Ambrosia is astringent, tonic, stimulant and antiseptic. Indications.-Hay fever; sneezing with excessive irritaton of the nasal passages; mucous fluxes. Dose.-Fluid extract, 5 to 30 drops; specific medicine, 5 to 30 drops. Usual Dose.-5 to 10 drops in a little water every one to four hours. Society Meetings The National Eclectic Medical Association. The dates for the meeting of the National have now been definitely settled, Monday to Thursday inclusive, June 14-17, 1915. Headquarters will be at the Hotel Lankershim, San Francisco. Rooms on the European plan, $3.50 per day for either one or two in a room, $4.00 per day for room with bath with either one or two in a room. The meetings will be held in one of the Fair auditoriums. Friday, June 18th will be known at the Fair as "Eclectic Medical Day." We have recently learned that the round trip rates will be slightly lower than those mentioned in the December quarterly. The rates are as follows. Round trip from Cincinnati, $70.25; Pittsburg, $81.25; Columbus, $74.18; Indianapolis, $67.10; Cleveland, $76.20. Further details of the itinerary over the Pennsylvania from the east and from St. Louis or Chicago over the Burlington route, and the Denver and Rio Grande from Denver, with the various stopovers, will be announced later in the March issue of the National Quarterly and the February Journals. New Jersey State Eclectic Medical Society. An adjourned meeting of the New Jersey State Eclectic Medical Society met persuant to appointment, at 100 Halsey Street, Newark, N. J. at 8.30 P. M., Nov. 17, 1914. In the absence of the President the Secretary called the meeting to order and on motion Dr. T. D. Adlerman was requested to act as Chairman pro tem. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The Secretary read a letter from ex-President D. P. Borden of Paterson, expressing regrets for his absence. There being no committees to report at this adjourned meeting and no applications for membership, the certificates of the Society issued at the last meeting were ready and presented to the following new members: Dr. Arcangelo Liva, 328 Valley Brook Ave., Lyndhurst, N. J. Dr. Samuel Messinger, 540 Orient Ave., Jersey City, N. J. Death having removed our late President George Curson Young of Washington, N. J., the society on motion proceeded to elect a new president. On motion Dr. G. E. Potter was placed in nomination. The doctor was honored by a standing vote of acclamation and elected president. On motion Dr. Chas. J. Massinger of Butler, N. J., was elected Vice-President, Dr. Arcangelo Liva, of Lyndhurst, N. J., Secretary; Dr. John J. Mohrbacher, of Newark, N. J., Treasurer, for ensuing year. The hour being late the incoming President was not prevailed upon for a speech. Reading of papers also was held over until the annual meeting to be held in May, 1915, the exact location and date to be announced later on. On motion adjourned to meet in May, 1915 at call of President. G. E. Potter, M. D., President. Selections Dysmenorrhea. Thomas George Stevens, M.R.C.P., London, in his text book on "Diseases of Women," states, "when menstrual pain is sufficiently severe to interfere with a woman's' work or pleasure, even for a short time, it must be dignified by the title "Dysmenorrhea," and warrants treatment." In the treatment of Dysmenorrhea, particularly the spasmodic type, H.V.C. has proven of especial service. It exercises an antispasmodic influence and is a sedative without being a narcotic. Hayden's Viburnum Compound is a product of known composition, and when administered in teaspoonful doses, given in hot water, satisfactory results should be manifested. The prevalency of Dysmenorrhea, and in consideration of the number of women who now earn their living, it is clear how important it must be that they should not be incapacitated for even a few hours. during each month, and Hayden's Viburnum Compound, properly administered in conditions where indicated, will afford relief. The New York Pharmaceutical Co., Bedford Springs, Bedford, Mass., will send samples for clinical demonstration upon request. Extracts from Weekly Bulletin Department of Health. The cargoes of eight steamers, bringing shipments of Italian chestnuts, known in the trade as morrons, have been overhauled within the past six weeks. Large quantities have been condemned. by the gravity process, in which the chestnuts are placed in a barrel. of water and thoroughly stirred, the wormy and decomposed nuts rising to the surface and being thrown out, while those remaining at the bottom are carefully sorted. Up to the present 1,479,160 pounds of chestnuts have been overhauled, of which 344,520 pounds have been condemned. Recently one of the food inspectors noticed that a certain wholesaler had a quantity of dry horse-beans on sale from which numbers of a fly-like insect issued. On further investigation it was discovered that a large percentage of the individual beans held the larvæ of these flies, and their destruction was consequently ordered, although the dealer protested that they would be all right just as soon as all the "flies" had hatched. A decision just rendered by Justice Nott of the Court of General Sessions promises greatly to impede the work of the Department of Health in prosecuting violations of the Sanitary Code and to increase the work of the already overburdened Court of Special Sessions. Arrested for selling heroin in violation of Section 182 of the Sanitary Code, Charles P. Pray and Edward C. Peterson were sentenced in the City