Tri-State medical journal and practitioner . r, one which may be left alone longer than any other known to me,possessing more powerful germicidal qualities which are not readily lost byevaporation, the gauze or cotton or lint moistened with Campho-Pheniqueis superior to anything I have ever tried. It is non-irritant, in fact causes decided anaesthesia of the skin, is pow-erfully antiseptic, will not dry rapidly and adheres to the skin. Since Campho-Phenique is not miscible with water, it must be usedpure or mixed with oil. I have generally used in its pure state, but haveoften for purposes of
Tri-State medical journal and practitioner . r, one which may be left alone longer than any other known to me,possessing more powerful germicidal qualities which are not readily lost byevaporation, the gauze or cotton or lint moistened with Campho-Pheniqueis superior to anything I have ever tried. It is non-irritant, in fact causes decided anaesthesia of the skin, is pow-erfully antiseptic, will not dry rapidly and adheres to the skin. Since Campho-Phenique is not miscible with water, it must be usedpure or mixed with oil. I have generally used in its pure state, but haveoften for purposes of drainage used the wick saturated with Campho-Phenique and oil, equal parts. I have used Campho-Phenique in the manner described only, and desireto emphasize this point. Over the Campho-Phenique, wThich lies next tothe skin, any kind of antiseptic gauze, cotton and bandages that may suitthe wants of the case may be applied, and the dressing may be left un-touched, coeteris paribus, longer than any other I have ever tried. 136 Our Book Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine. Being an Encyclopedic Collectionof Rare and Extraordinary Cases, and of the Most Striking Instancesof Abnormality in all Branches of Medicine and Surgery, derived froman Exhaustive Research of Medical Literature from its Origin to thePresent Day, Abstracted, Classified, Annotated, and Indexed ByGeorge M. Gould, A. M., M. D., and Walter L. Pvle, A. M.,M. D. Imperial octavo, 968 pages, with 295 Illustrations in theText, and 12 Half-tone and Colored Plates. Philadelphia: W. , 925 Walnut street; 1897. Prices: Cloth, $( net; HalfMorocco, $ net. Sold only by subscription. Among the many medical books of the decade, this one is unique. It,is positively refreshing to get hold of a work out of the ordinary, hum-drum, technical, and overdone line of medical literature. To many physi-cians this book will be a revelation; but the attentive student of the historyof the profession will meet many fa
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