New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.


INGENIOUS SURGICAL INSTRUMENTAL sell
Illuminating ophthalmoscopo, 40 constructed tn"' ~
con ma nsed I'm full daylight, has received tho warm
commendatiou OF the Royal Society OF England This
r,nc,pe Of construction Important as 1t obyates the
ocesstv for examining patient In dark room, and al
lows Of his taking any convenient posture Inc eocioy
mas aiso .au fhc one 10 shew the beatngs Of the
pulse tho other those OF the bearL hno pihcpo , 70
pnounatic tubes convey the pose,e Udcator MAKES
the wrist To q drum, on which "o'o"' ~ ~
everv movement vsiDIe'
A GERMAN THEORY OF SLEEP.-in the Ae't-
seh,in fir Raoreie Medein the idea IL promulgated
by Dr. sommer that sleep is nothing else than tue result
of deoxygenatlon OF the organism AccordiPe W 'ns
theory the blood and the tissues possess the properly OF
,ns nm tho oxygen inhaled and then supplying 1t In
rronorton IN the requirements OF the economy Wnen
This store Of oxygen Is exhausted or becomes oo ~ a.
Il no longer sices to sustain tne vtai , ard the
organs the brain, nervous systcIn ncIs cso' nurin
body falls into that particular state caIeo Steep Dns
the continuance Of this state fresh VI oy nm
are stored up In the blood 10 ace supsoquo"'' 10
ply to the awakened vital powers -
INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF QUININE.-The
range OF growth OF the cbinchOna plant IL rapmy OK
tending I'm foreign lands. During the great mntny III
India the enormous price given for qulnne at bompay
and elsewhere proved the Importance OF euVatnS 'no
cbnchona plant in that country and appears that the
Efforts made In this direction have since been Attended
with remarkable success. A new variety Welding
LARGER percentage Of quinHe tlan any species ~
auayzed has been discovered by MI brou3n,ou, s1o
u1lorst To the Madras Governments aud II said 10
nave been raised from seeds collected In inc lyoN u.s
rct OF tho Andes Several individu.
ais and the climate Is specially fdvOraee anu eno M
habanls sdllfu in the OF teSs
will DOUBT he the result The importance % cenpon
ing qunue at home and abroad, In every possible way
| has long been felt.
SIMPLE DIsINFFCrANTs.-As o simple method
OF employing carbolc acid, G. HomDurg OF bernn pro
poses TO saturate sheets Of coarse mboard with the
| ~ tanf in uup sheets
in the rooms requiring publication, or small piece may
he torn OF when only small quantity OF carbohc acd 10
wanted Sheets OF mllboard having an area OF about
seven square feet, and containing about onetth OF
pound of carboc acid, sold IN Berlin Tor shlnbg
apiece d. nager also gives the composition OF ,mpo
disiufecting paste, for Washing powder ~ con,
ssts of 100 parts OF white clay. 500 parts OF dsued
water, and 80 parts OF nitric ac Inc mass uis ~
aiued allowed to stand Tor few days Doing sIrod
frequently; The superndtant nuid - tn 10 nc G III dis
of and the clayey mass Thoroughly Wtsieu WIN o,a
filled water. Five parts OF pernangaiate OF potash a.
now be added, aud the eonposton, wneh dIiru, i
made zip into tablets and wrapped III paper S"'ui"0"
with parann.
ELECTRICITY IN CAUTERIzATION.-An article
In Cosmos pronounces the method OF cauierzatloh Dy
the electrothermic, eavano-causuc apparatus ONO
of the most important contributions yet made 10 hodeIh
surgery Whether this high commentator exceed or
fall short OF what due the premises 1t appears GER
tain that the electric process Is safer ana more sure III us
operaton 1t is possible will to vary the degree OF
beat-tO raise instantly 10 the highest intensity 10
diminish suppress it, to renter u lhetht'Sn vi coli
nued to direct 1t into deep cavities ana TO destroy All
the tissues by contact The apparatus can he nlade OF
any desired shape, so as to De appcaDe 10 an pas VI
the body. however inaccessible In any other WAY,
Electricity has been successfully employed In cases
OF bad tumors. In ampuat0ns, IN eAcsonS ol .anrotT
In destruction OF wens for opening cyss upon wounds
by ire and numerous other cases lt suppres.cs all
rain after the operation, avoids all loss O blood pre-
vents putrid aud purulent infections 1aclates inc
organic Reconstruction and healing OF the parts, ana
affords method universally applicable
PHOrOGRAPHING TIE NERVOUS CENTERs.-A
lat. N,rurna nf tQ
appearances presented by sections Of the nervous CEN
tcrs has been exhibited by Dr. Ducheune of BouoSne
before the French Academy OF Medicine lie states that
he has obtained excellent results from sections or the
great sympathetic nerve, the spinal gauga, the spinal
cord and OF tie Inedulla oblongata when magniied
from o.5CO times. THIS plan suggested some years
AGO by Dr. Ducheunc hut II was found that the phot-
graphs obtained by the ordinary method were not per-
stent He then fxed them on stone by process peGu-
liar to himself, termed photoautography Inc results
OF mis- experiments and photographs e0hnrm inc SUI
stanual accuracy of the weEknown and beauiul draw
ing made by Dr. LOckhar Clarke OF the central parts OF
the nervous system and, In his later experiments, Du-
cheune adopts ClaIkes mode OF prepar.lon win enro
mic acid and carmine. He states mat certain micro
graphic details come ont with W0nuerui clearheSs III
the photographs especially IN the wnlte snosneG o.
the Iiedulla oDongata ara mat 10y lhs means some I'LL
| porlant additions may be made 10 or knowledge.
TIE PRE-JENNERIAH PERIoD.-By way of
mpreasing the ravages Of smallpox in the preJeneran
period on peoples minds IN manner more picturesque
than that Of ordinary statistics writer in ono OF the
foreign medical Journals selects the history OF few
royal houses it appears that OF the descendants
OF Charles of Great Britain, up to the date OF 1872 nVe
were Killed. outright by smallpox, namely: Ills son
Henry Duke OF Gloucester and his daughter Mary WIG
Of the Prince OF Orange and mother OF William Hi ana
three Of the children OF James H. namely: Charles,
Duke Cambridge In 1877; Mary, Queen oI England
and wife of William Ill, IN 1884, aud Cue princess Maria
Inui,a in l72 This does include, OF course, severe
attacks not fatal like those Of Queen Anne, william III,
and others OF The immediate descendants OIL MS Go'e
pOrary Louis XIV. OF Franco-whO himself survived
severe attack OF smapOXaye also died of in the IN
terval between I'LL and 1l7i namely, his son LOUIS me
Jalphn of France, in III; Louis Duke OF Burgundy,
of the preceding, and also Daupho, ana t4o
Dauphness lbs wife, in 1Il2; their son the Due de
Rretagne and Louis XIV, the great grandson OF Louis
XIV. Among other royal deaths RON smallpox IN tho
same period those Of Joseph l., Emperor OF Ger
many in l7I1 Peter H., Emperor OF Russia. III 1880;
Henry. Prince OF Russia, in 1867; MaXlmlah Joseph
EectUr OF Bavaria. In l717.