The germicide remedy I have found to answer as a specific and prophylactic in such diseases is the biniodide of mercury given in solution of potassic iodide. In all cases of scarlatina or measles occurring in one member of a family, I put the rest upon preventive medicine. Thus, for children I prescribe as follows: Bichloride of mercury solution, ℥ iss; iodide of potassium, ʒ j; ammonio-citrate of iron, ʒ j; sirup, ℥ iss; water to eight ounces. One or two teaspoonfuls to be given three times a day.
The Peace Army of the United States.
The following figures are believed to be approximately accurate, and most interesting and instructive they are:
| French army, peace footing. | 523,283 |
| German army, peace footing. | 445,417 |
| United States army of pensioners, peace footing. | 400,000 |
One of the great evils of a huge standing army is the cost of its support—a constant drain upon the national resources.
It does not seem that in this respect we have so very much the advantage of France or Germany, loaded down as those nations are with military burdens.
The great difference is that, while all or nearly all of the French and German soldiers, supported at the national expense, are available in case of a national emergency, few or none of ours are.
Is this enormous burden a just debt?
The question is best answered by another question. Is it not fair to assume that in 1877, twelve years after the end of the civil war, about all the equitable claims for pensions on account of that war had been put in and allowed?