. Confederate States medical & surgical journal . four-fifths of the fevercases arc prevented, it should surely be used. It maybe wellto explain that under the head of number who took quinineirregularly are included those who would forget or neglectto take it some three or four days in the week, or take it one dayand forget it the next, or omit it for a week at a time. CONSOLIDATED TABLE OF CASES. Total number who took no quinine, 230; bad fever, 134; ratioper 1,000 of fever cases to patients, , or 1 in every pa-tients ; ratio per 1,000 of severe cases to total cases, , or 1 in
. Confederate States medical & surgical journal . four-fifths of the fevercases arc prevented, it should surely be used. It maybe wellto explain that under the head of number who took quinineirregularly are included those who would forget or neglectto take it some three or four days in the week, or take it one dayand forget it the next, or omit it for a week at a time. CONSOLIDATED TABLE OF CASES. Total number who took no quinine, 230; bad fever, 134; ratioper 1,000 of fever cases to patients, , or 1 in every pa-tients ; ratio per 1,000 of severe cases to total cases, , or 1 inevery 310 cases. « Total number who took quinine irregularly, 246; had fever, 96;ratio per 1,000 of fever cases to patient3, , or 1 in every 2 56patients: ratio per 1,000 of severe cases to total cases, , or 1in every cases. Total number who took quinine regularly, 506; had fever,ratio per 1,000 of fever cases to patients, , or 1 in everypatients; ratio per 1,000 of severe cases to total cases, 326,53,in every 3 06 Art. II.—Reads Case of Excision of Knee-Joint, .Reportedby M. J. De Rosset, Assistant-Surgeon P. A^C. S. Captain C. K., lOili Louisiana infantry:, aged 20 years, ofgood constitution, was wounded by a Minie ball, November 27,13G3, and, after some transportation hy ambulance over roughroads and by rail, entered hospital November 80th. His con-dition on admission was good, both as regards the nervous andvascular systems. lie presented a small circular wound onthe outer aspect of right thigh, one aud a half inches abovethe external condyle, on a plane somewhat posterior to it, anda clean incision, one and a half inches long, touching as atangent the outer and upper edge of the patella, where, hesays, the ball was cut out. There appears to have been nohemorrhage, but utter inability to walk. an inch of the tibia removed ; the patella was uninjured, butwas ablated also. No vessel required ligating. The operation developed the following con
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