — Med.  and  Surg.  Rep.^  Jan.  8. 
Fetid  Sweating  of  the  Feet.— A  corresiDondent  of  the  "British 
Medical  Journal"  recommends,  in  this  annoying  condition,  that  the 
affected  portions  of  the  sole  of  the  foot  be  covered  with  ordinary  adhesive 
plaster.  This  should  be  renewed  in  three  or  four  days,  and  again  after  a 
week.  The  fetor  ceases  from  the  first  api^lication. —  Chicago  Med.  Review^ 
Jauuary  5. 
The  Movements  of  Plants.— Since  the  time  of  Linnseus,  men  have 
wondered  and  speculated  about  what  are  known  as  the  spontaneous  move- 
ments of  i3lants,  and  in  recent  years  the  causes  of  these  movements  have 
been  carefully  investigated  by  botanists.  The  subject  in  its  various  bearings 
now  forms  a  large  part  of  the  science  of  vegetable  j^hysiology.  The  perio- 
dical and  irritable  motions  of  plants,  and  those  due  to  light  and  gravity, 
have  been  closely  studied  in  connection  with  the  mechanical  Ihws  of 
growth,  and  many  of  these  phenomena  have  been  more  or  less  satisfac- 
torily explained. 
But  it  has  been  reserved  for  Mr.  Charles  Darwin  to  go  deeper  into  the 
facts  and  philosophy  of  the  subject  than  any  of  his  contemporaries.  Irt' 
