He was given a dose of hot brandy and water, well-covered with blankets and packed with hot-water bottles. This was followed by a draught containing car bonate of ammonia, spirit of ether, and tincture of strophanthus. During the night he had frequent vomitings of a greenish fluid. The next morning the cyanosis was less marked, the radial pulses were perceptible, and lie was bet ter and more conscious of his surround ings.
As his bladder was greatly distended, he 1VRS catheterized and about 40 ounces of urine drawn off. By the end of the week be was practically well. J. II. Neale (Lancet, Aug. 15, '96).
Therapeutics.—ANTACID.—Magnesia, magnesia ponderosa, and magnesium bonate are used as antacids. Of these, magnesia ponderosa would seem to be, perhaps, the best. Magnesia has the advaiatage of being bulky in sufficient dose, and magnesium carbonate is apt to give rise to flatulence on account of the carbonic-acid gas given off when it is subjected to the disintegrating action of the acid of the gastric juice. The latter objection, however, does not always hold, since the stimulating action of the car bonic-acid gas upon the mucous mem brane of the stomach is often beneficial, acting as a sedative and anodyne in the treatment of indigestion, sick headache, and pyrosis. In diarrhoea from indiges tion, with acid stools, magnesia combined . r .111.0 Id, Lry satisfactory re • i ino,t common nd? it' the morning. and in a t f tit el . 1 ounce. This may be 4r, At' ro‘ t d upon by giving from t I that lint adniiiii•tered in a pint of r I I att r aids in establishing it rt r-ttl rktaltie action. The same
I -- :Alen at bttl time a most excel I tit dim, tic. ,tinuilates the skin and, t',ert fere. the elimination of tissue-waste.
In migraine it should be given in s of from ' , to 1 drachm at bed t, di-soked in a goblet of water. \\ arm mater is more potent than cold unttr in this connection.
In hamiorrhoids and congestive dis t rd.rs of the rectum and other pelvic organs it is often a specific. J. C. bt rt-on (Jour. Amer. :Med. Assoc., Nov.
'10).
Iris7nesia is free from taste, is non irritating and antacid, and is, therefore, a verv desirable remedy to administer to children. The carbonate combined with carminatives is especially useful in the flatulent colic and diarrhcea of young infants. Demers's formula is:— P. Carbonate of magnesia,1/2 drachm. Tincture of asafo,tida, 40 drops. Laudanum, 20 drops.
Sugar, 1 drachm.
Distilled water, 1 ounce.—M.
The dose is V3 to 1 teaspoonful, ac cording to age.
1 lalby's formula is similar:— II Carbonate of magnesia, 40 grains.
Oil of peppermint, 1 drop.
Oil of nutmeg, 2 drops.
Oil of anise, 3 drops.
Tincture of castor, 30 drops. Tincture of asafogida, 15 drops. Tincture of the oil of pennyroyal, 15 drops.
Compound tincture of cardamom., 30 drops.
Peppermint-water, 2 ounces.—M. The dose is a teaspoonful as required.
Gout and lithiasis are benefited by the use of antacid magnesia preparations, but the potash- or lithia- salts are more efficient.