BEDSIDE RECORD GRATIS.—The Imperial Granum Company of New Haven, Ct., offer to send a nurse's record to any physician upon request and the record is worth many times the time and expense necessary to making the request. We have studied carefully the question of bedside records and do not hesitate to say that this is the most perfect one that has ever come under our notice. Its simplicity and completeness are marvelous, and not the least of its qualities is the fact that its convenient arrangement and numerous suggestions remind the nurse to keep more complete notes than she would on the ordinary record blanks. It is neatly bound in the form of a pamphlet and is intended to cover a sickness of six weeks duration. Do not fail to address the Imperial Granum Co., New Haven, Ct., for a copy.

GRAY'S GLYCERINE TONIC COMPOUND.-Dr. Jesse Ramsburgh, of the Providence Hospital, Washington, D. C., writes:-"I have seen almost marvelous results from the use of Gray's Glycerine Compound, formula Dr. John P. Gray, in those cases of nervous dyspepsia and asthenic diseases when all other tonics failed in bringing back the appetite and a better digestion. As a good general tonic, I can recommend none better."

SUBSTITUTION.—We are in receipt of an account of some recent litigation arising out of the substitution by certain druggists of cheap and inferior preparations for those of Fairchild Bros. & Foster. This is only one of a multitude of similar cases. The physiciar prescribes a preparation from a certain drug manufacturing house, the value of which he is familiar with, and the druggist, because he has the preparation of another firm which is cheaper, or because he has not the preparation of this firm in stock, informs the customer, if he gives any information at all, that he has supplied an article which is "just as good.' This is an injustice to patient, physician, manufacturing chemist, and even the druggist himself, and we welcome every legal decision which tends to suppress the abuse.

FOOD FOR BOTTLE-FED INFANTS.-Dr. Robert N. Tooker, in his "Diseases of Children" says: For bottle-fed infants there is no food so well adapted for regulating the bowels as Liebig's dextrinized food. This is one of the reasons, and the principal one, why we are so partial to Mellin's Food for infants. It is prepared after the Liebig formula, and by varying the proportions of milk, when preparing it for a meal, it can be made laxative or otherwise at pleasure. Prepared with water or cream, it can be given freely to a constipated infant with good effect; but when the bowels are sufficiently loose, it should be mixed with boiled milk in due proportion, and with a little experience and judgment the evacuations can be regulated to a nicety. A pure milk diet-that is, consisting of cow's milk exclusively-is almost certain to result in constipation sooner or later.

TREATMENT OF ACUTE ENTERO-COLITIS.—In a recent number of the Atlantic Medical Weekly, Dr. A. B. Briggs, of Ashaway, R. I., contributes an interesting article on the treatment of acute entero-colitis. He says that over seventy per cent. of the deaths from all causes in children under two years of age are due to some abdominal disease. One-half of this number are due to some disease arising from defective or faulty nutrition. He regards the food as the most important part of the treatment. Whenever he has to depend upon a substitute for the mother's

milk he always prescribes Just's Food. He has used this for over one year and says it is easy of digestion and assimilation.

ALETRIS CORDIAL.-Dr. L. M. McLendon says: "Aletris Cordial fills a long-felt want with me. Symptoms attending uterine derangements have always been perplexing to physicians. but with this remedy the trouble vanishes as dew before the rising sun."

A CITY PRACTICE FOR SALE.—A six thousand dollar practice for fifteen hundred dollars, in a rapidly growing city of one hundred and twenty-five thousand population in New York State. An ambitious man should increase it to ten thousand dollars inside of three years. Reason for selling, developing tuberculosis which drives me from the city. Address

DR. B., NEWTON FALLS, ST. LAWRENCE, Co., N. Y.

SANMETTO IN BRIGHT'S DISEASE.-Dr. C. E. Stafford, Trigg, Va.. wrlting, says: "I succeeded in making a case of Bright's disease much more comfortable by the use of Sanmetto, and am satisfied it should be used oftener in this disease. I regard Sanmetto as an efficient and elegant remedy for diseases of the genito-urinary organs."

COCOA has recently been tried among the patients in the Laura Franklin Hospital in New York, and it is found to justify in practice all that has been claimed for it upon theoretical grounds. Its nutritive qualities combined with its palatability make it a food drink which is especially adapted to the use of invalids. Tuberculous patients especially need every nutritive aid that can be given them and cocoa is one of the most valuable. A thoroughly reliable preparation, however, should be used if the best results are to be attained and the best preparation is undoubtedly that of Walter Baker & Co.

IN CASES OF PERNICIOUS, PROGRESSIVE ANEMIA IN YOUNG GIRLS.No matter from what cause. Dr. Mary Ward Mead, Camden, Ill., writing, says: "The arrest of development of the generative organs retards cure. I am early on the track for a speedy development in those slow puberty cases, -and when I see the dormant spot puff for a mammary gland, I know that restoration will surely follow.-and to arouse this slumbering, sympathetic and vaso-motor system, Sanmetto is truly great"

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Secretaries of societies and institutions are invited to contribute reports of their proceedings, and as it is intended to make this department crisp and newsy, reports should be complete but concise.

