drank wine, and were often in such a condition as not to be in a proper frame of mind to attend upon a patient. Here cries of "It's a lie!" "It's a lie!" "Prove it, prove it!" and other exclamations again interrupted the speaker. Dr. Stille Gentlemen, I appeal to your judgment and good sense in this matter, and hope we will have no more of this. One of the members said he hoped the speaker would speak to the question, and not talk about outside subjects. Dr. Gibbons again proceeded, and said he had not intended to say anything offensive. He therefore would humbly apologize for the remark, and recall it. Dr. Stille then called Dr. Gibbons to the chair, and took the floor amidst great applause. He said that the medical societies of Philadelphia did not prohibit their members from consulting with female practitioners. It was a particular Society (the County Medical Society) which had such a rule, and not one of the Societies of Philadelphia, and not one member of that Society dared to bring any accusation against physicians consulting with women. He could name gentlemen with whom they were all well acquainted who consulted with women. Dr. Atlee I would ask our worthy President if the College of Physicians is represented in this Association? The Chair: It is not, sir. Dr. Atlee:: No, sir, it is not; and that College is certainly the one which should be represented here. Dr. Weatherley said that the Association should pursue its old course, and not interfere with local questions. If the people in Philadelphia could not manage their own troubles they should not bring them before the Association. The speaker then moved to indefinitely postpone the resolution; which motion was carried amidst considerable applause.* * As the editor is in possession of a complete report of this debate, showing (apart from the disgraceful discourtesies manifested) the general tenor of representative opinion on the question of woman as a physician, this Report will be published in full in the July "Journal." The scenes and language during this debate are very disgraceful, but the Report is interesting and worthy of record. Dr. Storer presented a resolution to the effect that the Association views with dissatisfaction the course of gentlemen who, in setting at defiance local and State Societies, have contemplated the establishment of a precedent that, admitted in other matters, would at once destroy the authority of this Associa tion. The resolution was laid on the table. THANKS. A resolution was introduced thanking the different railroad companies for the courtesy shown to the members of the Association. A letter was read, notifying the members that they could visit the Big Trees at the rate of $42 each, being a reduction of $11 on the fare. On motion of Dr. Davis, the thanks of the Association were tendered to the President, Secretary, and members of the Press, for the manner in which the former had completed their duties, and for the correct reports of the latter. On motion of Dr. Davis, the Association adjourned sine die. ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. "Sit mihi Fas scribere audita." Dr. J. M. Holloway: LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 18, 1871. Dear Sir,-Herewith I send you the formula for making the injection of Perchloride of Iron and Manganese, which I prepared several times for you. Not having the chloride of manganese on hand, I took the carbonate of manganese, which I desolved in sufficient muriatic acid. Take fifteen grains of carbonate of manganese, rub in a mortar with one and a half fluid drachms of solution of sesqui-chloride of iron (of the strength used for making tincture ferri-muriat) and add a sufficient quantity of muriatic acid to dissolve the manganese; then add two fluid ounces of distilled water, and filter. The strength of the mixture can be increased by the addition of fifteen or twenty grains of carbonate of manganese. Yours, truly, E. SCHEFFER. This is the solution so valuable for injecting fistulas in bones. J. M. H. REVIEWS AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. ART. I. SPERMATORRHOEA-ITS CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, RESULTS, AND TREATMENT. New Edition. By ROBERTS BARTHOLOW, M. D., Cincinnati. Wood & Co.: New York. This work has passed through several editions. This issue is said to be a new edition, but it is an old one revised somewhat. The new matter is not such as would have been expected. The pathology of the disease is not sufficiently analyzed. The causes given are defective. The gravest causes-viz., urethral irritation, calculi, prostatic disease, pelvic growths, etc., are not indicated, while onanism is claimed by the author to be the paramount reason why so many suffer from this morbid condition. Such teaching is manifestly unjust, as well as inaccurate. The patient is, inferentially, charged with a vice from which he is free, and the treatment predicated on such an assumption is necessarily unscientific and inefficient. While the application of caustic, the use of various injections, etc., may possibly in rare cases be useful, in the great majority of instances they are not only not indicated, but are really injurious. It is to be hoped that in the next edition the author will be more comprehensive, as well as accurate, when discussing the pathology, etiology, and treatment of this morbid condition. ART. II.-WESTERN MEDICAL ADVANCE AND PROGRESS OF PHARMACY. An Illustrated Quarterly Journal. By W. H. LATHROP, M. D., Detroit, Mich. This is a clever and useful addition to the library. It is well prepared; contains in brief space valuable matter, and would be very useful to every physician. It is a new journal; and if its future numbers are as good as is the first, it will secure suc cess. ART. III.-THE KANSAS CITY MEDICAL JOURNAL. (BiMonthly.) By A. P. LANKFORD, M. D., Kansas City, Mo. This is another new journal. It presents a neat appearance, and is well edited. Terms, $2 per annum. There are a certain number of physicians who seem to think (and justly perhaps) that they cannot assimilate more than one or two dollars' worth of medical knowledge every year, and who cannot reconcile it to their consciences to expend more than this stupendous amount annually for medical literature. There are several journals published for this class of readers; and of these small journals this is one of the very best. If the price is too great, those who desire to spend even less, can find on the list of American journals a few publications which can be obtained at $1 each, or say six for $5. If there be a penurious soul, so lost to all sense of what he owes his country and his country's flag as to object to this last American scheme, he is confidentially informed that he can obtain one of these journals as a premium for subscribing to another. Next to giving a ticket gratuitously, with a dictionary as a present, to all who will travel by a certain railroad, this liberality of medical ediitors is unsurpassed by any on record. This new journal is really excellent, and deserves support. NOTE. The publication of the Proceedings of the Association compels an abbreviation of this department and many others in this issue.-ED. CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL, 44 Diruit, ædificat, mutat."---HOR. BY THOMAS E. JENKINS, M. D. POISONING BY STRYCHNIA IN PRESCRIPTION. Mr. Bullock, of Philadelphia, reports a very interesting and highly instructive case of poisoning by strychnia, administered according to a physician's prescription. The strychnia was ordered in the proper dose, and the apothecary compounded the prescription accurately, according to the physician's written order. But the poisonous alkaloid was associated with a soluble iodide, and the result was the production of insoluble iodide of strychnia, which was left in the vial. The mixture was nearly all taken by the patient, at the regular intervals prescribed by the medical attendant; the last dose, however, contained the settlings of the vial, consisting principally of iodide of strychnia, the vial not having been shaken at each time of pouring out a dose. The iodide of strychnia (taken with the last dose) was dissolved by the fluids of the digestive apparatus, and death ensued. AN AGREEABLE GUAIAC MIXTURE. J. T. Shinn, in answer to a query, "What is the best and most eligible liquid form for the preparation and administration of guaiac resin?" says: Decidedly the most agreeable manner |