A JOURNAL

OF

THERAPEUTICS AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

EDITED BY

FRANCIS E. ANSTIE, M.D. F.R.C.P.

Physician to Westminster Hospital;

Lecturer on Medicine in Westminster Hospital School; and
Physician to the Belgrave Hospital for Children.

VOL. XII.

JANUARY TO JUNE.

London:

MACMILLAN AND CO.

1874.

LONDON:

R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,

BREAD STREET HILL.

CONTENTS OF VOL. XII.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS:-

Empyema of Long Standing.-Removal in the course of Two Days, by

Paracentesis, of Nine Quarts of Purulent Fluid from the Thorax.

-Death from Purulent Infection. By John W. Ogle, M.D. . .

The Therapeutic Employment of Bromide of Potassium. By Professor

Binz, of Bonn .

The English Stand-point respecting the Value of Bromide of Potassium.

By Dr. Anstie

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On the Antipyretic Action of Quinine. By Dr. Clifford Allbutt

The Vivisection Controversy. By the Editor

On the Treatment of Typhoid Fever with Cold Baths. By Professor

Behier.

81

The Bromide Question. By Dr. J. Warburton Begbie

95

The Bromide of Potassium in the Treatment of Gonorrhoea. By John

W. Bligh, M.D., Montreal . . .

100

Singular Case of Chloral-poisoning. By Dr. Anstie

104

On Sympathetic Ophthalmia, with an Analysis of Fourteen Cases

treated by Enucleation. By Mr. W. Spencer Watson, F.R.CS.

Some Remarks on the Theory of Inhibitory or Reflex Paralysis. By

C. Handfield Jones, M.B. Cantab., F.R.S.

162

170

175

On the Theory of Counter-Irritation. By James Ross, M.D.

On

66

'Rest" in the Treatment of Chest Affections. By Frederick T.

Roberts, M.D., B.Sc., M.R.C.P..

. . 182, 329, 443

Pleuritic Effusion with Acute Mania cured by Paracentesis Thoracis.

By Richard Greene

On Tissue-destruction in the Febrile State, and its relations to Treat-

ment. By Dr. Anstie

189

. 192, 336

Studies on Ether and Chloroform, from Professor Schiff's Physiological

Laboratory. By T. G. Hake, M.D., F.C.S., M. R.C.P.

Spasmodic Asthma. By J. H. Webster, M.D.

Observations on the Use and Effects produced by the Employment of

Cold in Typhus and its varieties. By Dr. Allvey .

Two Cases of Lead-poisoning, with very large quantities of Albumen

in the Urine. By E. J. Shearman, M.D., M. R.C.P., F. R.S.E. 266, 401