New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-30
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

SEPTIC POIsONs.-The commission which
was organized for the purpose Of ascctanng the cause
Of the plague which for so long period ravaged certain
provinces Of Persia attribute the Of the poison
10 caVerns in the earth, IN which those who died OF the
plague 40 years ago were buried, and which eayerns
have recently been rcOpeued. The present plague com
menced almost Immediately upon the opening or theae
caverns the persons irst seized had been en-
f"J .d come names from one of these cayeru. was
also attacked. Ihe plague, thus begun, spread rom
tuese sources as nucleusi ana IRON Otner iaC's ea
cred nv the COMM -sluncrs Ihey uCCcu tnat TINS "ao
the real origin OF the disease.
ToBACCo IN THE Tissues tobacco is alb
sorbod m the tissues OF the body has long been asserted
by some though denied positively by others In sup
port of the Affirmative fact In connection with the
hydropathc process known as the wet sheet pack Is
cited In this process the patient Is enyeloped IN wet
sheet and over this, III blank is Nv tns means
il Is claimed that through the operation Of the principles
OF endosmOsc aud exOsmOse the water OF the sheet Is
made to enter the BODY, while at me same time lmpul
tiles are Withdrawn therefrom. Now, on an Dabitua
user of being subjected for an hour TO TINS pro-
cess IL Is found, his developments being taken on
that the odOr OF tobacco coming from his body ana
from the sheet in which he has lain, Is peiceplOo TO
every one present
TYPHOID FEVER AND HYG1ENE-Sir William
Gull in lecture tYphod fever recently delivered at
Guys Hospital argues that the disease is as prevent
able as arue aud that the time will come when deaths
from IL will be ms lie says IL is caused by virus
OF nature which get into the healthy body increase
I'm IT, and destroy IT, II is accidental condition, aud
OF the ordinary processes OF nature Ine ogn
of the disease is somehow or other connected win
drainage It has therefore been called the NTH fever
and 20 get rid Of The nth Is 10 get nd OF the feYer DE-
Guy asserts that no one can approach case OF lOd
fever without paying some attention To hygiene rus
he claimed Of the Create 50 IMPORTANCE ana WIN u
he would prefer carry through tho disease Uy
aud soups and fresh a rather tha by the use oil
drugs.
CmoRAL HYDRATE N INsANITY.-Dr. Kuhn
OF Hainau has communicated 70 Of the Berlin mode
Journals his experience the combination OF choral
hydrae with morphia in the treatment Of chronic cases
OF excitement in insanity and in acute mental diseases
caused by alcohol The large doses OF ehlo1 hydrate
necessary IN dcIirum remens make the employment Of
this drug rather dangerous. But Dr. kim gave 10
sorna cases of uarArtcs seized with occasional ms or
excitement and to patients suffering from dpsonanih,
series OF dOse OF choral hydrate with hydrochOrdie OF
morpnia, without any uniayOrdDle consequences. IN
JJr Ioud0n LdHcct f. report Oi DR.. BARCLAYS trial ot
tbis agent ia insanity. He has treated seven cases IN
uriv9ie practice five being females aud two miles, a
Uere ~ vcre cases aud had insomnia for some weeks
pre- yIous The manifestations delusl0ns ana iusipns
md In none Of them lid The choral fail 70 produce sleep
OZONE AS A MEDICINE.-lt is stated TINT IN
Europe ozouized water becoming largely request
ma a beverage 70 is soluble Ia the proportion Of ono
part by wright 1901 90 Of water anu some chemists
m I,crn ara sid 10 Ve euIgcd In tho manufacture OF
fms almost homeopathic dlJtOn Tor medicinal purposes
A. aoion bsug supp1sed 10 produce the same elect
when iiuhicd by nvlds In their sick rooms, as that
mo- need Dy pfu1i mltg 10 sea ar, or nhaunH 1 sea aI
tluie time aeI A. How lu found ihti nc o4'An pre-
uarci g TIRE use 81 n ulJIizng t'' c9ill almost ,
lfttlv nNd ~ acJbo az faed with itpxi Z.naied
gafrg bcne al tc saur time produced Ihis conccuard
81 .ns hc recommended as an "A"I1Ha "t'H' IA or
clIc ecn Say, and specially directed attention 90 me
rlr. necessary 10 ag1d ib lnuoan'tlon lhO the ftsph
tory apparatus wien HNprilHen VIVA ~ on account
of II. eisoy iritailug acton Oh thc inuons membrane
SIGN OF DEArI.-S0me time ago the Acad-
amy Of Sciences b, PARIS offered przs o. iiOb Tor some
iinple ana positive sn 81 doatbwhich ANY non probes
i,nal person could understand aud apply Sich tta'
uggesied ia Vnchoas Aehi0. Is considered very salts