New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-21
MEDICAL AM. SuRGIc4L NOTES.

than a fourth. But In a list OF ciaha co"'''.'N -
reeent work by Dr. Flint idiot is shown to have hau
N brain that weighed 81 SO ounces two Others had brains
weighing little more than A. 0uneeSs le az ~ ana
other, OF the lowest DECREE O ~ ,t as or less
than four ounces below the normal Welsn Nirto iva
Sruu, lno ~ llrgcSt t cubic inches. was that OF
a German; the smallest that Oh an AuSi"""'' N
cubic inches.
TINE AND MODES OF SUICIDE. "A writer III
n French medical Journal. who has examined about 9w
,ndcial accounts OF suicides in Paris thinks himself
warranted in assuming the following conclusions :
Philosophical or premedated suicide, takes place
usually during the night ana little before day ore3k
Scdenta or nnpremedtaed suicide. takes place during
the day because II Is then that the occasional causes
arise such quaVrelS bad news, losses mtempli"AV
etc. Al every age 700, men OlOvs sS ~ - ,- 70
committing suicide Thus IN youth ne mas recourse 70
hanging which lac soon abandous Tor nrcaIms IN pro
portion as VigOr declines, oid age advances hanging
l. generally the mode.
Poisonous COLORINGs.--lt appears that greens
Are not the only coOr which contain arsenic nor wa"
paper the only fabric coored with arsenical pgmen',
correspondent Of The Chemical Necs who is in posi-
ton 10 know states that the French use the iolo"'HS
pigments containing arsenic, calico prlnti, fSe
that they equally suitable, ANA douotIs CON
FAMED aluhina arscnious OXIDE and aurlne stal Te
ponccau contained carbonate OF Hut, ~ rcnooflon of
amino qrei and arseuous oxide steam ehoooiav in"
catechu pigment both cosT well rs in green colOrcd
wal psper mas been demonstrated by h"H""o"S
Inn RACE GROWING MORE LoNG-LIVED'-
Iteu. of vial statistics recently puohsheu III L"OP0
arc cited ina confirmation OF the generally received Oln
40, maj the duration Of human life is at present greater
nan I'm mast centuries Thus. 1t is stated thaI IN inc
f Geneva switzerland, registers have been Kept OF
tbc veiry average OF human longevity sllce Ioto, IN
NJ Ii. rIycn at p years ana months. AZ pres
in@' w. ~ p AZ vers Tue tables compiled by life as
sur,iitc companies in England and adopted IN TINS
r"urrr 9re Id 90 show similar result In the four
fcenth century. the average annual mortality IN the
C1tS Of paris m l6 il is now given as about ~
81 Iu 400 England ID lg'y Iie I4,e Oh I''"'' ""'
81 % nov gwen IL Is aDod' AZ A@'
HAIR OF DIFFERENT RACEs.-SOmebOdy who
has been studying the matter Of the form ana substance
OF the human hair different races finds that the hair
OF the North American Indian Is cylindrical that OF the
White oval and that OF the negro may DO termed
elptieal III is also found that when the hair is cyn-
drcI the stretching and shrinking powers equal on
nj sides OF the hameut, and this cOndluOh gives lhe
lana, straight appearance OF that oil the Pute oroUI
Indian. The oval HAIR displays greater NUMBER OF
Gbcrs upon the attened side than elsewhere, con-
dluou when gives 70 sucn hdlt ten9eIST! 70 Oa ..
- am t6, fcIi of The nero The hair Of the Chinese is
almost unknown among that people.
EXPERIMENTS WITH SMALL DOsEs.-Frcnch
experiments, made with a view 70 determine how
minute dose OF poison will produce decided medicinal
effects present interesting results, and are Of real
medical Importance II appears that the blood of an OK
which had been dead ten days was used in the test
Having innoculaed rabbit with this bloodpoisou the
took the blood Of mat rabbit and so ON 10 the
that the onerlOnth part OF drop Of decayed blood
injected ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the sln-sutced TO poison
rabbit From this though il does not appear whether
there was any reptuuOh OF Iue tes', 20 CONN 81 on no.
dsSectug surgeons can perceive that though the ms
NJ invisible atom OF deathpoison sufficient TO infect the
Hneer.