The Homœopathic Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania. -The celebration of the centennial anniversary of the promulgation of homeopathy by Samuel Hahnemann was begun Tuesday, September 29th, when the Homœopathic Medical Society of Pennsylvania began its thirty-second annual session in the Hahnemann Medical College, Broad Street, above Race. Delegates were present from all parts of the State, among them being a number of women. The hall was prettily decorated with palms and flowers, and around the sides of the room were the colors of the college, blue and yellow. Above the president's chair was a large oil painting of Hahnemann, while on each side was a shield of blue and yellow, on one of which was 1796," and on the other " 1896." Above all floated the flag of the college, with a big H in the centre.

The sloping tiers of seats were well filled at 10 o'clock, when Dr. W. W. Van Baun, president of the society, called the meeting to order. He introduced Rev. Dr. W. N. McVickar, rector of Holy Trinity Church, who delivered the invocation.

Following this, Dr T. S. Dunning, president of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Philadelphia County, made an address of welcome, in which he said:

"It is my privilege, as the official representative of the Homœopathic Medical Society of Philadelphia, to give you our greeting and welcome. We welcome you to our city, our institutions, and our homes. We feel honored in your coming, and we have made every effort to make your stay among us agreeable to you. The most of you received your medical education in Philadelphia, and it is but natural that you should come again to this centre of medical education for the United States, and especially to this Mecca of homeopathic medicine. We see, too, that you do not come empty handed, for we, on consulting the programme laid out for the Society's work, see that you have brought with you a feast of fat things. We are glad that you have not been idle and that you are able to thus prove that you have added to the knowledge obtained here; that you have observed for yourselves, and that now you can, within the walls of old Hahnemann, pay back, with interest, some of the teachings of Thomas, of Hering, of Lippe, of Rane, of Farrington, of Guernsey, and of the men of later days. We are glad to have you here. Take possession of the place and make yourselves at home.'

In the absence of Dr. Edward Cranch, of Erie, Dr. C. T. Miller, of Pittsburg, responded. The business of hearing reports was soon dispensed with, the report of the treasurer, Dr. E. R. Snader, showing that a balance of $100.98 remains in the treasury. The Bureau of Organization, Registration and Statistics reported that fifteen active members had been added to the State Society, making a total active membership of 287, together with 11 honorary and corresponding members There was an increase of three local societies, making a total of twenty-five. There is a membership of 1,064 in twenty-four of them, a gain of 356 over last year. The Alumni Association of Hahnemann Medical College has added 81 members to its roll, making a total of 1,110. The entire membership of the twenty-five societies is 2,174.

The reading of papers by members of the Bureau of Gynecology was then taken up, President Baun resigning the gavel to Dr. J. H. Thompson, of Pittsburg, the chairman of the bureau. The first paper, entitled "As to the Wheel,'' was read by Dr. Anna C. Clarke, of Scranton, and attracted considerable attention.

Dr. B. F. Betts, of Philadelphia, read a paper on "The Development of Salpyngitis in Young Women; " Dr. Emma T. Schreidner, one on "A Remedy Useful in Climacteric Flushing;" and Dr. J. E. James, a paper on "Capital Operations in the Gynecological Department of the Hahnemann Hospital of Philadelphia During the Season of 1895 and 1896."

Other papers presented were those of Dr. J. H. Thompson, on "Fixation of the Uterus in Retro Deviations; " Dr. W. G. Green, of Little Rock, Ark., on "The Accidents and Injuries Incident to Vaginal Hysterectomy," and Dr. I. G. Smedley, on "Permanent Sutures as a Prevention of Ventral Hernia Following Laparotomy."

Dr. J. E. Jones, of West Chester, presided while papers were being read by members of the Bureau of Pathology and Pathological Anatomy, of which he is chairman. Dr. Jones read a paper on "Ulcers of the Stomach," and was followed by Dr. J. M. Lawrence, with a paper on "The Relation to Pancreas to Diabetes Mellitus." Papers were also presented by Dr. Van R. Tindall, on "Pathology and Therapeutics of Appendicitis," and by Dr. C. Bartlett, on "The Pathology of Erythromelalgia."

AFTERNOON SESSION.-Papers read by members of the Bureau of Pædology occupied the first part of the afternoon session. Dr. M. Margaret Hassler, of Allentown, the chairman of the bureau, announced the titles of each paper, presenting one herself on "Preputial Adhesions in Little Girls."

