The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-14

The corporation OF Harvard College have recently
ferrea the degree Of Doctor Of Medicine upon some
twenty-six students Of that institution.
At the recent annual commencement at Philadelphia
Of the Pennsylvania Female Medical College the regular
medical degree conferred upon Mrs. Lucinda r.
Brown of Galveston, Texas Miss f. G. Shattuck of
Philadelphia; Miss Elizabeth H. Bates of Morris, otego
county " and Miss E1ieger, of Germany, all Of whom
have exhibited very considerable degree Of adaptation
to the duties Of the profession
The London Lancet states that in 1889 it was dscov
cred that the epidemic cholera in that city was fatal in
nearly an inverse proportion to the elevation of the
ground which the dwellings OF the inhabitants Stood
and that though the deaths were compaTatveay Few
the rates Of mortality at different elevations was op-
served to characterize it. The mortality in the districts
l6 in 100 00O at forty and below sixty feet, II in
ooo at sixty and below eighty, only at eighty ana
tssn twenty set ny the
mortality was 81 in 10000 OF the inhabitants.
DR. Luther Reilly died at Harrisburg the goth ult
various public interests Of the Community in which he
lived for third Of century fulfilling the trusts con-
respected and esteemed by his fellow citizens.
Dr. John Bradley died at Williamsburg on the 10th
ut, at the age Of 40. DR.. Norris well known ply
sean anS screen eS IN srooklyn on the sth inst At
Island Me-, on the I'd inst, at the age of 81.
The of DR.. Thomas H. Pnkerton, to recover fees
for medico attendance of his patients
Mr. Kinsley of somerville Mass, was recently tried
in the Court Of Common Pleas in Boston, and resulted
In verdict for the plaintiffs claim of sSs 49, DR..
suit brought before the term for homeopathic
vices rendered Mr. Lewis Hanson. The doctor claimed
$24 but the jury increased the amount to hundred
cents.
Dr. Dickson OF London says that the sudden graspng
Of leg arm, the application of ligature, has
of the good effects of bleeding the ligatures in
the operation, arising from the OF touch which, it
is web known is spread the whole surface of the
body, and may be affected in many ways. The lghtest
touch to the white of the eye often causes protraced
pain some persons may be thrown into fits by putting
hrta ipfa he he
part of the mouth vomitng touching the inter-
nal surface of the bladder has produced vomiting, faint
ing chills, rheumatism, and epilepsy.
Vaccine matter says the Medical Investigator. consists
of at least two substancesthe infectious substance
which deveopes itself in the malpghion mucus beneath
the epidermis, and causes the reproduction OF the
vaccine disease the pox and second, the liquid
dried pus of the pustue crust to which the infectious
substance or vaccine adheres 1t all important that
the vaccine matter should be placed in the rcte muco
sum, Immediately beneath the epidermis and never
deep as to resch the cults vera.
An opium eater-accus.omed to using quarter of an
ounce Of morphine per week-narrates some of the
effects which he experienced by the habit, viz incapa.
city for bodily exertion locomoton obstruction of
the lungs torpdity Of the liver constipation, palp
ation Of the heart mental debility, reverie, nissan
throphy.
Madame Baivin, of France a noted midwife delivered
20 SIT women and of this number only sixteen were de-
livered by embryotomy Cutting 1.-THE child by instru
ments) in all Of which the mother recovered. Madame
La Chapcc ii is also stated attended 652 cases. four
teen being delivered by embryotomy and all the
theirs safely On the other hand it is asserted
emDryotOmy
of the most celebrate and experienced male accouchers
Of Europe one mother died out OF every five thus de-
lvered
Toothache which is the result Of simple exposure and
irritation Of the dental pulp may according to Dr. Togg
well informed writer the subject Of odontalgia, be
treated by the application Of narcotics and aaesthscs
to deaden sensation vehement stimulation Of the
posed nerve to exhaust its sensiby by the essen
tial oils of cloves, cinnamon, cajeput kreosote com
solution Of guta percha in chleroform aays the pain
and forms coating which shields tho nerve for time
tooh Of DESTROYING it, nerve For the latter
acid the most Efficient combined with four parts Of
morpha to abate the pain Apply directly to the nerve
small pellet mostened with krsosote, and covered
with cap Of wax, so as to avoid pressure.
