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

Dr. Robert E. L. Jolinston's funeral was
conducted September 17tli from the residence
of Mr. James E. Johnston, of Brooklyn.
He was a former resident of Alexanandria,
Va., and died recently in Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Dr. Cleveland B. Floyd, a prominent
physician of Fairburn, Ga., died at a hospital
in Atlanta, Ga., September the 3rd.
He contracted blood poison while performing
an operation.
Dr. Floyd graduated from the Atlanta
Medical College in 1895, and since that time
had been a regular practitioner in Fairburn.
Dr. Junius K. Battle, a graduateof Tulane
University, and a very prominent physician
and citizen of Eulaula, Ala., died September
28th. Paralysis was the cause of his
death. He was forty-eight years old when
he died, and a man who was very popular
in his state.
Dr William J. Bramlett died at his home
in Campobello, S. C. Sept. the Sth, after a
brief illness. He was a skilled physician
and had a Inrge practice. He was 54 years
old.
Dr. W- G. Austin, an eminent physician
of Utica, Miss., was found dying in his
office on Sept. 2.5th. He lived only about
half an hour after he was found in this condition.
Apoplexy is thought to have been
the cause of his death.
Dr. Austin graduated from the Memphis
Hospital Medical College, Memphis, Tenn.,
in 1894.
Review of Southern Medical Literature
THE CHARLOTTB MEDICAL JOURNA]
(iaillard's Southern Medicine, August, 1909.
Diagnostic Uses of Tuberculin.— Dr.
McGuire iCewton says that the application
of tuberculin by inunction is known as the
percutaneous reaction, and is described by
Moro, its originator, as follows: "A tuberculin
ointment is prepared by a combination
of equal parts of old tuberculin and
anhydrous lanoline. The lanoline base is
used because with it it is possible to prepare
a very concentrated ointment. The mixture
is made at a temperature of from 20 degrees
to 30 degrees C. Ten grammes of ointment
is sufficient for one hundred tests. The
point of application is over the skin of the
abdomen. In case the skin at this region
is not clear, that over the breast is treated.
The ointment is energetically rubbed on to
the skin for from one-half to one minute.
The area of the part to be treated is about
two inches. The positive effect is noted by
the eruption of a granular or papular
efflorescence at the point of application," ;
which appears in from six to twenty- four i
hours, to disappear in several days.
This reaction has a distinct advantage in j
that it can be applied without puncturing i
or abrading the skin or producing any dis- |
agreeable sensation at the time of its appli- i
cation, and, as with the cutaneous test, the \
patient can be assured of its harmlessness ;
and told that its most unpleasant effect conj
sists in a disagreeable itching in the event 'I
of a severe reaction. Its diagnostic value \
is not quite equal to the cutaneous, as it is I
not so sensitive, and it does not occur so
readily in the pulmonary and progressive
cases.
Wbooping-Cough.— Dr. S. A. \'isauska
believes that local treatment will give good \
results in many cases, a spray of peroxide i
of hydrogen, glycerine and water or a few I
drops internally to infants. Medicatedsteam J
often brings relief, especially where the ']
mucus is tight and ropey. A croup kettle .1
can be used to convey the steam or a coffee 1
pot will suffice. The medication should ;
consist of carbolic acid, oil eucalyptus and i
turpentine.
Local applications of mustard and cam- j
phorcted oil seems to make the child more I
comfortable. To cut down the number of i
the paroxysms the drugs most useful are j
sodium bromide, belladonna, antipyrine, (
quinine, bromoform, and recently he has '
•,
used passiflora incarnata ( May-pop >. Until
he began to use the passifiora his preference
was for a combination of antipyrine and
sodium bromide, but the results from the
use of the passiflora have been so satisfactory
that he has discarded everything else!
in favor of it. He has used this preparation
in thirty-two cases and the results were
astonishing; the severe cases being converted
into mild ones and complications of any
kind were averted. It is non-toxic, does
not constipate, is palatable and leaves the
little patient with no bad after-effect. Be-'
gin with average doses every two hours and
increase the dose until the paroxysms are!
under control.
Nfv Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal.
^V^ca ior tbe Systematic and Unl-i
versa Examination oi Scbool Cliildren's
Eyes, Ears. Noses and Tbroats.— Df:
F'rank AUport quotes the Vermont law
which he considers the best one that has yet
been passed:
Section 1 . The State Board of Health and
the superintendent of education shall pre-
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pare or cause to be prepared suitable
cards, blanks, record books, and other need-
ful appliances to be used in testing the sigh:
and hearing of pupils in public schools, an(