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served wherevercopper Soldering takes place. Although
an extremely small amount of ccpperb carried up ffoa
| furnaces, it is not well entirely TO ignore Il. Ths
amount OF arsenic, however, is probably not without
considerable influence, and we may probably lssyu
why some towns seem less affected than Others BY the
burning of Goals by examining the amount Of arsenic
burned, as well as sulphur.
WooD-CHARcoAL IN SEwERs.-A recent ,eport Sth~
Commissioners of the London sewers contains some in
teresng testimony concerning the vaue Of wood char
| coal as deodorzer We have, says the report. IN
common wood charcoal powerful means of DESTROYING
the foul gases of Ventilate the sewers accord
ing to any suitable plan either by the open atinss IN
the streets by the ranwater pipes Of the houses or
by the pillars of the gas lamps, or by tubes carried up
from the drains Of every home by special shafs IN
the public streesn fact let the gases go out Of the
sewers how they will and where they will it Is ooly
necessary to place a small box containing little char
coal in the of the draught, and the puricaoa
of the air will be complete. AS far is known, fom
the various trials which have been made the strength
and endurance Of this power almost unlimited; %
that, when once the ar-fer has been set up, It viii
last continuously for years. It's action, also, upon Tho
draught is not particularly injurious The temperature
of the sewers and the agencies which at work In
circulating the air and ventlatng them, are sucieo
to keep up current of foul air through the fters and
il these DO multiplied to large extent the FRO
ton of the gases upon the charcoal 10 reduced to an IN
| significant amount.
SMALL Pox PIrrrso.-The fact that pitting in small
pox, is comparatively 10 frequent in the face
pared with other parts of the surface is well known.
| Some explain this on anatomical grounds while By
Others it is accounted for by the fact that, whereas the
rest Of the surface is kept covered, and not only
comparatively excluded from the action Of the air, but
in state of humidity the ineguments of the face re-
main exposed, and in dry and heated state. In tho
active and nonyphod forms of the disease, the
application of pouces the face appears to be the
eurest mode Of venting the consequent Disagreement.
| This treatment should be commenced at the earliest
period and continued advanced stage OF the afee
tion and if necessary applied even over the noSsrs
which are generally completely obstructed. BY this
MEANS three important indications fulfilled, W.T.
air is excluded local irritation is moderated, and the
parts are kept in permanently moist state 30 that The
drying and hardening Of the scales is prevented.
TREATMENT OF ACUTE DIsEAsEs.-An English
work lately ssued the treatment Of acute diseases
such as rheumatic and continued fevers, eryspelas and
| pneumonis-the author, Dr. X. b. Todd, makes the
following observations: 1st That the notion so hong
| u4ocooo
vented or cured by means which depress and reduces
vital and nervous power, is altogether fapacious ID
That acute disease is not durable by the direct nfu-
ence Of any form Of drug any known remedial agent
excepting when 1t 10 capable of acting as an antidote
or Of peutrazng poison, on the presence Of which in
the system the disease may depend 3D. That disesss
is cured by natural processes, 10 promote which, m
their full vigor vital power must be upheld; remedies,
whether in the shape Of drugs which exercise special
physiological influence the sysem, or in whatever
FORM are useful only far they may excite, ASSIST
| or promote these natural curative processes.
CpEo.ory As AN ASrsEPrIc.-Creosote, which
literally eighties esh-preserver, is the most imporsnt
Of the products obtained from wood-tar. II dissoSss
several salts particularly the aceates, the acetate OF
silver excepted which it reduces. II is itself COM
pletely soluble in acetc acid, wood naphtha, and
alcohol IN most volatile ole in the alkaline solutions,
and in from eighty 10 one hundred pts Of water Like
the chorides of iron mercury, znc and other fauses
it isa powerful coagulator Of abumeni but unlike
these agents the insouble compound which It foioe
with the tissues resists purefacton. In fact il Is the
beet known antseptic and consequently, it is power
full deodorant It IL believed to be the agent,
tally that was used in embaming the Egyptian
| mice.
LARcH BARK IN PULMONARY HEHoRRHAoE.-Dr.
DAILY states in The Medical Times and Gazette that
his experience agrees with that Of DR.. Frezill and
other Dublin physicians namely that the tineture OF
larch viii 10 found to be most valuable agent in
resting and restraining pulmonary hemorrhage. 10
possesses powerful astringent properties, combined with
the syptic and slightly stimulating qualities Of tere-
bnthinate-a rare combination, and one which appears
to present all the requisites for perfect syptc BY
virtue of these properties it acts mild tonic, i'm
proving and strengthening the digestive organs, whils
il does interfere with the healthy and natural action
of the bowels Further IL is psatabe and pleasant
| medicine, having an agreeable balsamic, piny flavor,
which is no slight recommendation In medicine of this
Glaze especially when their continued exhibition must
be persevered In for Heightened period. 1t lie stated
that DIR. Hardy, of Dublin, has given larch bark in
fifteen of pulmonary hemorriiage, some passive
and some active and in one case Of severe epstaxs,
also In one Of chronic cyst in all cases advantageous
! ly except the last.
Curious TRrArMESr OF PARALrsrs.-The AreAio
fir Pathoogfsche ARatorie gives an account Of case
of extensive paralysis treated successfully by eestr-
city and " Lngism' by DIR. Gutenberg of Berln--ths
patient being girl Of fifteen years When Dr. L.
undertook the management of the case the patient was
entirely unable to hold herself in sitting posture and
when lying, her power Of moving the limbs was ex'
tremely limited. The muscles OF the trunk and limbs
were all greatly wasted particularly the muscles OF
the back the latter muscles moreover refused 10 con-
tract under the influence Of electricity Intelligence
was unimpaired, and seDsibity intact. The bowes
would not act with powerful pUrgatiyes, but in othe,
respects the health seemed to be satisfactory.
Faradizatioa and Lingism," or Swedish gymnastics.