A POCKET MEDICINE CASE.

A POCKET MEDICINE CASE.

1698 84 68 per cent. ; extractives, 0 36 per cent. ; and acidity THE HEIGHT reckoned as acetic acid, 0 03 per cent. The whisky is said A NEW APPARATUS...

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1698 84 68 per cent. ; extractives, 0 36 per cent. ; and acidity THE HEIGHT reckoned as acetic acid, 0 03 per cent. The whisky is said A NEW APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OF PATIENTS. to have been kept in bond from ten to thirteen years and THE accompanying illustration represents a new apparatus its character in regard especially to taste and aroma is consistent with this statement. It is a thoroughly for measuring the height of patients, introduced by Messrs.

quite

matured spirit and free of the more complex complete results of our be derived only from matured by storage.

from any suggestion of the presence and harmful alcohols. From the examination we believe the spirit to malt and which is subsequently

and Thompson of Aldersgate-street, and already described in THE LANCET of April 23rd (p. 1125). The horizontal bar which rests on the person’s head indicates his height on a scale of feet and inches attached to a polished

Maw, Son,

BONNIE BABY FOOD.

CO., HEELEY MILL, SHEFFIELD.) On examination this proved to be a highly cooked cereal .food yielding a large proportion of soluble carbohydrates on treatment with cold water. Its composition does not call ’ for any particular remark except that in the course of preparation it is rendered more soluble and more digestible. Under the microscope the cereal selected was plainly indicated. The mineral contents are somewhat low, to amounting 0 77 per cent.

(MOSELEY

AND

TABLE JELLIES.

(S. CIIIVERS AND SONS, HISTON, CAMBRIDGE.) The convenience of being able to prepare jellies quickly from slabs of pure prepared gelatin is obvious. What is -now a matter of a few minutes in culinary preparations was at one time a matter of hours. We have examined the specimens of table jellies before us both practically and - analytically. Following the directions given an excellent jelly ’is quickly obtained possessing a flavour of a quite natural character. The composition of the preparations was obvious A small proportion of mineral matter was on analysis. on complete incineration of the specimens. The yielded residue consisted of phosphates. We could find no objectionable ingredients in the composition of the jellies, the walnut-wood panel about 3 ft. 6 in. in length. This panel materials, inclusive of colouring and flavouring agents, being may be fastened by screws or otherwise to the consulting room door, as shown in the illustration. The vertical rod on free from reproach. which the horizontal bar slides is mounted on revolving brackets, so that the bar when not in use may be turned to one side out of the way flat against the door. The heights which may be measured extend from 4 ft. to 7 ft. The price is one guinea.

New Inventions.

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A POCKET MEDICINE CASE. A PULLEY FOR CASES OF EXTENSION. JOHN BELL AND Co. of Oxford-street send us a MESSRS. I HAVE devised a pulley, shown in the accompanying a small medicine case which they are supplying of illustration, for making weight extension on children lying in specimen for use of the patients travelling under the orders of a cots in cases of hip disease, fractured femur, osteotomy, &c. The pulley is suspended by a chain attached to tte hook on medical man and who are out of reach of ordinary sources it and passing over the top bar of the foot of the cot. In of drug supply. The cases are made of white metal, and .this way the height can be exactly adjusted. The transverse they contain five metal-capped bottles of tablets and measure about 4 in. by 3t in. The sample before us is fitted with phenacetin, diarrhoea, anti bilious, quinine, and antacid tablets. The bottles, however, can be filled with drugs according to the selection of any medical man.

DENTAL

HOSPITAL

OF

LONDON, LEICESTER-

SQUARE.-A donation of Z250 has been contributed to this

hospital by the trustees of Smith’s (Kensington estate) charity. BRISTOL BOARD OF GUARDIANS.-At the meeting

rod on which the pulley revolves rests against two adjacent vertical bars of the cot and is kept very steady when the weight is hung on the cord passing over the pulley. I find the pulley simple and easily adjusted ; there are no screws or other parts about it which can possibly get out of order. Several of them are in constant use here and they prove satisfactory. The pulley has been made for me by Messrs. DDwn Brothers of London. A. J. District

RODOCANACHI, M.D. Lond.

Infirmary, Ashton-under Lyne.

of the Bristol Board of Guardians held on June 10th it was decided to increase the nursing staff at the Stapleton Workhouse. This will give each day nurse 30 patients and each night nurse 90 patients ; at present each nurse is responsible for nearly double this number of cases.-At the same meeting Mr. George Metcalfe, M.D., B.S. (Durham), L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S Eng., surgeon to the Newcastle Throat and Ear Hospital,was selected by the guardians for the new appointment as resident medical officer to the Eastville Workhouse. There were 39 candidates for the post. The salary is L250 per annum, with an allowance of E30 for a residence.