Vol. 60, 1909 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

XXXII THE CHARLOTTE MEDICAL JOURNA].
misrepresentations about the products of acid and clears up the administration of
the plaintiff Company in the publication of these tablets. This remedj' is also reliable
the Association." The suit, it is declared, in the treatment of diarrhoea, enterocolitis,
"will expo.se a systematic attempt to give a dysentery, etc. In dysentery where there
monopoly to certain German chemical man- are bloody, slimy discharges, with tormina
ufacturers, shulliiig out American i)roduc- and tenesmus, a good dose of sulphate of
ers. One of the features expected to be magnesia, followed by two antikamnia and
brought out is how patients are compelled salol tablets every three hours will give reto
pay tribute to certain German manufac- suits that are gratifying,
turers of standard drugs and remedies. If
prescrtbed by physicians under their trade-
Poison Oak.
mark names, which are easily remembered, At the solicitation of a fellow physician
their cost is three or four times as great as
when prescribed under the technical names,
at St. Bartholomew's Clinic of this city, I
was induced to use Tyree's Antiseptic Pow-
As the latter are complicated and hard to der in the case of an indolent ulcer, which
remember, few physicians use them, prefer- had resisted all jirevious atiempls at healring
the simpler ones.
"The position of Dr. Summers is stoutly
ing. The rapidity with which this case responded,
led me to try it in a wider field,
supportedby such experts as Professor Sam- almost everywhere an antiseptic was indiuel
P. Sadler, of the College of Pharmacy cated. Last July I employed the powder
(who was amemberof the Council on Phar- in a case of ivy poisoning (a young lady),
macy and Chemistry of the American Medi- She had been suffering for over a week, all
cal Association for three years), and Dr. home "remedies" having failed. I applied
Henry Beates, Jr., President of the Penn- locally, as a lotion, a teaspoonful of the
sylvania State Medical Examining Board,
who both vigorously oppo.se the findings of
powder dissolved in a pint of water and
also for dusting the inflamed surface, the
the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry on powder diluted 1 in 10 with powdered talthe
subject." cum, the itching and swelling subsided
While we profess to know nothing of the within 24 hours, and a cure was effected by
true merits of the case, and cannot commit the fourth day.—Arthur J. Schneidenbach,
ourselves to an opinion, it may yet be re- M- D-, St. Bartholomew's Clinic. Sample
marked that in view of certain reckless or with chemical formula, bacteriological and
hasty judgments by this Council on Pharmacy
and Chemistry, we are not surprised
that suits have been instituted. We preclinical
reports free upon application. It
will not irritate the most sensitive skin,
22c. per box. J. S. T>Tee, Chemist, Washsume,
however, that the Association is fully ington, D. C.
able, financially, to meet the losses, if
sutts should be awarded in favor of
the Tbe Treatment of Carbuncle and Kindred
the Diseases.
plaintiffs, but it should teach a lesson to the When I find a case of carbuncle 1 inves-
Council, which thus implicates the whole tigate it just as I would any other ailment.
Association, to be more careful in its future correcting morbid conditions, both systemic
publications. and organic, by the use of proper remedies.
'
Good Results in Stubborn Cases.
Every physician knows full well the ad-
Abbott's "Clean out, clean up, and keep
clean" is the motto, and Salithia to effect
with the W-A Intestinal Antiseptic (Sulvantages
to be derived from the use of anti- phocarbolates Comp. Abbott ) q.s. are the
kamnia in very many diseases, but a num- remedies of choice. While doing this, satber
of them are still lacking a knowledge urate with Abbott's calcium sulphide, an
of the fact that antikamnia in combination unexcelled product, and apply to the carwith
various remedies has a peculiarly hap- buncle a Saturated solution of Menthol
py effect. Particularly is this the case Compound (Abbott)—at least 4 tablets to
when combined with salol. Salol is a most 1 pint of water. Patients compare it to
valuable remedy in many affections and its pouring water on a fiery coal. The pain is
usefulness seems to be enhanced by com- relieved immediately and does not return,
bining it with antikamnia. The rheuma- and that is the desideratum with the patient,
loid conditions so often seen in various That's all. Only keep till resolution is
manifestations are wonderfully relieved by
the use of this combination, and the painful
complete.
With a little common sense, a good supstiffness
of the joints which remains after a ply of the alkaloidal granules and tablets
rheumatic '
attack are also relieved by 'Anti- we can control everything controllable readkamnia
and vSalol Tablets" containing 2l'h ily—but quality of medicine is of great im-
grs., each of antikamnia and of salol and portance. That's what Abbott gives us.
the dose of which is one or two every two M. W. C. Frazier.
or three hours. Salol ueutralizes the uric Carrizo Springs, Texas
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