New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-04
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL NOTES.

CARBoLIC ACID IN DIsEAsE.-Itis well known
that rubbing the body with hogs fat has the effect OF
reducing the temperature the skin in scarlet fever
Pr Kez Of Hebronn directs to incorporate one or two
Krammes OF carboo acid into 100 grammes OF lard an9
with the to rub the whole oo9g, e1Setng enc ~
Inflammation charao.erzing the case In hand Tue e
feet OF this kind OF treatment Is TO produce pleasant
feeling of cooness 70 keep the skin softer and after
each application the temperature OF the skin
what The carboic acid operates 70 destroy the germs
and spores Of the disease.
HIPPoPHAGY IN FRANCE.-According to Les
Rondes, there many 40 shops or saliS IN
the City Paris alone devoted 70 the sale OF horse meat
article Of food, and during 1872 there were III
round numbers looc0 horses, 900 asses, ana 90 ues
consumed by the inhabitants The animals are pre-
pared for the market in the usual way, and me meat
sells for about half the price which Is comm9ny asAe1
for beef The horses are in all cases sueeiSo , va
interesting fact, that, 50 FAR IRON hppophaSf w
ouing il is decidedly on the increase D9 riyo
ing that nearly two and half million ponhus o. SquV
sold in 1872, as against less than nan 'na'
quantity m 1869.
ITALIAN METHOD OF PRESERVING THE DEAD.
The Italians are said 70 exhibit specimens OF dead
human bodies-preserved according TO the Bruneti
me;hod-which are as hard stone, retaining the nat
ura shape perfectly. and being equal TO the best wax
models This method described, consists OF several
processes First, the eirculatory system is cleared
hOroughly OUT BY washing WITH cold water until IT Is
b. FIVE hour; second, alcohol Is injected so as TO aO-
quarter hour; ether then injected Tor from two
TO hours order TO abstract all fatty matters; after
this solution of tanuin is injected, the mbib
ton requiring ONE two TO 10 hours and the body Is now
dried FOR ron Eve hours In current OF air
passed over heated chloride Of lime Treated according
preserved 10 ehectually resist decay.
THE LAW WHICH REGULATES THE Pulse
The made by Dr. Garrod, quoted in Nature,
have led him the that the amount of work
That the has perform in maintaining the crcu-
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the sysle namely, variations the blood pressure
and variations the resistance TO the outflow Of that
liquid fluid from the arteries AS therefore the capac
ty Of the arteries, including the ventrces. varies d
reoy the blood pressure, and as the flow OF blood
ON the oapares does the same the frequency OF the
hearts beats dependent on the resistance 70 tne cap
~ outflow, and not at all the blood pressure IN
ether words the heart always recommences its beat
when the blood pressure in the systematic arteries has
fallen a certain inyarable proportion. The mean blood
pressure in health however varies out httie curing
Short Intervals.
CoD-LIvER 0u.-FrOm the British Provinces,
is claimed there forth the purest article of cod
oil produced in part of the world. However
may 10 is certain that the process Of its manufac
ture in accordance with the best known principles
The vers are first carefully washed, and are cooked
at once while perfectly fresh They are hrsts put into
rge tin boiler which plunged into larger iron boiler
filed with hot water the water not being allowed to
touch the lyers and they thus gently steamed till
quantity Of oil floats on the surface. This is dipped
out and filtered through blanketing first; then twice
Afterwards 10 filtered through bags OF moleskin From
The last filtration IT comes out of beautiful crystalline
transparency, and without any unpleasant smell or
The secret OF making the article goOd is sald 10
much or too little seriously iniaring the quality Great
attention 20 cleanliness IS also necessary, tue nlterng
bags requiring be washed thoroughly every day, and
The troughs scrubbed ont with scrupuous on the
average requires two ana oneha gallons OF nYer 10
produce gallon of really choice oil. The refuse is
placed under screw presses and the remainder of the
D eXractea this. however Is not rehued bur sofa as
common cod oil, aud IS used largely on railways ana ior
luhriCatiug machinery.