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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...may prove of service in cases of gangrene in which an operation is out of the question. Even during an operation it will render life bearable to the surgeon performing amputation, in which event cloths saturated with a strong solution of Cresylone should be applied to the limb about to be removed. In cancer of the cervix uteri the application of gauze saturated with a solution of Cresylone will effectually remove the dreadful odor that accompanies this disease. For disinfecting sputa and stools Cresylone commends itself in the sick-room, hospital ward, schools, prisons, etc., although Kreso will probably be preferred for this purpose on the score of economy. Therapeutically, the use of Cresylone has been suggested in various indications, and is supposed to be of benefit in the treatment of gonorrhea, lupus, tonsillitis, eczema, and cystitis of the female. For washing out the bladder or any other viscus, however, a weak solution, not over half per cent in strength, should be employed. In the treatment of dysentery, enemata of a pint of a half-per-cent solution, thrice daily, may effect a cure. But in this connection it may be well to bear in mind that while all of the cresol preparations (to which Cresylone belongs) are comparatively safe, they are not altogether harmless. Cresylone is marketed in pint bottles only. 98.5 PER CENT OF "TAKES." With your Vaccine Virus, last spring I vaccinated 130 persons, with 128 "takes."--W. V. Messick, M.D., Smyrna, Delaware. A PERMANENT. NON-IRRITATING PREPARATION OF H202 AT A MODERATE PRICE. THE USE OF LOCAL ANESTHESIA. BY MARGIN B. TINKER, B.S., M.D., lecturer on Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, Ithaca, N. Y.; Surgeon to the Clifton Springs Sanitarium. American Medicine, October 1, 1904. I...