and the Union established on the sure basis of enduring friendship and mutual affection. We hope that the Association will set an example in this respect which may even yet reach the hard and obdurate heart of politicians. Let the motto be: "The union and harmony of the profession for the sake of the Union, for the good of humanity."

Medical Miscellany.

Convulsions Relieved by Compression of the Carotids. - The Pacific Medical and Surg. Journal-a most excellent periodical, by the by-remarks:

"Some curious results of this treatment are given by a French practitioner, M. Favez. He relates three cases of convulsions in which it was successful. The first was that of a child, æt. 6 years, who had violent spasms of the left side of the body, with clenched jaws, bitten tongue, etc. Compression of the right carotid stopped the fit immediately; the child fell asleep, and awoke in full consciousness a quarter of an hour afterwards. The second was a girl of 7 years. She had convulsions of the right side of the body, apparently produced by fright. Here compression of the left carotid produced equally happy results. The third was a child of 2 years, with convulsions of both sides. Compression of the right carotid at once arrested the movements of the left side. The left carotid was then compressed and the convlsions of the right side ceased. Sleep followed, and the patient awoke in an hour quite well."

A Practical Point in the Treatment of Throat Diseases.-Dr. Burrall, in the Medical Gazette, says:

"It is often a dificult matter to examine satisfactorily the throats of patients who are lying in bed. The head of the bed may be towards the window, thus placing the patients mouth away from the light, and the glare of a lamp held before the face is often painful to the eyes of the sick. Sitting up in bed and twisted towards the light is a constrained and, to a debilitated invalid, an exhausting position; and while a child would be willing to open its mouth, it would often rebel against sitting up for a throat examination. The physician, conscious that his patient is in a fatiguing attitude, hurries his investigations, and sometimes obtains but a perplexing view. These annoyances may be lessened or obviated by the use of a small concave mirror, with a focal distance of about 12 inches. Daylight can be reflected into the throat of the patient while he lies quietly in bed or slightly raised on pillows, and the lamp used for illumination at night can be placed above or at the side of his head. Of course it is well known that such mirrors are used by those who are constantly treating diseases of the throat, but the object of this article is to recommend them to more general use. Much weariness would thus be spared the sick, and such a mirror is also useful for the examination of any cavity on a dark day or at night."

Registration and Licensing of Prostitutes. Dr. Gibbons, editor of the Pacific Medical Journal, publishes an article, in which he clearly demonstrates that the system of licensing prostitutes, which some have sought to introduce into this country, has not produced favorable results in Europe, where it has been so thoroughly tried, either morally or medically. While it increases the amount of public prostitution it does not diminish the sum total of venereal disease. He bases his conclusions on statistics furnished by Dr. Andrews, now in Europe, to the Chicago Medical Examiner, which fully bear out the conclusion that the license system has not worked well, nor been followed by the beneficial results which have been claimed for it. It is further stated, that in a report to the International Medical Convention, held in Paris, the registration and regulation of prostitution by law has proved a failure in that city; that the clandestine prostitutes far outnumber the registered, and that the system imposes no restraint on the moral evil sought to be abated, nor yet on the physical evil of syphilis. We hope the day is far distant when this abominable system will be introduced into this country. All laws which license vice must of necessity invest it with a sort of moral sanctity. Such laws can only be defended on the score of expediency, and since they have proved to be poor expedients at best, there is no excuse for lowering the standard of morals without adequate compensation.

Trichiniasis-The Medical Gazette says two deaths are reported to have occurred at the New York Hospital from trichiniasis, the patients both having been previously inmates of a sailors' boarding house in Carlyle street, where five other cases are said to have arisen. The symptoms attending their sickness and the manner of their death are not given. If some one who is familiar with the disease will point out the way by which it can be recognized during life, it is possible that carbolic acid, externally and internally administered, might be brought to bear in the destruction of these microscopic entozoa.

