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VARIETIES. 
Unguentum  NAPHTHOiii.— Prof.  Kaposi  uses  in  skin  diseases  an  oint- 
ment composed  of  naphthol  15,  prepared'chalk  10,  soft  soap  50,  and  lard  100 
grams. 
LiNiMENTUM  Naphtaoli,  uscd  in  eczema  crustosum  of  the  scalp  is 
■made  by  mixing  one  part  of  naphthol  with  100  parts  of  a  fat  oil  like  almond, 
olive,  or  cod  liver  oil. —  Wien.  Med.  Wochenschr. 
Burnt  AiiUM  in  Ague. — Bamboo  Brojendra  Nath  Banerjee  states  that 
this  is  a  very  cheap,  easily  procurable,  and  efficient  antiperiodic  medicine. 
The  value  of  alum  is  chiefly  marked  in  cases  of  fever  in  which  the  attacks 
come  on  with  clock-work  regularity.  It  generally  fails  in  irregular  types 
of  intermittent  tever.  Two  doses  are  generally  sufficient  to  complete  the 
cure.  Eight  grains  of  burnt  alum  are  to  be  given  in  each  dose.  The  first 
dose  is  to  be  given  three  hours  and  the  next  an  hour  before  the  exj)ected 
attack  of  fever. — Indian  Med.  Gazette;  Louisville  Med.  News,  Sept.  30. 
Sulphuretted  Hydrogen  in  Tubercudosis.— Prof.  Arnoldo  Cantani 
has  been  experimenting  with  sulphuretted  hydrogen  in  the  treatment  of 
tuberculosis.  The  reputation  of  certain  sulphur  springs,  as  well  as  the 
known  properties  of  the  antiseptic,  led  him  to  regard  the  treatment  as 
hopeful.  He  administers  the  gas  partly  in  solution  and  partly  by  inhala- 
tion in  a  special  chamber.  He  finds  so  far,  that  (1)  the  inhalation  of  an 
atmosphere  strongly  impregnated  with  sulphuretted  hydrogen  can  be  well 
borne  for  a  considerable  time  by  most  patients,  and  those  who  find  it  irk- 
some at  first  soon  get  accustomed  to  it;  (2)  the  patients  usuaUy  become  free 
of  fever  in  a  day  or  two  ;  (3)  the  local  changes  a]3pear  not  to  increase,  and 
the  cough  becomes  less. — Gentralb.  f.^Med.  Wissensch.;  Louisv.  Med. 
News,  Sept.  30. 
Pomade  for  Comedones.— The  St.  Louis  "  Medical  Journal  "  says  that 
Una,  in  "Virchow's  Archives,"  recommended  the  following  for  come- 
dones: Kaolin,  four  i3arts;  glycerin,  three  parts;  acetic  acid,  two  parts, 
with  or  without  the  addition  of  a  small  quantity  of  some  etherial  oil. 
With  this  pomade  he  covers  the  parts  affected  in  the  evening,  and  if  need 
be  during  the  day.  The  comedones  can  be  easily  expressed  after  several 
days,  most  of  them  coming  out  by  washing  the  parts  with  pumice-stone 
soap. — Chic.  Med.  Review,  Oct  15. 
Geacialin. — According  to  Dr.  Besana,  this  substance,  which  has  met 
with  so  much  favor  in  England  and  elsewhere  as  an  antiseptic,  especially 
for  the  preservation  of  milk,  meat  and  other  articles  of  food,  has  the  follow- 
ing composition:  Boracic  acid,  18  parts;  borax,  9  parts;  sugar,  9  parts; 
glycerin,  6  parts.  A  Roman  composition  of  a  similar  kind  was  found  to 
be  nothing  but  pure  boracic  acid.  It  is  called  salt  of  glacialin,  and  sells 
at  five  francs  per  kilogram  (about  forty-five  cents  a  pound),  the  market 
price  of  boracic  acid  being  exactly  half  that  TAiii.— Boston  Journal  of 
Chemistry. 
