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Arbor  vitce  in  Small-pox. — The  leaves  of  Thuja  orientalis  and  occi- 
dentalis  are  employed  in  Belgium  against  small-pox.  A  tincture  is 
prepared  by  macerating,  for  ten  days,  one  part  of  the  fresh  leaves 
with  10  parts  of  90  per  cent,  alcohol ;  it  is  given  in  water  in  doses  of 
10  drops. — Journ.  de  Pharm.  et  de  Chim.,  1872,  May,  382. 
Ointment  against  Itching  in  Small-pox. — Dr.  Gueneau  de  Mussy 
uses,  when  the  itching  is  intolerable,  a  cerate  composed  of  simple 
cerate  30*0,  bromide  of  potassium  3*0,  and  camphor  0*3  grm.  After 
the  pustules  have  been  followed  by  ulceration  of  the  skin,  the  follow- 
ing application  to  the  little  ulcers  is  employed  by  the  same  physician : 
simple  cerate  30-0,  tannin  2*0,  oxide  of  zinc  2*0,  calomel  0*25,  ex- 
tract of  opium  0*1  grm.  During  the  intervals  of  the  applications,  it 
is  useful  to  wash  the  sick  parts  with  water  to  which  a  little  tincture 
of  benzoin  has  been  added. — Ibid.,  June,  436. 
Camphor  in  Erysipelas. — Dr.  Delpech  recommends  an  ethereal  so- 
lution of  camphor,  composed  of  equal  weights  of  both,  a  few  drops 
of  which  are  from  time  to  time  put  upon  the  erysipelatous  surface ; 
in  most  cases  a  rapid  cure  follows. — Ibid. 
Disinfection  of  Sponges. — Leriche  impregnates  them  witha  solu- 
tion of  4  parts  permanganate  of  potassa  in  100  p.  water ;  they  are 
afterwards  put  into  a  solution  of  sulphurous  acid  (25  to  100  water), 
and  finally  washed  with  much  water. 
By  this  treatment  sponges  acquire  their  original  condition,  even 
their  marine  odor,  although  they  may  have  been  soaked  in  pus  and 
infectious  matter.  In  the  course  of  time  they  bleach  without  altering 
their  tissue,  even  if  subjected  for  four  months  to  this  process  of  dep- 
uration.—^, de  Pharm.,  1872,  May,  418. 
A  New  Organic  Matter  in  Diabetic  Urine  has  been  discovered  by 
Professor  Campani.  It  is  precipitated  by  basic  acetate  of  lead,  and 
reduces  four  times  more  of  Fehling's  solution  than  is  reduced  by 
glucose ;  but  it  is  devoid  of  rotating  power  upon  polarized  light. 
Although  the  precise  origin  and  true  nature  of  this  new  body  is 
not  known,  this  discovery  throws  a  doubt  upon  the  correctness  of  the 
assays  by  volumetry  in  some  cases  of  glycosuria ;  it  deprives,  in  par- 
ticular, a  case  of  polyuria  of  all  value,  in  which  small  traces  of  sugar 
were  found,  upon  which  ground  an  analogy  has  been  supposed  to  exist 
between  this  disease  and  diabetes  ;  and  it  follows,  finally,  that  diabe- 
