New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-19
nrnrcAL IND SURGIcAL N0TES

po,coxrNc-Since attention has Deen
,.d n tho subject cases Of lead poisoning
.othe use of hair preparations contalnine 49,. -
sornd 70 be very frequent. case OF LIE -
oeny reported in the medical tourna, M treated as
nIst nth hut slight amendment Paralysis 2, wrist
snsor scles OF the fingers ana tne ecton was
tsI,ss o,oip0 ON The true nature OF the aheOao - a
drop snS s cause readily found in the Tree uSe T 81
Mr. renewer containing large propoIton mum the
lead In TINS of collie had been quite frequent
Dscontinuancc of the hair-dressns' "ou i'S''' "
ordinary remedies, eneeieu V"te' 1000
CTpr roR THE OPIUM HABrT.-ln a recent
on The condition Of the English hospital at fekn'
china the attending physician gives Formula loi
opium pills" This remedy is composed OF e@'ro'
NJ bonhane extract Of gentian eamphor, csn and
enne pepper ginger and 1,ce nowder TO form
a,tnc inc efficacy OF these pills IN oVeroonk tny
opium habit and in preventing Re nave been proved
On numerous cases The native remedies ~ Is S The
tain opium in some FORM ana most reegnnentiy are
inefBescons~itb being difcntto discontinue 'no "''
Of the medicine as of the drug l'sen. -
EFFECT OF CoLORs UPON HEALrH'--A COT
RESPONDENT Of The Builder states that nc hau oo0o
-, sovsroi years 10 examine rooms occupied by young
,vo,oep for manufacturing purposes, and he has op-
$4,000 that while the workers in one room would zoe
serv cheerful and healthy the occupants OF slmar
roOlo, Mn cned 70 be melancholy, and complained or
main I'm the forehead and ewes ana were olIen III anu
oh Ia "a TOrE
s ss ~ Was that tho one occupied by the healthy
orkeTs was wholly whitewashed, and that occupied Dy
INC meisnV ~ adherence truck him he had the yellow
pehre washed on the walls and then whlteneu; A. V1
an Improvement took place IN the heaith anu sPi'9
the occupants g, >.
. WHAT Is INSANITY AT a murder trial In
Memphis wherein an attempt 10 establish insanity was
made on the part Of the Defense DR., j. K Alien was
called ne an expert, and testified thus briefly ana
nationally: al have been praeucing physician lol
nearly thirty years. / have had some experience III
esSes Of insanity having been for ten years medca
Fuperintendent Of the Kentucky Lnnauc asylum, a
durinc that time had 2C00 crazy people u1er ~,
charge have heard the hypOthetlcal case reau ~ ~
Phelap am here expert, ana before aIsWe5
the question would like 20 say that inc anoS d (;
the question OF insanity the less understood anu
nor sDv nbvsician in the world could tell you n fact
on occasions like this lawyers make fools OF themselves
in trying TO make asses OF Doctors Inc H'iiA0S' Pi'
fessiOual testimony ever given in court
BEST AND WORsT CLIMATES FOR CoNsUMP
zJvEs-Prof Andrews Of the Chicago Medical College
has been classifying the medical facts contained IN IN
Census reports Of 1870 and 1870 and from these he ma
that copsupption and cancers two diseases whie
are ilariv ali cted by and prevail IN the same regions
and that the two governing their prevalence are
Follows. First these two diseases are abundant nea
the and diminish as YOU recede from II anu IN
north and diminish you 60 south. FROM Ihls ~ ~
lows that the best resort for eonsunpuNe OF CahSe
patient some point which Is AT tne sie Inc 1 ,
south and as far from the possible Sueh pltc
AZ Mexico where the deaths from consumption AT
ONLY three per cent Arkansas where they are ne pe
cent. Whle in NeW-Engaud which Is colder ana SCI
grit they IS per cent. Entirely IN accOronce WI
this rule but contrary 70 the popular OplOh
s worse place than any other state having IL per ol
of deaths from consumption though TINS may ne eecaus
CONSERVATIVES are sent there seek health Mississippi
Alabama and Florida have each SIX per cent uSois'
and South Carolina five per cent.