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

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George Lincoln Walton, M.D., has just and at autopsy there is hyperemia of the
completed an important series of three pa- brain, effusion into the serious cavities,
pers, entitled "Those Nerves," for Lippin- infarctions in the lung, and a flabby heart,
cotfs Magazine. In them he discusses va- Cases of chronic intoxication have also
rious phases of nervous disorders, real and been described, and there are several inimaginary.
The papers will bear the subtitles,
"The Human Sensitive-Plant,"
stances on record where benzine was in-
haled purposely, since it gave rise to pleas-
"Sidetractibility," and "Character- Leak- ant dreams. In one case there were such
age," the first of which will be found in permanent lesions as retrobulbar neuritis,
the July number. Dr. Walton's unique and
helpful little book, "Why Worry?" has
with central scotoma for red and green,
Treatment of acute poisoning calls for
gone though several editions and proved a gastric lavage, if the benzine were swallowboon
to thousands of readers. ed. Cardiac and respiratory stimulants
should be used freely. It is probable that
Out of the Ordinary. benzine is not excreted through the urine,
,
' ^ but solely through the lungs.—Muench.
Abbott's Saline Laxative has two features
which distinguish it from the common
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run of saline cathartics: First, when taken Noninfectious Disease of the Adnexa.
in cool (not cold) water immediately or
nsn,g. It acts once m an hour or two (a
clean, satisfying fllush) and usuallv no
^_^ ^^^u^,,i states that nonh.fectious
disease of the adnexa is deserving of greater
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more; whereas ordinary salines keep the •
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patient busy all daylong. The annovance ^. j, u i '? .,„4„
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1 .1 scleroses, and painful conditions tliat cause
busv in business is great. Besides, there •
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not seem to be any failure in the 5.^. • r j 1 »u ^^ n « „^,;
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action of this sabne when used contin-
„,Hc congestions to which these organs are
uously for long penods-no habit forming
^^.^jected the displacements of which the
necessitating increase of dose, but rather
^J^^ .^ susceptible, and the metritis and
the reverse. ... . - ,. . 1 salpingitis that occur aside from infectious
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