Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-10-16
Scientific Notes.

BRICKS made Of blast furnace slae
can be produced at low cost, and arc
said to be less absorbent than bricks
made Of ordinary clay by forty. or fifty
PRor. GRaEnBAuER, of jena; the
well-known comparative anatomist. has
been nominated Professor Of Anatomy
and director Of the Anatomical Insti.
tute in the: University of Heidelberg.
PRoF. w. II. FLOWER, Of the Rova]
College Of Surgeons of England. Iaa
sent the skeleton Of 9 jaeks1 with ali
the modern improvements In articula-
ton, to the Smithsonian institution at
Warrington. a;:r.. (.
ACCORDING to the report of the geo.
logical survey Of Newfoundland. a Vein
OF TOMBSTONE, rivalling in texture and
quality the famous oil-stone of Tur.
key, has been discovered on the island,
1t occurs in great quantity.
A NOVEL application of ice was made
ct st. Louis the other day, when forty.
i've tons were used to cool and thus
c0ntract the iron tubes of the mammoth
suspension bridge across the Mississ;n-
pi to allow the insertion of the connect.
ing tubes. :. -: -.
In a communication to the London
Times, Mr.. Hodgson Pratt, of The
Morkingmen's Club and Institute
Union, testifies to: the great value to
visitors at the Guildhall Museum OF
the Saturday afternoon lectures bv
such distinguished mon as Professo,
Owen, DR.: Sharp, Mr.. Fellowes, and
Professor Plower, who have generously
given their valuable time as guides to
the parties visiting the collections OF
geology, OF Greek or Egyptian antiqui.
tles, OF comparative anatomy, and otbe,
treasures in science, art, or nature.
MIR. aodgson suggests that the govern
ment should provide lecturers at the
several public museums of art, science
and natural history in England, so thaf
at certain hours weekly each depart.
ment should have an able expositor.
who should, in clear and popular stvle'
indicate the range and value of Che
knowledge which such collection illna.
trated and founded. At the end of
such exposition questions might be
answered, and the names of books
suggested for those who wished to
pursue the great topic thus opened to
their view. "
SINCE the first well-defned SUSPICION
of milk as the agent of disseminating
typhoid fever, evidence has accumnia,
ted which proves that the subject ia
one OF Importance by no means minor.
DR.. Bateson, Medical Inspector OF
Leeds, England, has Just added i'm
portant testimony on the subject. TO.
wards the close of the year 1872. nc.
cording to him. fever appeared in
Leeds in isolated places, and in dis
tricts where the sanitary condition was
unexceptionable. The cause of this
for while completely baffled discov-
cry; but at length it was found that a
milk dealer living in the centre of the
town supplied ever, house in which
fever was present. Bat the milk dealer
got his milk from :. farmhouse some
distance away, and II within his own
house were we'll. Upon visiting the
farmhouse elk persons were found suf-
1erlng from the disease, lying in O.
room adjoining that in which the milk
cans were kept, and nursed bv the
woman who managed the dairy. Of the
eighty persons attacked fourteen died
a dairyman in Glasgow, having fever
~ MS mousse supplied scvcnt y-three
families, living in five different Streets
ana III these families thirty.six cases Of
fever occurred. ''~' u