New-York tribune., 1872-11-07
ueDIcAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

ABSORBING POWER OF THE HUMAN SkIN'-DI.
thomson OF Edinburgh relates some experiments Nn."
he tried on his person 10 ascertain the uu.n "
statements made To the curative power VI n,'N :,
water baths depending On the absorption oy INC "
certain salts and other substances which theS % sph
eoluon. and further, 10 ascertain whetne. ~ mass
stances applied in the FORM ol 9il.e, ,re fbey pr,-
through the skin and rcacn the poVu rc that not
A." - benptlcal effect Ills conclusions arr l"I nv
onIv has absorption b1 the skin been kIVa.S kIs oion
sted hnt in the ease or substances IN
~ scSus t be the exception moi the rue LOT auso ~
10 take place; and that 10 the c'sS VI h absorIeJ
SON, son o,bers 9l m moi.
French THEORY OF FATAL RENEDIEs.-Ac-
cordng 10 NJ Alphonse dc Candole when iaC' un'F
adv has seriously affected the younger portion OF pVp
ulation the succeeding generation, descended rom p
sans who escaped the disease were hut niue "uoo'o
NV II win he found less liable attack. as an ordinary
eject OF the law of descent, tins co,uiHN novofrc
from generation 70 fcncIa,,,on, ,,r Of cpidemics
constitutes cause Of tine weaheinuS o' 1,sc H.
and NAV serve ~ explain the reason why ds''sg & -
mos; Injurious when II first attacks any people anu VIZ nv
a. snaouenti becomes rarcr or less dangerous, as mas
f,ouCnHv Leeu obs rvei After the lapse OF seNtia
VeDcrations however p0puiatuh mu'ela'OlS ,9l ~ ~
- },.'s, onrru,ches the condition Of one when mas
ssver bsd IN aud increased intensity may then ensne
Acrr SPoREs.-n a communication to the
Fre,ch Academy. NJ BOlestra states that In eXamin-
inc marsh the alwaysI finds. in proportion to It's
,grees Of putrefaction, granular microphyte some
hat resembling n form the Peruvian cactus It Is
.iwaVs accompanied hy a considerable qmnttN OF slhau
.,,orrs Green shycIow and transparent. This plant
grows on the surface of the water whom young u Is
riiubOw-Nke IN tnts aud looks like spots or OIL Al Ut
low temQeraturc OF ccldI, tohta uIhS 40
m Winter 10 develops slowly, but IN contact Wlth ar
and exposed 10 It grows fast. discuehtlhE
sn'ar arbnhbes NJ Boestra thinks that those spores
constitute ague poison. and that they can be found Ia
marsh air lie hiuself caught ague twice during ms
rcscarcheonce after being exposed 90 air from water
tauou, mixed wh an extraordinary quantity OF spores
A Coon ILIUsTP NTlON.-Dr. Wilkinson OF
the ROYAL Colle-o Surgeons England. has Published
q work from TIE homeopathic standpoint, which has
lii. TTtl.a fitRrf ulVgs
man when sick to two ruen each struggling with the
other the physician comes TO shoot the worse man to
death without ain Of the charge touching the better
The homeopathic dose, says Dr. W., Viii hOt my tuc
struggling health, because the sho can "'llNu uous H
in,i th disease He goes Go show, very lngeuousy.
that the homeopathic remedies must MOI "e compared
More than this Dr. W asserts that te curative prolei-
ties Of medicines may he preserved N even LSlrI !
their material action, ana 20 treat them a~ dynamic
things.
CHARACTER As WELL As FEATURES Trans
nIlrED-Iu Cations recent W0rK treating Oi hereditary
influence De holds that there certain marked types
of character Justly associated with marked types OF
featurc and tcmperameut That the latter are Inherited
no one questions and the same may therefore be III
fcrred OF the former. A examples; IaUon lnstahce
the face the couhatant, which Is Squire, CoaI>, al'
heavily jawcd, differing strikingy from tnat OF h
tic the voluptuary, the dreamer ana the Chai
icarrcs and characters of different races of mem lh
Mongohans Jews. NeSiVes, SlI,'Csi AMI anu & ti1
ders in character and intellect We'll a. ln color an
shane forming class OF instances worthy OF close III
vestieatlou. iu which VcCGIarttcs OF character ar
invariably transmitted from the parent, 20 the offspring
TIE TEA QUEsuON.--Just in the wake of DT
Arldges amazing hull against tea-drinking comes dis
hcartenng statement in The L0IdOn Grocer showing th
consumption of the prescribed herb 70 have been
IN ISL 129 tOl pounds. In the United Kingdom alone
And hv the way. as showing the provcrlna disagree
uent ~ doctors. Dr Adam Smith. in paper read before
The London society Arts. recommends the use or tes
~ decidedly bcuodcdl. nsaucinc in particular the io
lowing ra~c- Altcra fun meal, when The system Is Oi
presSed with foOi for the cOrpunt, and the old tO
hot climates end especially for those who, hvlng luert
eg1 freely or drink milk alcohol; IN cases OF sus
tnuded animation; for soldiers who, m time OF peace
take too much food I'm relation 70 the waste proceeding
IN The body: for soldiers and Others marching ~ moi
climatcs-.OI then. by promoting evaporation ana cool
ing the BODY 10 prevents ia degree the elects OF zoe
ulutn food, as of 200 great heat.