Duncan (London Lancet) reports three cases of hyperemesis in which complete relief followed the application of cocaine in five per cent. solution to the vaginal vault and cervix.
Saenger says the process of uterine involution is not a fatty degeneration but normal metabolism.
Dr. Temple, of Toronto, Canada, in a case of post-partum hæmorrhage, hot water and other measures having failed, injected the uterus with a tumblerful of undiluted brandy. Prompt contractions and arrest of hæmorrhage followed.
QUININE AS AN OXYTOCIC.
Dr. Cordes finds in quinine an efficient oxytocic in incomplete abortion. He administers two and a half grains hourly till the desired result is accomplished.
REVIEWS.
The Applied Anatomy of the Nervous System—Being a study of this portion of the human body from a standpoint of its general interest and practical utility. Designed for use as a text-book and as a work of reference. By Ambrose L. Ranney, A.M., M.D. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo. Profusely illustrated. Cloth, $5.00; sheep, $6.00.
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1, 3, and 5 Bond Street.
A second edition of this work has just been issued and, as the author says, has been enlarged. It contains 791 pages including the index; and is divided into four main parts, the first part treating of the brain; 2d, the cranial nerves; 3d, the spinal cord; 4th, the spinal nerves.
It is very difficult to give a review of a work like this, which treats so largely of the anatomy of the nervous system; and which is the most difficult part of anatomy, and a great deal of which is not positively settled, but is under sharp discussion by those who pay special attention to the subject.