for proper treatment in these columns. We will say
briefly, however, at the risk of being considered very
unorthodox, that the majority of cases of malarial poisoning can
be cured without the use of drugs of any sort. In fact, in the
most obstinate cases of chronic malarial poisoning, drugs are of
almost no use whatever. Quinine, however, is certainly of value
as a curative agent in these cases, either in destroying the
parasites, or in preventing their development; but as it does
not remove the cause, its curative effect is likely to be very
transient. The practice of habitually taking quinine as a
preventive of malarial disease is a most injurious one, as
quinine is itself a non-usable substance in the system, and
therefore must be looked upon as a mild poison, to be dealt with
by the liver and kidneys the same as other poisons. By habitual
use it may itself become a cause of disease. One or two
periodical doses of quinine often prove of great service in
interrupting the paroxysms of an intermittent fever, but other
treatment must also be employed to develop the bodily
resistance, and fortify the system against disease. The morning
cold bath, followed by vigorous rubbing, is a most excellent
measure for this purpose, but the old-fashioned German wet-sheet
pack is one of the best remedies known. The paroxysm itself can
generally be avoided by means of the dry pack, begun before the
chill makes its appearance; but this requires the services of an
expert nurse. In not a few cases it is wise for a person who
suffers frequently from malarial disease to seek a change of
climate to some non-malarial region.

"Col. T. W. Higginson of the First South Carolina Volunteers, in
1862, said of Dr. Seth Rogers, an eminent Southern physician,
who was surgeon of the regiment: 'Fortunately for us, he was one
of that minority of army surgeons who did not believe in whisky,
so that we never had it issued in the regiment while he was with
us, and got on better, in a highly malarial district, than those
regiments which used it.'"

MATERNITY:--Dr. Ridge says:--"It is one of the greatest mistakes
to make use of alcoholic beverages to 'keep up the strength'
during labor. It is, of course, impossible to predict at the
commencement how long the labor will last; if then brandy, or
other similar dr