New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-24

the industrial pathology Of trades which 49,
eyes" Anopg the contents Of . lengthsred ~"
this subject TO the Society Is sts,snen; BY M na
surgeon 10 the Royal Oph' Lmic HoepitI. Wa -
a. bis opinion ths; weakness OF eight, q a -,
,hire. /. owing 10 over use Of the eyes, sed po 80,
recisl employment Of them, sree every ds,. ~
,;epcs teaches Us tbs, the most tying vol q.
eye. may be followed, provided due modsuSo, \. =
served.
T.Tor,, Il is stated, are most liable Of s,,s
exhaustion Of visual power from over Ne Of n. -.
N,edlevomen and dressmskers coms usSer n. ~
head. l. s suggested that needlewouse .,h.,.,N
err, Sc, should work in rooms hung VITA r,,.. -,
having greer blinds and curtains to the wirio,, =
China. this rule is sdopted BY the exquisite snb,ca
ers of thst country. Needlewouen would I.o =,
greatly 10 their advantage to change the color Of f.
work ss otter O. possible; the rationale Of N, H..
soppd IN the law thst vsrson Of stimulus i, rec..,-.
70 preserye the tone and health of any organ Of ~
and that prolonged application Of the ssme s.sus,
txhauss it.
Injurious consequences to the eyes Of zen resu. t
lore continuance of work in the sitting posture. Con-.
eestivs diseases Of these organs are indirectly strbu.
table to this cause which produces sasis Of ,he np.
la,iop in the abdominal organs, and secondary yerou,
congestion Of the choroid coat.
GERMAN THEORY RESPECTING rHE CHoLrsA-
Or. Max Petterkober of Germany Is the sutaoy ii 4
work possessing considerable ability, and bearing ..s
title. Investigations and observations IN regard
"the Propagation Of Cholera, with Reflections u
proper means Of srestirg its Progress Tae Ia
which DIR. Pet,eukober claims TO have fully estsass
.re-thst the disease is not c,ptsgious, in tA esl
sense of the word bu. that il can nevertheess Ax.
ried from one place &c another that 1t Esy sfNau
the usual routes of coIumerce that no eleystin Nm
the level of the ocean furr shes guaranty agaaa .,
isssse, nor is any depth necessarily exposed os,
rsysees; that no contas sous cholera matter 10 eoyr,
in the atmosphere, ard that consequently the iss-
il not propsgsted by currents OF air; that /, ss
nropsga,ed through he water that il is prcossssi
| tbrousb the earth; that the earth receives ,nd a,
vslops tho cholera contsgon from the sIcrezsrsa Il
diseased persons that excrements from ssssel
person thrown irto nix or prvy are capable Of rsrs
forming the whole msss into hearth Of cholera cor
tsrion that the gases disengsged blythe decoursaca
of organic substances especially of e1crsmsrr pss.
trste the earth rise tc the surface and becon. Ass
the cause of fevers and of cholera
REMEDY FOR AS OLD DISEASE M. Hsmlski Of
Belgium claims to have devised q method o'caiicg tie
itch in two hours, BY means Of col ,tion Of the ~.
phuret of calcium, prepared in the following manner
Take Of -four Of sulphur three ounces, quA lime sI
six ounces water two pints; boil them togstder, sni
when they have perfectly combined alos the tqud to
cool and decant them into hemeticaii, stopped bsles
Three and half ourc are sufficient to effect cus
The patient is first well rubbed all with son nsp
for half an hour and plsced in bath tepi wssr sr
| baif ha hi AL N with the
ton of sulphuret of calcium, which is allowed to dy
the skin for quarter Of an hour. The operann .
completed by wasbirg in the bsth.
EFFECTS OF COFFEE on DIsEAsE.-Dr. Mlsey&
serves, in his Treatise on Coffee that the great N
of the article in France is supposed to have sbsed he
prevalence of the gravel. 10 the French coOrs,
where &C fee is more used than in the Euglish a. vel
az in Turkey, where it is the principal beverage, ra
only the gravel but the gout is scarcely known. Dr.
Faur relates as an extraordinary instance Of The sf
of coffee in gout the case Of Mr. Dsversu, who VA
attacked with gout at the age Of twenty-five aud bad
it severely until he was upward of fifty, with ehAA
stones the joints of bis hands and feet but FOR ou
years preceding the time when the account Of ala en-
had been given to DIR. Faur to lay before the pass
he had, by advice, used coffee, and had no re.un
he gout afterwnd.
CURE roR BALDsEss.-A medical journal ssys hs
the decoction of boxwood has been successful in css
of badness. -Four large handfuls Of the sem O.
leaves Of the garden box are boiled In three pins
water in closey-covered vessel for fifteen minutes
and allowed to stand in an earthsn jar ten hours
more the liquid is then strained, and one ounce and
half Of cologne added, and with this solution the hes
is well washed every morning.
| FUNGI THE PRODUCER OF YELLOW FEVER "A
writer in New Orleans paper says there can Be n
doubt that the poison producing yellow fever is fare
dfused through the atmosphere, just as the odordw
ous particles of rose or other fragrant howsn N
dused through IL, and known BY their salutne
ofactores on approaching them early in the scuirg
These of the night in this case have exerted solvent
power over the flower, the atmosphere for some dc
tsnce around being filed With them in fever tina.
But neither chemical snayss nor the mcrosoops b
able to detect these ,sedinsy minute particles Of
matter that make such agreeable impression % as
seusesi reitber have they been able TO detec: IL
subtle poison that produces yellow fever. Wbseva,
then, may be the cause producing the fever one ting
believed to be certain, viz that II is difased throsa
the atmosphere, and that whoever bresthes sufcsk
quantity Of that atmosphere to imbibs certain sn0'a
Of the poison, will have the disease.
| ISsAsIrY AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE.-Tn
Loaddn Lancet says, that to determine the period q
life which furnishes the grestest number Of insane 2
sons it is sufficient TO bring together the records msdS
up under different circumstances. One of those mads
at The Bicetre, France, whore poor men only 1s 70
ceived, another at the Salps'rere, hospital or poo'
women, the third an establishment devoted 70 th'
wealthy, have been examined, and it appears thss h'
sge which furnishes the create number Of inssne -
for men, that from thirty to forty yeas while for 'o
men it is that from fifty to sixty years. Tne sgs
which furnish the least are, for both se1ss chdhood
| youth, and advanced age. Among women, inssat'
appears earlier than among men, indeed from twenty