Pediatrics(; Lond.) . ^, but itseems that when once the disease has started, treatment is toolate to be of any avail. It must be preventive. Lately I have been inquiring into the early life of patientssuffering with the disease, with a view of ascertaining whetherany prolonged anti-syphilitic treatment had been adopted ininfancy; in not one of them have I been able to obtain a his-tory of such treatment; the omission, I am convinced, is re-sponsible not only for the ear, but for all the later manifesta-tions of congenital syphilis. The responsibility seems to restwith those who have the ca
Pediatrics(; Lond.) . ^, but itseems that when once the disease has started, treatment is toolate to be of any avail. It must be preventive. Lately I have been inquiring into the early life of patientssuffering with the disease, with a view of ascertaining whetherany prolonged anti-syphilitic treatment had been adopted ininfancy; in not one of them have I been able to obtain a his-tory of such treatment; the omission, I am convinced, is re-sponsible not only for the ear, but for all the later manifesta-tions of congenital syphilis. The responsibility seems to restwith those who have the care of congenital syphilitic question as to how long mercury should be given is an im-portant one, and well worthy of investigation and To Draw the Cork of a Tablet Bottle.—In taking a lookat the small bottles which are used to contain hypodermictablets, and having demonstrated the impracticability of pull-ing the cork, especially when one is in a hurry, as one is likelyto be when called upon to use the hypodermic syringe, Evansdevised a method by which the cork is never broken, neither isthe bottle broken in the attempt to remove a refractory corkthat one has accidentally pushed in too far. As most corksare nearly the same in diameter throughout their entire length,he takes a common sewing needle and threads it double withNo. 8 thread, having first tied two knots on the end. Heforces the needle through the cork, beginning at the smallerend and piercing it lengthwise, then knots the thread again atits point of exit in such a manner that it cannot be drawn ties a knot about one-half inch from the last knot andclips off the thread. The cork can be drawn out at any time,even if it has been pushed in too
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