Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-28
ODDS AND ENDS.

q The multiplicity of hydrophobia
cases, lately, has brought out numerous
able and interesting papers on the sub.
ject from the pens of medical men. One
writer says that the period after the
incubation at which the symptoms OF
hydrophobia appears, varies greatly. In
general the disease appears between the
thirtieth and fortieth days from the
injury, but cases are known where it
has been delayed for several months.
The bite of a rabid animal generally
heals up like that of healthy one, and
the victim is often attacked when he had
forgotten that he was ever bitten. The
first decided indication of disease the
patient experiences is headache, general
uneasiness, loss Of appetite, aversion to
and 6Sinicuity in swallowing any liquid
u The London Missionary Society
have a mission in the islands of New Cal
edonia, where most wonderful changes
have been effected during the past two
years. A stone chapel has been built,
100 feet by 40, which is filled every Sab
bath. Cannibalism and polygamy have
ceased; there are seventy candidates for
baptism, and the whole island has aban-
doned heathenism, and embraced Chris
tianity.
u In the Turkish Empire, including
Constantinople, there are, at the present
time, not fewer than sixty-five Protestant
preachers. In the capital and its sub
urbs the numbel of Protestant clergymen
iaboring is 10; number of Protestant SER
mons preached on every Sabbath in diff.
ferent languages, &c; Protestant schools,
II. The largest congregation of Protest
antS-some 70O-is at Aintal.
q When Abernethy was canvassing
for the Office of surgeon to st. Bartholo.
news Hospital he called upon a rich
grocer. The man, addressing him, said,
Il suppose, sir, you want my vote and
interest at this momentous epoch of your
Ife." mo, / DON'T" said Abernethy,
Il want a pennyworth of figs, Come,
look sharp and wrap them up; want to
be off"
u By simple and beautiful expert
ment it may be demonstrated that flame
IS hollow. Pour some spirits of wine
into a wine-glass and tinfame it; place a
straw across this fame, and it will only
be ignited and charred at the outer
edge: the middle of the straw will be
uninjured, for there is no igniting mate
rial in the centre of the fame; or intro
duce into the middle of the fame one
end of glass tube, when the vapor will
rise through it, and may be lighted at
the other end of the tube.
" All the changes which take place
in the lungs are directly produced by the
presence in them of foreign substance,
to which the name of tubercle has been
given-a secretion from the blood in which
it is formed, presenting itself in the form
of small specks or granulations, of a
greyish, semi-transparent substance,
which generally becomes opaque and of a
dull yellow color. Shortness of breath is
produced by the lungs being occupied by
the matter.
GA writer in . San francisco
Journal, who visited California with q
view to the restoration of his health
gives an unfavorable account of the effects
of the climate there. He advises all who
have an idea that they will experience
relief from affections Of the lungs by q
residence in that city, to keep away.
The winds which prevail there q portion
Of the time, are very unfavorable.