New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-07
HEALTH AND DISEASE.

kind OF ingenuity may IN many cases be baked Of a
fruit by the substitution of milder means sometimes It
would appear to be evoked by the very improvementa
which are the pledge Of the advance of surgery Are
msrkable instance in point is the comparatively recent
operation Of lithotrity.
The only method of effectually relieving a sufferer
from the torture and beahdestroyng consequence Of
stone in the bladder had been by cutting into ths part
and by extracting the stone through the wound which,
in such cases. extends deeply and involves pars which
would be dangerous, or even fatal to njare by
the novel process entitled hotrty instruments inge-
nousy conriyed for the purpose, are introduced into
the bladder and in the hands Of skul operator, are
made to break crusb and pulvarze the stone, without
the necessity of any incison and without those dan"
gers TO the patient which attend the operation OF hho~
tony. Here the aid Of the mechait was called in 70
contribute TO the of Of the greatest rumphs
of modern operative surgery 1t is also well knowns
in connection with this subject that Sir Ashley Cooper
devised plan Of extracting stones from the bladder
whole and entire, when Of small size, and that was
successfully carried cut by Of instrument con-
siructed by Weiss. If them the Improvement in the
apparatus and instruments of surgeons be thus consid
cred they will be found to depend on simphGcston,
snd if on novel appliances yet on inventions, which
have afforded new means of reliefto the sufferer, or
have tended to introduce the genter and less formda-
bic methods Of operation which always the char
acteristc of the enlargement Of surgical knowledge
MAsurAcroR1Es PREJuDIcIAL TO HEALrB.-An
inquiry of some Importance has been instituted by the
Belgium Government on the influence Of chemical man
ufactories on animal and vegetable health For some
years. notion had grown into belief that certain
manufactures preudicial to health and veeeta-
tom and 60 much dsquiet thereupon that Gov
eminent commission was appointed-two chemists and
two botanists-who, commencing their inquiry, pur
sued it carefully for several months, oonfnng them.
selves TO factories in which suphuric acid, soda cop
perss and chloride Of lime were made. The two
chemists watched the process and noted the escape Oh
gases from the chimnies They consider soda factories
10 be the mos noxious snd tall chimneys more hurt
full than short Ones because of the greater surface over
which they difuse the vapors; and tall chimneys, ~
quckeniDg the draft, discharge gases which other
wise would be absorbed in the passage. Hence, Con-
trary TO the commonly received opinion they bold that
there is lees dispersion of deleterous vapsrs with
short chimney than tall one. As regards the effect ON
the health of men and animals, the Cominisnon ma
the proportion of deaths per cent TO be lower now IN
the surrounding population than before the factories
were established
PICKLES AND PREsERvEs.-Both Of these varieties
of food as purchasedat the stores frequently con-
taminated-cerain impurities being pu-posely added,
while the presence Of others may be attributed 10 ac-
dent Foremost in Importance are the poisonous adus-
teraons and these chiefly refer to the admxture Of
copper 1t unfortunately hsppens that copper lie the
only available metal for the purposes Of manufacturing
vessels Of capacity suitable for the pckle-naksr and
Wholesale confectiouer. Iron vessels jnadmfsibie
on account of the facility with which that metal dis
solves and The disagreeabe color il mpars- Iron ves-
sells, lined with porcelain, answer well enoagh for
small quantities and at first Vessels Of this material,
however, cannot be procured beyond very moderate
dimensions, and, beside this, the internal porcelain
glaze in process OF time, cracks and fails 10 be any
longer protection Vessels of coppertinned and cop
pe1-slveIed are open to similar objection, the protec-
tive coating wearing away after time.
Setting aside the difficulty of finding substitute for
copper the beautiful green tint which impars to GER
tain pickles and preserves holds out an inducemsnt
its adoption This green color Is peculiarly attractive
in such preserves as greeneages and gooseoees also
in all pickles the vegetable components OF which are
naturally green; but persons who attracted by the
beauty of color should bear in mind that il is only I'M
parted at the cost Of health and by the incorporation OF
a poison In the preparation of other than green
pickles and preserves the cupreOaJ mpregnstion can
of course lend no attractive TINT and the manufacturer
can have 10 inducement whatever to solicit its pres
euce but that presence almost necessity, 30 loDgas
copper vessels are employed in the manufacture.
INHALATION OF CARBoyIc AcID.-According 70 the
experiments made by Drs Ozana and Faure Of France,
tie effects of carbonc acid when inhaled as an snsshe-
tic resemble those Of ether, but are more fugitive and
while it is necessary in the case OF ether 70 interrupt
the inhalaons after short intervals an opposite pro-
cedure is required for csrbonc acid As long as one
wsbes the sleep be prolonged the inhalatons most
be continued; these can be prolonged ten, twenty,
thirty minutes and more, without danger 10 lfe When
the inhslations are stopped the waking s almost I'M
mediate. The experiments Of Ozanam and Faure have
never resulted in DEATH When death does take Place,
is slow progressive and one can predct iof some
time in advance the moment OF its ARRIVAL, oy conue
ing the condition Of the heart ard the pupns' fsa
and Oranam say that they have respsed the gas n1s
to the point of producing SLEEP, a. least ann 'es
the first effects. Its taste snsnuy piqaal',
neo.ant "a that Of ether and is an exeter OF she
,;.. o,ansn savs that the ethers, chloroform and
sa-hon;c OXIDE determine snesthssis by robbipg the
ssrol blood a it's oxygen, 80 as to produce carbonie
acid and thus making the blood venous. Cmoonic aad
tai, doss not decompose the blood it removes no vital
principle from IT, but contributes progressively and 20
tbat Il can be graduated at WILL the necessary quantity
of carbon to determine the insensibility.
PATHOLOGY OF RHEUMATISM. writer in me Of
the English medical jour ais Analyses the prevailing
doctrines regarding the intimate nature Of rheumatism
and objects, with regad TO the lactc-acid theory,
which may be said to be the one most generally pro-
ysiing at present-frst that laccscid has not been