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9.  Age  when  married. 
10.  Constitution. 
11.  Health,  deformities,  peculiar  diathesis. 
12.  Health  of  her  family,  hereditary  diseases,  deformities,  &c. 
13.  How  are  the  parties  related  to  each  other  ? 
14.  How  long  married  ? 
15.  How  many  children,  or  sterility? 
16.  Abortions  ;  cause  ;  how  many,  and  at  what  period  ? 
17.  Children  died,  at  what  ages  and  from  what  diseases? 
18.  The  constitution,  age  and  present  health  of  living  children, 
deformities,  mental  conditions,  idiocy,  cretinism,  deaf,  mute, 
blind,  epilepsy,  albinism,  insane,  &c. 
19.  Remarks  and  other  information. 
Hoping  to  receive  your  valuable  co-operation,  for  the  advancement  of 
medical  science,  I  remain  yours,  most  respectfully, 
Robert  Newman,  M.D. 
Iodides  of  Calomel. — ■Our  attention  has  been  called  to  the  following 
note  which  appeared  in  a  late  issue  of  the  Chemical  News: 
"James  Y. — The  term  iodide  of  calomel  is  retained  in  American  phar- 
macy for  a  mixture  of  iodide  and  chloride  of  mercury,  prepared  by  mix- 
ing iodine  with  calomel.  According  to  the  same  barbarous  nomencla- 
ture, there  is  a  biniodide  of  calomel." 
The  mixtures  in  question  were  proposed  by  Boutigny,  and  a  process  for 
their  preparation,  by  Gobley,  was  published  in  this  journal  in  1858  ;  from 
there  they  found  their  way  into  Parrish's  Pharmacy,  3d  edition,  page  484,. 
To  the  best  of  our  knowledge,  they  have  never  been  used  in  this  country, 
and  the  barbarous  names  were  given  them  merely  because  they  were 
christened  thus  by  their  French  parents.  We  can  assure  our  correspond- 
ent that  we  have  always  looked  upon  them — the  preparations  as  well  as 
the  names — as  a  curiosity  and  as  an  indication  of  what  men  may  come 
to  in  their  continual  endeavor  of  producing  some  "  new  preparation." 
M. 
Lectures  on  the  Treatment  or  the  Surgical  Diseases  of  Women. — By 
reference  to  the  advertising  sheet,  our  readers  will  learn  that  Dr.  Storer 
will  deliver  a  private  course  of  lectures  on  the  above  subject  in  December 
next.  His  lectures  have  been  highly  commended  by  his  former  attend- 
ants, and  no  doubt  the  Doctor  will  again  have  a  good  class  of  medical 
gentlemen  to  hear  him  on  a  topic  to  which,  we  understand,  he  has  paid 
special  attention  for  a  considerable  period.  M. 
The  approaching  Lecture  Season. — We  have  received  circulars 
from  the  different  Colleges  of  Pharmacy  announcing  the  regular  courses  of 
lectures  commencing  in  October  next.  We  are  pleased  to  learn  that  the 
prospects  of  all  are  favorable  for  larger  classes  than  usual.  We  also  notice 
with  pleasure  the  contemplated  introduction  of  botanical  courses  during 
the  summer  season. 
