Am'jZi7*\I£&rm'}   Abstracts  from  the  French  Journals.  353 
cially  marked  in  the  lips,  nose,  chin,  around  the  eyes  and  in  the  ex- 
tremities. In  three  cases  treated  with  antifebrine,  and  in  the  one 
poisoned  by  aniline,  the  spectroscope  gave  the  methemoglobin  ray. 
The  urine  of  the  latter  case,  and  of  a  rheumatic  treated  with  anti- 
febrine, showed  paramidophenol.  The  poisoned  person  (a  woman  of 
33)  swallowed  25  ccm.  of  aniline.  She  became  comatose,  absolutely 
insensible ;  pupils  fixed,  limbs  flaccid,  irregular  pulse,  and  marked 
cutaneous  and  muco-membranous  cyanosis ;  there  was  much  vomiting 
with  odor  of  aniline.  Cutaneous  and  ether  injections  gave  no  result. 
Died  next  day.  Autopsy :  Blood  was  chocolate  brown ;  spectrum 
showed  2  oxyhemoglobin  and  the  methemoglobin  ray.  Urine  con- 
tained no  albumen,  sugar  or  blood ;  distillations  gave  aniline  reac- 
tions :  lemon  yellow  with  ac.  hydrochlor. ;  violet  with  calx  chlor. ; 
greenish  blue  with  ac.  sulphuric  and  pot.  chlorate ;  bright  blue  with 
sol.  kairine.  Paramidophenol  was  present.  Acid  hydrochloric, 
phenic  and  chromic  gave  a  red  color;  ammonia  the  bright  blue  of 
indophenol.  There  were  ecchymoses  and  extravasations  in  various 
tissues  and  organs. 
Cocaine,  to  facilitate  the  operation  of  washing  out  the  stomach, 
and  also  to  quiet  gastric  pains,  is  recommended  by  Dujardin- 
Beaumetz  (Prog.  Med.,  May  28)  to  be  used  in  a  formula  as  follows  : 
Water,  300  gm. ;  cocaine  hydrochlor.,  50  cgm. ;  dose,  2  tablespoonfuls 
every  quarter  of  an  hour,  or  until  the  cessation  of  pains  or  vomitings. 
In  similar  cases  the  following  gives  equally  good  results :  Water 
saturated  with  chloroform,  150  gm. ;  tr.  anise  and  illicium,  of  each, 
5  gm. 
Lactic  Acid  in  the  Green  Diarrhoea  of  Children. — Prof. 
Hay  em  (Bull.  Gen.  de  Therap.,  May  30)  considers  the  malady  of 
microbial!  origin.  He  finds  lactic  acid  remarkably  useful  in  its  treat- 
ment, administering  it  in  the  form  of  a  2  to  100  solution,  a  teaspoon- 
ful  being  given  to  the  child  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  nursing.  Dur- 
ing the  twenty-four  hours  5  to  8  teaspoonfuls  may  be  given,  repre- 
senting 40  to  60  cgm.  of  pure  lactic  acid.    It  is  well  supported. 
Iodated  Cotton. — M.  Quinard  has  improved  upon  his  cold  pro- 
cess of  making  iodated  cotton  (Arch,  de  Pharm.,  June).  He  scatters 
the  finely  pulverized  iodine  over  it  as  evenly  as  possible,  and,  placing 
it  in  a  wide-mouthed  glass-stoppered  flask,  exposes  it  to  light,  or,  if 
possible,  to  the  sun.  In  a  week  the  iodine  vaporizes  and  forms  upon 
the  cellulose. 
