New-York tribune., 1873-03-13
Medical AND SURGICAL NOTES.

P.su,ox1prr c,RGERY.-In an article on the
-, saoreoos 10 fashionable surSery, rAe London
..l T,ss refers 10 the increasing number OF deaths
e., hloroforn and considers IL the duty Of surgeons
A investigate more fully than has yet been done the
comparative harnesSnSS&S 30 on & Ssuos & Ssn very
strong suspicion In favor of ether, we unhostangD say
thai every life lost ny the use OF ohoroiS1m MnS We
nam An comparative ignorance as TO the loudly declared
security Of the rival aneSthetc Is sacrifice mol TO he
exigenoies O. surgery, but 10 inooasderate pr'loVe
CURATIVE FOR RSMALL-PoX.-Dr. Furiey states
sn YAe London LGnoe that he is in the habit OF Naoei
xAtne every actual case Of smallpox that comes under
his care with the effect OF aresng the disease in nearly
every Instance He that the common method OF
operating Is not eiCaCouS, ana that II Is necessary 70
inject the lymph into the circulation For TINS purpose
Ie uses hollow needle with bore sufficiently large TO
admit OF the introduction Of vaccine tuOe Inc pIu
cess consists passing the point OF the needle tnuS
rharced with tube II lymph under the skin, and orc
ing tho lymph directly into the blood OF le uSe"Se"
patient
REMEDIES AGAINST DECREASE OF PoPULA-
ros-M Lombard OF Geneva, has lately discussed De-
fore the Medical Society OF Lyons some OF the causes
which tend 20 prevent increase OF population IN France
He aIlnaed especially TIE pernicious influence OF por
rnanent armies the too advanced age az Whch mV. &
marriages are eontrscl1I; 10 20 modem habits which
hreak into the life OF the family, ana 70 cOiOs a. @
Among the remedies which he recommends are nm
tss nnon tbe Unmarried facilities accorded 10 soldiers
who wish % marry, and the aOrOsduOu oI uoS0 ''''
provisions which restrict marriages
LUXURY AND Poison. - From experiments
made by eminent physicians in France If shown that
the article ordinarily made and sold there under the
name Of "ice cream" is mainly manufactured
OF corn starch, French clay, and poisonous cooiihR
matter The beautiful carmine which pervades tue
trcacherous compound comes from the cOchiueai mug
a continued course Of such poison produces tue hhosi
dreful maladies First dyspepsia, then seronlons er1
tions accompanied by oOsening OF the tceth ana a
droppng ont the haif. This agent OF DESTRUCTION m
NOT confined 10 alone IL Is sold as wen
n innumerable gded saloons and places oil iashIOnape
resort
DIET OF LITERARY MEN.-Tbe London cor
respondent OF a Birmingham paper alludes to new
book containing remarks about the diet of literary men,
and states that ne is acquainted with wellknoWn
writer who eleaves to oatmeal porridge when he is I'D
working TRIM In this respect ne initiates Gerald Mas
sey who by oatmeal porudge as pidlnl1spIiI
ing compound, and frankly acknowledges Ms lhuepte
ness thereto "There is deal OF phosphorus ln OaG
meal" Mr. Massey SAYS, ana phosphorus Is pSn' Tn,
There is also large amount of phosphorus in fish Con
nequeny m!ss having psh dinner at eSsl onVe
week and take plate OF good thlck' COARSE "oii-
bsiled scotch oatmeal every morning..
FRENCH REPORT ON ABSINTHE.-A french
commission consisting of experts, has just made q
report reviewing all the methods employed in the man
ufacture of absnthe and the great loss of life entaled
by its use in France They recommend that this article
he included in list OF poisOns, and that It's SAFE Dc
interdlcted. excepting prescription of physclan'
They think ts sale should he visited Win heaNy PSh-
tes and that every effort ought 10 be made TO beak UP
fhe indulgence IN article possessing such POISONOUS
properties l is not the abslnthe alone thd'
dangerous but the inOrdnate consumption OF acohOI
thai accompanies il. Some who are addicted t u nave
Aeen take thirty glasses or abslthe every uy'
the greater part OF which is absolute alcohol