From the _Medical Times and Gazette_, November 2d, 1878:—“We have received a sample of a preparation called Maltine, which is described as being a concentrated extract of _malted barley_, _wheat_ and _oats_. It is prepared with great care by a process fully described by the manufacturers (Reed & Carnrick) in a pamphlet which they will, we believe, willingly supply to any medical practitioner. The preparation possesses many qualities of great importance. It is non-alcoholic; it is agreeable to the taste; from its being so concentrated it is more portable than the liquid known as Malt Extract; and it possesses the virtues of that preparation in a much higher degree, inasmuch as it combines the principles of the three cereals above named, and wheat and oats are especially rich in bone, fat, and muscle-producing elements. We have very good reasons for believing that it has been very carefully analyzed and examined by a competent authority, and proved to be very rich in diastase, in phosphates, and in albuminoid matters. It is very likely, therefore, to have considerable value as a digestive and nutritive agent in many wasting diseases, and cases of debility and imperfect assimilation. _Maltine_ at any rate is well worthy of being put to the test practically by medical men, and it may be taken pure or mixed with water, wine or milk.” UTERINE DISEASES. By E. H. MURRELL, M. D., Lynchburg, Va. It has been asserted that life is the most mysterious problem in nature, and that its duration is circumscribed by the laws of disease; consequently the incessant conflict which is waged between health and its insidious destroyer can never cease, but will ever continue to engage the attention of the chemist and pathologist in their profound researches of the best means of its preservation. Therefore, we need not be amazed or inquire why it is that the power of preserving life is held in such high estimation, or that the loss of it should be deemed a private misfortune or a public calamity. Whatever may be the cause of constitutional debility and whenever prolonged, it must of necessity impair the healthy nutrition of the tissues, and lead to a low, inflammatory condition of the mucous membranes. The uterus and its appendages constitute no exception to the general rule, for whenever inflammation is lighted up in this organ, functional disturbance, accompanied by ulceration and hypertrophy follow as a natural consequence. On the other hand, it has been clearly demonstrated that constitutional debility of the gravest import and prolonged duration has its origin in those causes which induce sanguineous and muco-purulent discharges, continued pain, great despondency, and a general inability to partake of the accustomed food and exercise.