New-York tribune., 1873-03-03
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES

CARBOIlC ACID FOR PRESERVING BoDlEs'--lt
In stated that Prof CUTLERY demonstrated anew the
powerful ansoptc properties Of carboc acid IN some
additional experiments lately made. lie enVeloped
fresh corpse in cloth saturated with asaiution cen
tanning two per cent Of the acid and after interval of
four fve days poured more OF the souton ov& tne
body. y this treatment putrefacton was entirely pre-
vented the body after six mouths exslting no Signs o
decomposition. and being but slightly altered IN appear
Rnce. Az the MOrgue, in Paris, solution cc1talhing
uDetweuteth OF per cent cf taf0ole aelu
over the bodies arrested putIctactson even oAluk 'o
heat OF Summer. Chlorine had previously proved IN
sectua dsiutect the atmosphere OF the |eauho"s0'
THE EUCAIYPTUs IN MEDICAL PRACTICE
DR. Stout recently exhibted'te the San Freuesco Meu
cal Society ingenious apparatus for tho hhaaon VI
curative vapors the remedsl liquid beug kept ooihg
NV Enir amp and the auor conducted through tube
He stated chat he had used the Eucalyptus Glooulue
60 great advantage IN t;s way, employing the uneoui
mixed in water tins hung rreieraoe 10 h5cb I is NOT
ato,pizNr ON account 81 the warm NapOf WHICH -
only medicinal in itself but promotye OF apsoipVi ~
Dr. Pigne Dupuytren highly conrpends tne and Dr.
DOivcra in the French Hospital II being iounud d of
Ireely seryieeabie IN affections % .. S ropie In France
itls much used as februge and by some ,bs
& een SSd around the hospitals for
sanitary and medicinal purposes, .o,
Fungi IN THE EAR...Slnee the year loff
when the attention OF physicians was hrst caeu 10 '"o
tec, the ryovth Of minute fungi inihe ear has Deeh
reported 10 be common cause of disease oil 'ha' part
Tbe meatus canals and tyinpanum are sometimes COW
cred with the growth in the form OF white or Yellow p
,nold ON their surfaces. Prof Seey OF ClhclIhat ~
pors three cases diseased ear IN which ne
the fuurus Aspergilus Tnnitus, tnhaninauOn anu ls
DENOMINATION of wax are the attendant symptoms AM
tle treatment consists In the application 0 solution
rboic acid I'VE grains TO the ounce OF wafer me Td-
ei6e Medical Journal expresses the Ophlon however
that as il is found impossible 20 transplant Ihe cCto
pbytes to "a healthy ear by nnOcuIatoh theS are PlVV
abiy the effects OF disease rather than tie cause
CAUSE OF GoITRE AND CRETINIsM.-Ome OF
,be asst medical journals in England opposes the pro-
lopred use OF any kind Of mineral water IN health OF
disease as Of doubtful efficacy, and, generally directly
prejuGcial-magnesia in large quantities being otec
topabe as are also lime salts. To these impurities IN
water it attributes those terrible maades, goitre and
cretiusmat least the facts observed are believed 70
render this inference extremely probable ln oonhima
ton of view the fact is cited that in the Durham
Ei when the gOitre appeared, affecting large proper
ton Of cOnvicts, the spring water with when tey
were supplied anayZed, and found 10 contain y
grains OF ne and aagnesla salts per gallon On s9Ss
une for this containing only Is grains or THESE
salts IL found that the old cases rapidly improved
while no new made their appearance IL Is cul
os fact that Ireland, the Waterford side O TIE
SUR where sandtOnes and states gotre and ere
fiusIn almost unknown, while on the Kilkenny sde
where lmestones abound. goitre IS not uncommon