. Annual of the universal medical sciences. ptic child, 10 months old, without recog-nizable cause, in which, at the autopsy, the oesophagus and entranceto the larynx were ibund occluded by a coagulum of cows milkejected from the stomach by vomiting and causing asphyxia. The Galadophore.—The galactophore^^ is tlie invention ofBudin, of Paris, and has been used for several months in theCharity Hospital of Paris, and in tlie city. The illustration onpage 13 gives a clear idea of the design of tlie instrument. In a rubber stopper, which may be used for almost any bottle, Gavage. I DIETETICS OF IN
. Annual of the universal medical sciences. ptic child, 10 months old, without recog-nizable cause, in which, at the autopsy, the oesophagus and entranceto the larynx were ibund occluded by a coagulum of cows milkejected from the stomach by vomiting and causing asphyxia. The Galadophore.—The galactophore^^ is tlie invention ofBudin, of Paris, and has been used for several months in theCharity Hospital of Paris, and in tlie city. The illustration onpage 13 gives a clear idea of the design of tlie instrument. In a rubber stopper, which may be used for almost any bottle, Gavage. I DIETETICS OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD. L-13 pass two joined tubes: one large, for the passage of the milk;the other very small, for the entrance of air. A rubber nippleand a circular disc of bone complete the instrument. The tube intended for the passage of air should be very fine;so that (1) the milk may not escape by the air-tube Avhen thebottle is reversed; (2) that it may not pass too freely into theinfants mouth when suction is applied to the MILK Btjdins Galactophore. {Bulletin general de Therapeutique.) The galactophore is very easily cleaned and taken care of,and when not in use can be kept in water. Gavage.—Kerley p^i. observes that washing out the stomachseldom in itself induces vomiting in inAmts. He employed forcedfeeding in 20 cases of persistent vomiting in infants, of whom11 were under six months and only 2 over one year. Tlievomitini>: was cffectuallv controlled in 15, of whom 6 event-ually recovered completely. In 3 of the cases which w^re notbenefited by the treatment there was very high temperature, and L-U STARR AND POWELL. [andGaTage. generally the cases in which it was most successful were thosein which the temperature did not exceed 103° F. (° C).The amount of food which could be retained was remarkable,—three or four times as much as was ever retained by the patientswhen administered by the mouth. In two cases, in which every-thing given by the mo
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