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Varieties. 
Am.  .lour.  Pharnih. 
Dec,  1883. 
odor  to  the  breath,  which  not  only  is  noticeable  in  the  room,  but  remains; 
for  twenty-four  hours. 
The  experiments  upon  it  up  to  the  present  have  chiefly  been  reix>rted 
from  the  hospitals  of  Milan,  Breslau,  and  Andernach.  We  have  learned 
of  none  in  the  United  States. — 3fed.  and  Surg.  Rep.,  Nov.  17. 
TiNCTURA  lODOFORMi  CoMPOSiTA.— Dr.  G-  Bock's  formula,  slightly 
modified,  is  as  follows  :  Dissolve  iodoform  8  gni.,  balsam  of  Peru  3  gni.,  in 
alcohol  20  gni.,  and  add  potassium  iodide  70  gni.,  glycerin  and  water,  each, 
35  gm. — Med.  Record. 
Dr.  Fothergill's  Asthma  Mixture!— R.  Tinct.  lobelise,  .^v  ;  amnio- 
nii  iodidi,  ^ij  ;  ammonii  bromidi,  ^iij  ;  syr.  tolutani,  ,^iij.  M.  Teaspoonful 
every  one,  two,  three,  or  four  hours.  This  gives  relief  in  a  few  minutes^ 
and  sometimes  the  relief  is  permanent. —  Weekly  Medical  Review,  Oct.  13. 
AspiDOSPERMA  Quebracho. — The  author  sums  up  as  follows  ("Ell  Sentido 
Catol.  en  las  Ciencias  Med.,"  March  1st,  1883) — 1.  Quebracho  diminishes  the 
frequency  of  the  respirations  and  cardiac  contractions.  2.  Its  action  appears 
to  be  principally  directed  oist  the  heart,  strengthening  and  regulating  its  con- 
tractions, either  directly  or  by  the  influence  of  the  nervous  system.  3.  This 
action  is  evident  and  immediate.  4.  It  is  the  only  remedy  which  has  a 
manifest  antidyspnoeic  action.  5.  in  nervous  dyspnoeas  it  must  be  tried  in 
a  greater  number  of  cases  to  judge  of  its  action.  6.  It  probably  produces 
the  same  effect  in  dyspnoea  from  acute  affections  of  the  thoracic  organs. 
7.  The  prolonged  administration  produces  no  alteration  in  other  organs  or 
functions. — The  London  Medical  Record,  May  15th,  1883. 
Trichlorphenol. — Dr.  N.  O.  Yurinsky,  of  Alexander  Town  Hospital^ 
St.  Petersburg,  reports,  in  the  "Ejened.  Klin.  Gazeta,'-  1883,  No.  5,  pp. 
73-5,  four  cases  of  erysipelas  (three  idiopathic,  one  traumatic)  which  he 
highly  successfully  treated  by  painting  the  affected  parts  with  a  sokition  in 
glycerite  of  trichlor phenol  (5  to  10  joer  cent.).  The  painting  was  repeated 
twice  daily  ;  each  time  the  parts  were  freshly  covered  with  cotton-wool 
retained  by  means  of  a  roller.  In  two  of  the  cases,  swelling,  redness,  ten- 
sion and  tenderness  of  the  integuments  disappeared  after  two  paintings  (on 
the  second  day  of  the  treatment) ;  in  the  remaining  two  patients,  after  six. 
In  all  the  cases,  the  erysipelatous  process  did  not  spread  after  the  first  appli- 
cation. The  temperature  fell  to  standard  in  one  of  the  cases  on  the  second 
day  of  the  treatment;  in  one,  on  the  third  ;  in  the  other  patients,  who  suf- 
fered at  the  same  time  from  relapsing  fever,  no  change  in  the  temperature 
was  observed.  The  author  eulogizes  the  powerful  antifernientative  and 
antiseptic  properties  of  trichlorphenol,  and  emj^hatically  invites  all  profes- 
sional brethren  to  give  a  more  extensive  trial  to  such  a  simple  plan  of  the 
treatment  of  erysipelas  described  above. — The  London  Medical  Record  ^ 
Quart  Therap.  Rev.,  July,  1883. 
