New-York tribune., 1872-08-27
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

sCvoop pAtr-It has commonly been imaglheu
-, ,h ao,ion Of ourare when applied to wounu - W
,.nse death without any visible struggle anu
- Dr Claude Bernard has however, SHOWN '"is Nv
s,on 10 be utterly erroneous. He states that the
ens gradually on rom nb 10 limb, deSree
80, ~ ootion and vet without in the slghtes. .sion
Affecting the intellectual faculties or P,oenf Ths he
sider one of the greatest tOrtures TO whlcn an ~ The
cent being be subjected DSs' 'hSb cease 10 pro-
sTalysis of the respiratory organs M Nncn ~ centres
StSe the blood with the quantity OF oA een ~ =,
Npw ANT1sFPTrc.-Ihe London Ldacet mghiy
eenmends the new antiseptic-hydrateo on'o,'uo "a
,n,n,uu,-to which the attention OF mea'eai i"e 80
Of the general public has recently beeh "IS"n ~ ~ or
,woved 10 be quite as potent as chloride Oh 1o " "a
- .,d aud IL at the same time nonposonous htS Sc
SSxoid M unpleasant smell OF any kn1INua g and al
wf doubt insure its being most of the anu
erptos at present IN vogue, so lew Vi nv reason why
aad ss,ssctory & Is Ssep over ths p9I
Is0ss rs because Of ITS not being a ""s'0 P
common chemical manufacture
A.nFIcIAL EYES--A French paper gives
,ied OF the Of IN Parls'
fron which the curious faG appears tna 'e "'ei"e1
sa,e per week Of eyes intended Tor the human heau
amounts 10 aeO One Of tho leading dealers IN tns ro'
carries on the business in saloon OF great
his servant has but one eye ana tne enSt % d 2 IN ms
servants head 50 that the customer can Judge very
readily % 70 s S6o9f s 70 @ per ee For the poor
tbere are secondhand visual organs, whch nave oeeh
yEOT -
d Al reduced prices and quantities are sent on 10 lndS
and the sandwich Islands
CHLoRoRoRM AMONG THE CHINEsE.-Accord'
rug 10 Ieputed discovery by N. stansiaus Julien IL
anpear that so far back as third century OF our era
The Chinese were in possession of an anesthetc agent
which they employed IN the same manner as we use
rhorofor and ether for producing insensbty curing
Surgical operations escrpon Of this was discovered
by ~ Julien ia a work preserved IN the - BlDn0theque
NafODsle - - called Ou-RRitOng," or q GeueIdl
Collecton OF Ancient and Modern Medicines "-whlch
appears have been published IN the slxeeut cSneuy
In biographical notice OF Hos thO-Who nourisheu unueL
tho dynasty Wei between the years 2O ana 25O O our
era-t sta-cd that he gaTe the SICK preparation oi
chanvre Ma-yOl who in few moments became as M n
sensible as enc plunged inrunkenness or deprived OF
life. tbeD according 10 the case he made tncisOns,
amputatons ana the like. AFTER certain humoet W WOI
DAYS the patient found himself reeStaOhsneo, wlLhOut
having experienced during the operation the sghet
pain 10 appears from the biography OF Han that Inis
chanyre was prepared by boiling and disullatlOn'
New THEORY OF SEA SICRNESS.-Slr James
Anderson H. d. F. X. s., has elaborate article IN Ihe
British Medical Journal in which he discusses the cause
and ameoratiOn Of sea sickness Referring TO the exper
Hence OF suherers this strange and gloomy malady
he saws II admitted by oil that they most sensible OF
fhe miserable feeling at the moment OF the de
scent ship They also conscious at that pare
ular time instructive effort to sigh or take deeI
inspiration, the meaning OF Wncn II hanesI ~
deep inspiration the chest is dated for the reception OF
air and It's vessels become more open 70 admit pOOo SC
that return OF blood from the head Is then more Iet
than al any other period OF eo.ee s th
on the contrary. by the ACT OF eXpelng ar rOm tnt
lungs the iness of blood is DISTRACTED According "a
DIR AdersOn this obstruction Is proved py oDserDaIlo
when the OF the brain exposed by the opera
ton Of trephning; successive turgescence ana sups
dence Of the brain then in alternate motion Win
different states Of the chest Reasoning uOm TINS Wen
known phenomenon Dr. A. concludes, very plauslbly
that deep inspiration. at the time oil the descent OF tne
ship tends 10 counteraet the turgeseence OF the Dta