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ence  of  opini  >n.  Taking  the  two  important  elements  of  nourish- 
ing diet,  carbon  and  nitrogen,  Dr.  Smith  alludes  to  the  fact  that 
the  daily  requirments  of  an  able-bodied  adult,  of  the  average 
weight  of  150  pounds,  are  about  9|-  ounces  of  carbon  and  3J- 
drachms  of  nitrogen,  when  employed  in-doors.  Acting  upon 
this  estimate,  he  has  proposed  a  diet  for  this  class  as  follows : — 
9  pounds  of  bread  per  week,  16J  pints  of  gruel,  which  contain  a 
pound  and  a  half  of  oatmeal,  besides  a  due  proportion  of  suet 
and  molasses  ;  once  a  week  he  is  allowed  a  pound  of  meat  pie, 
and  twice  a  week  10  ounces  of  suet  pudding,  besides  9  pints  of 
broth  and  soup,  and  half  a  pound  of  cheese ;  so  that  this  class 
is  daily  allowed  nearly  two  pounds  of  highly  nutritious  food,  equal 
to  a  little  more  than  9  ounces  of  carbon  and  3J  drachms  of  nitrogen 
daily,  which  corresponds  as  nearly  as  possible  with  the  amount 
demanded  and  supplied  by  the  laborer,  when  he  is  free  to  make 
his  own  selection. — Med.  and  Surg.  Hep.,  July  20,  1867. 
Women  as  Apothecaries. — A  decided  advance  in  the  matter  of  Woman's 
Rights  has  been  made  in  Holland.  The  Minister  of  the  Interior  has  issued 
a  decree  admitting  women  to  examination  for  the  position  of  assistant 
apothecaries — an  operation  hitherto  restricted  exclusively  to  men.  This 
measure  will  enable  country  doctors  to  have  their  prescriptions  made  up 
by  their  wives  or  daughters,  and  will  thus  relieve  them  from  the  charges 
of  a  male  assistant. — New  York  Med.  Jour.,  August,  1867. 
Mr.  Hoff and  the  N.  Y.  Academy  of  Medicine. — At  the  last  meeting  of 
the  Academy  of  Medicine,  the  following  resolutions  were  unanimously 
adopted  : 
Whereas,  W.  L.  Hoff,  proprietor  or  agent  of  the  "  Hoff  Malt  Extract,"  is 
issuing  publications  through  the  secular  papers,  and  by  means  of  pam- 
phlets and  circulars  professing  to  quote  favorable  opinions  expressed  in  a 
report  of  a  committee  of  the  Academy  ; 
And,  Whereas,  the  said  Hoff  is  widely  circulating  a  letter  purporting  to 
have  been  written  by  a  Fellow  of  this  Academy  ; 
And,  Whereas,  the  publications  of  said  Hoff  are  so  adroitly  and  design- 
edly worded  as  to  impress  the  mind  of  the  reader  with  the  belief  that  the 
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