The Hahnemannian monthly . s small doses of either case, if there be frontal headache, rhus tox. may be alternated. Hebelieves that there is little need of opiates at any time ; they are positivelycontraindicated when the intestinal tract contains decomposing matter ; andeven in cases where the tract is clean and the stools are large, watery and fre-quent, with severe nagging or griping pain, it is better to give small doses ofcolocynth. F. Mortimer Lawrence, Iodide of Arsenic in Hay Fever.—Chandler, of Salt Lake City, com-mends the use of iodide of arsenic 3x, two or three grai
The Hahnemannian monthly . s small doses of either case, if there be frontal headache, rhus tox. may be alternated. Hebelieves that there is little need of opiates at any time ; they are positivelycontraindicated when the intestinal tract contains decomposing matter ; andeven in cases where the tract is clean and the stools are large, watery and fre-quent, with severe nagging or griping pain, it is better to give small doses ofcolocynth. F. Mortimer Lawrence, Iodide of Arsenic in Hay Fever.—Chandler, of Salt Lake City, com-mends the use of iodide of arsenic 3x, two or three grains every two or threehours, in hay fever. It will relieve the majority of cases readily ; surely, ifyou find the burning, irritating character of discharges from nose, throat oreyes, the specific indications for arsenic. Catarrhal sore throats and catarrhalconditions generally will be quickly relieved by iodide of arsenic when theseindications are present.—Eclectic Med. Gleaner, August, 1900. F. Mortimer Lawrence, fl fipwIAK MOHTHLY NOVEMBER, 1900. THE MANAGEMENT OF THE INTESTINES IN ABDOMINAL OPERATIONS. BY HOMER I. OSTROM, , NEW YORK. (Read before the Surgical and Gynaecological Association, Washington, D. C, June 18,1900.) Abdominal surgeons have been slow to realize that the surg-ical law, rest, does not apply with the same force in their depart-ment of operative surgery as it does in other and more generaloperative work. If a limb is broken, if a joint is injured, or if the eye is op-erated upon, rest is a most important element in the cure, andis considered quite essential to the restoration of the functionof the part. If the brain is tired, it must cease working. Ifmuscles have been overtaxed, they must rest, or their power ofcontraction will be permanently lost. Surgical rest, therefore,seems to be of quite general application, but exceptions arenoted in abdominal operations. Formerly it was thought nec-essary to keep patients who had undergone abdominal o
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