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June,  1878. 
which  is  St.  Vitus'  Dance.  The  present  cost  of  thymol  is  about  five  times  that  of 
the  best  carbolic  acid,  but  as  one  part  of  the  former  seems  to  do  as  much  work  as 
25  parts  of  the  latter,  the  advantage  of  price  is  on  the  side  of  thymol. —  Chem.  and 
Drug.  [London],  p.  in. 
Acetate  of  Lead  in  Large  Doses  in  Post-Partum  and  Other  Hemorrhages. — 
According  to  Dr.  Workman,  acetate  of  lead,  in  drachm  doses,  acts  as  a  uterine 
motor  stimulant  to  cause  firm  contraction  after  delivery  of  the  uterus,  thereby 
preventing  post-partum  hemorrhage.  In  hemoptysis  also,  acetate  of  lead  may  be 
given  in  half  drachm  to  drachm  doses,  with  very  prompt  effect.  It  should  be 
given  in  solution  and  the  dose  repeated,  if  necessary.  No  opium  should  be  given 
with  it.  In  these  large  doses  the  acetate  of  lead  usually  purges,  and  thus  becomes 
eliminated  from  the  system.  Notwithstanding  the  prevailing  opinion  to  the  contrary, 
these  large  doses  of  acetate  of  lead  are  claimed  by  this  author  to  be  perfectly 
harmless.  In  corroboration  of  these  statements  a  number  of  cases  is  cited  which 
go  to  prove  the  truth  of  the  above  statements. — Detroit  Lancet,  March,  from  Canada 
Lancet,  January  1,  1878. 
Chloral  for  Removing  Warts. — A  solution  containing  about  twenty  grains  of 
chloral  hydrate  to  the  ounce  of  water  is  recommended  by  Dr.  Craig  as  being 
effectual  for  the  removal  of  warts.    The  operation  is  said  to  be  painless. — Detroit 
Med.  Jour.,  Dec,  from  Canada  Med.  Rec. 
The  Eucalyptus  Globulus. —Professor  Samuel  Lockwod  says,  in  the  "Popular 
Science  Monthly,"  that  the  E.  globulus  has  earned,  by  fair  experiment,  its  name  of 
fever-tree,  as  a  preventive,  seems  now  to  be  settled  Its  rapid  growth  must  make  it 
a  great  drainer  of  wet  soils,  while  its  marked  terebinthine  odor  may  have  its  influ- 
ence, and  it  is  highly  probable  that  the  liberation  of  this  essence  into  the  air  stands 
connected  with  its  generation  of  ozone.  But,  whatever  the  sanatory  activities  of  the 
eucalypt  may  be,  the  fact  is  squarely  settled  that  spots  in  Italy,  uninhabited  because 
of  malarial  fever,  have  been  rendered  tolerable  by  the  planting  of  E.  globulus,  and  it 
is  believed  that  a  more  plentiful  planting  would  nearly,  if  not  quite,  remove  the 
difficulty. 
The  Eucalyptus  in  Algeria — Consul-General  Playfair  writes:  "Formerly  it 
was  impossible  for  the  workmen  at  the  great  iron  mines  of  Mokta  el  Hadid  to 
remain  there  during  the  summer ;  those  who  attempted  to  do  so  died,  and  the  com- 
pany was  obliged  to  take  the  laborers  to  and  from  the  mines  every  morning  and 
evening,  thirty-three  kilos  each  way.  From  1868  to  1870  the  company  planted 
more  than  100,000  Eucalyptus  trees,  and  now  the  workmen  are  able  to  live  all  the 
year  through  at  the  scene  of  their  labors  " 
Extract  of  Pimentum  as  a  Counter-irritant. — This  preparation  has  been  lauded 
by  some  French  physicians  as  a  valuable  revulsive,  not  being  so  fugacious  as  mus- 
tard, nor  so  irritating  as  antimony  or  croton  oil.  It  begins  to  act  in  from  ten  to 
thirty  minutes,  according  to  the  delicacy  of  the  skin,  causing  heat,  a  slight  tingling 
