New-York tribune., 1872-12-09
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

,,o,so~o,,o p.prp SuApEs-Dr. Mlrus men,
-, ,,, ses IN lena and one in Frankfort where per-
sons using green glazed paper shades were WIN
symptoms Of arsenic RCossso @ss ., ~ be shade was scon
tinned Tie heat OF the lamp yoiatzug 'ne sIsS snl
renders even the very s q sed in the well known Paris
reen with which not only lamp shades put wall papers
de- are so often coioreu' -
CuIoRAL HYDRATE IN DISEAsE.--A recent
upper of the Ga-ee Hebdomadare contains an article
rv Prof, Idebreich on the of ohloral hydrate, IN
which he states that all of seeplessness without
fever form the basis Of its applications that for the ree
Of severe pain y esnn4 pc uePSmueS % ha ON cTcgaoTy
apparatus especially yavular ana other serious %
las down as a rule that the choral should never be
gwen in substance nor In solution stronger .hn ~
To 100 The best dose for adult is from ~ 10 80
aud habitua does not necesState increase OF uOse
CURIOUS INVESTIGATION BY M. DUFoUR.-
Some interesting well as curious Investigations nave
been made by NJ Dufour TO the rate OF growth oI Ie
mai Among thereSus thus arrived at appears the lact
that The nails OF the little fingers more slowly than
those Of the other fingers and the thumbs the difference
eng about one-nnth. The mean rate OF these-eNciuu
ag the little ngers-s about tue hundredth part Ii a
uptrclly greater than That ON the SIX longer nuSe.s
nails grow at about the same o rS Sn On otn to ienSh
OF M nail il being greater near the base Tue suosaee
" fbe nsil advances equally throughout Its breadth
several years shows sensible differences.
BLOOD AS Disqualification having been
drawn by Prof Panum of the University OF Copenhagen
TO the amount Of nutritious matter contained IN blood
and usually entirely lost DIR. Nielsen OF that city has
been endeavorng solve the problem Of fixing blood IN
forms suitable for food and at the time capable OF
preservation namely First sausages, puddngs, ana
cak s-beng mixed with fat, meal, sugar, salt, ana u
few spces-tO serve much cheaper compensation or
su utute for meat, and intended more especially ior
the use of the poorer classes and, second as blood
cau,Oate especially suitable to be used ID nos
l. .s as well otherwise in medical practice In wnlcn
tcr form t has been recommended by Prof Panum at
meeting OF at Copenhagen ana IL now Deng
empoyed in some OF the hospitals OF that city.
A NEGLECTED SOURCE OF FooD.-Dr. Muter,
IN tue pages OF The Food Journal, calls attention to what
ne terms neglected of food. Some time ago
while invest eating by means OF the microscope
ne discovered ingredient employ ed by Of adulte
ration TO which he could give name. subsequently
h. had a sample OF substance offered at the MARX
Lane Exchange as article OF food for cattle. Tor
warded TO him for analysis It now became neces sary
10 deal with the matter seriously and further micro
opc Investigation led TO the discovery that the myste
rn ingredient simply the flour OF the African pea
or eartnut Dr. Muer declares however, that the bean
of s peanut is an excellent substance, which, instead
OF ng used only food for cattle, by some adue
ratCrs more enlightened than their neighbors should D
every where recognized marketable article OF hunal
Diet