Magistrates' Court to serve three months in the Workhouse and pay a fine of $500 each. They appealed from the Magistrates' decision on the ground that Section 95 of the Inferior Criminal Court Act is unconstitutional. In substance, this act confers power upon a City Magistrate to summarily try and convict a defendant for a violation of the Sanitary Code. The appellants held that the constitution distinctly guaranteed either a trial by jury or, in the case of misdemeanors, trial in the Court of Special Sessions. Inasmuch as the legislature had declared violation of the sanitary code to be misdemeanors they contended that prosecutions of this kind should be conducted in the Court of Special Sessions. Upsetting the procedure followed for years, Justice Nott of the Court of General Sessions, who heard the appeal, upheld the conention of the appellants and declared the Magistrates' Courts to have no jurisdiction over cases of this kind. Unless reversed by a higher authority this decision practically means that hereafter all prosecutions conducted by the Department of Health for violation of the Sanitary Code will be tried in the Court of Special Sessions. This will not only add an enormous, even an intolerable burden to the work of that Court, but it will add unjustly to the inconveniences occasioned violators of minor health ordinances, such as smoking in the subway, spitting on the street, failure to muzzle dogs, etc. Hereafter persons summoned to Court on any of these charges must be held, in bail, for trial in the Court of Special Sessions. Such procedure in effect constitutes a punishment far greater than that contemplated by the legislature, and will undoubtedly give rise to serious complaints. The Corporation Counsel and the District Attorney's office are giving this serious situation the attention it deserves. Re-argument of this case was held in the Chambers of Justice Nott on December the first. Further decision was reversed. Pituitary Extract in Obstetrical Practice. Physicians who are employing pituitary extract in cases of delayed paturition will be interested in this excerpt from an announcement by Parke, Davis & Co. which appears in the December issue of a contemporary: "The clinical indications for pituitrin are such as to demand that it be of high activity. It is equally important that it be uniform in strength. Owing to unavoidable variations in the fresh glandular tissue, the amount of gland substance represented in a preparation is not an accurate index of its strength. Uniformity in therapeutic activity can be obtained only by rigid assay. "Because of its importance in obstetrical practice we have given much attention to a detrmination of the proper strength and standardization of Pituitrin. The result of our investigations is a product of high potency, representing the average activity of 0.2 gramme of fresh posterior pituitary lobe to each Cc. of the solution. As an oxytocic Pituitrin stands without a rival. There is no more active pituitary extract. "Pituitrin, P. D. & Co., is standardized by the two accepted methods of determining pituitary activity; the blood-pressure test and the oxytocic test, the latter by use of the isolated uterus. Every lot of Pituitrin represents the same high degree of activity." Administered during the second stage of parturition (it should not be given during the first stage), Pituitrin is said to convert a case tedious inertia into one of normla rhytmic labor, saving time, preventing suffering, and diminishing the risk to the child which attends upon. protracted labor. It is supplied in glaseptic ampoules of 1 Cc. and 1⁄2 Cc. capacity, convenient for hypodermic injection. Items With deepest sorrow we announce the death of our President Mr. George Merrell on Saturday the twelfth of December nineteen hundred and fourteen. The Wm. S. Merrell Chemical Co., Cincinnati. Dr. H. Scaison of Wakefield, N. Y., has been elected master of Mount Masada Lodge F. & A. M. The doctor has a large and extensive practice in Wakefield. Chronic Catarrhal Bronchitis. This condition, so frequently encountered and especially so in the changeable climate of the middle and western states, is a clear indication for the continued administration of cod liver oil. These patients, if unable to seek a more suitable climate, should be instructed carefully as to dress and bodily functions. Thus, every effort should be made to guard against exacerbations. With close attention to dress and the systematic use of cod liver oil, such as Cord. Ext. Ol. Morrhuae Comp. (Hagee), which is the preferable cod liver oil preparation by reason of its palatability and therapeutic effectiveness, the patient is employing the best means for use in this form of bronchitis. We received a pleasant greeting from Dr. S. Robert Schultz who is taking a special post graduate course at McGill University. Be sure and meet your Senator and Assemblyman. You may need their services a little later. With their New Year's greeting, the Denver Chemical Co. have presented their friends with a unique desk thermometer. They have a faculty for selecting unique as well as useful articles. For your convenience subscription blank will be found among the advertising pages of this number. Fill it out today. The Doctors Brandenburg having returned from a long and pleasant vacation are now located at the Hotel Albert. Book reviews have been crowded from this number. They will appear in the February number. Read the old as well as the new advertisements in this number. A Happy New Year to all. |