Southern Medical and Surgical Journal - Georgia Regents University

——;1867] Paste which will Adhere to any Substance. 499law," they are useless in medicine. Mathematiciansadmit that if a red ball has come up fifty times in succession,that isno reason why the white should come upon the fifty-first ; the white ball is certain to come upsome time or other; but its appearance depends on specificconditions which have nothing to do with what hasgone before.Is there, then, no utility in statistics ? M. Bernard isfar from saying so. He admits that statistical resultslead to probabilities and suggest research; but he protestsagainst the idea that medicine must be only conjectural.He insists on the necessity for a scientific basis, and declaresthat every method of treatment which is notgrounded on a clear recognition of the casual connectionsbetween agents and the organism is mere empiricism, notmuch removed from charlatanism. American JournalWhite Paste which will Adhere toany Substance.Make the following mixture : Sugar of lead, 720 grainsand alum, 720 grains; both are dissolved in water. Taketwo and a half ounces of gum arabic, and dissolve in twoquarts of warm water. Mix in a dish one pound of wheatflour with the gum water cold, till pasty in consistence.Put the dish on the fire, and pour into it the mixture ofalum and sugar of lead. Shake well, and take it offthe fire when it shows signs of ebullition.cool, and the paste is made.Let the wholeIf the paste is too thick, addto it some gum water, till in proper consistence.of Applied Chemistry.Journal