I selected this subject at the suggestion of my anaesthetist colleagues because they had observed that the medical profession as a whole is still unaware of the dramatic progress that has been made in otolaryngology in the last thirty years. To many doctors, as well as to the lay public, E.N.T. surgery has meant the wholesale removal of tonsils and adenoids, the unsuccessful treatment of nasal ...

are all destined, sooner or later, to be attacked by malaria ought to give a still stronger personal stimulus towards gaining a masterly conception of its pathology and treatment. Before discussing the use of alkaline salines in the treatment of malaria, it will be necessary to very briefly consider the pathological condition produced by malaria and their functional effects. Even a rather casua...

and G' evidence of careful observation in the hospital practical conclusions drawn from a wide field. ^ ?rnmencing with chapters on the anatomy and physiology of stomach, the normal diet of children, and simple dyspepsia, tin 1Ves an excellent review of what he calls acute gastro-intesth / Catarrh, including under this heading several disorders ?-|are. usually given a separate description. This...

The leaves and rhizomes of Acorus calamus (Sweet Flag) contain an aromatic oil that has been used medicinally since ancient times and is cultivated in presentday Asia for this reason. The leaves and rhizomes are considered to possess antispasmodic, carminative, and antihelmintic properties and are also used for the treatment of epilepsy, mental ailments, chronic diarrhea, dysentery, bronchial c...

Now that the influenza season is again approaching, it seems a not unfitting time to call attention, in a very brief way, to the various ear troubles it may give. rise to, especially as these form a fairly frequent complication of this affection. Amongst adults it is one of the commonest causes of suppurative otitis, and probably accounts for more of this trouble in children than is generally s...

on 25th July, suffering from fever. Diarrhoea supervened, and became profuse and persistent, continuing so, with occasional interruptions, till death; the motions were pea-soupy in colour and consistence, and were occasionally passed iu bed. She became delirious at night, and quite deaf at the end of the first week. Ten days before her death she suffered from bronchial catarrh. The abdomen did ...