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[86] Two weeks ago (Journal A. M. A., Sept. 1, 1906, p. 695) it was pointed out that the manufacturers now give this information, but in a wholly unnecessarily obscure form.
[87] That portion of the report describing the experiments on animals is here omitted. It was printed in full in The Journal and in the Report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry, 1905–1908.
[88] The booklet on Somnos, “Somnos, a Pharmacological Report,” which is referred to here, contains a “Therapeutic Index to the Usefulness of Somnos.” We give below a list of diseases mentioned in this index to show the wide range of usefulness (?) that is claimed for this chloral compound. Abortions. Abscess—of brain, kidney, liver, tonsils, parotid gland, mediastinum; in appendicitis, glanders, perinephritic, retropharyngeal, pyemic, pelvic, ovarian. Somnos lessens pain and quiets nervous state. Tablespoonful, repeated once or twice. Use liberally. Alcoholism—full doses repeated often. Gives calm sleep. No blood changes like those produced by chloral. Anemias—progressive and secondary. Somnos has no deleterious action on blood as is common with other hypnotics. Aneurism. Angina. Apoplexy. Appendicitis. Arthritis. Arsenical poisoning. Arteriosclerosis. Asthma. Biliary colic, Bright’s disease. Carbuncle. Carcinoma. Catarrh. Cellulitis. Cerebrospinal fever. Chlorosis. Cholecystitis. Chordee. Chorea. Cirrhosis. Coccydynia. Colic. Colitis. Concussion. Confusional Insanity. Contusions. Convulsions. Coryza. Cough. Cramps. Cystitis. Delirium. Diabetes. Diarrhea. Diphtheria. Dropsy. Dysmenorrhea. Dyspnea. Ear. Emphysema. Empyema. Endocarditis. Endometritis. Epididymitis. Epilepsy. Erysipelas. Fevers. Fistula. Gallstones. Gastralgia or Gastrodynia. Gastritis. Gonorrhea. Goiter. Gout. Hallucinations. Hay fever. Headache. Heart Disease. Hemicrania. Hiccough. Hydronephrosis. Hydrophobia, Hydrothorax. Hyperesthesia. Hysteria. Indigestion. Inflammation. Insomnia. Kidney disease. Laryngitis. Liver abscess. Cirrhosis. Lobar pneumonia. Lockjaw. Locomotor ataxia. Lumbago. Mal de mere. Malarial fever. Meningitis. Migraine. Melancholia. Metritis. Morphinism. Muscular rheumatism. Myelitis. Myocarditis. Myositis. Nephritis. Nervous dyspepsia. Neuralgia, occipito-cervical, etc. Neurasthenia. Neuritis. Night sweats. Orchitis. Otitis media. Parethesia. Paralysis. Parotitis. Peliosis rheumatica. Pericarditis. Perimetritis. Perihepatitis. Perichondritis. Peritonitis. Pertussis. Petit mal. Pharyngitis. Phthisis. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Post-epilepsy. Prolapsed uterus. Pseudo angina pectoris. Purpura. Rabies. Rheumatic fever. Salpingitis. Sarcoma. Scarlet fever. Smallpox. Spasms. Stomach. Stomatitis. Sunstroke. Tenesmus. Tetanus. Tonsillitis. Trauma. Trismus. Typhoid fever. Typhus fever. Ulcers. Urticaria. Varicella. Vomiting. Vulvitis. Yellow fever.