204  Gleanings  from  the  Medical  Journals,  {Am-A^)rii 
AN  OINTMENT  FOR  ENLARGED  GLANDS. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
R .  Ichthyol, 
Ung.  hydrarg.,  ^  aa  £i 
Ung.  bellad. 
Ung.  petrolati,  ^ss 
y\.  Ft  ung. — Sig.  :  Apply  night  and  morning  over  the  affected  glands,  using 
friction  until  absorbed. — N.  Y.  Med.  News,  February  19,  1898. 
FOR  ERYSIPELAS. 
The  intense  burning  pain  is  said  to  be  relieved  and  the  progress 
of  the  disease  favorably  influenced  by  the  use  of  the  following 
application : 
R .    Aristol.,    gr.  xx 
Collodii,  ^i 
rr\,. — Sig.  :  Apply  freely  with  a  camel's-hair  brush  over  and  slightly  beyond 
the  inflamed  area.  This  should  be  renewed  as  it  scales  off. — N.  Y.  Med.  News, 
February  19,  1898. 
AN  ABUSE  OF  MEDICAL  CHARITY. 
Last  winter  a  man  presented  himself  at  the  New  York  Ophthal- 
mic Hospital  and  asked  that  an  operation  for  cataract  be  performed, 
stating  that  he  was  very  poor.  The  hospital  is  partly  supported  by 
charity.  In  view  of  the  man's  statement  that  he  was  unable  to  pay 
much,  the  physician  in  charge  reduced  the  usual  $15  per  week  to 
$5  per  week  for  board  and  attendance.  The  man  was  admitted  and 
stayed  several  weeks.  It  was  then  learned  that  he  was  senior  mem- 
ber of  a  large  grocery  firm  and  was  worth  about  $150,000.  The 
hospital,  therefore,  presented  a  bill  for  $200,  the  full  rates ;  the  man 
refused  to  pay ;  the  hospital  sued,  and  received  a  verdict  for  the 
amount.  Such  vigorous  treatment  applied  to  a  few  of  the  many 
similar  cases  constantly  recurring  would  have  a  beneficent  effect 
upon  the  community. — Annals  of  Ophthalmology. 
A  VAGINAL  ANTISEPTIC  AND  ASTRINGENT. 
The  Journal  de  M'edecine  de  Paris  for  January  30th  attributes  the 
following  formula  to  Lutaud  : 
R    Alum,  ^ 
Boric  acid,}each'  900  grains. 
Carbolic  acid,  ■) 
Oil  of  wintergreen,  }each>  20  droPs' 
y\. — A  teaspoonful  to  be  dissolved  in  a  pint  of  hot  water  for  a  vaginal  injec- 
tion. 
