A MODERN PHARMACOPOEIA.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XII, Issue XIII, 31 March 1894, Page 312

A MODERN PHARMACOPOEIA.

woman’s rights. Symptoms.— Not infrequently the patient labours under the delusion that she is burdened with a mission. There is a constant craving for a vote, and a dangerous tendency to ‘rational ’ dress and drawing-room meetings. Old-fashioned writers quote blue spectacles as a proof of the presence of the malady, but this is erroneous ; blue spectacles do not necessarily indicate short sightedness. The bump of comparison or proportion is small, the subject thinking ‘ Femininity ’ a bigger word than ‘ Humanity,’ by reason, perhaps, of its greater number of letters. The speech is often dry and too prolix. Treatment.— The following may be administered :—1 husband, 2or 3 or more babies. If this does not effect at least a partial cure, the case is hopeless.