Varicocele and Varicose Veins : Ergot, 504, ergotin injected subcutaneously alongside the enlarged veins, an effective but painful expedient. The injection must not enter the veins. Same expedient can be practiced in the case of any varicose veins in an accessible situation.

Variola : Water, 85, cold baths for fever, especially hyperpyrexia. Quinine, 203, small doses as a tonic, full doses for the suppuration, and antipyretic doses if the temperature is high. Ammonia Carbonate, 239, if there is manifest depression, and especially during the suppuration stage. Chloral, 617, is highly useful and necessary when there are high temperature, wakefulness, and delirium. Opium, 638, for wakefulness, low delirium, and adynamia. Carbolic Acid, 380, Resorcin, 404, Salicylic Acid, 396, and Acetanilid, 426, are from the theoretical standpoint valuable antiseptics and antipyretics. Iodine, 262, tincture, is applied to pustules to prevent pitting. Silver Nitrate, 303, a pointed stick of, is inserted into each pustule to abort it and thus prevent the formation of a cicatrix.

Vomiting : Alcohol, 581, iced champagne or brandy in small quantity frequently, will sometimes arrest vomiting of pregnancy, of sea-sickness, of cholera, yellow fever, etc. Ether, 593, Chloroform, 597, a few drops frequents ly, will arrest some kinds of vomiting, as sea-sickness, passage of gall-stones, etc. Bromides, 651, are serviceable in cerebral-vomiting, and in cholera infantum in children, and in some cases of reflex vomiting. Chloral, 616, highly useful in vomiting of sea-sickness, cholera, and reflex vomiting. Ipecacuanha, 741, rarely in minute doses, will arrest some nervous and reflex attacks of vomiting. Arsenic, 171, drop-doses of Fowler's solution, will stop vomiting of irritative dyspepsia, of ulcer, etc. Hydrocyanic Acid, 701, can be prescribed in the vomiting of acute stomach troubles. Pep-tin, 107, Milk and Lime-Water, 223, Bismuth, 163, are proper in the vomiting of indigestion, of stomach inflammation, of acidity, and of acute intestinal disorders. Calomel, 280, very minute doses of, will stop vomiting in cholera infantum and in other intestinal disorders in children. Cerium Oxalate, 328, is one of the numerous remedies for the vomiting of pregnancy. Amyl Nitrite and Nitro-glycerin, 709, are said to be very effective in the vomiting of sea-sickness. Alkalies, 217, especially the effervescent powder. Nux Vomica, 482, the tincture, will sometimes succeed in atonic states. Creosote, Carbolic Acid, 379, has remarkably sedative effects, and will arrest the vomiting of acute stomachal and intestinal disorders ; it is advantageously combined with bismuth in an emulsion. Cxygen, 368, and Hydrogen Dioxide, 369.

Vomiting of Pregnancy: Cerium, 328, is a good remedy if given in full doses. Iodine, 257, a drop of the tincture of the compound solution, or of the compound tincture, may succeed when other remedies fail. Carbolic Acid, 379, may succeed, but is uncertain, and its odor may excite disgust. Calumba, 180, a few drops of the tincture may quiet the stomach quickly, but it often fails. Ingluvin, 104, has been frequently successful; also Pepsin, 107, but is less useful than the former. Nux Vomica, 482, a drop or two of the tincture may prove beneficial. Arsenic, 171, a drop of Fowler's solution sometimes acts most favorably. Hydrocyanic Acid, 701, often does good and often fails. Alcohol, 581, as sparkling wine, may succeed temporarily. Oxygen, 367.