. American journal of pharmacy. ry general public to the fact that manyindividuals are practically im-mune from the effects of poisonivy, advantage should be takenof this fact to employ such in-dividuals to remove these plantsfrom the vicinity of dwellingsand from playgrounds. Muchof the work would be purelymechanical, consisting in root-ing the plants up by main is the most certain method;the use of concentrated sul-phuric acid is attended with less danger, as the plants do not need to be half teaspoonful should be applied to the stem every two or three wee
. American journal of pharmacy. ry general public to the fact that manyindividuals are practically im-mune from the effects of poisonivy, advantage should be takenof this fact to employ such in-dividuals to remove these plantsfrom the vicinity of dwellingsand from playgrounds. Muchof the work would be purelymechanical, consisting in root-ing the plants up by main is the most certain method;the use of concentrated sul-phuric acid is attended with less danger, as the plants do not need to be half teaspoonful should be applied to the stem every two or three weeksin the spring time when the plant is growing most vigorously. Care shouldbe taken to keep the acid away from the skin, as it is most highly brush should in no case be left upon the ground nor the wood used forfuel. In burning the refuse in the field, pains should be taken not to inhalethe smoke nor to handle the wood any more than necessary. The greatest care should be exercised in preventing workmen from trans-. xxxiv Notes and Nezvs. {^xovember^^- ferring the oil from their clothes and hands to other individuals. To accom-plish this object special suits should be worn, and the hands should be washedseveral times a day with an alcoholic sugar of lead solution (alcohol (50 or 75percent.) nearly saturated with sugar of lead). Bathing in hot water withstrong soap-suds is recommended. The clothing must also be well washed,and it is always well to remember that towels may be a means of conveyingthe oil.—Bull. No. 20, U. S. Depart, of Agric, Division of Botanj-. Jefferson Medical College.—The exercises at the formal opening ofthe new Medical Hall, Jefferson Medical College, were attended by an enthu-siastic assemblage. Dr. Thomas A. Emmet, a distinguished graduate of 1S51,presided. The address of the evening was delivered by Phineas S. Conner,Professor of Surgery in the Ohio Medical College. Following Dr. Conner,Surgeon-General George M. Sternberg, U. S. A., made
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