New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-14

considerable length Of time, in which pork or other
neat had been salted OF picked. The POISONOUS
pr, pertr. be stat G, acquired In tive or t"res
nous sfter the preparation Of the brine, and It's use
then mixed with food for any length OF time, even a.
though in small quantities, may produce deato'
simple solution Of salt in water after the sane eng'o
Of time does not prodncs thesame effect. The poison
acts a. ocal irrsnt exciting violent Intestinal con-
ees,ion and Inflammation. II likewise Increases the
secretion of the skin and kidneys and exer's dirc
effect upon the nervous system, giving n-e 10 uetn-
bling loss Of :. nsa.ior, commissions, &c. On the
9th or hand invs tea,ons Of chemical and physio-
logical nature, into the effects Of brine, made by
French ard Anne rioan physicians DO not confirm the
opipious thus put forth by NJ Reyual as to the pos-
onous character Of brine preparations when used as
condimert or seasoning for food.
EPIpExIc DlFBrHERIA.-71e London Lance con-
tails report 90 Dphtueria which traces Its origin 70
period long anteeedent TO Hippoerates, and nearly
cotenporaIy with Homer, il being Known ,hen as
NAHUM Egyptiacuu. 1t refers to similar epide'nl's
in Rome. A. D. $50; in Holland 1857; IN spain'
I6C0; in Naples l6I9 when, out of a'ma popu'ahon'
il carried of five thousand persons. Diphthera 1t
would appear, ravsged New-York City IN lh anu
1913. From careful study of the French epidem'cs
n a. OF louis I'D 1913, DPhIuViAs
70 have traversed nearly all the Departments passing
from the south ttora districts toward the center
The .poemcs which appear most closely to resemble
those which have occurred in Eugland, are those OF
Paris and Boulogue in 1856. Both in England and
France, Diphthera has shown itself regardless OF
n,t,orolopical. climatic or cosmic influences, and
careless Of limitation heat, cold dryness ana moist
ure. Its course has been from the southr ast counties
6 H.. aud ian
the north. It's violence is equally aggravated by
domestic uncleanlness certain predispoSinS ndIvid-
ual conditions, and want Of hygienic arrangements
AyEsTBrsI.I IssAsITY.-Dr. Tyler, Superntend-
ent of the Mclean Asylum Massachusetts, 10 his last
annual report says of the of ether in that institu-
ton: 1t is daily proving itself valuable agent IN
the treatment of insanity. So far as have learned,
NO accident or uncomfortable occurrence has ever
"resuted from discriminating use of pure article.
THE object of etherzatiOn with us. hardly need
"say, is the tranquizs,ion Of the nervous system
"the producing Of sleeper, if not sleep, repose;
and therefore in the various forms OF mania, mel
"sncholia, and bypochopdna-of which persistent
and pr,tracted vigilance is both an attendant and
feeder, and consequent exhaustion endangers hie'
"and wher. a. is often the case all ordinary medi-
1" cation has proved utterly unavailing-ether Is
found to be invaluable aud effecual, causing more
than mere temporary effect of quiet and sleep by
"a general soothing and curative Influence
PRoFEssoRsHlP or AsATosY AT WARSAW
Hirscl frdt, the Ckcf de Cltntque del Hotel Dte",
and great writer on the nervous system, with whose
magnificent work on the anatomy Of the nervesevery
anatonst is familiar, has been lately appointed Pro-
fessor of Anatomy in the Imperial Academy OF
Warsaw The appointment is remarkable from
the fact that it is the first instance OF Jew be-
ing allowed to hold Office 10 Russia. The position
was first offered to him on condition Of his becoming
connected with the Or. Elk Chpch which he refo.ed,
and the condition was afterward waived.