Examiner (to graduating medical student) : "If you Bhould make a mistake and give a patient an overdose of tartar emetio, what would you do ? " Student ; " Try to buy np tbe coroner." Recently the Eiffel Tower, Paris, reached the great height of 200 metres, or about 660 feet. A large flag was run up to apprise Paris of the event. Tbe tower is now so high that, standing on a balcony overlooking the Boulvards d'Gourcelles, a correspondent was able to see it towering above the intervening Trooadero Hill and the tall bouses standing thereon. As it stands it is the highest erection m the world. The beet medicine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects m coughs, colds, influenza, etc. — the relief is instantaneous, Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe, are its patrons. Read the official reports that accompany each bottle. We have no occasion to offer rewards m proof of the genuineness of our references. The official reports of medioal clinics and Universities, the official communication of the ' Consul-General for Italy at Melbourne ; the j diploma awarded International Exhibition, Amsterdam— all these are authentic documents, and, as Buoh, not open to doubt. We add here epitome of one of the various oases treated by Siegen, M.JX, Professor, eto; Burning of the right hand through the ex* plosion of a small oil stove. The epidermis on the velar and palmer side of the hand of the thirty-year»old patient was completely separated and lifted up bb far as the joint of the hand. The likewise lifted nails were hanging 100/ re, and half of the phalanx of the nail of the middle finger was coaled. The wounds thus contracted healed m three weeks under daily applications of £3uoalyptio Extraot dressing. Tbe patient has retained tbe fall Uliojl tfeobwd,-(Advt.) I
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2086, 13 March 1889, Page 3
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