Dr. C. A. Yocum, of Pottstown, read a paper on "Heredity and Its Modifications in Childhood An interesting paper on "The Treatment of Pneumonia in Children, was read by Dr. C. E. Myers, and on “Erysipelas in Infancy," by Dr. Julia G. Wayland. Papers were also presented by Dr. E. Harnes, of Reading, on 'Marasmus ; Dr. C. D. Smedley, of Wayne, on "Summer Diarrhoea; Dr. W. H. Cooper, of Oakmont, on 'Eneuresis ; " Dr. S. G. A. Brown, of Shippensburg, on "The Mosaic Rite of Circumcision-A Plea for Its Performance During Childhood;" Dr. W. J. Martin, of Pittsburg, on "A Case of Tubercular Meningitis Cured with Iodoform; " Dr. Mary A. Cook, of Philadelphia, on "Some Thoughts on Chest Diseases of Children; '' Dr. W. W. Van Baun, president of the society, on "Ulcerative Endocarditis in Childhood," and by Dr. C. Bartlett, of Philadelphia, on "The Clinical Relations of Infantile Convulsions.''

Dr. C. C. Vischer, of Philadelphia, presided during the reading of papers by members of the Bureau of Surgery, presenting one himself on the "Resumé of Progress." Dr. W. B. Van Lennep, of this city, read an interesting one on the "Treatment of Fractures,'' illustrating his methods with the application of various bandages and splints to a living subject.

An excellent paper on "Hip Disease, Its Early Diagnosis and Mechanical Treatment, was read by Dr. George W. Roberts, surgeonin-chief of the Hahnemann Hospital, New York City, who is attending the convention at the invitation of the Pennsylvania society.

Papers were also presented by Dr. H. L. Northrop, of Philadelphia, on "Strangulated Hernia and the Murphy Button;" Dr. Walter Strong, on "Fractures Involving the Elbow Joint;" Drs. W. D. Bayley and C. V. Vischer, "Cases Illustrating Brain Localization and Surgery;"' Dr. D. P. Maddux, of Chester, on "A Case of Brain Abscess," and by Dr. J. W. Hessler, of Philadelphia, on "Shock After Anæsthesia."

EVENING SESSION.—At the opening of the evening session, President Van Baun invited Dr. Charles V. Gilbert, of Washington, D. C., to address the audience. Dr. Gilbert spoke a few words about homoeopathy in the National Capital and Dr. Van Baun then read his annual address. He referred to the fact that this year was the centennial anniversary of the promulgation of homeopathy and spoke of how Samuel Hahnemann had undergone untold privations in order to perfect the science which has for its foundation: “Similia similibus curantur.''

"As told by Hahneman,'' continued Dr. Van Baun, “we have learned from practical experience that the more general and close the similarity between the phenomena of the drug-symptoms series and the phenomena of the disease-symptoms series, the more certain it is that a curative effect will be obtained and we are thus furnished with the strongest possible evidence of the scientific position of homoeopathic therapeutics."

Dr. Van Baun then referred to the epidemic of Asiatic cholera, which swept over Europe in 1831, and Hahnemann's successful treatment of the disease. This splendid achievement, said President Van Baun, placed homœopathy on the same level with the other natural sciences.

Speaking of the care of the insane, Dr. Van Baun said it became the duty of each member of the State Society to make an indvidual and systematic appeal to the members of the Legislature for the establishment of an insane asylum to be under the sole medical care of physicians of the homœopathic school.

Concerning medical expert testimony in court, Dr. Van Baun said: "The standard has been gradually sinking through incompetent experts until it has reached an unenviable level and reflects discreditably upon the medical profession. It is desirable that the physicians to give expert testimony be named by the courts and not by the attorney for either side. The courts would then have no difficulty in picking out competent experts, and as court officers they would receive the protection that in many cases is now denied them, and the disgrace and injustice arising from incompetent physicians giving expert testimony would be done away with and the results obtained would be decidedly better."

Dr. Augustus Korndoerfer, of this city, delivered an address on "The Homœopathy of Hahnemann," reviewing Hahnemann's early life and the growth of homoeopathy, and then telling of a number of scientific experiments which had been made in Germany, proving the efficacy of its principles.

Dr. J. C. Guernsey read a paper entitled "Samuel Hahnemann, the Medical Reformer of the Eighteenth Century." He said that Hahnemann was so thorough a chemist that he surpassed all his rivals In 1831 he announced the germ theory which has since been recognized all over the world. Too much honor, said Dr. Guernsey, could not be heaped upon Hahnemann, not only for his discovery of the theory of homœopathy, but for these three points: The discovery of how to learn the effects of drugs upon the human system; the law of the application of drugs to cure sickness, and the administration of drugs in the proper form, that is, the smallest dose, making up the trinity of Hahnemann, the medical reformer of the eighteenth century.

Dr. T. L. Bradford told the True Story of Hahnemann's Grave." He said that while Hahnemann had died July 2, 1843, and was buried in Montmatre Cemetery, Paris, on July 11th, it was only within the past year that the exact locality of the grave had been determined. During the past summer Professor Platte, of Hahnemann College, with the aid of subscriptions from fellow-members of the faculty, had had the grave repaired, and had made arrangements to have it kept in good condition.

The last business of the night session was the reading of the report of the Committee on Hahnemann Statue, which showed that the mem