Mr. Liston on the respiration of sulphuric ether.

  • Liston, Robert, 1794-1847.
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[1847]
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    nerves of common sensiition in the stomach. I find it to be best treated by a union of sedatives and tonics, such as the oxide of zinc, and byos- cyamus ; the trisnitrate of bismuth, and extract 6( hop ; in severer cases, by tlie nitrate of silver and conium. It remains, finally, to enumerate the best and simplest antacids. These are, the carbonate and bicarbonate of potass, the carbonate and sesqui- carbonate of soda, the sesquicarbonate and bicarbonate of ammonia, liquor ammoniae, pulverized crabs' eyes, soap. Magnesia, as well as lime, is always an objectionable resource. Simple demulcents, more espe- cially those of sapid flavor, such as liquorice, relieve heartburn pco tempore, both by diluting the acid secretions and by provoking a flow of mucus.— London Lancet. DR. GREEN'S BOOK AND ITS NEW YORK REVIEWER JUSTUS. To the Editor of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. Sir,—The reviewer of Dr. Green's book, in the New York Medical and Surgical Reporter, having for discreet reasons concealed his name, has thus provided against any responsibility for the blundei's or worse, widi which his article abounds. But as it bears, on the face of it, mani- fest proof of collusion with the author, ascribing certain eulogistic notices to grateful patients, and even indicating the individuals to whom the book was, and was not, sent by Dr. G., it is fair to consider the author of the book privy to the didactic averments of the reviewer; nor can he escape this responsibility except by a disavowal, under his own name, of the fictions here vaunted as facts, and by a disclaimer of the pretensions here made for himself, which he knows to be untrue. l[:ou \vill observe that I refrain from the discourtesy of alleging against the reviewer that he is an agent employed by the parties, lest I should outrage both decency and truth, in imitation of his base example. Waiving all reference to the very lame attempt to acquit Dr. Green from promoting, or conniving at the procurement of the notices of his book, which adroitly accompanied the presentation copies to the editors, thus forestalling candid criticism by a ready-made puff furnished by the publishers ; it is proposed briefly to lay before the reader the several claims distinctly set up for Dr. Green by this extraordinary polemical writer named Justus, and entitled most strangely a review. 1st. That medical applications could be made to the interior of the larynx, was not previously believed by the profession until it was made a well-established fact through the labors of our fellow citizen alone .' 2d. Dr. Green is the first man who ever boldly inserted into the larynx a sponge wet with a solution of lunar caustic ! 3d. The discovery of the practicability of making applications to the interior of the larynx is ascribed to Dr. Green. 4th. Dr. G. has discovered that the mucous membrane of the interior of the larynx is excessively urdrriiahle, &ic. He has discovered a mode of saving lives/' &c-