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Varieties. 
)  Km.  Jour  Pliarm. 
I      Aug.,  1881. 
R    Opii  pulv., 
Ipecac  pulv. ,  . 
Potass,  nit.  pulv., 
Pulv.  campb.  (prepared  as  above  uoted) 
Rad.  glycyrrbizae  pulv., 
aa  5ii  M. 
IV 
"  Tbis  seems  to  me  a  better  ano.dyne,  a  better  sudorific  and  a  better  byp- 
notic  tban  any  otber  compound  I  liave  ever  seen  called  Dover's  powder." 
—N.  Y.  Med.  Becord. 
Psyllium  Seed  in  Constipation. — We  read  in  "Paris  Medical"  tbat 
Mr.  Noel  Gueneau  de  Muss}^  j^roposes  using  psyllium  or  sarragota  seed, 
besides  wbite  mustard  seed,  tbe  use  of  wbicli  is  excellent,  or  flax  seed  in 
tbe  natural  state. 
Psyllium  is  a  species  of  plantain,  commonly  called  fieawort,  because  of 
tbe  appearance  of  its  seeds,  wbicb  are  quite  small  and  very  mucilaginous. 
A  tablespoonful  in  balf  a  glass  of  water  is  taken  before  dinner.  He  says 
tbat  w^itb  a  number  of  persons  tbis  metbod  bas  proven  as  successful  as  witb 
tbe  Si^anisb  lady,  from  wbom  be  obtained  it.  In  otlier  cases,  bowever,  be 
was  obliged  to  alternate  witb  more  powerful  laxatives,  sucb  as  aloes  or 
rbubarb,  so  as  to  keep  ujd  tbe  effects.  It  is  probable  tbat  psyllium  seed, 
like  otbers  of  its  kind,  is  not  persistent  in  its  effects,  altbougb  in  a  number 
of  cases  it  seems  to  bave  been  so. — Med.  and  Surg.  JRei^ortcr. 
BoRACic  Acid  in  Surgery. — Tbe  use  of  boracic  acid  in  surgery  bas 
sbown  it  to  be  a  drug  of  greater  i^ower  and  wider  range  of  applicability 
tban  w^as  formerly  supposed.  It  is  used  witb  success  on  old  sores  and 
ulcers,  botb  simple  and  specific,  and  also  in  tbe  treatment  of  large  sup- 
purating wounds  and  abscesses  it  bas  been  found  of  especial  value.  In 
ozena  and  otorrboea  it  acts  as  a  prompt  deodorizer  and  alterative,  lessens 
tbe  discbarge  and  promotes  bealtby  action.  As  a  lotion  in  cbronic  cystitis 
and  cbronic  inflammation  of  mucous  membranes  in  general  it  bas  a  decid- 
edly beneficial  action. — Southern  Med.  Record.,  Jan.  20. 
BoEACic  Acid  for  Cholera. — Tbe  London  "  Lancet  "  calls  attention 
to  tbe  value  of  boracic  acid  in  cbolera,  as  exbibited  in  tbe  cases  treated  by 
Surgeon  Butler,  of  tbe  Madras  Medical  Service.  It  was,  it  appears,  at  tbe 
j)eriod  wben  tbe  pro^^erties  of  boracic  acid  w^ere  first  made  public  tbat  Dr. 
Butler  determined  to  try  its  effects  in  tbis  direction.  Tbe  pure  acid  not 
being  procurable,  tbe  biborate  of  sodium  (borax)  was  at  first  emplo3^ed,  and 
witb  marked  benefit,  tbe  percentage  of  recoveries  being  from  70  to  75  per 
cent.  Subsequently^,  be  used  tbe  ])UYe:  acid  in  10  grain  doses  every  two 
hours,  combined  witb  borax  or  biborate  of  sodium,  under  wbicb  treatment 
every  case  recovered.  Dr.  Butler  furtlier  asserts  that  in  no  case  were  any 
signs  of  irritation  or  ill  effects  observed  from  tbe  remedy,  and  in  all  of 
tbeni  tbe  renal  section  was  re-establisbed  witb  mucb  greater  facility  tban 
under  any  otber  metbod. — Southern  Med.  Record. 
Hydrobromate  of  Morphia.— Dr.  Landrieux  ("La  France  M6di- 
cale  ")  employs  tbis  salt  in  solution  to  one-fiftietb,  and  injects  from  5  to  10 