ARTIFICIAL FBRIN-Dr. Goodman, writing
90 The british Medical Journal says that artificial foru
is an admirable diecuc substance beinGnparaeed for
hchtness and dges,by, and great delicacy besides.
il is obtained by exposing albuminous material TO the
action OF cold water for tme-the hens egg, from it,
great abundance, being the most suitable source
OF The aluumtu. When the contents or an egg
are immersed IN cold water for twelve hours
81 =, my ,iI - i,isoiI6in. cLougs
change, becoming soma ana lusoiuDtj "a cuanse
indicated hy tie Opaque and snowy Whtenes~ OF the
Mhe, 1ue action OI He"I 70 o q IOiilDS ts ~ 9
use I'm cases Of deficient nutrition and rejection OF
food, tins artificial hDun has been found 10 by OF the
greatest service as even the weakest stOmachs able
10 retain ~ aud its use appears TO promote the appetite
for Hood.
ANTHROPOLOGICAL.-One of the most inter
esting communications lately made TO the authrOpolOg
cal department Of the British Association was short
paper by MI Hyde Clark, in which he identified the
Mauyuema Mauyema, the people among whom DIT.
Livingstone known TO have so long Travelled, with the
Niam-Niam or Nya-Nya OF the White Nile According
the edges OF their teeth filed into form. In the
market at Cairo is customary 70 open the mouth
since is only natural that the NiamNlam slaves are,
rom their CannlDal enslle IN general undesirable
property. Indeed the author OF the paper ia question
relates an auccdoe Of Turkish lady, VINO, on return
ing from journey, found that NiamNlam nurse had
destroyed and partially deN0uled the Chld COMMITTED
her charge Another point OF interest connected with
these people Is the alleged presence Of ta-really an
abnormal development OF the % eoeeygS-o the length
Of about two inches.
CHLoRAL HYDRATE FOR CHILDREN. 49, DR..
Mouu OF Vienna publishes in Of the medical journals
the results OF his experience with choral hydrate in
the diseases OF children. He found that when doses
6fpiD no chi
bblted slight redress Of the face and condition sim
liar 20 inoxicaton passing of into deep sleep. The
pulse at first somewhat accelerated and afterward
retarded the respiration unchanged, and the tenn
perature Of the body was reduced. Only very large
doses produced a wemarked numbness Of the skin and
consecutive austhesia with contraction Of the pupils.
The sleep was normal, and on waking there remained
neither seepiness nor congestion or the head nor any
other disturbance Of sensation The hydrate sometimes
produced vomiting but never darrhea. Dr Mont de-
clares That the hydrae uns the requirements OF ca ng
sleep well aud completely IN children as in adults.
In whOOpng-cough it seems to be useful IN the first
stage. but injurious IN the third by diminishing expec-
tOratlOn.
A VERY RARE DIsEAsE.-There exists on
record medicine only one Of epOrmOus over
growth OF all the bones OF the body with wasting Of the
muscles. IL observed by Saucerote. Another case
however, Of this kind, described by Prof Friedrich
IN vIchows Arehr, possesses peculiar interest. sau-
cerote's that OF man, age 3d. the weight Of
whose body rose the space Of four years. from 10 to
pounds by the increase Of his bones the muscles all
the while wasting The head Of this man was enormous,
the eyes being pushed forward to the level OF the fore
head, and the lower jaw attaining immense thick
Attacks OF usensibiy and difficulty OF breathing
characterized his complaint. NJ Friedrich has described
his patient man OF 20 years oelng one OF six children
all OF healthy habit, except the youngest exhibiting
minor form Of the affection. At is. ne began TO
ind his feet and ankles growing large and heavy, then
the hands ana fingers the lower and upper limbs DecOm
ing Of SIZE due entirely the growth OF the
bones, the muscles being wasted; standing, walking,
aud wing, an difficult; the Internal organs healthy and
DO disturbance of the brain! medicines Intellectual
cept some comfort from cold baths
Aep pnbIrahons.