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the patient's temperature run above 992 degrees, pulse 88; and she made an uninterrupted recovery.

Ella Mc. age 28 years, was admitted to the homoeopathic wards, Cook County Hospital, January 9th, 1895. She entered as an emergency obstetrical case, her child having been born in the ambulance two blocks from the hospital. When the mother and child were admitted to the examining room they were in good condition. The attendant said the child was heard to make a faint cry, and the mother was conscious of the fact that she had given birth to a child. Hastily they were taken to the ward where we proceeded to make an examination. The child was found lying with its body parallel with the mothers limbs, showing probably a vertex presentation. The placenta intact and some hemorrhage from the uterus. Firm pressure on the fundus with left hand and gentle traction on the cord soon removed it. The child to all appearances was dead; all the body except the face was of a waxy white color. The face being slightly bluish, artificial respiration was performed for several minutes, but it proved valueless. The child merely gasped two or three times; there was no pulsation of the cord. On examination of the child our attention was drawn to two things; size of child and a tumor.

The mother told me that she was only seven months pregnant and had never felt well during gestation. There was no history of severe fright except on New Year's eve. when she was near a natural gas explosion.

The tumor was about the size of a large orange, somewhat flattened at both ends, situated exactly where the child's buttocks should have been. The external genitals were well formed. The arms situated about one-half inch below the same. The photo. of foetus and tumor can be seen on page 1221 of the Homœopathic Text Book of Surgery. POST MORTEM:-Showed a vascular tumor soft and pulpy surrounded by a thin layer of clotted blood. Microscopical examination gave us the diagnosis of a sarcoma.

REMARKS: This is not strictly under the head of gynæcology, but is of interest from a pathological stand point.

MINNEAPOLIS

HOMEOPATHIC MAGAZINE.

HENRY C. ALDRICH, M. D., EDITOR.

ASSOCIATES:

D. W. HORNING, M. D., MINNEAPOLIS. HARVEY DALE, M. D., OSHKOSH. WIS. OSCAR K. RICHARDSON, M. D., MINNEAPOLIS.

The editors are responsible for the maintenance of the dignity and courtesy of the journal, but NOT for the opinions expressed by contributors. Requests for reprints should accompany manuscript. No discourteous or anonymous communications will be recognized.

All manuscripts, exchanges or books for review, should be addressed to HENRY C. ALDRICH, M. D., 313 Medical Block, Minneapolis.

All subscriptions and communications in reference to advertising, etc.,should be addressed to MAGAZINE PUBLISHING CO., Medical Block, Minneapolis, Minn.

EDITORIALETTES

THE COMPOUND TABLET.

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Certain of our prominent pharmacies are becoming badly addicted to the compound tablet habit. All sorts of combi nations of all sorts of remedies in all sorts of potencies are being boldly recommended as specifics for the various and several ailments to which human flesh is heir. cused of being loose or unscientific in this respect, our friends the drug men invariably charge it all to the doctors. They claim that there is a demand for this sort of thing, and that they are but struggling to meet it. To a certain extent this is doubtless true-but it is an open question whether, in most instances, the tablet is not the father of the demand instead of vice versa. It is a very simple matter to get up these combinations. It is very easy to recommend them as scientific and reliable, and it is not at all difficult to get the careless doctor, the lazy doctor and the

overworked doctor to grasp at these straws in the hope of avoiding the wear and tear incident to individual brainwork. As to how often this is done, the conscience of our friend the pharmacist is the only censor. But wherever the blame lies, the fact remains that the compound tablet is far from scientific. Shot-gun homœopathy is a therapeutic monstrosity. It is the most indefensible of all medical methods known to man. It is not flesh, fish, nor fowl. There is not a word to be said in its favor except upon the feeble plea of convenience, and that is indeed a paltry excuse when a human life is hanging in the balance. The combination tablet should be laid away in the churchyard along with all other therapeutic follies. It scarcely deserves even a decent burial.

THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE.

And still the discussion concerning the management of our national organization goes merrily on. Many of our seniors, whom we all revere, have risen to declare most emphatically that there is no truth in the charges made, and to affirm with equal emphasis that the institute is and always has been conducted for the greatest good of the greatest number. Others, however, are candid enough to concede that there may be room for improvement, and show a disposition to acknowledge the force of the old saw that where there is so much smoke there must be some fire. Meanwhile our periodicals are distinctly benefited by the discussion. The breath of life has been breathed into more than one journalistic corpse, and some of our monthly funeral processions have been done away with, at least temporarily. Verily, there is no loss without some gain. And there is still the further prospect that the thunder storm which now seems to envelop our national body will result in a clarifying of the atmosphere which will in the end not only reoxygenate the present sluggish blood current of our representative organization, but also furnish a little fresh

ozone for all of us.

On the whole, there seems to be no

cause for sorrow in the present outlook.

IMPROVEMENTS IN MICROSCOPY.

Prof. Elmer Gates of Washington, has discovered that by viewing the image produced by one microscope through another microscope or series of microscopes, that he can ultimately attain a magnification of no less than a hundred million diameters.

He has already magnified parts of a diatom 360,000 times and photographed the same. In fact the least leakage of light spoils all the effect, and by the use of a photographic camera in place of the eye these results are best obtained; and only by the most delicate manipulations can these results be brought about.

We quote Prof. Gates as follows: "This ultra-microscopic domain commences where the best present microscope leaves off, and this instrument opens a realm in the study of cellular life of profoundest importance to the human race; with the present microscope we can indeed see that a cell has a body, nucleus, granules, flagellæ, vacuoles, chromative filaments and a foam like structure, but of its minuter anatomy we know nothing. The new instrument promises to go as much further into that unknown province as the present microscope goes beyond the province of the eye."

The Medical Visitor comes to us this month in an entirely new dress, in fact much improved in appearance. This change has been brought about owing to its having changed ownership; the Halsey Bros. Co. now being its publisher, and Dr. Wilson A. Smith its new editor. We welcome the new management, and to Dr. T. S. Hoyne we express our regrets at his leaving the editorial chair.

The December number of the Medical Times is decked in silver on account of celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary. We congratulate the editors not only on the fine make up, and contents but also on their long terms of service.

QUESTIONS ABOUT ABORTIONS.

Dr. C. D. Arnold of El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, a man of prominence in his locality, asks the profession to answer to him directly the appended questions; every answer will be held strictly private, and as the doctor intends using the data in preparation of an article soon to be published, we trust all our readers will aid him with the information desired.

QUESTIONS.

1. Give total number of abortions from all causes that occured in your practice during 1897?

2. In how many of these abortions were the elements of criminality, to your mind, apparent?

3. In how many of these abortions, except those classed in question two, were the elements of criminality, to your mind, probable?

4. How many of the abortions named in question two and three were followed by puerperal septicæmia or other diseases?

5. How many deaths resulted from the abortions named in question two and three?

6. How many still-born in your practice?

7. How many infanticides?

8. How many viable children born in your practice?

9. How many cases of puerperal mania resulted from the abortions classed in questions two and three?

All midwives who are licensed, are solicited and urged to answer the above questions also.

BOOKS.

ALASKA: ITS NEGLECTED PAST, ITS BRILLIANT FUTURE. BY BUSHROD WASHINGTON JAMES. Philadelphia: The Sunshine Publishing Co., 1897. Price, $1.50. This book is from the pen of the author of Alaskana, a volume of poems giving the legends of that far away country, now in its third edition, which appeared a few

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