Remarkable Case of Menstruation from Birth.-Dr. Turner, of Union City, Tenn., relates, in the Richmond and Louisville Fournal, an unique case of congenital menstruation. The child at birth weighed eight pounds, grew rapidly until she was seven years old, since which she has grown but little. Her present age is eight, and her weight one hundred and ten pounds, with all the symmetry of conformation of a full developed young lady of eighteen. The most extraordinary thing about this remarkable child is, she has menstruated regularly every month of her life. The flow continues about twenty-four hours each time, attended by no pain, save a slight headache and sensation of fulness of the head. She is more than ordinarily sprightly for one of her age; has none of the timidity of a young lady while in company of the opposite sex, but all the simplicity of a child.

Shaw reports, in the rather a rare case of

Cutaneous Horn on the Eyelid-Dr. Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, hypertrophy of the cuticle, with a wood cut illustrating its size and situation. He says: "J. C. came to the Mass. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary'; vigorous looking man; history good. About six years previously had a small growth on the middle of the free border of the lower lid, which increased slowly in size. On its anterior surface there soon appeared a fine hairlike outgrowth, which was very hard. This continued to grow gradually, assuming the appearance of a horn, until about a year and a half ago, having reached the size of an inch and a half in length, and the same at the base, it dropped off, leaving a pimple, as at first. Another horn commenced in the same place, and in a few months attained the size of the previous one, its weight having produced partial eversion of the lid, and consequent displacement of the lachrymal punctum and trouble from the overflow of tears. It was removed by making a circular incision around the base; caré being taken to avoid the tarsal cartilage and hair bulbs, and also to preserve as much healthy skin as possible; the base was firmly imbedded, but easily separated with the scalpel, and the parts brought together by means of a stitch, leaving a small portion to granulate. This case is important only from its rarity, not having been noticed in the works of Stellwag, Wecker, Wells, Mackenzie, or other ophthalmologists.

Fee for Examination in Case of Life Insurance. -The Wayne County (Michigan) Medical Society have resolved that the fee for examination for life insurance companies ought to be, and so far as they are concerned shall be, five dollars. What these companies want is an impartial, intelligent opinion, and when this is obtained the fee indicated is no more than a reasonable compensation; but it is not always easy to get such an opinion, as those who are engaged in the business have but too much cause to know.

Treatment of Hemorrhoids. In reference to this common but painful and troublesome affection, the Medical Press and Circular publishes an article from S. Mulvaney, M. D., in which he strongly urges the use of belladonna for hemorrhoids. The first case which he reports was one where the piles were internal, and of two years' standing. The tumors were large, protruded, and bled during defecation. The patient was much emaciated, and suffered from general debility, consequent upon constant suffering and repeated hemorrhages. The treatment consisted in clearing out the bowels with oil, and then in the administration of the fluid ext. of belladonna in two and a half drop doses every four hours, with injections of cold water twice a day. In two days the bleeding had quite ceased, and in ten ⚫ days the hemorrhoids had entirely gone and did not return.

Milk Diet for the Sick. - There is a prevalent belief among the non-professional that the free use of milk as an article of diet has a marked tendency to produce, what they denominate, "biliousness;" while, on the other hand, the best informed English and American physicians regard milk as the very best form of nourishment for the sick, superior even to eggs and beef tea, both of which are, however, valuable. In typhoid fever we regard the free use of milk as constituting an important part of the treatment, while in bowel affections and diseases of nutrition it is invaluable. It is generally acceptable to the stomach, is easily assimilated, and supplies the wants of the system.

India-Rubber Sponge. The Medical Times and Gazette says: "This seems a very ingeniously contrived substance. It is an artificial sponge, made apparently by filling India-rubber in a fluid state with bubbles of gas, and then allowing it to harden, the result being a mass of India-rubber as full of holes and pores as a French roll. It is very elastic, will take its fill of water easily, and may be used for many purposes instead of stiff sponge-as, for instance, in the bath as a flesh brush, for cleaning paint, windows, etc. But it also seems capable of being made into pads for fracture, hernia, etc., and, if so, its lightness, pliability and elasticity may make it of great service.

Internal Strangulation Mistaken for Cholera. - Drs. Fournie and Ollivier, relate, in the Gazette Medicale, the case of a man who was admitted into the Hôtel Dieu with symptoms resembling those of cholera; the patient died the day after admission. It was found that three days before admission he had