The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-07

cue the profession from the dominic, Of an
and disgracefui practice
The annual meeting Of the Medical Society Of thu state
Of rennsyivsna WIZ DO held the present year IN Potts
rsof + H. Hamilton gives the following directions for
quarts o. alcohol dissolved in tin vessel. FURNISHED
with tighs cover to prevent evaporation SPREAD a
piece Of old or new woolen cloth board and with
clean brush satratc both sides of the cloth with the
solution hang 1t up till it is thoroughly dried Law il
again upon the board and apply second coat OF the
third coat to the same side There will now be three
successive layers upon side and one the oppos
While the last coat is yet fresh fold the cloth that the
side having three coats shall be applied to itself Now
with hot fiat iron smooth and press the surfaces
When it Is cold slight rubbing with sand paper makes
fit for II becomes a firm almost unyieldinr board
but exposure to moderate heat will make IL plant
that it can easily and accurately be adapted to any
face.
In Europe species of cradle without rockers is much
used for placing infants when prematurey born
mperfectly developed, and for whom higher and stsa
der temperature is required than that OF the atmos
phere. 1t is made Of brass and is every where double
space being left between the two plates Comprising H.
with openings into which water may be poured
and others for drawing of when cool A soft bed and
properly arranged canopy, when needed complete the
apparatus
The fund raised in Philadelphia for the benefit Of the
insane, collected through the fundamentally Of Miss
Dix, has according TO the statement of the superlnten
dent of the hospital furnished essential advantages to
the patients such as the use Of carriage and horses
musical Instruments poyoramas, large dioptc magic
lantern with number OF slides, small magic lantern
to be used in the wards kaledoscope books
globes, piano, and SO forth.
The color Of the hair corresponds in intensity to that
with the darker tnts Eor are these relations at all con-
fined to the human Species although especially remark
able In the Albno, whose chorad is destitute Of pig
merit and hair either very pnle entirely white In
many hairs the color is uniform diused Most ami.
mails have hairs Of this kind good examples however,
haze, in the tapir, and yellow bear.
The Medical Times and Ga,ete describes the wire gauze
ior 9andages, splnts, &c. now employed The material
application is rst to obtain pattern for tho spn by
means OF cartridge paper and then carefully to the
sheet Of gauze to the pattern. The spint further re-
qures that the edges should be cut transyersey at in
tervas and the free edges with thin lead or
adhesive plaster Folds Of linen, wet with water are
placed upon the limb underneath tho spint AMI the
whole apparatus kept in position by rollers tapes
lad eight years Of age brough, to the Newcastle
lnnrmary in suffocang state, in consequence piece
Of broken glass having got into his wndppe during pay
lie was seen soon after admission and it found by
the stethoscope from the distinct whisng sound most
evident below the cricod that the glass impacted
there and he was Immediately placed under the inau-
encc Of chloroform Tracheotomy was then performed
and the trachea slit downwars from crcoi for about
an inch, when violent convusive paroxysm coughing
expelled piece of glass about half inch long with
irregular edges and about quarter Of inch broad
The patient recovered without bad symptom.
In Berlin there are eight city physicians whose duty it
boarding schools &c. to that the inmates have com
Portable apartments and sleeping rooms sufficient cloth
ing and food OF proper quality that they have their
regular hours Of recreation and that they not tasked
either in work study, beyond their strength In this
matter our transatlantic brethren somewhat ahead Of
though public sentiment and voluntary action here
are stronger and better than legal concerning
such matters.
curious medicoegal case is reported in the Ga.etts
des Hotfdir appears that the mistress of officer
he being DESTROYS Of breaking up the connecton-at
their last proposed interview attempted to make him
swallow sOr quantity Of ammonia physician was sent
phycteno and the tongue swollen and deprived Of its
epithelum, and the mouth and palate abraded; the
this and the region the sssophagus was very
painful The jury acquitted the female the charge
Of poisoning, but convicted her on that Of causing
wounds which ncapacated the sufferer for twenty days
and she was sentenced to imprisonment for two years
In Dr. Earles valuable work. descriptive Of the European
asyums for the insane, and in which their merits
compared with those in our coautry, the author
says that " in the most important point Of af refer
ence be had to curative treatment the quetude
and hygienic condition Of the patenstha. of manual
employment for the inmates they superior The ra
dca source Of this superiority lies undoubtedly in the
under which they live obeden.s TO aaho
rty becomes, by education, matter Of principle
or Of habit. Furthermore, the asylums more indie
OF the patients more optional with the oiiicers'
The new State Lunatic Hospital in Taunton, Mass,
and which has been constructed the most approved
modern principles, is now ready for the reception of
patients
H. Raoul Deslongchamps communicated to the Sur
gca Society Of Paris of aneurism of the suborbi
Of iron. 1t tumor situated In the suborbal region
aordng pretty strong pulsaons sochronous with the
preston had been without effect disappeared com
petey by Of the injection, after presenting some
inhamnatory symptoms, which easily yielded to anti
rhlogistic treatment.
cd tho third Of the income of certain manufacturing
stoes for three years to the Massachusetts, Medical so
cs'y of which he formerly the President This do
nation will probably amount to $40 600 in the time
stated.
The London Lancet says that NJ Morlanne Of Metz has
Just made public that he three regular vaccine
pustuies which red On the fourth day. by merely
placing some vnccnc matter the Of two children
and rubbing up and down the spot with the sharp end of
from recolectng the fact OF young girls taking the COW.
peck on the fingers used for milking
In DR.. Dowlers pamphlet the yellow fever. he
makes the assertion that congenita city creosm that
is the constitutional modification incidental the being
born Of creole or thoroughly creolized parents with
continuity Of city residence, exempts the individual
from yellow fever with nearly the uniformity that
vaccination prevents the smallpox or varolod. The
latter is modified smallpox, happening to who has
f ucncy of which is probably great as the frequency
OF Low fever among city creoles who have alb.
scnted themselves one or more winters in northern eli
mates
The rsa.ment Of rheumatism by nitrate OF potash has
been successfully practised by DR. Rowland English
physician In respect to the form Of the disease which
the salt is most likely to prove beneficial DR. Cs expe
rience confirmed him in the opinion that in acute rheu
matism its efficacy is most remarkable, the beneficial
result being striking in proportion to the
tivty OF the attack When subacute rheumatism super
vened upon the chronic although the nitrate com
monty efficient in removing the former, 1t seemed to
exercise influence the latter Pains Of q equity
tendency also remedied by this means.
The Dublin Quarterly Journal refers to the views OF
Dr. r. j. Graves Frs respecting the treatment Of GER
tain forms Of cutaneous disorder especially the necessity
OF rejecting the abraded and tender surface OF the skin
the cults vera from the contact and action of the air
and other hurfu agents. The effect OF blood coagua.
ting cut or abraded surface IA known to be benc
ca and not less servccabe those secretons which
are furnished by surfaces abraded and state Of
hammaiion The premature and forcble removal of all
these discharges, which to be regarded natural
coverings is always Injurious tending to continue
Hammation and defer healing DIR. G. thinks that art
cia substitutes for these secreted coverings art
cial coverings them, may be useful in eectng the
healing or this nature solutions Of collodion which
have been in for me and recently sou
items Of gutta percha in chioroform with beneficial
suits.
The late nr Archibald WEIGH Of Connecticut was not
more distinguished in his profession for skill than for
conscientiousness. In his address at Yale College he
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