The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-05-04
Scientific Notes.

According to the eminent French physi.
clan, DR.. Levo, the average duration of life
among the Jews is thirty.seyen years, while
among the Gentiles it is only twenty-six
years. m rad 20 .agtts,s-
An eminent physician says that the white
rubber used for nursing bottles and infants
toys is very poisonous, causing sore mouth,
skin eruption. decayed teeth. spinal curva.
ture, and death. In Europe the sale is pro.
hibited.b law. - !,
A Welsh surgeon was recently tried for
manslaughter because he mistook myeloid
tumor of the knee for a bursal enlargement,
and introduced seton instead of amputa-
ting-the patient dying of subsequent infla-
nation and modification. The accused was
only acquitted on the evidence of experts as
to the difficulty of making a diagnosis be-
tween bursal and myloid tumors. If this
sort of proceeding were adopted in America,
how many cfavats would fit uncomfortable?
An excellent suggestion is made by an
English druggist in relation to the dispens-
ing of poisonous substances. He proposes
| that in addition to the word "polson," the
labels should have printed on their margins
the appropriate antidotes for each class of
poisons a bottle containing mineral acid
| for instance, would have on its label: "Poi-
son If taken by accident, give, mixed with
water, chalk, or soap or whiting, or ceiling
scrapings.'' Similar labels might be printed
for the vorious classes of deadly drugs.
PROFESSOR TYNpALL's lecture on Dust
and Disease which argues that disease is
carried from oAe country to another, has
called out some strange suggestions; none
more so than that of Mr.. Bloxam, a lecturer
on artillery in London, who proposes that
the army committee on explosives, aban-
| doning gun. cotton, should collect the germs
of smallpox and similar malignant dis
eases, in. cotton and other dust-collecting
| substances, and load shells with them" As
L" Nature" remarks: We should then hear
of an enemy dislodged from his position by
q volley of typhus or few rounds of Asiatic
| cholera" iii3i sists iiFEff - lii3
An eminent physician of Boston robs scar
let fever of many Of its terrors by prescribing
for the patient warm lemonade, with a little
mucilage as often as desired, and the appli-
cation Of warmth to the stomach. he di.
reefs that sheet should be wrung out of
hot water and laid on the stomach, renew
| iu6 % OitCu 90 ASCOOlc. INOtuluS CioC Oub
| the lemonade is to be given. With this
treatment he, guarantees that not one In
hundred cases will prove fatal. We have
known cider alone to cure more than one
4 obstinate case. A vegetable acid appears to
be the specific. Enough salt in children's
victuals may almost be said to be o prophy
Tactic for eruptive feyers. so
The Illuminating power of ordinary gas
depends, in very marked ratio, upon the
temperature of the air in which it is burn
| ed. Thus, it has been found, taking the
amount of light emitted at IS degrees of
Fahrenheit as standard of one hundred
parts, that at 80 degrees, or the freezing
point, the percentage Of light is only 76;
and that at degrees above zero it is only
33, or about one-third of what it is at 65
degrees. On the other hand, increased heat
is net accompanied by q corresponding
amount of light. since the temperature Of
boiling water causes an increase of only
4 per cent over the standard |; and that of $40
degrees, or Of boiling paraffine, only 1S per
cent. The loss of Eliminating power upon
the application of cold is supposed to de-
pend directly upon the condensation of the
hydrocarbon vapors; since at temperature
4 of4 degrees a solid mass was found CONCEAL
ed upon the sides of the tube, containing,
among other substances, benzole, ammonia
4 and nitric acid.--Harpsr's Magasiue.
4 a d. sH.rH. :. : 7 q