aths--or two per cent.; scarlet fever, 83 cases,
2 deaths--less than three per cent.; 333 cases of typhoid fever, 9
deaths--or 2.7 per cent.; 82 cases of pneumonia, 4 deaths--or 4.9 per
cent. These exceptional results are not attributed solely to the non-use
of alcohol. The nursing and surroundings were of the best. But these
results certainly show that the use of alcohol as a remedy in acute
diseases is not necessary, and that patients have a much better chance
for life, other things being equal, where alcohol is not used than where
it is.

Dr. Kellogg says of the surgical cases:--

"In a hospital of 100 beds, connected with the institution, more
than 3,000 surgical cases have been treated, to whom alcohol has
never been administered except in connection with chloroform
anaesthesia; my uniform custom being to administer an ounce of
brandy or whisky five minutes before beginning the
administration of the anaesthetic, when chloroform is used.

"The surgical cases include more than 300 cases of ovariotomy,
and over 300 other cases involving the peritoneal cavity, such
as operations for strangulated hernia, the radical cure of
hernia, etc. The statistics of death and recoveries are
certainly as good as can be produced by any hospital in the
world, dealing with the same class of cases. The total mortality
from the operation of ovariotomy, including nearly 300 cases, is
less than three per cent., and for the last few years, in which
the antiseptic measures have been perfected, the record is still
better, showing a succession of 172 cases of laparotomy for the
removal of ovarian tumors, or diseased uterus and ovaries,
without a death. These cases include a number of hysterectomies,
and many cases so desperate that those who trust in alcohol as a
heart stimulant, and as a means of supporting the vital
energies, would certainly have considered it necessary to resort
to the use of this drug. Nevertheless, it was not administered
in a single case, and I have seen no reason to regret its
non-use in a single instance."

Dr. T. D. Crothers, of Hartford, Conn., tells the following:--

"In a large hospital a study of the mortality of pneumonia
indicated a greater fatality at intervals of six months. There
were five per cent. more deaths during periods of two months at
a time, twice during the year. This extended back f