IRON

is the most valuablo drug we po e for tho treatment of anwmia, but it requires conmderable skill to so administer this drug that the anaemia is cured without the production of dyspepsia, headache, and other unpleasant effects. Iron should, therefore, always bo taken under medical supervision. As iron blackens the teeth, fuid preparations of iron are best taken through a quill. Though perchloride of iron stops bleeding when applied to a wound, it is an undesirable application, a3 it makes the wound slow in healing, and leaves a considerable scar. [s. 379]