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and  20  milligrams  a  day.  More  soluble  than  the  hydrocblorate  of  mor- 
phia, it  may  be  used  in  half  doses,  is  more  sedative,  and  does  not  give  rise 
to  the  sort  of  purulent  diathesis  frequent  after  repeated  injections  of  liydro- 
chlorate. — Chicago  Med.  Jour,  and  Mram.,  April. 
Apomorphia  in  Capillary  Bronchitis.— Dr.  E.  Kormann  claims  that 
^ipomorphia  should  be  administered  as  follows  :  Children  one  year  old  are 
given  one-sixth  of  a  grain  every  hour  or  two,  this  being  increased  one- 
twentieth  of  a  grain  for  each  year.  In  seventy-six  cases  of  capillary  bron- 
chitis the  effect  of  the  remedy  was  very  marked.  In  some  cases  the  rem- 
•edy  was  not  well  borne  and  a  slight  degree  of  collapse  followed  the  vomit- 
ing, with  dilated  j^upils,  which  did  not  react  upon  exposure  to  light.  A 
diminution  of  the  pulse  was  also  observed.  Since  it  exerts  no  disturbing 
influence  on  the  stomach  it  is,  in  the  opinion  of  the  author,  our  most  yal- 
uable  expectorant. — Chioago  Med.  Review^  1881,  p.  132. 
Carbolated  Camphor  in  Diphtpierta. — In  a  recent  nund:»er  of  the 
Presse  Medicale  Beige,"  Dr.  Souley  claims  to  have  met  with  great  suc- 
cess in  the  treatment  of  diphtheria  by  local  applications  of  the  following 
mixture :  Acid  carbolic  nine  parts,  camphor  twenty-five  parts,  alcohol 
nine  parts,  and  olive  oil  thirty-five  parts ;  a  camel's  hair  pencil  is  dipped 
in  this  mixture  and  applied  to  the  affected  part  every  tw^o  or  three  hours, 
and  in  the  course  of  some  days  every  four  or  five,  according  to  the  extent 
of  the  improvement.  The  local  applications  are  made  over  the  whole 
■extent  of  the  false  membrane.  In  children  difficult  to  manage  the  throat 
is  well  swabbed  with  a  camel's  hair  pencil  well  steeped  in  the  mixture. 
The  mixture  has  an  exceedingly  disagreeable  taste,  but  the  patients  soon 
become  accustomed  to  it.  The  use  of  this  by  atomization  seems  likely  to 
be  of  more  value. — Chicago  Med.  Bevieiu^  1881,  p.  132. 
JuGLANS  NIGRA  IN  DIPHTHERIA.— Dr.  C.  R.  S.  Curtis,  of  Qulncy,  III., 
reports  to  the  Boston  "Medical  and  Surgical  Journal "  of  March  10  the 
results  of  his  trials  of  black  walnut  leaves  in  the  treatment  of  diphtheria. 
He  was  led  to  employ  them  by  reading  of  Neaton's  success  with  the  leaves 
and  bark  of  the  European  walnut  as  a  topical  application  in  malignant 
pustule.  Not  having  access  to  the  European  species,  he  substituted  for  it 
a  strong  decoction  of  the  leaves  of  the  native  black  walnut  in  a  bad  case 
•of  diphtheria,  to  be  used  as  a  gargle,  and,  to  his  agreeable  surprise,  with 
very  good  effect.  Since  then  he  has  used  the  remedy  in  about  thirtj^  cases, 
many  of  them  bad  ones,  and  all  have  recovered,  a  result  he  is  inclined  to 
attribute  in  great  part  to  the  walnut  decoction.  He  has  used  the  remedy 
in  the  form  of  a  preventative,  in  sj)ray  with  the  atomizer,  as  well  as  in  a 
gargle.  Besides  the  leaves  he  employs  the  hulls  of  the  green  walnuts, 
which  make  the  decoction  still  stronger,  and  he  finds  it  not  painful  or 
especially  disagreeable  to  his  patients.  The  remedy  is  so  readily  accessible 
to  most  physicians  that  further  reports  may  be  expected  as  to  its  utility  in 
diphtheria  and  allied  troubles.— CViicar/o  Med.  Rev.,  April  5. 