The use Of calomel in diseases OF children the topic
Of discussion at recent meeting Of the Phadelphia
County Medical Society. The Journal says that the
rious medical gentlemen who spoke the subject coin
cided In the opinion that calome valuable rather
invaluable remedial agent in dysentery, cholera
nfantum, Group fevers inhammatory and brain dis
eases
The editor of the Connecticut Courant has judi
cious observations in number Of that paper,
male children to the cold according to the present mode
of juvenile dress 1t may in time harden the constitution,
but in nine out of ten tho little sufferer falls
victim in some or other of the process on account
of the effect upon the circulation Of the blood induced
by the sudden changes OF temperature There is no
easier method Of bringing Group or lung fever than
allowing the legs to become SO intensely cold as they must
frequently, by this njudcious fashion of dressing.
The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal which
was owned edited by the late amented DR.. Hester
has been sold since his decease Dr. Bowler will proba
bly, be his in the editorial conduct Of the Jour
Dr. E. II. Ellis has been elected President of the Madi
and indianapolis Railroad company
The climate of Australia is far less genial and health
inat as 'S
terribly frequent and deaths by disease of the heart
are very frequent dysentery so common in SUMMER is
rapidly followed by modification Scarlet fever liver
complaints, and scarlatina prevail very generally.
Considerable excitement has been created among the
medical profession in Londonso the Morning Ad
rcrtsr OF that cty-on Of the hands of young
lady having become firmly clenched together to re-
quire great force TO separate the fingers and then only
for moment, from the palm of her hands. The phe-
nomenon occurred while she was trying the table moving
experiments and since then she has lost the of
hands.
Gagndni's Messenger Gays that the man. Pansales who
was attacked by tiger, that his bitten Off
hangingonly by the skin Of the upper besides recev
ing several wounds on the head and elsewhere, was
placed in the hands of medical men who replaced the
skin the skull readjusted the ear reited the nose
after removing the bones and carages which could not
be comeccatrized and then dressed the other wounds
To prevent inflammation they kept blsdders filed with ice
around the head OF the patient for five days The
adheres entirely the skin Of the skull has also ad
hered; but the ear is sti not quite solid.
In proof of the influence Of vaccination in England it
is stated that out of every thousand deaths in the
half century from 1850 to 1900 there nineysx of
smallpox out of like number from 1900 TO 1880 thir-
~ five of smallpox In the various German States
sufficient evidence, it is said, be obtained to show
that before vaccination was used, out of every one
thousand deaths there occurred from smallpox COS
after vaccination 26.
In an article female physicians, by Mrs Fowler,
communicated to Dr. Cooks medical journal the
writer says she knows Of LADY, not much than
twenty years old, who already has good medical
business.
The Rhode Island Medical Society in its code OF ethics
says;'1he of quack medicines should be diseou-
ragged by the faculty dsgaceful to the profession
injurious to health and often destructive of life No
physician surgeon, therefore, should dispense a
cret rostrum Il il be his invention exclusive
property for II is of real efficacy the conceslmen Of
Il is inconsistent with benehcence and professional be.
rality and II mystery alone give II value ana import
auee, such craft implies dgraceful ignorance fraudu.
! lent ayarice.n
The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal gives rather
sorry account of the debit Of Dr. +. IL Davis in that
city. lie doctor, who Is Professor OF Maeria Medics
! in the New York Medical College, commenced course
| Of four lectures the mounds and Ancient Earth
Works q the Mississippi Valley, at the Boston Lowell
Institute. on tie evening Of the FIRST lecture the hall
va densey filed with ladies' and gentlemen, but the