THYMOL IN TOOTHACHE.—Dr. Hartmann (_Deutsche Med. Wochenschrift_) has employed thymol in toothache from hollow teeth, in place of arsenious acid. He fills the cavity of the tooth with a tuft of cotton on which a few crumbs of thymol have been sprinkled. It does not irritate the mucous membrane of the mouth much, and it is easily removed by rinsing the mouth with water. If a rapid action is desired let the patient rinse the mouth often, with warm water, in order to facilitate the solution of the drug. It never increases the pain at first, as arsenic does, and is not poisonous.—_Lancet-Clinic._ * * * * * CHLOROFORM NARCOSIS.—Resultation in chloroform narcosis has been accomplished by a new method devised by Maas, one of Koenig’s assistants of Goettingen. In the first case, the ordinary means of resuscitation had been tried for an hour without effect: respiration and pulse has entered ceasec. Maas then made rapid rhythmical compressions, about one hundred and twenty per minute, of the cardiac region, whereupon the heart’s action gradually increased and the patient recovered. In a second severe case responded with the same result to the treatment. Maas ascribes the effect of the cardiac compressions to the driving of the blood into the larger arteries.—_Chicago Medical Recorder._ THE AMERICAN THERAPIST. _A Monthly Record of Modern Therapeutics_, WITH PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS RELATING TO THE CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF DRUGS. JOHN AULDE, M. D., EDITOR. 1411 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. Contributions are solicited from all parts of the world. Translations will be made without expense to the author, and when necessary to elucidate the text, appropriate illustrations supplied free of charge. Articles contributed exclusively to this Journal will be liberally paid for, or reprints furnished, provided a request for the same accompanies the manuscript. Subscription Price, $1.00 per annum. PUBLICATION OFFICE, 25 BEEKMAN STREET, NEW YORK. Address all communications to THE AMERICAN THERAPIST, P. O. Box 1170. New York City. Vol. II. JANUARY 15th, 1894. No. 7. Editorial. _INFLUENZA AND ITS TREATMENT._