New-York tribune., 1872-05-23
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

hNTID0TE To IHOSiHOhNos- N%'A>H
Ae,o and yoh have demonstrated that phosphorus is ao
sored nv carbon and to such extent that taken IN
,ho torn, Of pills carbon constitutes complete antlotc
nv the poison and relieves those who have 10 mahph h
rhcsphorus from all the disastrous consequences ' ~
ero accruine 1t has been found that the results ~
these pills match factories are better tnah toso The
continued Of the latter produces violent he"u0'
CRANIAL DEFICIENCY IN CRIMINALs'-In
paper read before tho British Association III VIZ"
argues that habitua criminals do not possess SUN "
nmount OF intellect TO enable them TO discfha'e
between right ana wrong aud that the malOry o "T %
are devoid OF moral sense they are oil -" 90 unable
iellectual development ard some S Scros of Sduca-
80 surmount even the rudmentary ui % ccToI hundred
ton Dr. W. states that he has M ~aGS oed cranal de.
nccney espeeialy in the obes of the brain.
SrNcrr1R GERMAN THEORY The curious
theory is propouuded by physician IN "ernany 'na'
tmall-pox originates from an excess OF apuhhouS i"
Gov in the blood and that this Is to be prevented by the
dD,ipistraton Of common salt The habit OF children
,rAplne over freely in swectmeats he considers ono
great cause Of this undue development OF aDunyn I'm i
coffee and tea, il n,eDy sgaTe te1d alSo U ,ce ne con-
elders the best means OF freeing the blood wren coS
M with TOO much abumen; and he alleges that by a5ns
sIese simple remedies, in the way of prScaut9' ne m a.
upward OF ~ years past teq3entou bais Ui i'm Eu
rope and South America with entire lmpuhltg
MORTALITY IN ENGLISH MINEs.-Dr. Angus
Smiths account OF the state Of the atmosphere !" so'
era English mines presents some delordDe I@cts' IL
sanitary point Of view. Tho famous cornish niinos'
w.
.noun OF carbonc acid gas and other poisons coheu
an their air. Coapts subject TO occasional Nvnr btt
aud fatal explosions ana are rf n he VcTv short
duration of life among the Cornish miners proves hat ~
E rs i derp man to undergo the certainty Of being
slowly poisoned by fou air. Three hundred saipies w
81 The deeper workings the amount was actually len e
even rose to 226 the oxygen being only 1909 now III
healthy atmosphere, there is about O per cent OF G
bone scio & Mil nv tSrd the close of the play,
of acid fOund 10 DC Only iVlu
rs to .S2.
RECENT EXPERIMENTS WITH DIsINFECrANTS'
"A special commission, appointed by the French Ac"u
emy of Medicine been studying the various expert
tneuts and methods employed for disinecng tAe local.
ite where contaious diseases prevailed during the late
siege OF Paris The report declares hypOntrous acid the
most eoacous of all substances tested for the purpose
This agent completely destroys all germs OF conacon,
cautions necessary in using it. Inc doors
and other openings OF the apartment must nst pe %
and sealed with gummCd paper The fonOwlng are Ihe
proportions Of the materials used Tor generating le gus
~ sSo eTamroes This quantity is sufficient for q
room of to 40 cubic meters The materials are paee
wien the room closed left undturbed for As hours
Even on entering the at the expiration Of s time
Il has 10 a protecting apparatus
INVESTIGATION OF HYDROPHOBIA IN RUSSIA.
1t is claimed that some important discoveries respect
tng the nature Of bydrOphOba have been made lately ID
Russia and one Of the papers contributed to the archives
Of judicial medicine devoted TO this subject In this
communication il Is stated that since the Professor OF
Pathological Anatomy, NJ. Kudnow. undertook his lee
lures on pathological anatomy OF animals Tor veter
narv students he has given particular attention to the
subject madness many cases OF whlch come
within the scope Of Judicial veterinary practice, & whe 10
Hitherto few firm bases for satisfactory diagnosis OF
tic disease obtained by opening the animals
Being convinced that results could only oe arrived
OF by means OF the microscope W. huunoW cOnouSu & ns
researches, and with the aid of that instrument made
tue discovery which Is now an9ouneed namely '1' n e te
Kidneys through their parenchymatous inflammation
sn that the whole eptheum OF the kidneys is diseased
o. th9 saf 9 h IN n ee IN t at me same time Win fatty
substance, by which the uniformly fatal issue oi hydro
pho0ia Is brought about
HAsuEEsH AND FUNGUs.-It' would appear,
from the statements made by an English physician in
The Science Rere that both the hasheesh Of India and
the equally wellknOwn fungus, are now more extern
sivey than before for producing ntoxication.
In the case the fungus the desired effect comes on In
from to two hours after is taken Giddiness and
drunkenness follow in the manner as from wine or
sprituous liquors. cheerfuness Is first produced the
face becomes flushed involuntary words ana @ acuons
some persons It renders remarkably active proving
a dose. violent spasmodic effects are produced. SO
exciting is it to the nervous system OF many that ts
keep silence or secrets fond of music s incessanty
stc5 over a straw or a stick he takes a stride or jump
sufficient 10 clear the trunk OF tree O1 course
akabe fact is that the fluids OF the debauchee become
snguary narcotic ana are IeSiCre % @ s o1 m av 6
intoxicated through the medium Of one man. and this
one fungus TO prOOng these most fearful and dis
gushing orgies Tor many days together.
PHoTOGRAPHING THE PULsE.-The ingenious
apparatus invented by Dr. Ozanam of Paris for render
ting variable beatngs of the pulse visible is already
proving itself Of practical value. 1t consists OF
tucida about inches wide, in which piece Of mech
snsm, moving at a uniform rate pushes glass plate,
prepared with cOOdon in front of a very ap
erture exposed TO the light In this aperture glass
tube, n which column OF mercury rise or fall, as
In thermometer. by attaching 10 the wrist rubber
tube filed with mercury in connection with the tube OF
the apparatus the beating OF the pulse s received on
This artificial artery, and the pusatons are transmitted
60 the recording apparatus AS the column In the tube
acts screen, light penetrate the aperture only
where the cOpmn is deficient; consequently the pre-
pared plate becomes black under the influence of light
everywhere except aJ such places the column inter-
IT, As the column rises ana falls with each pulsatOn
Of heart, these black lines the prepared plate
pushed regularly forward, Will be longer shorter al
ternatey, and viii be successfully photographed
being lines perpendicular 20 common base, the heart
beng thus made register phOtOgraphicaly its
quotations. These Photographic representations can bo
phbeater ana sucn is the popularity of the apparatus,
w. it, adaptation 70 derent1 1ses that II may be
flied 10 register the variations Of respiration, the
hT gular action of coughing, ana similar ply sOlOgical
and pathological phe euOmena.