New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-16
HEALTH AND DISEASE.

University College Ho,pts folio sicg on. the P-inc-
60 now widely discussed Of tooth eIt'sc2on ca-
der tire influence OF eectoity hiss msds sous interest
ing obseIvs,ons With the Of tes ing the poFer,
O; the electric curr,n, TO moiiytie ,sDsbl.y Of pEs
opers,ed on by the knife. Tue operations, rirs IN
number performed arder It's irhoense nsloie TIE IA
c;srg of Assesses ed cnblnclss, tee removal o.
increased bore sud also Of fatty ,umor of ccrsi-ri
III. ,;zs The rsu.rs effect hiss been 10 moiify the
nsir Of ordinary inrions rsni-rng tie suffsrcg ICES
.ou,s Ipouecs,- tvs aect wssvtry striking. Ons)ms
OCCASIONS. however. the pan ~s' ssSrsvstsi, s22S-
esly or,ry e. the strength 4 the current EN- ,Jyed
Perfect ibseriibiiy yeas never prodscef and ths re-
suts claim notie as those Of early trial oaIy. Tse
coil srpsr.tu, vs' used pole esiog connected
with the kriie ,no1yed, soi the oher pissed eitaef
ON the ps-isrts p-,s or in his hsretbe carren; be-
NJ, Of cou,se. s. f-,U',irg. Thee resuts, whether
Iegsded e. d.c.,.y, or not, are uaquestiOlsely OF
much mportsrcs.
MALIGNANT PUsruLE-"Rsnkins Abstrsct, gves
the following new and importsn, idea, in rels,oe 10
the causes OF malignant pus,ule, So statsd IN Re
searches on the Mshs rant Pu'tule Of Nsn aud Aai-
mails" by Dr. X. VIEoHow, German physician. TGs
author has ascertsined by experiment. tOst this dis
ease may be propsgstsd by inocolstng IT only With
the after OF pustule but aro with the blood Of NE
diseued bojy, and that the time which el,Pse' 90
tween the incubation and desth varies between ioy-
four and sixty six hoars, with exception. in sncl
the time was thirty one hours. He hss also invest
GATED with much care the character Of the blood,
aud found that the white corpuscles are prsses; in
greater numbers with some yibrioDes. These ls;;.r
bodies were met with In the living blood, and sopse
quenty they are not 10 be regarded the products Of
decomposition.
CAUSES or ISsASIrY.-The annual report Of the
Penn sylvanis State Lunatc Hospital says that ca Of
Oi9 eases since the institution vent into operation,
Only 500 have any recognized occasion OF them, los
have been from i'll health 49, from domestic ele,
81 of these being females religious excitement Of 81
kinds including Milletism and spiritual rapplngs, IL
intenpersnce %; and opium-eatng mora6ed prids pol
tics loss Of n oney with other and immoral ies
foo: up about So more There are iOO single Wild
owed men insane to 2l9 married Vita females, hos-
ever, there are sbou. as many married as single and
widowed who are out Of their minds. As to the pre-
yions occupations of those who have become insane,
though farmers and sborers might be expected to
furnish lsss than che average proportion STILL by TAX
my iu the wesvers, the poportioo is about kept up
Private asylums, no doubt take of large proportion
of the insane belonging to the weather. and more in
telsctual classes Sa there are, or have bsen about
twice as many students in the hospitals as there ought
to be- according simply to the proportion Of their num-
bers The merchants from the exciting nsture Of bus-
ness, furnish more than the proper proportion, very
considerably. Thus, out of 49, 900 merchants - have
been in the hospital while ont of 81 600 carpenters
but ~ have been there.
ApUIrERArIoS OF FooD IL FRAscr.-The siul-
teration of articles Of food is made grave oerse 10
France the penalties beirg 6ne imprisonment, and
tho publication Of the sentence upon public placaTds
The latter penalty lie most dreaded of ALL II strikes
blow at the business Of tie person convicted.
recent number of tae Paris Gazette de Trtbunass con-
tans the sentences pronounced by the correctional
tribunal at the instance OF the public prosecutor,
sgainst large number Of shopkeepArs and mikmsn,
found guilty of sdulterson. Some of these sensnoss
are quite heavy. One milsmsn, who bad been con-
victed for the fourth time a charge Of I" falsfyng
alime ntsry substances" was septenced TO eight
NOR tbs imprisonment aud three thousand francs fne
another convicted for the third time, TO elk montos
Imprisonment and two thousand francs fine. TGey
el,o doomed TO have six placsrds Of the judgment
posted up. milk woman for the Justification OF milk
by adding thirty per cent Of water, was sentenced 10
three months imprisonment and fifty francs fine. An
other for milk fasi6ed by the subtraction Of cream
ak days imprisonment and fifty francs fine; vine
merchant for wine fssi6ed by the addition OF water,
Elk days Imprisonment and fifty francs fne and the
sentence, also upon grocer for folsdyiag coffee
with cbicory.
ALLoPAIHY AND HOMEOPATHY IN CoURT.-A o.
rous libel suit has recently come of In Paris. Tselve
homeopathic physicians sued the UaiO,s Msd,eae for
having asserted that hOmeopa by was neither doc
trne, nor a science, but trade" and that " 90
epoch had presented itself at which the method
Of HAHSEMas could be employed by any one who vas
not abjecty ignorant-s crsck brsnsd visionary, or
wretched hsrstsnit certainly not the preeentone.
The editors and prophetOrs Of the Union Hsdiese plead
cd by way of defense and justification that what they
lad stated was only the truth. The tribunal before
which the suit was brought without passing any
Judgment on tho respective systems Of sopstny End
homeopathy held that the plaintiffs he'd no ground
Of sction, and dismissed the case with costs.
INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING OzosE.-Dr. Las.
KEsTER, FRS, an eminent koglish physician, has
invented nstru nent for measuring the varying in
tepsity of ozone. This instrument consists of two
email rollers included in box, and which moved
by ordinary clcckwork. Over the roller . strip Of
paper prepared with iodde Of potassium snd starch,
is allowed 10 revove, the p,per becoming exposed 70
the air for an inch Of It's surface in the lid Of the box.
Twenty four inches Of p,per psss over the rollers in
the course Of twenty four hours AID thus regse BY
M colcr the intensity Of the action Of in the Ct
noephere. BY this ustru men,, the intensity Of the
for every hour in the twenty four be regis
tered, and minims and maIius with average 70 be
entertained. The register Of ozone also be CON-
pared with those Of the thermometer sod the rslsos
Of ozone 70 the direction and force OF the wsd b a.