“To many physicians of both sexes the writer has explained the scientific reasons for concluding that the source of eclampsia was to be sought and found in an absence or deficiency of amylopsin in the maternal blood, to be remedied, of course, by hypodermic or intramuscular injections of genuine amylopsin of 2,000 units of activity per cubic centimetre. So far as he is aware, though more than one of these has expressed intentions of ‘trying’ this scientific remedy, there is no single case of actual or threatened eclampsia, in which such injections were made. Instead thereof, the barbarous remedy of stripping the capsules of the kidneys is still often resorted to, and only recently a new device has been suggested seriously — to wit, amputation of the breasts.”