Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-18
Scientific Notes.


diate TRANSMISSION of blood by DR.. Albi-
nj, of Naples, is related by DR.. Mac
Even in the last number of the
Glasgow Medicol Jommoi. The
TRANSMISSION was from the carotid arte-
~ of a limb into the veins of a lady
exhausted by hemorrhage. a gum
elastic tube about half metre in
length was inserted into the artery of
the lamb, and placed i'm communica-
tion with the vein opened i'm the arm
ot the patient. At the extremity of
a similar tube two tubes of glass were
Joined I'm such a manner as to remain
fixed on one side of the exposed and
incised artery of the lamb, and on the
other to the denuded vein of the lady,
into which the transfused blood flowed.
DIR. Albini renounceS hcnceforth the
usual syringe, preferring to use the
natural pump, the animal itself, which
with vigorous contractiOns, Is able to
impel liberal supply of blood into
the arm of patient.
ALCOHOLIC EPILEPsl. A new rea-
SON for refraining from alcoholic stim-
ulants is furnished by the London
Medical Record in the statement that
alcoholic epilepsy is Il form Of disease
that frequently follows hard drinking.
This is, says DIR. Blandford, the au-
thor of the article, "tO be distinguish
I'd from the epileptiorm attacks
which occur in acute alcoholism. 1t
is a defined disease, not incurable,
but frequently ceasing when the
cause is removed, if ii is not of very
long duration. Frequently the attacks
are followed by stammering, as in
general paralysis. 1t is distinguished
from ordinary epilepsy by tremors of
the facial and other muscles, pains and
eontractiOns of the limbs, and dis
turbance of vision.' M. DagOnet,
from whom DIR. Blandford takes most
of his data, distinguishes one form of
mental disorder az cOngestive mania,
Stimulating but not to be cOnfOunded
with general paralysis. The symp-
toms are maniacal excitement with
exaltatiOn of ideas, and incoherence,
lar power 1t need not, like general
paralysis, terminate in death. The
patient may recover, but he frequent
ly sinks into dementia. Another
variety which may be confounded
with general paralysis is that to which
VI. Dagonet gives the name of stupi-
dite, and which is seen in the course
of an acute attack of alcoholism OR af-
ter epileptifOrm seizures.
INTELLECTUAL GROWTH OF Chill
DREN.-In paper Oh the sanitary as
poets of primary education, read re-
Gently by DR.. r.. J. Sullivan before the
New York Academy of Medicine, an
important suggestion occurs in refer
ence to the earliest age at which a pu
pill should be admitted into our schools.
minimum age, not because mental eX-
ertion would be injurious to healthy
intellectual growth, hut because school
life under its present hygienic sur
readings is very unfavorable to phys
III development. In other words it
H to be understood that although
pupil is capable Of reasonable under
standing and limited amount of in
tellectual development prior to the
seventh year, such education should
he given out of school and without
the usual restraint. A fact that rem
ders DIR. Sullivan's views valuable Is
that he was for several years medical
inspector of our public schools.
A BEAUTIFUL BIRD.-Signor DIAL
bertis has found new bird of Para
disc at Atam New Guinea, place sit
uated at all elevation of about $500 feet
above the sea level, in the Arfak
mountains. The popularity Of this
bird consists in the formation of the
bill and the softness of the plumage.
The feathers that arise from the base
of the bin are of n metallic green and
of a reddish copper color; the feathers
of the breast, when laid quite smooth,
are of violet gray, but when raised,
form semi-circle round the body, re-
fiecting u deep golden color. Other
violet gray feathers arise from the
tanks, edged with a metallic violet
tint, but when the plumage is entirely
expanded, the bird appears as if 1T had
formed two semi circles around itself,
and IL certainly Il very handsome bird.
Above the tail and wings the feathers
are yellowish, underneath they are OF
Il darker shade.
INSANITY AND MEMORY.-In the
.Muensieriingen IreWreund, DIR. Wal
ter, well-known expert in insanity,
has an article on loss of memory in
diseases of the brain, and gives in IL
lustratiOn the case Of n man who re-
tained his memory for recent events,
though he had completely lost it for
former ones, thus differing in curious
manner from the loss Of memory from
old age, injuries to the head or epilep-
tic seizures. in which recent events
are forgotten, while events that hap
pened years before are retained III
surprising manner The present case
is that of man forty-siX years old,
who having lost his money in busi-
ness, and his wife having in cOnse-
uuencc left him, took to drink. He
had no delusions, but completely fail
ed in his power of remembering; he
did not even know his native place or
members of his own family, though he
gave correct answers to questions re-
lating to thepresent.
A REMEDY FOR WOUNDs.--Take a
pan or shovel, with burning Goals, and
sprinkle upon them brown sugar, and
hold the wounded part over the smoke.
In few minutes the pain will be al
layed, and recovery proceeds rapidly.
In nv own case rusty nail had made
a bad wound in the bottom ofmy foot.
The pain and nervous irritation were
severe. This was all removed by
holding it over the smoke for fifteen
minutes, and was able to resume my
reading in comfort. We often recon-
mended 1t to others, with like results.
Last week one of my men had II fin
ger nail torn off by pair OF ice-tongs.
1t became very painful, as was to have
been expected. Held in sugar-smoke
for twenty minutes, the pain ceased,
and promises speedy recovery.-[Cor-
respondent Country Gentleman.
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