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tipped over and exposes the-rectum. part of the ope¬ Sciences and Letters of Lombardy. Sur les maladies par
This
ration was complicated by severe hemorrhage, which re¬ ferment morbifique, et sur leur traitement par les sulfites
quired numerous ligatures. The rectum was ligated after alcalins et terreux."
the usual precautions and excised, after which the ovaries Dr. De Pietra Santa says :
and some of the intestines came into plain view. Professor "
Sulphurous acid has the property of preventing and
Schönborn is averse to suture of the peritoneum,as it greatly arresting all the fermentations of vegetable and animal
prolongs the operation and increases its dangers. The matters. Its association with alkalin bases, as soda, lime
wound is simply packed with iodoform gauze. For the same and magnesia, far from modifying its manner of action, and
reason he prefers bringing down the bowel to the external destroying its antifermentative action, renders it on the
orifice and stitching it to an incision around the external contrary more regular, more energetic, more permanent,
sphincter, instead of making an intestinal suture. He also and permits the introduction in the organism, with known
believes that in case the sutures do not hold, the disaster and ponderable doses, without altering the principles of
with external suturing is not as serious as when the feces
organic life.
"The perfect innocuity of the sulphites, and their com¬
escape into the pelvic cavity, between the ends of the bowel.
plete tolerance by the organism, in rendering possible the
He is not in favor of locking up the bowels, as eventually
administration (prophylactic or curative) in all the affec¬
this brings a great strain to bear from the inevitable accu¬
mulation. tions produced by a pathologic ferment (virus, contagion,
The next operation was for mastoid disease of only six or miasm) as in intermittent or paludal fevers, acute and
weeks standing with otorrhea, which two weeks ago sud¬ chronic exanthems, typhoid fevers, and diseases from puru¬
denly became arrested, resulting in rise of temperature, lent absorption."—Editor.]
tenderness over the mastoid process, headache, etc. An in¬
cision parallel to the ear, over the process exposed the bone, Hay Fever.
which was at once attacked with chisel and gouge. Pus was Chicago, March 3,1894.
only reached when the inner table was exposed, which al¬ To the Editor:\p=m-\Inreply to the question of Dr. F. C. Ewing
ready revealed a perforation and fibrinous deposit on the in the Journal of this date a list of the best hay fever re-
dura. Every vestige of diseased or infiltrated bone was re¬ sorts can be obtained by writing to one of the officers of the
moved by the gouge, the cavity packed with iodoform gauze United States Hay Fever Association, for their last manual
and the external meatus filled with iodoform. Professor
Schönborn insisted on early operation in all these cases and \p=m-\for1893.
on its being made thoroughly. The most minute care was Their addresses are : Hon. Frank B. Fay, Chelsea, Mass.,
taken to preserve asepsis. President ; Rev. John Peacock, D.D., Holmesburg, Pa., Sec-
I may mention here, that I learned that the arrest of Yours truly, S. S. Bishop.
hemorrhage of the internal mammary in yesterday's retary.
operation by the iodoform tampon was successful. Professor
Schönborn, on inquiry, informed me that he did not believe No Smallpox in Minnesota.
that the cautery would arrest hemorrhage from such a large
vessel and that he had to resort to the tampon because it Red Wing, Minn., March 6, 1894.
was impossible to seize and ligate the artery in the dense To the Editor:\p=m-\Pleasecontradict the report of smallpox
cicatricial tissues which surrounded it. in St. Paul. There has been none there this year. The re-
My next will be from Heidelberg.
Yours very truly, A. Girard. port of students exposed therefore is a mistake. There is
none in Minnesota.

The Therapeutic Use of the Sulphites. Chas. N. Hewitt, Sec'y State Board of Health.
Paris, Feb. 19, 1894.
A M. le R\l=e'\dacteurJournal of the American Medical
Association \l=a`\Chicago:
ASSOCIATION NEWS.
Tr\l=e`\sHonor\l=e'\Confr\l=e`\re:\p=m-\Jeviens de lire dans votre num\l=e'\ro
du 3 f\l=e'\vruarune etude tr\l=e`\sint\l=e`\ressante,du Dr. Joseph Jones The Association Train will leave Chicago Monday, May 28, via
sur les sulphites et hyposulphites. Santa Fe R. R., Rio Grande Western, and Southern Pacific,
M' e' tant moim\l=e`\mebeaucoup occup\l=e`\de le question. for San Francisco via Denver, Colorado Springs, Leadville,
Je vous pr\l=i'\era\l=i'\s de vouloir bien fa\l=i'\re parvenir \l=a`\value col-
laborateur le Volume "traitement rationnel de la Phthisic Manitou, Glenwood Springs, Salt Lake, Ogden, Truckee and
Pulmona\l=i'\re," qui contient un chapitre important sur le Sacramento. Returning, after the meeting, the train will
M\l=e'\dication Sulfit\l=e'\e. pass through Sacramento and Northern California to Port-
Cette lecture lui permetra \l=e`\ une prochaine occasion se
mentionnen mon nom parmi les partisants de la method. land, thence east by way of the Northern Pacific R. R. to
Veullez agre\l=e`\r avec mes remerc\l=i'\ments anticipes l'assur- St. Paul ; and Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry., St. Paul
to Chicago. A stop over at Yellowstone National Park for
ance des mes sentiments tr\l=e`\s confraternals.
Dr. De Pietra Santa. those who desire it has been arranged, and it is understood
that at several places on the journey there will be short
[TRANSLATION.] stops. President Hibberd's party in a special car join the
"
I read in your number of February 3 a very interesting train at Chicago, and the St. Louis party are expected to
study by Dr. Joseph Jones, on the sulphites and HYPO- join at Kansas City. From all points east and south, con-
centration on this train should be effected at Chicago and
sulphites. St. Louis.
"
I have myself been much occupied with this question.
I beg you to bring before your collaborator the book
'
Rational Treatment of Phthisis Pulmonalis,' which con-
SOCIETY NEWS.
tains an important chapter on medication by sulphites.
"This reading will permit him on the next occasion to
The Ramsey County (Minn.) Medical Society met February 26.
The following officers were elected : Dr. A. B. Ancker, Presi-
mention my name among the partisans of this method."
dent ; Dr. Davis, Vice-President ; Dr. H. Longstreet Taylor,
[The volume referred to by our distinguished confrere, who
is editor of the Journal d' Hygiene of Paris, was published in Secretary ; Dr. O. S. Pine, Treasurer and Dr. J. M. Finnell,
1875. Chapter VI of this book contains a strong argument Chairman of the Pathological Section.
in favor of medication by sulphites in cases of phthisis pul¬ The Colorado State Medical Society.\p=m-\Tothe Members of the
monalis. He cites the monograph of Giovanni Polli (of American Medical Association:\p=m-\Membersof the American
Milan) 1860-1861, presented to the Royal Institute of Medical Association are cordially invited by the Colorado

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