202  Gleanings  from  the  Medical  Journals.  {AmAp^Xrm' 
roe  admitted  that  he  sold  the  oil  to  Horn,  and  at  his  request  dropped 
it  into  a  piece  of  candy,  but  denied  that  he  knew  that  these  parties 
were  playing  practical  jokes  on  each  other,  and  denied  knowing  for 
what  purpose  Horn  wanted  the  oil.  His  guilt  as  a  principal,  not  as 
an  accessory,  the  court,  held,  depended  upon  whether  he  knew,  or 
had  reason  to  believe,  that  the  dose  was  intended  for  Barrett  or 
some  other  person  as  a  trick,  and  not  for  medicinal  purposes.  Upon 
the  whole  evidence  he  was  found  guilty.  The  instruction  given  to 
the  jury  that  if  the  defendant  knew  or  had  reason  to  believe,  and 
did  believe,  when  he  sold  the  oil,  that  it  was  intended  for  Bar- 
rett or  some  other  person  as  a  trick  or  joke,  and  not  for  medicinal 
purpose,  the  defendant  would  be  guilty  of  assault  and  battery,  also 
that  it  was  not  necessary  that  it  should  be  a  poisonous  or  deadly 
dose;  but  that  it  was  sufficient  if  it  was  an  unusual  dose,  likely  to 
produce  serious  injury,  the  Supreme  Court  pronounces  unobjection- 
able in  point  of  law. —  The  Jour.  Anier.  Med.  Ass.,  February  26, 
1898. 
FOR  IRRITABLE  BLADDER. 
R.    Salol,  3ij 
Tinct.  hyoscyami,  gij 
Inf.  buchu,     q.s.  ad.  ^vi 
rtv. — Sig. :  One  tablespoonful  three  times  a  da}'. — TV.  Y.  Med.  News,  Febru- 
ary 26,  1898. 
SOME  OF  THE  DANGERS  SURROUNDING  THE  DAIRY. 
The  above  is  the  title  of  an  interesting  paper  by  Dr.  E.  F.  Brush, 
of  Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y.  He  says  :  "  Few  people  realize  the  menace 
which  lies  in  the  milk-supply  of  cities.  Milk  which  is  dangerous, 
and  perhaps  deadly  poisonous,  appears  just  as  innocent,  innocuous, 
and  deliciously  nourishing  as  the  fluid  that  is  so  in  truth. 
*  -K  *  *  *  *  * 
"  We  are  constantly  searching  for  a  specific  remedy  for  scarlet 
fever  and  other  often  fatal  diseases  of  childhood,  while  frequently 
permitting  the  bacterial  cause  of  disease  to  be  fed  to  our  children  in 
their  milk. 
******* 
"  In  these  days  of  bottled  milk  the  danger  of  spreading  contagion 
is  vastly  increased.    Bottles  which  go  into  rooms  where  children 
are  suffering  from  any  of  the  contagious  diseases  must  be  a  source 
