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invention  (if  there  is  any)  is  the  method  of  composition  of  the 
remedy,  this  need  not  be  given  if  there  is  a  real  discovery  in  it,  so 
that  the  inventor  does  not  lose  the  benefit  of  his  idea.  This  decision 
would  strike  one  as  a  thoroughly  common-sense  way  of  dealing 
with  a  difficult  question,  and  one  calculated  to  eradicate  the  im- 
mense swindle  patent  medicines  usually  involve.  Quousque  tan- 
dem ?  How  long,  then,  before  Americans  will  be  able  to  point  to 
some  such  sensible  law?" 
There  are  advantages  in  a  paternal  form  of  government  after  alL 
COCAINE  POISONING. 
The  Lancet  gives  an  account  of  a  man  of  forty  years  who  took  ten 
grains  of  cocaine  hydrochlorate  by  m.istake,  and  an  hour  afterwards 
anesthesia  developed.  The  eyeballs  protruded  and  were  immobile, 
the  pupils  semi-dilated  and  fixed.  Expiratory  dyspnea  ensued,  res- 
piration sinking  to  8  per  minute.  The  pulse  was  strong,  120  per 
minute.  Strychnine  and  digitalin  caused  immediate  improvement, 
and  the  symptoms  passed  off  within  eight  hours. 
FOR  CHRONIC  CYSTITIS. 
R.    Guaiacol,  75  grains. 
Iodoform,  1  dram. 
Sterilized  olive  oil,  3  fluid  ounces. 
For  injection  into  the  bladder. — G.  Coujn,  Phila.  Med.  Jour.,  April  9,  1898. 
FOR  ULCERS  OF  THE  LEG. 
R.    Carbolic  acid,  30  grains. 
Boric  acid,  2]/z  drams. 
Powdered  camphor,  2  drams. 
Ichthyol,  5  drams. 
Oil  of  sweet  almonds,  2l/z  drams. 
Zinc  ointment,  3  ounces. 
Apply  topically. — Bidden,  Phila.  Med.  Jour.,  April  8,  1898. 
HOMEOPATHY  IN  BAVARIA. 
At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Financial  Committee  of  the  Bavarian 
Parliament,  Herr  Landmann  proposed  that  a  University  Chair  of 
Homeopathy  should  be  established  in  the  University  of  Munich. 
The  Minister  replied  that  the  University  to  which  the  question  had 
been  referred  had  replied  that  the  need  of  such  a  chair  was  not  felt, 
inasmuch  as  homeopathy  was  not  a  science.  A  similar  incident, 
which  ended  in  a  like  manner,  occurred  not  long  ago  in  the  Wur- 
temberg  Landtag. — Brit.  Med.  Jour. 
