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VARIETIES. 
Academy  has  endorsed  his  nostrum,  and  has  thus  apparently  compromised 
its  dignity  and  professional  standing — Therefore, 
Besolved,  That  the  N.  Y.  Academy  of  Medicine  does  hereby  proclaim 
and  declare  that  it  has  not  expressed  any  opinion  in  regard  to  "  Hoff's 
Malt  Extract,"  and  that  any  and  every  use  of  its  name  in  recommending 
said  Extract  is  unauthorized  by  the  Academy. 
Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  the  above  preamble  and  resolutions  be  sent  to 
the  Medical  journals  of  this  city,  and  that  the  Medical  journals  throughout 
the  country  be  requested  to  publish  the  same,  in  justice  to  the  Academy 
and  the  profession. — Ibid. 
Quack  in  Chicago, — A  villain  of  a  quack  in  Chicago  is  pretending  to 
cure  diseases  not  simply  by  laying  on  of  hands,  but  by  supplying  invalids 
with  garments  and  paper  imbued  with  healing  virtues  by  contact  with  his 
body!  And  the  fellow  has  patients  of  course — and  possibly  certificates 
from  clergymen  to  back  him  up  in  his  imposition. — Med.  and  Surg.  Re- 
porter, Aug.  3,  1867. 
Medical  Matters. — A  correspondent  of  the  Union  Medicate,  writing  about 
medical  matters  at  the  great  "  Exposition,"  says  the  best  arranged  vehicles 
for  the  transportation  of  the  wounded  in  battle  are  those  of  the  United 
States  and  of  France.  "  The  transportation  of  those  who  have  been  opera- 
ted on,  from  ambulance  to  hospital,  on  the  part  of  each  nation,  is  formally 
installed  [as  we  should  say,  *  has  become  an  institution ']  only  in  the 
United  States.  It  must  be  confessed,  these  bellicose  Americans  have  had 
opportunity  and  time  to  experiment  with  their  materiel.  Ah,  incredible 
people!  so  intelligent  and  sowarlike." 
The  writer  then  gives  an  elaborate  description  of  our  "  hospital  car," 
and  adds,  "  all  nations  should  take  pattern  from  the  United  States  in  the 
arrangement  of  drugs,  medicine  flasks  and  boxes,  for  transportation. 
Everything  fragile  is  protected.  No  shocks,  overturnings,  or  other  acci- 
dents can  break  the  bottles  or  force  out  their  stoppers." 
The  letter  is  closed  with  an  admiring  notice  of  our  military  hospitals. — 
Boston  Med.  and  Surg.  Journal,  June  27,  1867. 
Petroleum*  says  the  Union  Medicate,  is  a  powerful  agent  for  the  de- 
struction of  insects.  The  crude  oil  is  the  best  for  the  purpose.  A  few 
grammes  of  petroleum  diluted  with  water,  and  sprinkled  by  means  of  a 
watering  pot  over  strawberry  plants,  destroys  the  maus,  or  "  white  worm 
of  the  beetle,"  which  infests  those  plants.  The  crude  oil  mingled  with  a 
large  proportion  of  water  is  a  sure  poison  for  crickets.  The  mixture  is  to 
be  poured  through  a  tunnel  into  the  holes  frequented  by  them. 
The  acarus  scabiei  is  very  promptly  and  radically  destroyed  by  inunc 
tions  with  the  oil. 
*  Not  oil  of  petroleum,  as  many  journals  have  it. 
