The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-28

There were $3.50 deaths in PhiIsdelphia Last vear
the principal causes Of which -Conmnption
LAS; conyulaons, 543; cholera infhntum, 500; dy
fevers, 1858: yellow malignant fever, 40; infamma
ton OF the lungs, 3S9; small pox, GA. The tota
number OF deaths, compared with the population
taking 1t at the lowest computation, 400 900 is abeu
annually-more favorable than any other large city
London.
The Boylston Medical School, Boston, il Is expect
ed, will receive Legislative authority to confer medica
degrees Il this expectation be realized, It s though
that the school will take the position Of college, aAt
go into operation with the Life and vigor Of "Younl
America
II will be doing an act of mercy to humanity Il
state that in the last report Of the Franklin
Institute the judges gave II as theS opinion that tn,
artificial leg manufactured by B. Frank Is the bes
known, and far in advance of any other that ha,
come under their notice.
DR.. II. N. Bennett, of Bird geport, and Dr. Benja
min II. CAtlin, of Meriden, have been appointed X
give the annual addresses to the candidates of thu
Yale College Medical Institution In 1856 and 1856
Injunction. or aneinting, is said to be successful
mode OF treating scaratna, relaxing, as it does the
skin, diminishing the heat and in some cases caus
ing perspiration.
On account of the tremendous mortality by pu
monary cona mption it has been suggested that q
distinct chair in some or all of the colleges for the
osuuy NinCCle, 2uu tile p0fuCul8r
in health and disease, would be of great benefit A
decidedly good thought.
The cases OF softenng of the brain, which have OF
late years become 30 frequent, render that disease
one Of important and interesting medical study DR..
Al6ers European physician Of celebrity, states that
he has dissected the brains Of several persons who
had for many years undergone great mental labor,
and that in all Of these he found the cerebral sub.
stance unusually firm, the gray substance as well as
the convolntions being remarkably developed. In
cd o1o nhnNx had
taken possession of the mind during the later period
OF life. He believes, therefore, that to produce
softened condition, some additional influence beyond
mere overexertion il required.
DR.. J. Mason Warren, of Boston, gives an account
OF woman, between seventy and eighty years of
age, who has tumor on her arm of some twenty
pounds weight hanging down SO that it rests on the
seat on which she SITS dragging down the integu-
ments and other structures in its vicinity The to-
NOR is carried by the patient in large sleeve, and
when first seen BY DR.. w. was somewhat liberated,
caused BY being projected from her sleeve on to the
CRATE, while she was throwing Goals upon the fire.
In Connecticut physicians who become homeopa-
thists are expelled from the Medical Society; in
Massachusetts,, however, this fact in respect to
medical practice does not affect physicans good
standing. In Great Britain, also, there is much
more lberality in this matter than formerly, some
high places in the profession being occupied BY
medicine In the University of Edinburg, by DR..
Henderson.
The address by DR.. B. R. Wexford, Of Virginia,
before the American Medical Association, has been
published, and is certainly Q production of solid
merit. 1t enforces the necessity of complete and
uniform organization Of the physicians in every por
ton Of the United States-urge the importance Of
proper regulation of the license to practice 10 as to
draw rigid line of demaroaton between the true
doctor OF medicine and the charlatan-c the at
tention Of the Association to the essty of egisa.
tive restraint the domestic adulteraon Of drugs
and medicines-aud pays o tribute to the memory Of
those members Of the association who have de.
ceased
The Medical Times and G1Sette mentions case
in which delirum appeared 10 have been induced by
forced abstinence from tobacco, and was relieved BY
its re employment Another similar instance was
that Of man whose skull had been trephinsd on &C.
count OF fracture, and who subsequently became
ra wing, but, being allowed to smoke, was soon re-
lieved and rapidly recovered.
In valuable essay on cholera, in the Associated
Medical Journal, from the pen of DR.. John Rose
Cormack, whose varied writings are among the most
useful contributions to medical science and literature
he states that the treatment of that scourge cannot
possibly be reduced to any routine formulary, but
the principal indications Of treatment may be summed
up as follows:-1st The rice water vomit and purg-
ing require to be energeticaly subdued by quinia,
suphuric and other acds creosoe, nitrate Of silver,
ed collapse, external warmth, stimulant embroca !.
tons, ard those internal stmulans which act on the
capillaries are Of signal benefit. Sd. In reaction
and during c,nvalescence, local inflammations and
COMPOSITIONS require ~ guarded against or subdued
Dr. Bates, Of Louisville Miss, suspected Of poison.
ing his wife and stealing negro, lett that place at
twenty four hours notice by the inhabitants, who
threatened summary vengeance on him.
DR.. De Saussure, chairman OF the committee of the
Medical Association OF Charleston, 8. c., on the
sanitary condition of that city, reports that the
lst of February, Ga cases Of smallpox were under
treatment, 81 being cases of varioloid, and 80 of
smallpox in unvaccinated persons OF the GA per.
sons attacked, so were colored.
Eighteen children died from the measles last week
in Boston.
The deleterious effects upon life and health of the
London Gazette asserts that Notwithstanding these
hOrric representati ons, there Is no authenticated
statement on record Of a human being ever having
died from sleeping under that tree.
DR.. VIM. Wood, Of East Windsor. Ct, in commu-
nication to the Amerscan Journal of Medical Sci.
erce, says he has been in the habit of using in his
practice plant which is almost wholly unknown to
the medical profession as possessing any medicinal
properties, but which he believes TO be superior to
any duretc known. This plant-p alytr.csum juni-
per.num-grows very abundantly in New ENGLAND
and elsewhere. He gives instances Of Its good
effects in critical cases Of typhoid pneumonia follow.
ed BY cessation Of the proper function Of the kidneys,
and also in dropsical complaints
10 the suit for NAL practice between James Mcwha
and DR.. Alexander G. HcCandless, the Doctor has
obtained an ap peal or reversal Of the courts deci-
son that the defendant was bound to bring to his
aid the skill necessary for surgeon to set the leg 90
as to mske it straight and Of equal length of the
other when treated; and, il he did net, he was &C.
countable for damages just as stonemason or brick
layer would be, in building wall of poor materials
and the wall fell down, or il they built chimney,
and 1t should smoke by reason OF want OF skill in
its construction The answer of the Superior Court
to this is that the implied contract Of physician or
surgeon is not to cure restore to natural perfect
ness but to treat the case with diligence and skill
He does not deal with insensate matter, but has 9
suffering human being to treat, nervous system to
tranquilze, and will to regulate and control The
ruling of the lower court is therefore set aside.
DR.. Robinson Turner, q passenger in the Arabia,
from Liverpool, has been arrested in Boston, on .
charge Of smuggling.
DIR. j. S. Wilson, Of Alabama, proposes, in the
Southern Medical Journal, that female classes be
formed in our medical colleges for instruction in ana.
tony excluding the surgical and pa:hological-hu-
man physiology, medical chemistry, materia medica
obstetrics, and female diseases.
The widow Of DR.. Landreaux Of New Orleans,
who was killed by being thrown from the jackson
Railroad f.vn,.