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476  Varieties.  {^'^hllZ'im!'^ 
Kava  Kava  in  Gonorrhoea. — Dr.  French  has  recently  prescribed  this 
remedy  with  great  success  in  gonorrhoea  in  conjunction  with  other  reme- 
dies, as  follows  :  B  Ex.  fl.  eucalyptus  .^^ii,  ex.  fl.  kava  kava  ^vss,  acid 
benzoic  ^ss,  pulv.  acid  boracic  ^iii.  M.  S.  ^i  ter  in  die.  Kava  kava  has 
recently  been  shown  by  Dupuy  to  be  a  sialogogue,  bitter  tonic,  mild  excit- 
ant of  the  nervous  system,  diuretic  and  blenostatic.  It  is,  however,  prob- 
able all  the  supi^osed  virtues  of  this  plant  depend  on  the  oleoresin  which 
directly  affects  the  nmcous  membrane  like  other  oleoresins. — Chic.  Med. 
Hev.,  1881,  p.  123. 
Eucalyptus  in  Chronic  Diseases  of  the  Stomach. — Dr.  Charles 
James  Fox  has  successfully  treated  the  diseases  mentioned  with  tincture  of 
eucalyptus  in  doses  of  3i  twice  a  day,  continued  for  a  few  weeks,  or  if  neces- 
sary, several  months. 
In  a  class  of  cases  of  symptoms  of  ulcers  of  the  stomach,  threatening 
perforation,  he  has  found  that  a  strict  regimen  and  light  diet,  conjoined 
with  the  use  of  the  drug,  exempted  the  patient  from  the  recurrence  of 
attacks. — Medical  Bulletin^  April. 
Poultice  of  Jaborandi. — Cases  of  mammary  inflammation  are  success- 
fully treated  by  Dr.  H.  B.  Stehman  with  a  i:)oultice  composed  of  two  parts 
flaxseed  meal  and  one  part  crushed  jaborandi  leaves,  the  latter  infused  in 
a  quantity  of  hot  water  necessary  to  make  the  poultice  of  the  proper  con- 
sistency ;  a  diaphoretic  mixture  is  given  at  the  same  time. 
In  mumps  this  treatment  proved  equally  gratifying,  and  in  the  inflam- 
matory stages  of  buboes  the  poultices  prevented  suppuration. — Lancaster 
Med.  Soc.  Trans. ;  Med.  and.  Surg.  Reporter^  June  25. 
Papain  for  T^nia. — In  the  "Lyon  Medical  "  M.  Bouchut  reports  that 
he  has  used  papain,  or  vegetable  trypsin,  as  well  as  animal  pepsin,  as  a  ver- 
mifuge, and  he  states  that  he  not  only  finds  it  more  active,  but  that  he  has 
relieved  several  children  by  its  means.  After  its  use  a  child  had  passed 
yellow  softened  segments  of  tapeworm,  twenty-five  centimeters  long,  and 
in  a  i)artially  digested  state.  These  facts,  taken  with  those  which  have 
been  derived  from  the  colonies  in  which  the  juice  of  carica  papaya  has  been 
successfully  used  for  worms,  go  far  to  prove  that  this  new  remedy  will  in 
future  be  of  service  as  an  anthelmintic. — Med.  and  Surg.  Rep.^  July  30. 
Iodoform  as  a  Vermifuge. — Dr.  F.  L.  Sim  has  found  iodoform  very 
serviceable  in  case  of  tienia.  It  was  given  in  one  grain  doses  three  times 
a  day  until  segments  of  the  worm  had  been  found  in  the  stools  for  several 
-daj's,  when  a  drachm  of  oleoresin  of  male  fern,  followed  by  a  brisk  cathartic 
four  hours  later,  afforded  complete  relief. 
Against  needle  w^orms  (oxyuris  vermicularis)  a  suppository  of  7  grains 
iodoform  was  first  used  on  account  of  the  itching  about  the  rectum  and 
xmus.  Afterwards,  idoform  gr.  i  three  times  daily  was  given.  After  four 
days  the  worms  began  to  pass  and  were  found  in  every  stool  for  six  days. 
— Miss.  Vail.  Med.  Monthly^  May. 
